Renegade News and Reviews

I didn't have plans to go much of anywhere this last weekend. Rest and recuperate were the only things on the agenda for a week Im mostly glad is behind me now. However, Saturday afternoon I got asked to come take pics of this band at Hub 121 in McKinney/Allen. The band Texas, Whiskey & You I'd never seen before but 2 long time friends (Tull Rea and Christian Sly) were in the band and I'd not seen them in forever. They've been "RenegadeRadio.Net" friends pretty much from the beginning. So, when asked to help a friend, you do it....

40 years is a long time. It's even longer when you realize it doesn't encompass all of you. Just 40 of your years. As time goes on you get to a point where you know you have more years behind you than ahead. You look back on things you miss and sometimes wish you had a do-over. A mulligan for life, I suppose. This last weekend I found myself looking back at things 40+ years ago. Not in pictures. Not in casual conversation among family and friends. But going back to "live it again" in as much as you can....

New 2024 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast Format to Feature 10 Rounds in Three Venues, While Awarding a Record $3.13 Million in Prize Money Bull riding’s most prestigious event to begin with Eliminations at Dickies Arena (May 10-13), followed by Ride For Redemption at Cowtown Coliseum (May 15-16) and concluding with the Championship at AT&T Stadium (May 18-19) FORT WORTH, Texas (August 22, 2023) – PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced a revolutionary format change for the 2024 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast and beyond, while also increasing the prize purse for bull riding’s most prestigious event to...

The amazing part of concert photography is that for 3 songs, you're "in the mix". Usually in front of the artist watching through the glass. One tradition I still carry to this day is stop taking pics for a bit and simply enjoy the moment. Sing along, look back at the crowd and just be thankful you've gotten where you've always wanted to be. In this sense, it was the first time I've ever seen Rick Springfield live, and you're damn straight i sang along with "I've Done Everything For You". While I've never seen Rick Springfield before, I must...

Another hot weekend in Dallas. At this point it simply seems redundant and like a groundhogs day we'll never recover from. I did take Friday to stay indoors and visited my friend Karen Ledfords Karaoke show at Dicky Sheas Smoke n Pour and that is always good for some killer vocals and music. Do I karaoke? Not if I can help it, but I can listen to friends between their own gigs. Karen is "Karen" from Big Little Town, a Little Big Town tribute. Always fun to listen to her sing! Saturday night was Hub 121 and *another* outdoor show....

Recently the 56-54 Texas Drillers defeated the Frisco RoughRiders 5-2 Duffy Casperius was the winning pitcher in 3 inning pitched. For the full box score and game summary, click here. Pics from the game provided by Cody Grubbs

Last few weekends have been putting the heat to this iceberg and not really in a good way. The Texas summer can be a beating to artists and musicians who are asked to perform outdoor shows. But if bands like Chicago Tribute Authority, Metal Shop, the Breast Cancer Can Stick It band and Slim Chance can take it, I'll be there to cover them! Last weekend were back to back shows with Chicago Tribute Authority (CTA) Thursday at Grandscape and they delivered their usually stellar performance. Friday found me Lava Cantina for MetalShop and the Breast Cancer can Stick It...

Renegade photographer Cody Grubbs was at the Connecticut Sun vs Dallas Wings WNBA game on August 12th as Satou Sabally scores both the game high of 28 points, also her personal best in a WNBA game, helping the Wings win the game 91 to 81. Press Release: Dallas Wings vs. Connecticut Sun Saturday, August 12, 2023 College Park Center | Arlington, Texas Final Score: DAL 91, CON 81 Attendance: 4,179 Dallas Leading Scorer: Satou Sabally (28, ties career high) Connecticut Leading Scorer: Alyssa Thomas (26)   ARLINGTON, Texas – The Dallas Wings (16-14) finished out their four-game homestand with a, 91-81,...

Recently, the brand new Omni PGA Frisco Resort held its first buying & education summit from July 31st to August 2nd. The event hosted vendors from all over the United States. The event also hosted a golf wear fashion show that included the latest clothing designs from Stony, Fore All, Tasca, Aputnam, Anatomies, Jag, Reflo, Daily Sports, Rohnisch, Ladies Only and Luluemon. The facility features (2) 18 hole golf courses and boasts a par 3 10 hole course that lights up at night. Also available on the property are several top restaurants including Ice House and Lounge by Top Golf...

