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April 24, 2012
Nicky Hopkins: Classic Rock's Go-To Piano Man
...and on piano... Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rock's Greatest Session Man By Julian Dawson Though his name is known mostly to classic-rock liner note readers, even the casual fan has heard his piano work: The wistful opening of Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful," the pumping keys on ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Here's The Pitch: Top 10 Commercials Starring Musicians
Madonna's infamous "Like a Prayer" Pepsi ad, 1989Every now and then, name-brand companies need a little extra pizzazz when it comes to advertising, and often they turn to the music world to do this. Either way, it's a win-win situation for both the artist and the company because the artist us ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Sweet Feet: Dave Lombardo And Double Bass-Drum Domination
Slayer's Dave Lombardo is destroying a couple of bass drums just out of frame.Forty-seven years ago today, drummer Dave Lombardo was born in Havana, Cuba. Never heard of Dave? That's okay. If you've listened to any heavy metal in the past 25 years, you've definitely heard his influence. Roun ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
We Tell You Who Will Win Grammys So You Don't Have To Watch Them
SPOILER ALERTThe best thing about the annual Grammy nominations and awards shows is the clamor of anger that rises up when the mere mention of the event even comes up. Immediately people begin calling it a travesty, trotting out all the people who have been snubbed -- Jethro Tull beats Metall ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Happy Birthday David Knopfler: 7 Lesser Known Rock Music Siblings
In the holiday movie Fred Claus, Vince Vaughn plays Fred, the bitter older brother of Santa Claus. In one scene, he goes to a group counseling session with the brothers of Sylvester Stallone, Bill Clinton, Alec Baldwin and others to vent his frustration. Today is the 60th birthday of David Knopfler. ... More >>
Culture
December 8, 2011
Poster Boy
Rock art legend Uncle Charlie will not be denied.
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Cover Story: Uncle Charlie Is Houston's Poster Boy
Uncle Charlie isn't just a Houston legend. Ask anyone in the poster-art scene the world over, and they'll know his work. Charlie Hardwick, the subject of this week's cover story, designs posters advertising some of the biggest names in music - from Wilco to Green Day to The Decemberists. But ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
The 10 Greatest Rock Bassists of All Time
Me (right), God help me, and Billy Sheehan circa 1990.Last week, Neph Basedow wrote her list of the 11 greatest female rock bass players and she took a little heat for it, including some from me. But, she also got a lot right. At the very least, she highlighted the most under-appreciated musi ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Baron Wolman: A Bounty Of Iconic Rock Photography
Photos by Baron WolmanIke & Tina TurnerEvery Picture Tells a Story - Baron Wolman: The Rolling Stone Years Omnibus Press, 176 pp., $37.50 If you could point to one thing that makes today's music journalists most jealous, it would probably be the music journalists of the '60s and '70s. Back t ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Get Lit: Had Me a Real Good Time - Faces: Before, During & After
Had Me a Real Good Time - Faces: Before, During & After By Andy Neill 456 pp., $29.95, Omnibus Press A band that was actually more popular in the U.S. than their English homeland -- based on their incendiary live shows if not album sales -- Faces (or, to most, The Faces) are far more than just "Rod ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Friday Night: Def Leppard & Heart At The Woodlands
Photos by GroovehouseDef Leppard, Heart Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 23, 2011 Like so many of their 80s hard rock brethren, Def Leppard has always straddled the line between serious musical territory and the self-parody that threatens all bands associated with that era. On one ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Hail, Hail: 10 Things You Should Know About Pearl Jam
Mark C. AustinPearl Jam at ACL '09Amongst all the Nevermind love running rampant this week, people seem to forget that Nirvana contemporaries Pearl Jam are also celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Obviously the Nirvana tributes are different since one member is not living and the we ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Lordy Lordy, T. Rex's Electric Warrior Is 40
A few months back, we had this to say about T. Rex on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of their single "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" reaching the top of the UK charts. This Saturday, parent album, Electric Warrior, turns 40 years old. It bears repeating, not because we are too lazy to com ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
The 20 Best Tribute Albums Of All Time
Hootie covered Zeppelin!? '90s U So Crazy!This year alone has seen a multitude of tribute albums, from two Buddy Holly lovefests to the upcoming ZZ Top tribute set from a very motley crew of artists, including Nickelback, Daughtry, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (yum), and Wyclef Jean. Let t ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Masters of Cyberspace
The Press hands out its first Houston Web Awards.
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May 31, 2011
Top Five Clint Eastwood Soundtracks
pasoroblesfilmfestival.comDr. John, Clint Eastwood and producer/director Bruce Ricker in a publicity photo for "Piano Blues," Eastwood's installment of PBS' 2003 series The Blues.Today the one and only Clint Eastwood turns 81 years old, and he can still kick your ass. According to the Interne ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Dangerous Men
Atmospheric rockers Pale leave L.A. for Houston - and a record deal.
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April 21, 2011
Dead People We Wish We'd Seen
Regrets, sang Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Sid Vicious, I've had a few. (Or, for Sid, a feee-yooouuu.) So have we all. But if you review concerts for a living, there's nothing worse than someone you like dying before you get the chance to see them live. So for this week's Round Table, Rocks Off ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Shot In The Dark: The Ones Who Got Away (So Far)
UPDATE (3:23 p.m.): Promotional video by Monica Fuentes added after the jump. Jay LeeLittle Joe Washington at the Continental Club's 10th anniversary, July 2010Slowly but surely, Rocks Off has been getting ready for our "Shot In the Dark" photo exhibition at Warehouse Live's Studio next Thur ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
March Madness
At SXSW 2011, almost everything that could go wrong did — except the music.
