Eddie Cochran

Gatsby-Mania: 5 Songs for the New Great Gatsby Soundtrack

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the greatest novel ever written that everyone had to read in high school. And now it's going to be the greatest movie ever made that everyone will have to watch, supposedly out in May, because Leonardo DiCaprio is in it. It's in 3D for some reason too, even ... More >>

The Carpettes: Unsung UK Punks Back For The First Time

​Punk bands like The Clash have been lauded by critics and fans spanning across the globe, while other superb acts like The Carpettes have remained stuck between the cracks of history. This is almost tragic, since their blend of fine-etched, unblemished pop-tinged punk was just as riveting as ... More >>

Lemmy & HeadCat Mates Walk The Rockabilly Walk

​You could say that the members of roots-rock trio HeadCat got together to pay tribute to the King. But instead of the baby Jesus of Bethlehem, these three wise men -bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), drummer Slim Jim Phantom (ex-Stray Cats), and guitarist/pianist Danny B. Harvey (ex ... More >>

Krayolas Score Surprise Hit With Bob Dylan Cover

​If you follow these pages you may have noticed that Rocks Off recently tabbed Tipsy Topsy Turvy by veteran San Antonio rockers The Krayolas as our choice for best Texas album of the year so far. Yes, we understand that this may be running counter to the other members of the local media and ev ... More >>

Batusis Is No Throwback

Cheetah Chrome and Sylvain Sylvain make rock and roll new again.

Social Distortion: Story Of Their Life

​Friday night Houston will see its first Social Distortion concert since Warehouse Live in late 2006. Lead singer Mike Ness played a solo date at the Meridian in mid-2008, doing select Social D hits and his own country-tinged stuff. Houston's punk-rock and rockabilly contingent sold this sho ... More >>

R.I.P. Hank Cochran, Author Of "I Fall To Pieces"

​Hank Cochran, one of the elite songwriters in country music, died earlier today. He was 74. Born in Mississippi, Cochran worked for a while with rocker Eddie Cochran (no relation) in a California band styled The Cochrans. In 1960, Cochran moved to Nashville and teamed up with songwriting le ... More >>

Summertime Blues: Songs As Sad As The Season

"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose..." ​So reads the prologue to Ernest Hemingway's 1926 treatise on the horrors of existential dread. In the book, Jake Barnes and a band of entirely unlikeable expat misfits flit around the globe, from Paris to P ... More >>

R.I.P. Blue Cheer Founder and Bassist Dickie Peterson

​Front man and bassist Dickie Peterson of pioneering metallers Blue Cheer was found dead Monday morning in Germany. He was 61 years old and had reportedly been battling cancer for the past year. Blue Cheer's lasting influence on modern heavy rock is insurmountable. With their devastating low ends ... More >>

Burnin' for You

Musical Hurricane Preparedness Kit, Part 2: Hello Edouard (and Edward, and Ed, and Eddie...)

Blue Cheer

The Great Unknown

Music, the Squidbillies and a personal ecosystem

Various Artists

Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly

Strange Trip

Heavy rock pioneers Blue Cheer offer the cure for the summertime blues

A Pair of Aces

John Evans and Jesse Dayton drop career-defining records two weeks apart

Robert Gordon

Saturday, October 26

Body-Slammed

Man's Ruin makes Suplecs sing Sad Songs

Music Awards 2001

A preview of this year's show

Sleight of Head

Never Too Old to Rock and Roll

From the Malibus to the Natives to on his own, Herschel Berry has haunted -- and been haunted by -- Houston music for three decades. So is he ready to give it up? You've gotta be kidding

Rotation

Static

New Blues

Alternative rock robs pop's cradle