Subject: Deep Purple

• Paul Rodgers: All Right Now

  October 12, 2007

• Get Lit: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Joel McIver

  January 3, 2008

• MySpaced Out: A MySpace Mixtape

  February 29, 2008

• Q&A: Rich Williams of Kansas Talks History, Houston and Will Ferrell

  May 29, 2008

• Aftermath: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

  August 11, 2008

• Black Sabbath: The Rules of Hell Box Set Reviewed

  August 19, 2008

• Aftermath: Masters of Metal at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

  August 25, 2008

• Happy Daze

  Nebula conjures up memories of loud Les Pauls, long hair and weed

  November 4, 1999

• Party On, Dude

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

  May 24, 2001

• Racket

  The Nuge keeps on offending all sorts of people

  July 5, 2001

• Metalocalypse: Baroness and the Southern Metal Renaissance

  Baroness, "Wanderlust," 2007 In the same way that Houston rarely inspires photos of snow flurries, people tend not to associate heavy metal with the South. But, if you look hard enough, you'll find a rich history of hard music with roots planted firmly in Southern soil. In the '80s and early '90s, Louisiana produced sludge-metal bands such as Crowbar, Acid Bath and Down. Currently, Austin's retro-metal The Sword is gaining national attention by opening for Metallica, like they and Down did

  December 16, 2008

• Retro Active: The Ian Gillan-Fronted Black Sabbath

  Ian Gillan on his brief stint in Black Sabbath Last week, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, claiming that one of the promotion behemoth's subsidiaries, Signatures, sold a bunch of Sabbath merch after a licensing agreement expired in 2006. Though the idea of Black Sabbath "jewelry and fashion accessories" (as noted in the complaint) is kinda funny, you can't really begrudge the guy for being super-protective over the Sabbath "brand."After all, it was Iommi wh

  December 26, 2008

• Lost Tuneage: Terry Reid

  L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid Who Dat? Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would perch him on a box to sing popular songs while she picked fruit. He joined a school band, the Redbeats, and then Peter Jay's Jaywalkers, which issued the single "The Hand Don't Fit the Glove" in 1966

  January 9, 2009

• Houston Press 1996 Music Awards

  July 25, 1996

• Keen Life

  April 10, 1997

• Houston Press 1997 Music Awards Preview

  June 26, 1997

• Rotation

  February 25, 1999

• SXSW: Kurt Vile and Keys N Krates at the Music Gym

  Photos by Craig HlavatyKurt VileWe once again crossed the big ol' road to hit up the Music Gym to see Kurt Vile and Keys N Krates. Since we hit town, we have found the most satisfaction out of this venue, with it's relaxed and wholly chaotic feel. During regular hours it's a rehearsal space for bands and isn't so deep into the Sixth Street business. Keys N KratesKeys N Krates are like Girl Talk, but with live instruments. The four-piece hails from Toronto and at one point somehow managed to meld

  March 21, 2009

• Classic Rock Corner: Ian Gillan's Deeper Shade of Purple

  www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds the belter singing not at the pace of a Speed King, but with a much more laid-back groove on a dozen tracks that mix rock, blues, reggae, soul and the Middle Eastern flavor hinted at by the title track.

  March 31, 2009

• Aftermath: SXSW

  March 26, 2009

• Leon Hendrix Is a Voodoo Child

  March 5, 2009

• Dollyrockers, Hellbound Hoedown

  January 22, 2009

• Cracker

  Sunday, April 14

  April 18, 2002

• Rock The Bayou Is a Bust

  September 11, 2008

• Judas Priest's Screaming Seer Rob Halford

  Master of Metal

  August 21, 2008

• Soaring on the Wings of a Demon

  Ronnie James Dio has rocked for a long, long time

  August 14, 2003

• Monotonix

  The Tel Aviv trio performs its raw rock

  November 8, 2007

• Deep Öyster Dilemma

  A heavy-metal coin flip

  August 23, 2007

• Unholy Getdown

  Stevie Wonder, Prince and Martin Sexton combine in the Mighty Orq's tasty blues-rock stew

  August 31, 2006

• Can

  Future Days, Soon Over Babaluma, Landed and Unlimited Edition

  July 14, 2005

• Playbill

  August 26, 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

• Bons Temps, Island-Style

  Mardi Gras Galveston holds spectacular charms with hard-rock edge

  February 12, 2004

• They Want You to Want Them

  Shine up your old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt, Cheap Trick's in town

  November 13, 2003

• Drop Trio

  Big Dipper, Self-Released

  August 21, 2003

• Rock Around the Cock

  The Datsuns zoom out of New Zealand with Zeppelinesque flair

  May 22, 2003

• Bah, Humbug!

  The glut of holiday CDs kills the Christmas spirit

  December 20, 2001

• Letters, November 15

  Fishy Business, Bad Taste, Band Aid

  November 15, 2001

• Six Strings Under

  Unlike many of his rock guitar god peers, Joe Satriani has yet to flee to audiences overseas

  April 13, 2000

• Time of Arrival

  After two years, Houston's demonseeds are ready for the public ear

  December 2, 1999

• Grimm Tale

  January 2, 1997

• Lost Tuneage: Uriah Heep

  www.uriah-heep.com Who 'Dat? The English-bred Uriah Heep sprung from the axis of Mick Box (guitar) and David Byron (vocals). The pair had worked together in both the Stalkers and Spice before hooking up with manager/molder Gerry Bron. A big Vanilla Fudge fan, Box wanted the band to have a prominent keyboard sound, so in came Ken Hensley, who would also serve as the band's main songwriter. Paul Newton was recruited on bass. It was Bron who suggested in 1970 that the band change its name to Uriah

  May 11, 2009

• Lost Tuneage: Nazareth

  Who Dat? Formed at the end of 1968 out of the ashes of a group called the Shadettes, Nazareth - taking its name from the first line of the Band's "The Weight" - included Dan McCafferty (vocals), Manny Charlton (guitar), Pete Agnew (bass) and Darrell Sweet (drums). As the group was from provincial Dunfermline, Scotland - far away from any musical epicenter - it struggled for gigs and attention before making the move to London, where its aggressive hard-rock sound was more accepted.Nazareth's sel

  June 24, 2009

• For Method Man, Five Musical Shootings

  ​Should be an interesting scene at House of Blues this evening, where Method Man, not exactly the shy type, might get a little more attention than he bargained for. Rumor has it some time between sound check and the tall, fragrant rapper's headlining set with Redman, he'll be served with papers in conjunction with the lawsuit area resident Mary Anderson filed this week claiming Mr. "Tical" shot her in the chest after his and Red's House of Blues show last year. Anderson says she was waiting fo

  August 7, 2009

• Ten Cover Songs So Bad They'll Shrivel Your Soul

  Two nights ago, while carelessly patrolling the back alleys of the internet, Rocks Off stumbled across Hilary Duff's execrable cover of The Who's "My Generation". Well, what did you think, YouTube commenters? ​ You sure you're not being too harsh? ​ Yeah... ours too. Someday, when we are in our twilight years, we will think wistfully back to how we lived as teenagers, how we lived as college students, how freely we loved our first loves... and tearfully, we will remember the peop

  September 17, 2009

• All Good Again

  October 15, 2009