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January 6, 2009
RIP Ron Asheton
The Stooges, "No Fun" Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, whose MC5-inspired gutter blues effectively laid the foundation for punk rock guitar, was found dead this morning in his Ann Arbor, Michigan, home, the Ann Arbor News reported. Asheton's personal assistant contacted Ann Arbor police after not he ... More >>
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February 16, 2009
Get Lit: On the Road with the Ramones
From their 1974 live debut in New York City to their final 1996 show in L.A., eight bruddas in leather have claimed the surname Ramone. But if there were a ninth member of the punk-rock godfathers, he would of course be Monte Ramone. For 2,263 performances in front of crowds ranging from a hand ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Aftermath: Greg Ginn & the Taylor Texas Corrugators and Jambang at Last Concert Cafe
Photos by Craig HlavatyEven while playing dissonant improvised bass in a trio consisting of himself, a shit-hot mandolin player, and a jazz drummer, Greg Ginn still sounds like Greg Ginn. After almost a decade as the captain of hardcore mavericks Black Flag, Ginn embarked on a career as an im ... More >>
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June 4, 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 ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Artist of the Week: O Pioneers!!!
Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. If we were forced by thr ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Houston Punks Legionaire's Disease Band, Gone But Hardly Forgotten
Coffin Corner
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February 19, 2009
Punk en Español
The heavily Hispanic roots — and present — of Houston's punk scene
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January 29, 2009
Totally Fucked Up
Perhaps the best-named band of all time
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April 27, 2009
Eyeballin': NOFX's Backstage Passport
NOFX Backstage Passport DVD www.nofx.orgFew bands in punk rock have lasted as long as the San Francisco-based NOFX. And even far fewer have stayed as relatively tight-knit a crew as Fat Mike and the boys. After 25 years of co-existence, most pop-punk bands of NOFX's ilk and age have already shuffled ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
The Vibrators
NOFX Backstage Passport DVD www.nofx.orgFew bands in punk rock have lasted as long as the San Francisco-based NOFX. And even far fewer have stayed as relatively tight-knit a crew as Fat Mike and the boys. After 25 years of co-existence, most pop-punk bands of NOFX's ilk and age have already shuffled ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Jon Ginoli: Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division
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July 2, 2009
Houston's Rememberances of Warped Tours Past
For the past 15 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been barreling through city after city across the globe creating punk rockers out of boy scouts and riot grrls out of band geeks. The traveling punk, hardcore and emo road show has been coming to Houston since 1995. The first taste local punks got of f ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Rancid
For the past 15 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been barreling through city after city across the globe creating punk rockers out of boy scouts and riot grrls out of band geeks. The traveling punk, hardcore and emo road show has been coming to Houston since 1995. The first taste local punks got of f ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Know Your Enemy
Green Day follows their Bush-bashing smash American Idiot with the even more epic 21st Century Breakdown.
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August 7, 2009
Houston Remembers Green Day, Back In the Day
Photos by Rachelle Mendez and Matthew JuarezSaturday night, one of the most polarizing bands of the past 20 years rolls into town. Since its 1994 mainstream breakthrough, Dookie, Green Day has been dividing fans and critics alike. Some damned the trio for leaving their punk-rock roots behind at 9 ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
No Exit
Blondie casts a wide net indeed on the band's Last.fm station.
