by rudyards | August 25th, 2012
Be Ready Revelers! The Montrose Rock Revel promises to Rock your Face Off! Punk, Folk, Americana, Modern, and Hard Rock blast the Montrose every weekend, and the Montrose Rock Revel is your showcase to hear it all! Be at Rudyard’s from the start! The revelry will commence at 6pm on Saturday, August 25th with a Mad Drum Solo Exhibition by Henry Largo of Second Lovers and March to the Sea, featuring a cover of John Bonham’s “Moby Dick.”
Then comes the mayhem!
https://www.facebook.com/8etribe
8eTribe (a performance group combined with Sideshow freaks, DJs, Dancers, light shows, cross dressers, and all around sick individuals) brings the pain…and the glory!! It’s always good to kick off a show with something you’re probably not going to see in your life unless you’re standing in front of 8eTribe!!
The Bad Drugs (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/TheBadDrugs
Any good time, especially a Rock Revel, would start by taking a pop of The Bad Drugs. Their punk stylings are the perfect outlet for your angst. Come rock with these rebels in the battle against the City of Houston’s unscientific noise ordinance.
https://www.facebook.com/foxandcats
The perfect transition from punk stylings is the pop punk duo in Fox & Cats. The Rock in their vocal harmonies, guitar, and lightening quick drumming is phenomenol. These two are exceptional musicians!
https://www.facebook.com/deadend.cowboys
And now for something completely different. The Southern Country Rock aka “Texas Junk” riffs of The Deadend Cowboys are the perfect contrast to punk in this showcase of Montrose rock and roll. Any good rock scene will have something for everybody, and a rock scene needs rockout people who like it all.
https://www.facebook.com/secondlovers
The perfect encore sound for Southern Country Rock is the explosive folk sound of Second Lovers. Recently nominated for Best Americana in the Houston Press Music Awards (be sure to vote for them), Second Lovers boasts the talents of five amazing musicians, putting forth melodies and harmonics that will make you smile as they slide right into your ear canal and enlighten your soul.
March to the Sea (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/March-to-the-Sea/177933358960304
Next is the march to a modern beat with March to the Sea. This band is described as Explosions in the Sky meets Thrice. They will fill the room with musical movements that will make your body Rock and your mind explode.
https://www.facebook.com/shotgunfuneral
The explosions will only get bigger with Shotgun Funeral. This is the best time you’ll ever have at a funeral because these musicians leave bad times in their wake. The Rock in this band comes in a mix of swing, polka, jazz, and Americana through electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, mandolin, violin, and accordian. They all get their turn to get after it and bring the revelry to a whole nutha level.
https://www.facebook.com/thetrimms
The pinnacle of Rock in the Montrose right now can be found in a little ole band from Houston that calls themselves The Trimms. Recently nominated for Best Rock band in Houston (vote for them), this trio brings blues-based rock back with a fury.
The Trimms are a stinging guitar, powerful vocals, one of the best drummers in Houston (Gabe Bravo, vote for him on his individual Houston Press Music Award nomination), and a bass player that can shred an electric guitar. Rock should bring passion. The Trimms Rock with passion, for sure.
To boot, many great artists and performers that frequent the Montrose will entertain revelers between sets. Be Ready for artists installations and wares, spoken word, performance art, news satire, hula hooping, and spankings. Yes, spankings!