Recently i upgraded my camera equipment and needed to test it out. heard if from a friend that 1999 - The Legacy of Prince was playing at T's. T's can be a bit of a challenge and historically, i go to see bands, not photograph them. while the lighting has gotten better, it wasn't an ideal place to shoot bands. Perfect. If you're going to see what your equipment can do, don't make the first test easy, ya know? T's was filling up and tables became scarce long before the band took the stage. hell, their audience for sound check...

I can't believe I've been taking pics of the local tribute bands in Dallas and have never really covered them more *here*. Every weekend there's at least 2-3 great bands to go see. the venues are solid. many have great lighting for said pics. a few are exceptional such as lava cantina. photographically speaking, that is. maybe i'll do a venue review later; but not today. so in staring at the site wondering "what's next" for us, it dawned on me. cover what i love to do. shine a light on people who i've come to meet and call family....

many many eons ago, just before covid broke and changed everything (it seems); i was on a roll taking pics of national bands that came through and reviewing their new releases. covid slowed down releases as bands couldn't get together. tours stopped, so photography stopped also. we stayed home a lot and power slammed tv series after tv series for entertainment. will there be life after covid? we all saw things slowly open up several years ago. wear masks, stay 6' apart. limited capacity. all that jazz. but certainly no photographers in a pit. getting a show approval was harder...

i sometimes wonder why it can take\ so long to "discover" an artist. great music, talent on guitars and soulful vocals powering amazing lyrics should just step right into my life. it should, shouldn't it? well, i think it should. in this case, it took over a decade. you see, it was 2009 when orianthi released perhaps her biggest hit, according to you. her "believe" release that year also had other notables such as "highly strung" and "suffocated". with according to you and suffocated both on the pop-rock side, its possible i simply glossed over it, if i even saw...

Official Press Release The Arlington Renegades scored on six of their first seven possessions and held on for a 35-26 victory over the DC Defenders to win the 2023 XFL Championship Saturday night at the Alamodome. It was the highest-scoring game of the season for Arlington, led by quarterback Luis Perez who passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, completing 26 of his 36 pass attempts. Perez was named the 2023 XFL Championship Most Valuable Player following the game. Arlington raced out to a 17-0 edge and led 20-6 at halftime, but D.C., coming in with an XFL-best 10-1 record,...

now i've been listening to and following the answer for over 10 years.  in fact, when i was doing "icepicks" for an FM station outside of los angeles, I even had them play nowhere freeway as my pick of the week. wow, circa 2011. ever since that day, the band has maintained the excellence i initially heard that day. songs like spectacular, evil man, always (why hasn't this song gotten more attention?) gone too long, thief of light and so much more simply show that this band has always produced from day 1. now, im not picking the songs with...

ARLINGTON – In a matchup of the XFL’s top passing team in Seattle and the league’s 2nd-best defense in Arlington, it was the Sea Dragons’ offense proving to be too much for the Renegades in a 24-15 loss Friday night at Choctaw Stadium. As a team, Arlington established season highs on the offensive side in both passing (215) and rushing (124) yards, but the Renegades gave up season highs on the defensive end in passing (256) and rushing (115) yards, in addition to equaling a season-most points allowed and not forcing Seattle into a single punt. Arlington RB De’Veon Smith...

sometimes through the normal course of your day, something stands out and says "hey, check me out". you put it off at first for various reasons but when it's music, that "hey, check me out" can haunt you. yea, that song was cool, but what about the rest of the... then song 2 comes along and you stop what you're doing and double check the name. nope. never heard of "the commoners". and then you ask "why the hell not"? you tend to ask yourself a lot of questions in the normal course of your day, it would seem. why...

Peak Fighting Championship comes to the Comerica Center in Frisco Texas Mach 11th. The fastest growing MMA Promotion is bringing its top talent for this big show two titles will be on the line that night the heavyweight title and feather weight title. Click here to purchase your tickets now! After the event, check back for photos and interviews from Keith Higgs to catch up on all the action.

this isn't going to be a review. not of any particular band or incredible new song anyway. im just in one of those reminiscing moods where you think back and see a lot of things you missed along the way. no one does it intentionally.  we just seldom understand the significance of the times we've living in. we're just busy living in them. for example - the 70s were far too short to me. i got to live through all of that decade as i was closing in on 15 when the 80s took over. you don't think you can...

Finding good music for the sake of good music is getting harder and harder to do. Seems styles are being reinvented by the hour and bands can be more focused on doing something no one has ever done vs. just putting out solid music you can get into. Not long ago I ran into Marshall Potts's music and there was certainly something different, but the difference was good. Real good. In his 2022 release The Storm, there's a certain familiarity of the sound where everything seems to line up. The sound is rock countryfied with a singer / songwriter type...

lately i keep hearing the same question in a lot of concert photography groups im in; how do i get started? well, concert photography is a niche, not cheap, and will take a lot of patience. to pile on, it seldom pays you, with money anyway. but the fascination is certainly there. i get that, so i thought i'd write up what it takes to get in the pit. this will come from a "never done it before" viewpoint, but should cover a wide range of experience. also, i do hear a lot of people say they are a photographer...

looking back, i don't really remember when i learned the secret behind santa claus. all i knew was late december was special. presents, food, friends and family all gathered to celebrate life and our faith. i won't go into details here. we all have our memories of what made these times so special, i know. over the years life can change what is important and growing older pushes those memories further back into an abyss. given the nature of the world lately, celebrating love and friendship seems harder to do. we get lost in that "abyss" as priorities change. then...

sometimes you just have to sit back and look at where you are. before covid hit i was on a roll in getting approved for nationals and building up quite the photo library. all through covid every opportunity simply faded. add in some personal issues i had to take care of, i wondered if shooting nationals was done for me. then along come the rock and roll icons judas priest and i was approved by an amazing management company in short order. below are the galleries for both queensryche and priest, but let me sit back and talk about it...

it really is getting harder and harder to write reviews. i don't write them to fill up space, i do it to talk about some great music i found and to share. great music is just getting harder and harder to find. harder, yes. but not impossible. enter scarlet rebels. out spotisurfing the other day, it usually goes in the same circles. however, the other day a new song came up from scarlet rebels. mask. It felt both new and familiar at the same time. the kind of song you feel at home listening to from the start. back the...

One thing I've noticed in all my years moving around the sun is that the cool people usually wind up with cool nicknames. Invariably, the cooler the nickname, the cooler the story behind it and the more amazing are the people who wear these badges of honor. The Godfather, for example. carries a certain weight on its own. Better have the chops to pull that one off. And I can promise you, Jeff Dennis has the chops. A part of the DFW local scene since 1978, Dennis has done it all. Band management, music reviews, (even for Renegade a few...

I've only seen Pulse once and that was back in 2018 at Gas Monkey Bar and Grill.  At least, I think that was the name at the time. Of course, I had my camera in hand as I tend to do at live shows. For this performance, I lowered my camera more than once. Now, only 2 things can make me put the camera down. Weight of the camera or I'm really getting into the performance. It was an incredible performance. After the show I picked up their 2 releases, Show Me the Way and The Sum of Our Parts....

I think one of the best things that can happen to me at any given show is I put my camera down for a bit. Sometimes you have to do that and simply enjoy the moment. The good ones are rare and have a magic about them that doesn't come along every day. And last night? Well, that was a great moment to be sure. Last night, Taj Farrant out of Australia came through Texas and turned the heat up. Thanks dude.  🙂 Taj has been touring America this summer with his parents and hitting some incredible venues. Lava Cantina...

Music these days sure can be difficult to wade through. Finding the right sound; no not that one; what the holy hell... then in some act of Spotify desperation, you link up to another band out of the blue and you stop. Something different but familiar. Something new but a solid memory. King King? Ok, lets keep on this train, it seems to be going somewhere. Roll into the next song and the party is still solid.  You even looked behind you to see if someone snuck in some Santana. That's the familiar part you'll find from influences of many...

Right off the bat, I've Hurt Myself by Loving You hits you with the Album Oriented Rock (AOR) style linked so heavily to the 80s. I think the style itself can be misunderstood. You see, people look for the next Karate Kid theme song everywhere in this format. Wax on, wax off, waxing nostalgia, these were still great times. But the only people who can really take you there are the people who've been there. Ronnie Atkins and his experiences with Pretty Maids has certainly been there. No one really captures this style and makes it their own like Atkins....

Took a few months off because I've been busy on another project I hope to launch soon and some personal reasons as well. Also, no band really stood up and said "hey, check this out" and backed it up with some catchy tunes. Did some Spotify surfing and one did today, so let's dive in and check out The Karma Effect. From their Spotify release page, it's a 2022 release and self titled. The trend these days is trying to recreate the cool out of the 70s it seems. A lot of bands can sound of that era, but it's...