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August 24, 2009
Aftermath: Blondie, Graceful and Casual at the Arena Theatre
Photos by Daniel Kramer Even at today's prices, dreaming is free. That's why an evening with Blondie is such a bargain. Sandwiched between the Donnas (who sounded tight and sassy from the will call line) and Pat Benatar (still "Invincible"), Debbie Harry's crew navigated the Arena's revolving sta ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
Five Clips In Memory of L.A. Punk Documentarian Brendan Mullen
Brendan Mullen, documentarian of the early L.A. punk scene, died this past Monday at the age of 60. From the basement of a porno theater to The Decline of Western Civilization, the Scottish-born implant helped chronicle early American West Coast punk both orally and through the written word, ending ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
"My Son Is the Lizard King, and I'm an Admiral": Successful Rock-Star Parents
Late Thursday, word came across the ticker that legendary comedian and TV star Soupy Sales had passed away at age 83. After a stint in the military and on radio, Sales went on to be one of the major pioneers of televised sketch and children's comedy. In 1965, he pulled a stunt where he asked his ... More >>
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November 5, 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 ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Get Lit: I Slept with Joey Ramone by Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil
Though the title indicates this might be a juicy memoir from a punk-rock groupie, it's actually by the brother of the Ramones singer, who did indeed share a bedroom with the tall boy born Jeffrey Hyman for many years. The crux of the book follows Leigh's (born Mitchell Hyman) extremely up-and-dow ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
Houston Musicians Recall Their Own Rock and Roll High School Days
Tonight Rocks Off is hosting the first annual Texas High School Rock Off, with local bands from area schools fighting for a grand prize of $500 and bragging rights around town. This past week we have profiled the seven bands in the running: The Paperwaits, Useful Information, The Handshake, Livin ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Punk Rock Karaoke Returns Tonight At Notsuoh
www.notsuoh.com If you have ever dreamed of being in a punk band, or at least dreamed of embarrassing yourself in front of people you may be trying to sleep with, Notsuoh has you covered tonight, hosting the resurrection of live-band Punk Rock Karaoke. About six years ago, PRK was in full-swing b ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
Five '90s Musical Fads We Remember Well, But Don't Really Miss
A little over a decade ago, swing music made a strange comeback. You may remember seeing people all over dressing like '40s hipsters, jumping and jiving in Gap commercials and most every club or bar was offering swing lessons. It started with the release of the film Swingers, which still mi ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Last Night: Silversun Pickups And Against Me! At Warehouse Live
Photos by Faith SilvaAgainst Me!Silversun Pickups, Against Me! Warehouse Live July 20, 2010 Against Me! opening up for Silversun Pickups would be like the Replacements opening up for My Bloody Valentine in 1991. Except that Against Me! isn't on the wane of their career and Silversun has way ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
The Decline of Western Civilization
This early L.A. Punk documentary
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August 13, 2010
Talking Black Flag With The Burden's Ryan Taylor For Redux-ion
Rayhaan TraboulayBlack Flag makes a perfect soundtrack for stealing cigarettes and spray paint, says The Burden's Ryan Taylor (far right).Next Thursday is Rocks Off's maiden voyage of Redux-ion, a night we created for local bands to pay homage to some of their biggest influences. Along with Y ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Screeching Weasel
Rayhaan TraboulayBlack Flag makes a perfect soundtrack for stealing cigarettes and spray paint, says The Burden's Ryan Taylor (far right).Next Thursday is Rocks Off's maiden voyage of Redux-ion, a night we created for local bands to pay homage to some of their biggest influences. Along with Y ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Inanimate Objects
Rayhaan TraboulayBlack Flag makes a perfect soundtrack for stealing cigarettes and spray paint, says The Burden's Ryan Taylor (far right).Next Thursday is Rocks Off's maiden voyage of Redux-ion, a night we created for local bands to pay homage to some of their biggest influences. Along with Y ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Bankrobbers: The Clash Family Tree
Rocks Off cried the night he heard Joe Strummer died. It was December 2002, and we sat on our family couch and let it all out. That fabled Clash reunion that seemed just months away would never happen. Strummer died of a heart attack at 50, just three days before Christmas, leaving behind a w ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Friday Night: Bad Religion At Warehouse Live
Photos by Marco TorresBad Religion, Aggrolites, Off With Their Heads Warehouse Live November 5, 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest may have beckoned tantalizingly from Austin, but we resisted its pull to see what is, for us, the greatest punk rock band still putting out new material. It was Bad Religions ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Friday Night: Batusis At Mango's
Photos by David EnsmingerCheetah ChromeBatusis feat. Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome Mango's December 10, 2010 "Everything was as it always had been ... the years were a mirage and there had been no years," E.B. White once wrote, describing the collapse of time. This is what Batusis effor ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
The Adolescents: Still Punk Rock Kids From The Black Hole
"We were little pricks, but bored out of our minds..." The Adolescents on the 2007 Warped TourFor 30 years, seminal Orange County punk band the Adolescents has unleashed anthemic teen angst, since mutated into wise adult aggravation, in intermittent bursts. Sure, members come and go at revol ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Everything in Between
No Age makes punk palatable.
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January 7, 2011
Agent Orange Continues Carpet-Bombing Surf-Punk
David EnsmingerAgent Orange's Mike Palm at Rocbar earlier this year.Rocks Off recently had the opportunity to speak with Agent Orange's Mike Palm, who founded the Southern California surf-punks in the late '70s and has remained in the trenches ever since. Agent Orange plays Fitzgerald's Sunda ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Last Night: Agent Orange At Fitzgerald's
Photos by David EnsmingerAgent Orange Fitzgerald's January 9, 2010 In the 1987 21 Jump Street episode "Mean Streets and Pastel Houses," fresh-faced Johnny Depp goes undercover as a punk to root out vicious gangland teenage thugs lurking in the inner city. He ends up at a rowdy punk concert r ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
The 31 Best Music Documentaries Of All Time
Hands down, above all of these following music documentaries, Craig's Hlist's two favorite of all-time are The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years, and The Beatles Anthology. We can watch both on repeat for days and not complain. That will probably all change once we see ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Saturday Night: NOFX At House Of Blues
Photos by GroovehouseNOFX House of Blues January 22, 2011 See lots of pics of NOFX and friends in our slideshow. NOFX has been the Fisher-Price My First Real Punk Band of the past 25 years, with Green Day sadly coming in a close second with Bad Religion and, yes, Blink-182 bringing up the r ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Friday Night: Something Fierce Record Release Party at Mango's
Photos by Marc BrubakerSomething Fierce Mango's April 1, 2011 There are terms in music that cause audible groans and visual displeasure at their mere mention, and while these vary from person to person, some are fairly universal. Emo, yacht rock, muzak, and pop punk all fall into these categ ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Professor Punk: Hates Singer To Be Guest Lecturer At U Of H
Brittanie SheyThe Hates at Cactus Music, December 2009Quick. What do Ice-T and Houston's own punk-rock elder statesman Christian Arnheiter of The Hates have in common? Well, both are respected lectures at institutes of higher learning. Arnheiter will be guest lecturing from 11:30 a.m. to 12: ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
R.I.P Joey Ramone: Top 10 Ramones Songs...
Besides "I Wanna Be Sedated" And "Blitzkrieg Bop" Dawkeye via WikipediaIt was ten years ago today that the world lost their first Ramone, when Joey Ramone succumbed to lymphoma in New York City at the age of 49, one month shy of turning 50. The iconic punk frontman would lead the Ramones in ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
25 Essential Eponymous Albums
Eponymous: (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator: The Stooges' eponymous debut album. On this day in 1983, a young woman from Michigan who had recently given up on a career as a hard-rock singer released her first album of electronic dance-pop, an album ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
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 >>
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September 1, 2011
Nothing's Shocking: Thank You, Iggy Pop
singinglamb.caA young Iggy Pop has his way with a microphone stand c. 1968Cyberspace was all abuzz on Monday, thanks to Lady Gaga's "shocking" VMA performance of "You and I" dressed as a young Ralph Macchio, or at least that's what it looked like from here. It was creative and bold, and defin ... More >>
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August 25, 2011
The Beat Goes On
Kathy Valentine unseals her lips about New Wave beauties the Go-Go's 30th anniversary tour.
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October 13, 2011
Supersuckers
Kathy Valentine unseals her lips about New Wave beauties the Go-Go's 30th anniversary tour.
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December 6, 2011
Still Thirsty And Still Miserable: Black Flag's Damaged Turns 30 Years Old
Photo By Edward CulverCheck out this great Q&A with Damaged photographer Edward CulverEvery modern punker has a story relating to Black Flag's Damaged, which turns 30 years old today. Some hate it, some love it, some blame it for the everything good or bad that happened in their lives since t ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
I'm Going To Hell For This One: NOFX's Most Sacrilegious Songs
Photo By GroovehouseFat Mike of NOFX at the House Of Blues in January 2011Aside from the blood, bruises, beer, and the bands, the one thing you could always count on punk-rock for was to provoke unpopular thought. To make you go against what polite society and your parents had taught you. NOF ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Noise For The Ages: Top Post-Hardcore Guitarists Through the Years
The album that basically made the genre.While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands k ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
The Adicts
The album that basically made the genre.While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands k ... More >>
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