Subject: Aerosmith

• ACL Notebook Dump, Pt. 5: Playlist for the Drive Home

  September 29, 2008

• Whiggin' Out

  Avant-rock takes shape in the Afghan Whigs and its wild front man

  April 22, 1999

• Party On, Dude

  The Me Generation hasn't stopped believin' in its own soundtrack

  May 24, 2001

• Five Spot: Jackson Five Reuniting; Certainly This Will Not End Badly

  October 31, 2008

• Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 1

  Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gracing T-shirts, denim jackets, and bad tattoos for more than 30 years, it's as big part of the band's legacy as "Back in Black." And so because Rolling Stone shouldn't have a monopoly on "g

  December 15, 2008

• Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 2

  An early example of rock art... We're back to reveal the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cappo di tutti cappi of classic-rock band logos evah! And when we say "greatest," we look for a combination of things including memorability, longevity, graphic design, influence and appearances. And yes, there will be shouts of joy, tears of rage and many fists shaken at computer screens from those whose faves either made it, didn't make it high enough or were left off. Leave comments and de

  December 22, 2008

• Swamp Thang

  September 29, 1994

• Live Shots

  October 13, 1994

• Saturday Night: Echoes at FBI Rocks

  If you say you want the Pink Floyd experience, it generally means you're going to the laser show at the Planetarium, probably with pharmacology of questionable legality. But if you actually want a chance to stand in the audience of a Pink Floyd concert when they ruled the 70s like gods, then seeing Houston's own Echoes is probably as close as you can come. Focused mostly on the 1971 - 1977 era of Floyd (Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and Animals), Ech

  January 30, 2009

• Rotation

  May 1, 1997

• Steven's Lament

  October 9, 1997

• Press Picks

  December 18, 1997

• Static

  December 25, 1997

• The Sound of Money

  January 7, 1999

• Another Rock Mag Bites The Dust: Performing Songwriter Says Goodbye

  Print publications focusing on music continue to fall like pine trees in a hurricane. The latest to close its doors is 16-year-old Performing Songwriter. Editor/publisher Lydia Hutchison announced Wednesday that the June issue would be the last. The magazine joins No Depression, Blender and Country Standard Time, all of which ceased print operations in the face of a bad economy, shrinking record industry, and heated competition for a dwindling advertising base. Decatur, Georgia-based Paste ma

  June 5, 2009

• ZZ Top, Aerosmith Hit Woodlands July 17

  Mark C. AustinMonday morning, word came down from Aerosmith and ZZ Top's respective camps, via Billboard, that the two boogie-rocking bands are teaming up for a massive world tour. After some digging, Rocks Off found out the tour makes its Houston-area stop Friday, July 17, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. It won't be officially announced until next week (probably), but we have our ways. The tour, sponsored (or "presented") by Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, takes both bands across Europe

  April 14, 2009

• ZZ Top's Dusty Hill is 60 Today

  You didn't think we'd get out of here without wishing happy birthday to Houston's own Dusty Hill, the ZZ Top bassist who turns 60 today, did you? Hell no! To celebrate - and give any neophytes an idea of just how widely loved the Top really is - here's a pair of covers from about as far apart as you can get on the rock and roll spectrum: Phish doing "Jesus Just Left Chicago" and Ministry's version of "Just Got Paid." Can't wait for the Top/Aerosmith twin bill July 17 at the Woodlands... happy bi

  May 19, 2009

• Kimberlie Dykeman

  January 8, 2009

• AC/DC: Black Ice

  November 13, 2008

• Club 26Ten Looks to Spend Its Way to The Top

  September 11, 2008

• Pennywise and Strung Out, with Authority Zero

  May 8, 2008

• Vince Neil, Quiet Riot, Slaughter

  Vince Neil, Quiet Riot and Slaughter perform Friday, July 27, at Sam Houston Race Park, 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway West, 281-807-8700.

  July 26, 2007

• Hello, Houston!