In 1990, the 80s party sound was still in full force on the radio. College only a few years behind me, 32 years ahead of me to go live. Part of this "living" was driving around Arlington, TX with a friend in his Chevelle, radio up. It was late one evening when we heard what we thought to be the new Motley Crue on the radio and we both fell in love with the song. Looking the next day, there was no new Motley Crue on the horizon and the mystery deepened as to who we heard sing such an...

playing around on the internets, searching for more new music to play and of course, love; you sometimes get lucky. while i can't tell you what road took me to blackwater conspiracy, thank the web searches it did. load up some spotify, dig in deeper, and find your latest favorite band. hell yea. so, the sound.  touch of country; touch of georgia satellites, and touch of counting crows. at times, a touch of tom keifer in the vocals. definitely a strong, gritty sound. flirting with many of the southern styles, the mix ultimately that sees the light of day is...

FORT WORTH, Tex. (January 6, 2022) – PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced that the Ariat Texas Rattlers will represent Dallas-Fort Worth in the PBR Team Series, an elite new league featuring the world’s top bull riders competing in games beginning in June 2022. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the Ariat Texas Rattlers will call Dickies Arena home. As the official boot sponsor of PBR and a longtime sponsor of notable PBR athletes, including two-time and reigning World Champion Jose Vitor Leme and 2016 World Champion Cooper Davis, Ariat is expanding its presence in the sport as the official title...

It's amazing to me it can take so long to come across a band like Switzerland based Gotthard. Especially these days when everything is online and you can look vs. wait for FM to like it so the rest of us can. Ah, the old days of FM and spoon fed music. Trouble is, Gotthard began in 1992 and radios influence was still alive and well. It was also very picky and in many instances, pay to play. In listening to their 1992 self titled debut, it's just as amazing as what I am hearing today. It even "feels" the...

i swear to god it's like brand new 80s music fell from the sky today. in trolling around spotify today, i fell into 80s/90s name recognition and saw house of lords. feeling a bit nostalgic, i clicked the link and went to reminisce a bit. wait...2020? as in last year's 2020? ok, lets see what we got here. now it's been a while since i house of lorded it so i really had no idea what to expect. do they sound the same? did they "grow" and change everything? would the music from that time long ago still be their...

Sometimes, it just happens. You find a song that makes you listen over and over again until you can sing along and air guitar perfectly. Yesterday I was going through new music and The Dust Coda caught my attention with Dream Alright. The music felt like yesterday all over again, but new all at the same time. Whatever it was, it made me track down the band, get their 2 releases for my own collection, and see if they could continue this streak. While a great song is amazing, the real victory is when you find a great band as...

Triller Fight Club brought us an all-new combat sport called TRIAD COMBAT this weekend to Globe Life Field, the home of the Texas Rangers and what bigger way to kick it off than with a very special performance from the best rock band on the planet METALLICA. The band kicked off the night with two songs followed by 6 fights and then three more songs and a MAIN EVENT. After the main evert Metallica wowed the crowd with over 75 mins of headbanging and hard rock that the fans have been waiting for. Triad Combat is in full effect and...

Triad Combat, this revolutionary, new combat team sport which incorporates boxing and MMA rules with the fighters competing in a specially designed triangular ring over two-minute rounds features professional boxers competing against professional mixed martial artists. This is newest fighting format to hit the ground debuting in Arlington Texas tomorrow night at Globe Life Field. Today we walked in to the final official weigh in at The Renaissance Hotel in Dallas Texas and you could feel the tension in the room. The tale is set and the ring is ready for the most brutal combat sport ever. Here is the...

TRIAD COMBAT Debut, MMA vs BOXERS Followed by METALLICA Full Concert Saturday, November 27, Globe Life Field Arlington, TX That’s right Dallas Tx Triller Fight Club proudly presents Metallica live at Globe Life Field for the introduction of Triad Combat. What is Triad Combat you ask? Well picture the top MMA fighters in the world going against the top Boxers in the world in a triangle ring…. Renegade Radio will have all the inside scoop and interviews so stay tuned for more to come. This Saturday night’s revolutionary debut of Triad Combat from Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, Two-Time...

