Subject: Steven Tyler

• Drenched In Blog: Mental Death

  November 26, 2007

• Last Night: Van Halen at Toyota Center

  January 29, 2008

• Aftermath: Metallica at Toyota Center

  Photos by Craig Hlavaty / Click here for more Fandom is a funny thing. It can make the stodgiest businessman a KISS makeup wearing teenager from 1975. It can turn your Mom into a wannabe groupie when she gets a little too close to Steven Tyler. You yourself may wake up one tragic morn and grasp that you have seven different Pantera shirts which you alternate on Tuesdays, but never on Wednesdays because that was the day of the week that Dimebag was shot. And all of this is not for naught. Fando

  November 21, 2008

• Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 1

  Daniel Kramer With our ears still ringing from last night's AC/DC concert at Toyota Center (I knew we should have stayed away from the end of the stage with the cannon...), we got to thinking about the Aussie boys' iconic band logo. Sketched in pen on a million different school notebooks, and gracing T-shirts, denim jackets, and bad tattoos for more than 30 years, it's as big part of the band's legacy as "Back in Black." And so because Rolling Stone shouldn't have a monopoly on "g

  December 15, 2008

• Live Shots

  October 13, 1994

• Metalocalypse: Texas Hippie Coalition

  Denison-based Texas Hippie Coalition, or THC to fans, lays claim to the title "Kings of Red Dirt Metal," and will more than likely rock you the eff out. These guys feel like Pantera meets Lynyrd Skynyrd, so horns most definitely up. (Plus, the drummer goes by "Cowboy.") Lead singer Big Daddy Rich recently spoke with Metalocalypse about the Man in Black, horror movies and whether or not the abbreviation of the band's name is a coincidence. See if you can guess. Metalocalypse: When wa

  January 12, 2009

• The Future of Rock and Roll

  June 15, 1995

• Rotation

  May 22, 1997

• Steven's Lament

  October 9, 1997

• Press Picks

  December 18, 1997

• Static

  December 25, 1997

• ZZ Top, Aerosmith Hit Woodlands July 17

  Mark C. AustinMonday morning, word came down from Aerosmith and ZZ Top's respective camps, via Billboard, that the two boogie-rocking bands are teaming up for a massive world tour. After some digging, Rocks Off found out the tour makes its Houston-area stop Friday, July 17, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. It won't be officially announced until next week (probably), but we have our ways. The tour, sponsored (or "presented") by Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, takes both bands across Europe

  April 14, 2009

• Kimberlie Dykeman

  January 8, 2009

• Comeback Clips

  A music-video renaissance is afoot -- but it's strictly on the download

  December 29, 2005

• Santana

  All That I Am

  December 1, 2005

• Rock Floozies Write

  Wack peruses some doozies in the groupie tell-all canon

  August 25, 2005

• Last Night at the Alamo

  A Grammy party at a local theater turns into quiz night down at the local pub

  February 24, 2005

• What a Ruckus

  Monkey around at Theatre Illuminata's cabaret

  September 16, 2004

• Embrace the Darkness

  Forget the hype and the backlash -- listening to Permission to Land is the key

  April 8, 2004

• Somebody's Gonna Feel This

  Kid Rock leaves our scribe waiting and worried by the phone

  February 19, 2004

• Time Warp

  Four bands bring the '70s back to town

  October 2, 2003

• New Bands from Old

  Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore Audioslave"

  January 30, 2003

• Damn, That DJ Made My Day

  Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002

  November 7, 2002

• Idol Beat: The Top Four

  Photos by Ray Mickshaw/ FoxMan alive! Jamie Foxx mentored last week, and now guitarist-celeb Slash is in the proverbial American Idol house for "Rock and Roll Week"! Okay, sure, these people have projects and albums to promote, but these still feel like coups. Lot to address, so today I'm skipping the expository rant and going straight to my patented bullet-point breakdown: * Slash is looking rough! He's like a cross between Lenny Kravitz, Howard Stern and Bloom County asswipe Steve Dallas or so

  May 6, 2009

• Traumatized Beyond Belief

  June 18, 2009

• Do You Look Like Aerosmith's Steven Tyler or One of ZZ Top?

