Subject: Blink-182

• Seriously, Hil, LYLAS

  July 12, 2006

• Slightly Stoopid

  November 28, 2006

• Sanity Claus: Separating Holiday-Music Gifts from Seasonal Disorders

  December 22, 2007

• Aftermath: No Doubt, Paramore, and The Sounds at Cynthia Woods

  Photos by Mark C. Austin Any returning mega-band thinking of mounting a huge reunion tour to drain poor folk of their cash (cough Blink-182 cough) need look no further than No Doubt's current tour and sold-out set last night at Cynthia Woods to see how it should be done. For the bands that were fortunate enough to be opening for the SoCal power-poppers, it also stands as a lesson in how to age gracefully in an industry that increasingly seems to be honoring youth over experience. Hell, in

  June 1, 2009

• HPMA Aftermath: Small Sounds, Yoko Mono, Katie Stuckey and the Swagger, Espantapajaros, Buxton, Los Skarnales and Thee Armada

  July 29, 2008

• Not Your Average Angst

  May 11, 2000

• X Marks the Spot

  Legendary L.A. punks survey the scene they helped spawn 25 years ago

  November 14, 2002

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 26, 2004

• Rock and Roll Dream Team

  Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

  August 26, 2004

• Post-Valentine's Day Relationship Rescue Songs

  Dwight McCannSo Valentine's Day is over, and you spent all your dough on Cupid swag for that special sweetie, which hopefully bought your way out of the doghouse for the time being. But if not, Casanova, your Rocks Off homies still have your back - provided you have an iTunes account. Sentimentally speaking, what could be more romantic than the gift of lovey-dovey pop songs? They say so much, and, until iTunes' new pricing tiers take effect this Spring (driving big hits up by as much as a

  February 17, 2009

• Flannel File: The Descendents

  One hot morning in August of 1997, my little brother and I hopped on MARTA (Mom wouldn't let me use the car) and moseyed on down to the Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta for the third-ever Warped Tour. Should the writer of a column about experimental music be ashamed of having gone to the Warped Tour as a kid? Yes, clearly he should have burst from the womb reading Henry Miller and listening to Mission of Burma (oh wait, that was my brother). But in my defense, sample the lineups from some of thes

  June 4, 2009

• Pennywisdom

  June 24, 1999

• New Found Glory: Not Without a Fight

  April 2, 2009

• Alkaline Trio, with Pretty Girls Make Graves and Pitch Black

  Tuesday, June 3

  May 29, 2003

• The 2008 Vans Warped Tour, with Angels & Airwaves

  July 3, 2008

• The Lawrence Arms

  This band breathes new life into pop-punk’s flaccid, bloated corpse

  October 25, 2007

• Distant Early Warning: Blink-182, Clutch, Jaime Foxx, Poison the Well, Wooden Birds and More

  Blink-182: Wed., Sept. 23. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Clutch, Baroness, Lionize: Wed., July 15. House of Blues. Computer Club: Thu., June 18. Escobar. Crosby, Stills & Nash: Fri., Aug. 28. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. D. Ramirez: Fri., Aug. 14. Rich's Houston. "FallCore 2009": Sat., Oct. 10, 5 p.m. Fitzgerald's. Frank Caliendo: Sat., May 30. Verizon Wireless Theater. Jamie Foxx: Fri., July 10. Reliant Arena.

  May 19, 2009

• How Classic Is Classic Rock?

  June 4, 2009

• Lost in Rotation

  Rounding Up Recordings by HPMA Nominees

  July 26, 2007

• Rogue Waves

  A new report cuts through the static on the radio industry

  January 11, 2007

• That Was the Year That Was

  Looking back on the local scene in '06

  December 14, 2006

• Vampires of Moscow

  June 22, 2006

• Cold Cuts: Bun B vs. Byron Crawford

  Our new recurring feature raids the deli tray of H-town-related rap beefs

  April 20, 2006

• The All-American Rejects

  Saturday, March 25, Reliant Arena, 8400 Kirby, 713-629-3700

  March 23, 2006

• Gay-Unit

  Twisted G is most definitely not trapped in the closet

  January 26, 2006

• Jada Rocks

  Mrs. Fresh Prince brings her "spiritual hardcore" to the Scout Bar. Deal with that.

  December 1, 2005

• Fountain of Youth

  The kids in Shulton's Youth have talent, ambition and a record deal. But is that enough?

  September 8, 2005

• Warped Minds

  A day at punk rock's biggest summer tour takes more than just stamina

  June 23, 2005

• Feel This

  Enema of the Mental State: Notes from the Battle on Irritable Blink-182 Syndrome

  June 17, 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

• Pop-Punk Penance

  A cool kid seeks heavenly redemption

  February 5, 2004

• Drastic Unilateral Action

  Universal hopes to JumpSTART flagging CD sales with aggressive price cuts. Who benefits the most?

  September 18, 2003

• Punk of the Month Club

  Good Charlotte knows it's more than a passing fancy. But does America?

  May 15, 2003

• Pitfall Punks

  Swinging over the crocodile ponds with the Ataris

  November 28, 2002

• Midtown

  Thursday, October 10

  October 10, 2002

• Best Place to Rent Anime

  Planet Anime

  September 20, 2001

• Playbill

  Lucky Boys Confusion

  August 23, 2001

• Fenix*TX Rising

  Betrayal! Blink 182! Boobies! The Houston band has lived to tell all.

  May 10, 2001

• Still Angry After All These Years

  The Oven feeds a malnourished punk scene

  October 26, 2000

• Porn to Sell

  Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

  July 27, 2000

• Highway to Heck

  Though Christian on the inside, MxPx is pure punk on the outside

  May 4, 2000

• Welcome to the M-Machine

  April 13, 2000

• Local Album of the Week: Paul Wall's Fast Life

  Paul Wall Fast Life www.grillsbypaulwall.comDid high gas prices kill off Paul Wall? Not really - that's just a coincidence. Rather, the H-Town artist known for his candy cars and diamond grills has suffered from being too closely identified with a regional sound that is no longer fashionable. Just as Chingy stopped selling records after the St. Louis "right hurrrr" movement fell off, Wall has been hurt because the chopped and screwed sound has lost popularity. It's too bad, because his latest al

  May 14, 2009

• Paul Wall: Fast Life

  May 21, 2009

• The Last Roundup: A Birthday Blog, Mic Skills, Listenlisten, UGK, Riff Tiffs and More

  Happy birthday, Houston's Most Hated! They're celebrating next Saturday at Numbers with The Juan MacLean, Switzerland's the Field and a bunch of local DJs. 29-95.com has a nice chat with local MC Mic Skills, mostly about his new album Defiant. We Wore Masks caught the freshly reunited Blink-182 (Woodlands Pavilion, September 23) playing "All the Small Things" on The Tonight Show. Can't wait for Conan to take over! Space City Rock checks out the new Listenlisten, Hymns from Rhodesia. Readitreadit

  May 20, 2009

• Distant Early Warning: The Cult, Billy Joe Shaver, English Beat, Fall Out Boy, Talib Kweli and More

  Asleep At The Wheel: Sat., Aug. 1. Sengelmann Hall (Schulenburg). Balaclavas, Cave, Twisted Wires: Thu., June 4. Mango's. Babasonicos: Thu., Aug. 20. House of Blues. Billy Joe Shaver: Tue., Aug. 4. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. "Sean Hannity Freedom Concert" with Billy Ray Cyrus, The Charlie Daniels Band, Lee Greenwood, Michael W. Smith: Sun., Aug. 9. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Fall Out Boy, Asher Roth, Chester French: Wed., Sept. 23. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (with Blink-182). Bun B &

  May 26, 2009

• John Mayer Is Full of Crap

  ​Something about John Mayer just gets under Rocks Off's skin. We'll admit there was a time he made us believe our body was a wonderland, and yes, we've even wanted to "run through the halls of our high school and scream at the top of our lungs." But no more. The quiet little guitar player we once thought Mayer was is no more, and in his place is a narcissistic lothario. The latest incident of immense ridicule came - big surprise - via Twitter. "Listening to the hits channel on Sirius. I will

  July 30, 2009

• Fix Your Face

  September 24, 2009

• Oh, Lord: Bands Who Thought It Was a Good Idea to Cover Music From Star Wars

  If naming your band after a Star Wars character isn't enough nerd cachet, just try writing music referencing the film series or covering music from the canon of work surrounding it. Anyone SW fan worth his or her (mainly his, because dudes are more apt to be nerds) should be able to bang out an ode to stormtroopers or the Force. Yes, the Force is capitalized because it is a valid religion in some circles. We tracked down a handful of songs encompassing all facets of the Star Wars experience, fr

  October 21, 2009

• A Few of Music's Biggest Tattoo Enthusiasts - Besides Rocks Off, Of Course

  Don't act so surprised... As we can fatefully attest, rock and roll and tattoos go hand in hand. The first time Rocks Off saw a grizzled punk rocker walk by at Fitzgerald's back in the '90s with two sleeves full of tattoos and a chest full of nautical-themed art, we mentally pointed at him and said "That's what we want", and from that day on we were hooked. Since we started getting tattoos we have seen the world change in regards to how inked people are regarded. They were one or all the follow

  November 5, 2009