Badfinger

Todd Rundgren

Carry That Weight: The Best Bands Pegged As The "Next Beatles"

Laugh now, but remember when Definitely Maybe came out?​How much pressure must it be to have someone, probably some flacky music journalist running out of metaphors and superlatives, call your band the "Next Beatles" just as you start your rock career? That's like being called the next Jesus C ... More >>

Who Are You? Songs Commonly Attributed To The Wrong Artists

​Last week, after the tragic, alcohol-fueled passing of Jackass hero Ryan Dunn, Rocks Off at Taco Cabana wearing a promotional shirt for The Hangover II that we stole borrowed from the office here at the Press. As we were loading our hands with condiment containers, a guy came up to us and sai ... More >>

R.I.P.: Remembering The 27 Club - Jimi, Jim, Janis, Kurt...

​As a student of rock music since he was born and sat in front of MTV and VH1, Craig's Hlist has grown up hearing constant aching throb of the number 27, the end-marker for a collection of rockers who died at that hallowed age, due mostly to their own chemical and/or personal misadventures. ... More >>

Remembering 1969, Part 3: The Beginning of the End for the Beatles

Note: see Part 1 here and Part 2 here. For most of 1969, the Beatles were pretty much comatose - after the disastrous Get Back sessions (which would later spawn the Phil Spector-produced Let It Be), they reconvened to the studio that spring to record the music for what would become their final reco ... More >>

Aftermath: Spain Colored Orange at the Continental Club

Photos by Chris Gray Is Spain Colored Orange the Badfinger of Texas? Why not? Thursday at the Continental Club, the local quintet's heavy, lush pop was dense and intricate, but never at the expense of melody. Its members have also heard at least one jazz album in their lifetimes, evident in their ... More >>

Overnight Express: In Case You're Not Sick of Me Going on About Tom Petty...

Photos by Chris Gray Is Spain Colored Orange the Badfinger of Texas? Why not? Thursday at the Continental Club, the local quintet's heavy, lush pop was dense and intricate, but never at the expense of melody. Its members have also heard at least one jazz album in their lifetimes, evident in their ... More >>

Paul Rodgers: All Right Now

Photos by Chris Gray Is Spain Colored Orange the Badfinger of Texas? Why not? Thursday at the Continental Club, the local quintet's heavy, lush pop was dense and intricate, but never at the expense of melody. Its members have also heard at least one jazz album in their lifetimes, evident in their ... More >>

What Made Milwaukee Famous

What Made Milwaukee Famous performs Friday, March 2, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington, 713-862-2513. Dr. Dog also performs.

Jet

Get Born (Elektra)

The New Constitution/Stroller

On 4 (Audello) / Six Inches off the Ground (Compadre)

Letters, November 15

Fishy Business, Bad Taste, Band Aid

Rotation

Fishy Business, Bad Taste, Band Aid

On the Lam

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Impure, and Proud of It

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Sound Check

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Static

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Rotation

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Static

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

Letters

This "official" John Woo knockoff is less than dazzling

The Good with the Badfinger

A Houston producer pays loving tribute to an enduring -- if cursed -- band

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide