Lindsey Buckingham

Live Shots: Lindsey Buckingham

Break the Chain

We’re Getting the Band Back Together! Or Should We?

John Royal's Astros Recap. In Song.

Classic Rock Corner: Mudcrutch, Golliwogs, Mynah Birds, Moving Sidewalks and More

Aftermath: Five Times August at Mojo Rising

Splendid Isolation

For Warren Zevon, it's all about how he looks in the hat

Rotation

For Warren Zevon, it's all about how he looks in the hat

Wanted Man

Johnny Cash may just be a legend, but he's never sounded better

Is the Mac Truly Back?

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac's demise are exaggerated -- for the time being

Too Much Genius

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac's demise are exaggerated -- for the time being

Lindsey Buckingham: Gift of Screws

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac's demise are exaggerated -- for the time being

Our Favorite Albums of 2007

Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases

2 Sweet 2 Tolerate

Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham will perform Friday, January 26, at the Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1600.

Hype This

Fleetwood Mac opens the Toyota Center, the Chron hyperventilates, and a city grumbles

Get Lit: Storms: My Life With Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac by Carol Ann Harris

Barely out of her teens, Carol Ann Harris met Lindsey Buckingham in 1977 while working at the studio where the singer/guitarist was putting the finishing touches on what would be the band's huge international hit album, Rumours. As his live-in girlfriend for the next seven years, she'd accompany him ... More >>

Aftermath: Fleetwood Mac at Toyota Center

Photos by Jay Lee Every night the band goes onstage, Fleetwood Mac faces a concert onus only a handful of other groups need worry about: Are its songs too iconic? Is the rush of watching Stevie Nicks twirl out "Landslide" or "Rhiannon" live any match for the lifetime (or decades, anyway) of memories ... More >>

Can't Get It Out of My Head: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Jay Lee Rocks Off would wholeheartedly like to wish Ms. Stevie Nicks a very happy birthday today; since she's the epitome of a rock and roll lady, we'll refrain from revealing her actual age. At Fleetwood Mac's Toyota Center concert earlier this month, Nicks seemed to be walking with a limp, and he ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: The Music of Back to the Future

[Note: The scene at 00:47 is a scream.] ​Tonight The Mink's weekly Movie Nite brings us back to 1985, when Michael J. Fox was still known as that smug neocon bastard on Family Ties and Crispin Glover wasn't the batshit auteur he is these days. A screening of Back to the Future starts around 9 p.m. ... More >>

Twelve Musical Fuck Yous Better Than Gov. Ah-nuld's Coded Message

​Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​We admit, we never thought he had it in him, but apparently the Governator is capable of human cleverness - just like all non-cybernetic organisms. That is, if we accept that the acrostic in this veto message here isn't just a coincidence (read the first ... More >>

Exes On Tour: White Stripes, ABBA, Lindsey & Stevie...

​We're all familiar with the credo against intra-office dating, often crudely expressed as "Don't shit where you eat." Most of us subscribe to it, knowing the potential drama it could ensue. "How will this affect my work," we wonder. "What happens if we break up?" But all's fair in love and ... More >>

Top 10 Double Albums That Should Have Stayed Single

​Not all double albums should have been double albums, just as some albums had to be double albums in order for their point to be made. Each case is different with each band or artist. The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia had to be double albums to tell their stories of teenage wastelands and po ... More >>

The Ladies Strike Back, Actually

Rocks Off is following our sister Houston Press blogs into the choppy waters of "Comment of the Day," choosing a comment or a handful of comments from the previous day we find especially enlightening, infuriating or just plain hilarious. We're glad our readers have opinions, whatever they are, about ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins Debut Song On Rocks Off Sister Blog

GroovehouseBilly Corgan at Verizon Wireless Theater, December 2010​California, look what you've done. This morning, the Billy Corgan Experience Smashing Pumpkins, who managed to visit Houston twice in less than three months last year, debuted the track "Owata" on West Coast Sound, the music b ... More >>

Out Today: Beasties Bite Back, Stevie Nicks Gets Witchier

​What's the best way to celebrate the elimination of Osama Bin Laden? Listening to the Foo Fighters' latest album Wasting Light for the fourth week straight, of course. Send help, or at least the announcement of a late-summer or early fall tour date. Come on, man, just one hit. This week's n ... More >>

Stevie Nicks, Forever The Gypsy

​Tuesday, Stevie Nicks released her first solo album in a decade, In Your Dreams. After looking at promos for the album, Rocks Off is convinced that as often as she's denied "rumours" of witchcraft, the singer may actually be a witch. She has to be - she doesn't look like she's aged since 1989 ... More >>

Upcoming: Avenged Sevenfold, Blue October, Lindsay Buckingham, Etc.

​Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Seether: Mon., Sept. 5. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Blue October: Sun., Aug. 21. House of Blues. Battles: Thu., Oct. 20. Fitzgerald's. Boyce Avenue: Tue., Sept. 20. Fitzgerald's. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Sat., Aug. 27. Fitzgerald's. The D ... More >>

Stevie Nicks Enchanting The Woodlands August 13

​Yep, just over the wire. That racket you hear is Rocks Off's staff brawling over who gets to review the show. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. next Friday, June 24, at ticketmaster.com, livenation.com and all the usual brick-and-mortar outlets. This helps a lot, but while we've got you on the hook ... More >>

Happy Birthday Brian Wilson: His Modern Indie-Rock Offspring

Brian Wilson in watery repose​Today, ace pop-music architect and Beach Boys talisman Brian Wilson turns 69. In his nearly 50-year (!) wake of music he has helped give rise to generations of shameless copycats and other reverent rockers who find inspiration in his musical style. Obviously, th ... More >>

The 12 Best Songs in '80s Movies

​For many of us Generation X and Y-ers, much of our adolescence can be directly linked back to '80s cinema. Thanks to writers and directors like John Hughes, '80s teen movies were accurate depictions of suburban (non) happenings. Furthermore, the '80s were a special time in film history thanks ... More >>

Blue Letter: The 10 Best Fleetwood Mac Deep Tracks

photo by Jay Lee​Fleetwood Mac is perhaps the most distinct and musically diverse bands around. What started out as a British blues band headed by drummer Mick Fleetwood and lead singer/guitarist Peter Green became a pop/rock powerhouse with the addition of guitar virtuoso Lindsey Buckingham a ... More >>