  Live Nation has come through with a four-pack of lawn tickets to the classic-rock show of the summer, Aerosmith and Houston's own ZZ Top July 18 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and Rocks Off sure as hell ain't gonna give this away for some cheap-ass trivia question. Naw, this time we're gonna make it real interesting. Here's the deal: if you look like either Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler or one member of ZZ Top, or know someone who does, email a picture to chris.gray@houstonpress.com o

  July 2, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Live Nation Goes All In, ZZ Top Tickets Up for Grabs, Meridian Rocks the Sabbath and More

  Courtesy of Stephen "Rube" Sager Live Nation has outdone itself on its latest "No Service Fee" Wednesday. All day, $29.99 buys a lawn ticket - one lawn ticket, mind you - parking, all those pesky fees, a hot dog and a soda for any participating show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Once they figure out how to make beer a part of this (stupid TABC), it's really going to go through the roof. Speaking of, Rocks Off still has a four-pack of lawn tickets up for grabs in our ZZ Top/Steven Tyler

  July 8, 2009

• Last Call for ZZ Top/Aerosmith Lookalike Contest

  Courtesy Tom Degler Rocks Off is a little disappointed we haven't gotten more response to our call for ZZ Top and Steven Tyler lookalikes - we are giving away a four-pack of lawn tickets to Friday's ZZ/Aerosmith show, after all. Yes, it's a little hot for all that facial hair, but we're fairly sure the show is going to kick all kinds of ass too. (A possible Billy Gibbons/Joe Perry duet on "Last Child" or "Back in the Saddle"? Sheeeeeit.) We figured we'd give y'all 24 more hours, because as it st

  July 14, 2009

• Aftermath: ZZ Top and Aerosmith at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

  Photos by Mark C. Austin Make all the Guitar Hero jokes you want. Whatever it is that's kept ZZ Top and Aerosmith in the public eye for almost four decades - video games or beards-n-babes videos, Back to the Future cameos or Michael Bay ballads, bee-stung lips or cheap sunglasses - they've never forgotten that eventually it all circles back around to the stage. And never been unable to deliver when it does. Formed half a continent but not many years apart, ZZ and Aerosmith found common ground e

  July 20, 2009

• Aftermath: Depeche Mode's Black and Blue Celebration at The Woodlands

  Photos by Eric Sauseda​ Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Everything Counts," Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and electronics into the service of primal urges and raw sexuality. Not terribly surprising from a band that once sang about playing "Master and Servant," perhaps, but the degree to which the trio (plus another keyboardist and drummer) has infused bleeding-fingernail blues into its once

  August 31, 2009

• Pink Floyd, Dr. Dre, Velvet Underground and Other Artists We're Glad Discovered Drugs

  It was 45 years ago this past Friday... that Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the first time and, more importantly for Rocks Off's purposes, introduced them to marijuana. While this meeting of musical titans would never lead to any actual musical collaboration or "Monsters of Hippie Rock" series of concerts, the Fab Four's induction into the 420 Club undeniably steered them away from making songs about holding hands and on to writing tunes about living in a yellow submarine and "elementary penguin

  August 31, 2009

• Free Yourself From the Shackles of the Internet!

  ​You groan as you hit snooze on your iPhone or BlackBerry's alarm, then you resume the ritual of checking your text messages, Gmail, and Twitter with bleary orbs. You drag yourself outta bed, hastily shower, pull anything that's unwrinkled and clean onto your limbs, and scurry to your car to arrive at work before the witching hour. But the freeways are slammed, as per usual, so you post a tweet lamenting the fact that your car can't fly. To brighten your mood, you tool around on your Face

  November 2, 2009

• Five Possible Replacements for Steven Tyler In Aerosmith, Including Morrissey

  www.irancartoon.ir​The remaining members of Aerosmith yesterday confirmed the news that singer Steven Tyler has left the band, and that they are currently looking for a replacement while Steven pursues glory with "Brand Tyler," whatever the hell that is. Thought Rocks Off has a hard time imagining anyone who could fill Tyler's stretchy pants and lead the venerable group on another tour as they gamely feign enthusiasm while playing "Sweet Emotion" for the ten-millionth time, we came up with a f

  November 10, 2009

• Mid-Week Match-Up: Communication Breakdown, It's Always The Same

  Two key players of two teams decided to break important news in odd ways this week.Steven Tyler, aging frontman for Aerosmith, dropped word that he was quitting the band (maybe; no one's clear) not by calling his bandmates, but by mentioning it to a British interviewer.Tracy McGrady, aging forward for the Houston Rockets, announced he'd be coming back from injury soon (maybe; no one's clear) not by telling to management or his teammates, but in an interview with a sportswriter. (An American spor

  November 11, 2009