  April 23, 2009

• They're Such a Drag

  May 11, 2006

• Tower of Power

  Tower of Power performs Friday, May 25, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717.

  May 24, 2007

• The Beer Cellar

  Hurricane

  March 2, 2006

• Get Lost

  It'd Be Cool if this sequel were any good. Too bad it ain't.

  March 3, 2005

• Cope With This

  Finally, someone figures out how to craft an interesting rock/hip-hop blend

  January 27, 2005

• Playbill

  June 3, 2004

• Rock and Roll Never Forgets

  Classic rock finds a new generation of fans and keeps on keepin' on into the new millennium

  May 13, 2004

• Turkeys Fly

  Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

  February 5, 2004

• Pats and Cats Bring It Back

  The biggest of them all returns to Houston

  January 29, 2004

• Time Warp

  Four bands bring the '70s back to town

  October 2, 2003

• Northside Rumble

  Hollister Fracus prepares to invade the Inner Loop

  June 5, 2003

• Smoke and Steel

  The Kinsey Report's findings: Blues, rock, funk and reggae can coexist in one band, but the blend won't make you famous

  June 27, 2002

• Hookers and Blow

  Buckcherry says screw that PC crap, and take us as we are

  June 21, 2001

• Playbill

  Vallejo

  November 23, 2000

• Idol Beat: The Top Four

  Photos by Ray Mickshaw/ FoxMan alive! Jamie Foxx mentored last week, and now guitarist-celeb Slash is in the proverbial American Idol house for "Rock and Roll Week"! Okay, sure, these people have projects and albums to promote, but these still feel like coups. Lot to address, so today I'm skipping the expository rant and going straight to my patented bullet-point breakdown: * Slash is looking rough! He's like a cross between Lenny Kravitz, Howard Stern and Bloom County asswipe Steve Dallas or so

  May 6, 2009

• Discounted Woodlands Lawn Seats All Day

  Craig HlavatyUntil midnight tonight, the folks over at Live Nation are selling all lawn tickets to shows way out in the woody, mall-y expanses of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for just $24.99. The concert conglomerate has been running deals on Hump Day for about the past month to alleviate all this economic stress that has been plaguing our land, and came under fire recently when it came out that - although they were slashing prices - all those pesky fees and taxes were still being levied

  June 17, 2009

• Do You Look Like Aerosmith's Steven Tyler or One of ZZ Top?

  Live Nation has come through with a four-pack of lawn tickets to the classic-rock show of the summer, Aerosmith and Houston's own ZZ Top July 18 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and Rocks Off sure as hell ain't gonna give this away for some cheap-ass trivia question. Naw, this time we're gonna make it real interesting. Here's the deal: if you look like either Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler or one member of ZZ Top, or know someone who does, email a picture to chris.gray@houstonpress.com o

  July 2, 2009

• Single-Album Sets We'd Like to See, Part 1: Bob Dylan, George Strait, The Pogues and More

  Initiated by indie-rockers like Sonic Youth, Slint and Built to Spill at mid-2000s festivals - UK/U.S. hopover All Tomorrow's Parties and its various tie-ins being the most prominent - playing a beloved LP front to back in concert is now the hottest thing going on the classic-rock circuit. Within the next month, Houstonians can see Aerosmith revisit 1976's Toys In the Attic (The Woodlands, July 17), Judas Priest do 1980's British Steel (Verizon, July 24) and Motley Crue gas up 1989's Dr. Feelgoo

  July 7, 2009

• Last Call for ZZ Top/Aerosmith Lookalike Contest

  Courtesy Tom Degler Rocks Off is a little disappointed we haven't gotten more response to our call for ZZ Top and Steven Tyler lookalikes - we are giving away a four-pack of lawn tickets to Friday's ZZ/Aerosmith show, after all. Yes, it's a little hot for all that facial hair, but we're fairly sure the show is going to kick all kinds of ass too. (A possible Billy Gibbons/Joe Perry duet on "Last Child" or "Back in the Saddle"? Sheeeeeit.) We figured we'd give y'all 24 more hours, because as it st

  July 14, 2009

• Our Favorite ZZ Top Covers: QOTSA, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, Tina Turner and... Rapeman?