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February 9, 2011
10 Beatles Urban Legends: True Or False?
When you're a band like the Beatles - who first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, 47 years ago today - tall tales and urban legends spring up all around... mostly because when a band is a worldwide cultural phenomenon, anything can seem possible or even plausible. Some of th ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Guns N' Roses, Rolling Stones, Prince Coming In 2011?
Sind Axl und Slash wieder Freunde geworden?Rocks Off is in the concert business for all intents and purposes. We scour Pollstar and other Web sites and almost hourly looking for new shows and tours to tell you about around the clock. In the span of writing this introduction we just listed Luc ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
2010 Turkeys of the Year
Metro chief Frank Wilson is our biggest gobbler.
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November 5, 2010
Last Night: Heart At House Of Blues
Mark BritainHeart House of Blues November 4, 2010 In trying to come up with a witty juxtaposition to open our review of Thursday night's Heart show, Aftermath was initially going to throw out a comparison to Jefferson Airplane/Starship, another band that peaked decades ago, enjoyed a brief r ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Ten TV Shows That Need To Go Away Now
We're barely a month into the fall TV season and have already lost three new network shows. My Generation, the show that was to catch us up on a group of high school graduates ten years after the fact (and presumably set to the music of The Who) pulled a Keith Moon after two episodes. Lone St ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Ten Iconic Musical Nicknames, And 25 You May Never Guess
You know what sucks? Getting saddled with a really awkward family nickname when you are younger and it following you until it takes a frenzied freak-out to stop it. We were once called "Pooter" by our mother until an eight-year-old Rocks Off gave her a terse look right before third grade star ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Saturday Night: Robert Plant & Band Of Joy At The Woodlands
Photos by Jason WolterRobert Plant & Band of Joy, Bettye LaVette Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 24, 2010 Robert Plant is a master of the musical bait and switch, but an exceptionally gracious one. Plant is no dummy. He has to know that the commercial radio stations in Houston (and, le ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Here Come The Nice: British Boxsets Invade DVD Players
The new British Invasion collection are the latest DVDs from Reelin' in the Years, featuring long-lost performances with bandmember interviews. Wisely eschewing the over-anthologized bigger-named performers, this initial series offers individual releases on The Small Faces, Herman's Hermits ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Museum Of Fine Arts Screening Rare Beatles And Bob Dylan Footage This Weekend
It's an odd thing to think about, but imagine seeing the Beatles on American television for the very first time. Imagine how different they looked from any other musician making popular music in the early 1960s. Or think about Bob Dylan, going electric at Newport, how scandalous it would have bee ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Hit the Road, Jack: 10 More Notable Musical Deaths From the Past Decade
Looking back, this past decade wasn't too kind to rock and roll as a whole. We lost plenty of people who weren't exactly disgustingly huge as Michael Jackson or as monolithic as Johnny Cash. This decade took its share of people who were massively influential and iconic, but not on the grand worl ... More >>
Music
September 3, 2009
The Forgotten Festival
The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival
Blogs
August 13, 2009
Les Paul Is Shredding Axes With Jesus and GG Allin Now (Wait, That Can't Be Right...)
Thanks to Mr. Jesse Dayton for showing us this clip Les Paul, the musician who literally created the definitive sound of rock 'n roll with his slew of equipment inventions, has passed away at the rockin' age of 94. Seriously if you make it that far after spending your life in smoky halls and reco ... More >>
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May 27, 2009
Alley Theater To Produce Yet Another Frank Wildhorn Musical; Stunned World Asks "Why?"
The Alley Theater has announced its 2009-10 season; it includes productions of recent Broadway comedies Boeing, Boeing and Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, which should be fun.But the announcement also contains much more ominous news, consisting of just five words: Yet. Another. Frank. Wildhorn. Mus ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2009
Chris Squire on 40 Years of Prog Life
Yes Man
Music
December 27, 2007
Our Favorite Albums of 2007
Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases
Film
October 4, 2007
Across the Universe
Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust
Music
March 23, 2006
Oasis
Tuesday, March 28, Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666
Music
July 23, 1998
Rotation
Tuesday, March 28, Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666
Music
January 22, 1998
Now They're Cooking
Tuesday, March 28, Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666
Music
August 21, 1997
Static
Tuesday, March 28, Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666
News
June 5, 1997
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
Music
April 24, 1997
Sound Check
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
Music
March 13, 1997
A Whole Lot Country
And quite a bit rock and roll add up to No Depression music
Music
February 13, 1997
Static
And quite a bit rock and roll add up to No Depression music
Music
November 28, 1996
Messing Up in Public
Ray Davies gets the kinks (if not the Kinks) out of his career
Music
December 7, 1995
Rotations
Ray Davies gets the kinks (if not the Kinks) out of his career
Music
July 27, 1995
Irish Ambassadors
The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland
Music
May 4, 1995
The Country of Rock and Roll
From the ashes of Uncle Tupelo springs Wilco, genreless and great
Music
December 15, 1994
Live Shots
From the ashes of Uncle Tupelo springs Wilco, genreless and great
Music
November 17, 1994
Ecstatic Static
Guided By Voices' low-fi revelations
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