Having been fortunate enough to photograph Bad Wolves on 2 previous tours through Dallas, I found an appreciation for Bad Wolves. To be specific, I found Tommy Vext engaging and a hell of a front man. At this point, anyone who follows rock knows the band has replaced Vext with Daniel “DL” Lasckiewicz for Dear Monsters. I won't get into the "reasons" for the change. It happened, move on and support both as their music dictates. Nothing else matters to me on this. Given this, I am simply going to go over the music as found on Dear Monsters. Any...

there's always a sense of power when i listen to daughtry. a natural vibrato of pure emotion that pulls you in and makes you part of an overall experience. the man seems to be able to whisper with the power of a scream when he sings. and the emotion within. oh lord, that emotional transfer when you get lost in the vocals. i never paid attention to american idol, only heard of this new rock star that emerged from it. no need to retell his history, a website bio on allmusic.com does that so very well. from his amazing self...

while mostly rock, we're down for country when it rocks too. last night while out doing a random lens test at lava cantina here outside of dallas, i got a bonus in getting to see an incredible show with some definitely rocking country, dustin massey. back on the aug 21st, this young man put out a new release titled "matter of time" and he played much of it last night. well, i think he did. never saw him til last night, now he's in my collection and gonna get some air time. where ever it came from however, i loved...

blacktop mojo has been a renegade favorite for years. each new release from this band rises to the top for an immediate review and with each new release, my expectations grow accordingly. you see, they've had time to get better at their chosen craft. i am going to be harder to impress as we go. so the guys have a new self titled release and it's time for me to go to work. sennheiser hd280s - on. volume, lets just say "up". now lets answer that question - did blacktop mojo show growth and maintain same feel? pretty important to...

after all these years wandering around on this planet since the 60s, there's one thing i've never gotten tired of; discovering great music. now what i call "great" has matured over the years, to be sure. times shows you a lot and after you've seen so much, you get harder to impress. eva under fire certainly has reached that status. impressive. lets drop back to 2015 and their first release, anchors. someone went into overdrive to put 14 songs on a debut release. i have to think the band had a hard time cutting it down TO 14 songs. not...

the 90s offered a lot of things to the world. the shift from hair metal to grunge was disappointing as ladies went from skirts and stilettos to combat boots and fatigues, but hey; a different issue i suppose. music did morph some after that phase and straight ahead rock also became in vogue. that was far more my own style so in this time i came across wakeland. over the years i stayed with the band, picking up wanting from 1993 and then to see the sun from 1994. hell, i even picked up blur from 2003. it was around...

frontwoman for thrilldriver, a rock 'n f'in roll band from new york f'in city, zoe friedman and i have been friends since she cornered me in e-mail one day (not an easy feat, mind you) and we discussed the pros and cons of using skulls for band logos. while that conversation never really got settled (to skull or not to skull is a personal choice we respect either way), one thing is for sure; i became a serious fan of her and the band that day. i quickly snatched up their first release, sacha, from 2015 and was able to...

the other day i was engaged in a usual hobby of looking for the best cover of "gimme shelter". believe it or not you'd be amazed at how this has been hacked up over the decades. these covers range from something close to the original, lady gaga stomping on something while singing, and honestly you get lost in all the variations of people out there trying to get close to that rage of emotions the original gave. it's hard to capture a time you were living in, to be sure. merry clayton flat out owned it vocally and the song,...

Sometimes I try to figure out the music, sometimes the music tries to figure out me. I either get lost looking for something clever to say or looking for an impactful way to make you go listen to some music I discovered recently. But every once in awhile I just listen and love. The sound, the style, the tone and how it can hit home and somehow I have something brand new from my past. Enter Black Paisley. Moving to Spotify recently, I ended my holdout of how people listen to music today and finally went and saw how the...

The PBR came stomping into The Stockyards in Fort Worth TX and brought the toughest bulls and bull riders to one of the oldest and most nostalgic venues in the world, the Cowtown Coliseum. This venue was built in 1908 and had been host to thousands of rodeos and seen the best in the world make a name there. The venue is also home to the Bull Riding Hall of Fame and holds rodeos every weekend. This weekend all eyes were on the current PBR World Champion José Vitor Leme and season points leader Cooper Davis. Everyone knew coming into this...

the twisted one, sean twisted that is btw, stopped by our renegade chat room and threw some bands at me. for me it was "like it, like it, like it, holy shit, hold on..." hold on here. those damn crows got my attention. now i don't know what they're drinking over in the UK but most of my favorite bands lately have all been UK based. whatever it is, bottle that shit up and send it stateside and lets spread this sound as far and wide as we can. giving that facebook page a like. those damn crows do have...

mike and the mechanics pretty much had the song of the 80s with "the living years" in 1988. to this day i can play it on 80s night and invariably i get commentary in the chatroom along the "wow" lines. while that song defined how great "greatness" can be, the rest of the i simply don't remember. my bad. maybe one day i'll go back and listen again. that was a long time ago, ya know? i've changed but the music hasn't. not that music anyway. will i see it differently 30 years later? maybe, but for now i want...

the latest artist to win the coveted "icepick" award is dead sara. emily armstrongs vocals i can promise you will not be forgotten and will pull you in. kinda like a demi moore with powerlungs cranked up to 11. she just has that undeniable edge, making you fall in love with the sound and emotion. while they do have a new song out, i'm simply going to run out to youtube and listen to a dead sara mix. don't worry, we'll be back to the new stuff. i just wanna reminisce for a bit. in no particular order, let youtube...

