Month: October 2005

Social Distortion w/ The Dead 60s & Bullets and Octane – Meridian – Houston, TX

Written by Todd Spoth Oct 30, 2005 at 08:00 PM If you had asked local Houstonians a week ago what their plans are for the night of October 30th, 99% of them would have said, “Celebrating the Astros World Series Victory!” The lost percentage of them would have said watching Orange County natives Social Distortion….


HIM – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX

Written by Abel Longoria Oct 27, 2005 at 08:00 PM HIM which originates from Finland is currently on tour here in the U.S. promoting their newest release Dark Light that hit the shelves in September. They are extremely popular overseas in Europe and has been on the rise here in states for quite some time now….


Buzzfest XVI – Woodlands Pavilion – Spring, TX

Written by Abel Longoria Oct 22, 2005 at 12:00 PM When the date and the venue was chosen for Buzzfest XVI I’m postive they had no inclination that the Houston Astros would be in the World Series competing for a World Championship during the same week.   Well as it turned out that was exactly…


Billy Idol – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX

Written by Eddie Ferranti Oct 22, 2005 at 12:00 AM On a night when the Astros were playing in their first World Series (and losing!), an enthusiastic crowd of devoted Billy Idol fans showed up at Club V and were treated to a killer show! From the 2nd song when Billy started peeling off some…


Nine Inch Nails w/ Queens of the Stone Age – Toyota Center – Houston, TX

Written by Samuel Barker Oct 19, 2005 at 08:00 PM Let me begin by admitting that I was never a big fan of Nine Inch Nails while growing up. To me, the band was nothing more than the song that kept repeating the same phrases over and over that my friend used to play every…


Avenged Sevenfold w/ Saosin and Death By Stereo – Meridian – Houston, TX

Written by Samuel Barker Oct 14, 2005 at 08:00 PM So this is what it must have been like during the early days of the Glam Metal movement in Hollywood. A hodge-podge of bands was thrown together with variable different sounds and the one with the biggest show owned the night. It was the flash…


Shinedown w/ Alter Bridge – Woodlands Pavilion – Spring, TX

Written by Samuel Barker Oct 07, 2005 at 08:00 PM For this night, things seemed to be perfect. The first cold front of the season had moved through the city and had it a nice, breezy 60 degrees out at the Woodlands Pavilion as Alter Bridge, Shinedown and 3 Doors Down put on a show…