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RIP Jeff Hanneman: Slayer at Verizon Theater In September 2010

Ed. Note: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of the band, passed away Thursday in Southern California due to liver failure, according to Rolling Stone. Hanneman, 49, had contracted the flesh-eating disease necrotizing fasciitis, which doctors believed was the result of a spider bite, ... More >>

Gangsta Rap Wings and Surfers on Acid at Goro & Gun

Everyone's been talking about ramen lately -- especially the ramen at Goro & Gun. What I want to talk about are its wings. "We're gonna drive Buffalo Wild Wings out of business," chef David Kaufman joked as a bowl of ODB wings hit the bar, the chicken glazed with local honey and topped with a few s ... More >>

The 5 Best Things to Eat or Drink This Weekend: Burger Bracket, Pearland Crawfish Festival, National Beer Day and RA Sushi Roll Eating Contest

While it may have been rainy and dreary for the last few days, the weather report for this weekend is warm and sunny. Get out of the house and grub down with five of the best things to eat or drink this weekend. 2013 Burger Bracket Grand Championship at The Refinery Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 702 ... More >>

Get Your Sriracha Potato Chips: New Lay's Flavors Hitting Stores This Week

Lay's potato chips announced a contest this past summer in which it asked for fans to submit their ideas for new potato chip flavors. The three best flavors would be created by the Lay's folks and pushed to stores, while the winning flavor -- and the person behind the idea -- would receive $1 millio ... More >>

ShipRocked: KoRn Fights Seasickness but Fans Rage On

A few weeks ago, Rocks Off's Kevin Ramer shoved off on the 2012 edition of ShipRocked, which bills itself as "the ultimate rock music cruise vacation." These are his reports. After a long first night of partying and concerts, Shiprockers woke up in the southernmost part of the United States: Key We ... More >>

Last Night: Mayhem Fest Jagermeister Stage at The Woodlands

Mayhem Festival Side Stage Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 11, 2012 Holding the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival at a suburban amphitheater on a weeknight posed a few serious logistical problems, for the touring company and concertgoers alike. In order to meet the venue's curfew, several ... More >>

Last Night: Anthrax, Motorhead & Slayer at Mayhem Fest

See more metal and Mayhem from Wednesday in our slideshow. Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 11, 2012 This year's main-stage bill is probably as close to a genuine, bona fide legacy that Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will ever come up with, ever. Be ... More >>

Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Announces Houston Date: Includes Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax And More

This morning, the lineup for this summer's mega-metal fest, the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, was released. It includes re-activated act Slipknot, warhorses Slayer, Anthrax on the Jagermeister side stage, and a third act to be named on March 5. This roadshow hits Houston on July 11 at the ... More >>

How to Appear Knowledgeable at a Texans Gamewatch Sunday (From the Bad Advice Dept.)

Photo by Marco TorresOh, and wear a mask.​You don't have to be a football fan to find yourself at a Houston Texans gamewatch party Sunday when they take on Baltimore. Which can be a problem, because you'll be surrounded by fanatics and you don't want to look foolish. Luckily, you can look li ... More >>

Winter's Coming: 9 NSFW Snowman Sex Pictures (That You'd Never See in Houston)

Winter is here in full force, which means in Houston the temperature might be 65 degrees or it might be 30 degrees. If it does get freezing, though, it won't last long. That means we miss the sheer joy of shoveling driveways, parking spaces in front of houses, and sidewalks. Of trudging frozenly th ... More >>

LSU to Brew and Sell Its Own Beer, Leaving UT to Wonder Why They Didn't Think of That

An academic kind of beer​We've been to LSU football games, and if there's one thing we noticed, it's that there's just not enough beer. Some would say that's because people are guzzling bourbon and scotch instead of brews, but the keen minds in the LSU administration know better. The school ... More >>

Anthrax's Charlie Benante Shouts Out King's X And The Refused

​Of the three bands on the bill at Sunday's Jagermeister Tour Houston stop, Anthrax is perhaps the one with the most varied reach. Sure, everyone loves Slayer, and Megadeth has a dedicated following of Mustaine-iacs, but it was Anthrax who touched the most upon hip-hop and hardcore punk. The ... More >>

Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax

Bartender Chat: Diana Franco of Velvet Melvin Pub

​Diana Franco is exactly the kind of bartender you want serving you on those nights when you're looking for a place to relax with your friends while drinking a cold beer. Or a 46-ounce Tank. Seriously. When I asked Franco what drinks are most popular, she laughingly pointed out the list of Tan ... More >>

Five Questions to Answer Before You Decide Where to Eat (When You're Drunk)

​You've closed out your local pub, and you're a little bit lit up. Not so drunk that you're stumbling around talking to trees and vomiting on yourself, but drunk enough to be extremely impulsive. And the impulse hitting you right now: You need food. Slowly you remember that you haven't eaten s ... More >>

Korn Was Not A F**king Emo Show At Sold-Out Verizon

Photos by Matthew Keever​ Seventeen years after its inception, Korn still managed to sell out the Verizon Wireless Theater on Sunday night for the 2010 Jagermeister Music Tour. Most bands could only dream of continuing to sell-out venues for two decades, but a look at Korn's fan base, which ranges ... More >>

Possible Sponsors For 6 Summer Tours

​Sunday night, resurgent '90s nu-metaleers Korn stop by Verizon Wireless Theater as headliners of the annual Jagermeister Music Tour. Wonder if they've still got the gorilla suit. It seems like more and more artists are following the model of bands like U2, whose recently scratched 360 Tour was "p ... More >>

PJ's Sports Bar's Lindsay Lohan

Stirred and Shaken: PJ's Sports Bar's Lindsay Lohan

Photo by Troy Fields​American karaoke probably makes a native Korean feel the same way I do when I eat Mexican food in a place like Arkansas. Still, I dragged my friend Alex to PJ's Sports Bar (614 W. Gray, 713-520-1748) so I could get an expert's opinion on the dive-bar version of South Korea ... More >>

The Big Easy's Origo Malum

Stirred and Shaken: The Big Easy's Origo Malum

Photo by Troy Fields​Sitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>

Where Are We Peeing?

[Ed. Note: Just in time for lunch, Rocks Off presents our own spin on Houston Press food blog Eating Our Words' popular Where Are We Eating/Drinking series.] Craig Hlavaty​ Monday nights we usually hit this place up to watch The Daily Show on mute and partake in their weekly Lone Star and Jaeger s ... More >>

Aftermath: The Wailers, and Much Gnashing of Teeth from Our Writer, at House of Blues

Photos by Groovehouse / Click here for a slideshow​Aftermath recently read the following quote on Twitter: "Reggae is actually the only musical genre in which its greatest artist ever is actually its most popular as well." While Aftermath thinks this reveals a major disservice to artists l ... More >>

FRONT PORCH PUB'S POISON GIRL

Stirred and Shaken: Front Porch Pub's Poison Girl

Photo by Troy Fields​"I'd hate to own a bar," says Sergeant B. "I'd have to deal with people like me." He's talking about agitated drinkers, and in this case, the source of the agitation is a Monday Night Football bingo game at Front Porch Pub (217 Gray, 713-571-9571). Bingo and anger normally ... More >>

Top 5 Cocktails Guys Can't Order In Public

You're a man. You like beer. In fact, hurray, beer! But just because you are a virile male doesn't mean that you can't glance over at the girl holding a beverage with a delightful fruit skewer and think, "Gee, that looks fun and refreshing, I'll order that next!" Right? Wrong! There are certain cock ... More >>

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Take Our Shuttle Quiz And See If You're A Space Expert

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

Notable tour sponsorships in U.S. history

Take It On the Run

LIVE SPORTS CAFE'S BOB MARLEY

BIG WOODROW'S SEX WITH AN ALLIGATOR

Cage Match

concert preview

KAY'S LOUNGE

Three Wise Men

Shock and Rawrb

Psychostick's Notorious R.O.B.

Make Ours a Red Head

Washington Apple

Mink

Free Booze

Never pay for a drink in this town again

Panty Rave

Get down and dirty at Lustfully Yours

Playbill

Dimmu Borgir, with Nevermore, Children of Bodom and Hypocrisy

Friday, November 21

Jägermeister Tour 2003, with Slayer, Hatebreed, Archenemy and E-Town Concrete

Tuesday, November 11

Nü-School Drool

Fresh out of rehab, Saliva's Chris D'abaldo hopes being on the Jägermeister tour won't make him Pavlov's dawg

Chicago Oasis

T.K. Bitterman's Sex with an Alligator

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Drink's Bull Blaster

Grey Goose Music Tour

Wednesday, October 9

Just a Little Nip and Tuck

The Tavern's Red Headed Slut

The Real Battle of the Bands

Paesanos' battle-of-the-bands bounty and other tales from a disastrous competition

In Honor of the Winter Solstice

Ling and Javier's Longest Night

Static

A Uniquely Pervis Perspective