  [Note: Now with added Ministry.] Counting down to Friday's ZZ Top/Aerosmith show in The Woodlands is starting to feel like the week Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played there last year: a steady build of anticipation and antsiness, until Friday we're flat-out squirming to get out of the office. By the way, if all you think Rocks Off does is sit around listening to classic rock, we'll have you know that Monday we blasted brand-new albums by the Dead Weather - that's yet another Jack White pro

  July 14, 2009

• Tres Hombres

  July 16, 2009

• Aftermath: ZZ Top and Aerosmith at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

  Photos by Mark C. Austin Make all the Guitar Hero jokes you want. Whatever it is that's kept ZZ Top and Aerosmith in the public eye for almost four decades - video games or beards-n-babes videos, Back to the Future cameos or Michael Bay ballads, bee-stung lips or cheap sunglasses - they've never forgotten that eventually it all circles back around to the stage. And never been unable to deliver when it does. Formed half a continent but not many years apart, ZZ and Aerosmith found common ground e

  July 20, 2009

• Weekend Video Roundup: Beastie Boys and Aerosmith

  No, the Beastie Boys didn't play Houston over the weekend, and they won't be in the forseeable future either. No sooner had C3 Entertainment announced that the Boys would take the 8:15-9:30 p.m. spot on the Austin City Limits Music Festival's AMD stage Friday, October 2 - see the full schedule here, now - than the NYC rappers' PR firm countered with the news that the Boys had canceled all tour dates and postponed the release of this fall's album Hot Sauce Committee, Volume 1 to allow Adam "MCA"

  July 20, 2009

• Aftermath: Depeche Mode's Black and Blue Celebration at The Woodlands

  Photos by Eric Sauseda​ Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Everything Counts," Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and electronics into the service of primal urges and raw sexuality. Not terribly surprising from a band that once sang about playing "Master and Servant," perhaps, but the degree to which the trio (plus another keyboardist and drummer) has infused bleeding-fingernail blues into its once

  August 31, 2009

• Pink Floyd, Dr. Dre, Velvet Underground and Other Artists We're Glad Discovered Drugs

  It was 45 years ago this past Friday... that Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the first time and, more importantly for Rocks Off's purposes, introduced them to marijuana. While this meeting of musical titans would never lead to any actual musical collaboration or "Monsters of Hippie Rock" series of concerts, the Fab Four's induction into the 420 Club undeniably steered them away from making songs about holding hands and on to writing tunes about living in a yellow submarine and "elementary penguin

  August 31, 2009

• Five Possible Replacements for Steven Tyler In Aerosmith, Including Morrissey

  www.irancartoon.ir​The remaining members of Aerosmith yesterday confirmed the news that singer Steven Tyler has left the band, and that they are currently looking for a replacement while Steven pursues glory with "Brand Tyler," whatever the hell that is. Thought Rocks Off has a hard time imagining anyone who could fill Tyler's stretchy pants and lead the venerable group on another tour as they gamely feign enthusiasm while playing "Sweet Emotion" for the ten-millionth time, we came up with a f

  November 10, 2009

• Mid-Week Match-Up: Communication Breakdown, It's Always The Same

  Two key players of two teams decided to break important news in odd ways this week.Steven Tyler, aging frontman for Aerosmith, dropped word that he was quitting the band (maybe; no one's clear) not by calling his bandmates, but by mentioning it to a British interviewer.Tracy McGrady, aging forward for the Houston Rockets, announced he'd be coming back from injury soon (maybe; no one's clear) not by telling to management or his teammates, but in an interview with a sportswriter. (An American spor

  November 11, 2009