TCU Horn Frogs came into the new Dickies Arena with their heads on and ready to play some serious basketball.  RJ Nembhard scored 16 points with nine assists helping TCU with their win over Texas A&M. Mike Miles had 15pts with five assists for the Horned Frogs (5-2), PJ Fuller scored 13pts with four assists and TCU tallied 22 assists on 26-for-50 (52%) shooting. TCU made 10 of 23 from 3-point range. Texas A&M (3-1) shot 18 for 47 (38%) and missed 13 of 17 from 3-point range. Jay Chandler led the Aggies with 12 points, Quenton Jackson scored 11...

ARLINGTON, Texas – The PBR came stomping into AT&T Stadium this past weekend, Thursday November 12th - Sunday November 15th bringing the biggest event on dirt to Texas for the first time ever. The PBR World Finals is normally held in Las Vegas but due to COVID it got moved to the biggest stadium in the U.S. the house that Jerry built, AT&T Stadium. Only the best of the best of the best were invited and what a spectacular event it was!  Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardon, Brazil) who went on to win the 2020 PBR (Professional Bull Riders)...

ain't much denying that the new release from small town titans, the ride, starts off strong and powerful. "rufflin feathers" doesn't give you a single second to catch your breath and the band just dives right in with the grunge rock scream. they certainly lay it all out there hard and heavy to start "the ride". lets go ahead and call it. small town titans is my icepick for november with all the earmarks to become a favorite of your own as well. now, once they lay that first song down, don't think you're gonna come up for much air...

As a child I always was fascinated by military jets and fighter pilots. Growing up my favorite movie was Top Gun and I swore that one day that would be me in the cockpit of an F-16 in a dogfight over the oceans. Well life took other courses and I am still that little kid today when I see and hear the sounds of a jet zoom past in the sky. This year marked a milestone for the Alliance Air Show in many ways. Not only was this the air shows 30th anniversary but we also did it while living...

PBR’s 2020 world championship took another major turn today. This time, facing gridlock in Nevada, PBR took a detour on the freeway to the Lone Star State. PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast – which for 26 straight years has been held in Las Vegas – will be relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, November 12-15. This blockbuster announcement, following a lightning-fast, Herculean collaboration among the state of Texas, City of Arlington, Dallas Cowboys, CBS Sports and PBR, was made this afternoon by PBR Commissioner Sean Gleason. Gleason spoke to fans live on social media from the heart of...

Ok - lets head back to the states for this months icepick for September. This time around I hit the south and we find a new release over 2 years in the making from Magnolia Bayou. When you see a southern band play some southern fried rock, you have expectations. Lofty expectations of the sound and style. Now being from "the rich soil of the Mississippi Delta all the way down to the muddy waters of Mexico", this band doubles down on history. Step outside on a summer day and play some Magnolia Bayou. Soon you'll find yourself swept away...

Last month while simply surfing on Amazon, I came across several bands "by suggestion" to check out. Gin Annie caught my attention from the very first song. Every song after that just kept the rock and roll coming with a "fuck yea" inserted in appropriate places by me. Billed as a hard rock band out of the UK, all I can say about that billing is they left off "phenomenal" rock band out of the UK. Usually I feel I come in late to some bands, but 100% Proof hit the shelves in Jan 2019. Fallin and Chains preceded the...

it happens. that amazing time you find a new band in your life like hollowstar. you hear the 1st note, then as each new instrument comes in, and then the song builds and god damn it, it happens. you find yourself just lost and moving with the song. you're suddenly playing the best air guitar in your life and you're not even a minute into "take it all". suddenly the vocals you imagined come in and you struck musical gold. i love it when that happens. but that's just song 1. any band can get a song right, right? can...

Patrick Kennison and Heaven Below are at it again. Always busy and usually putting a creative spin on life for the rest of us with their music, Heaven Below took it a bit of a different direction and now give us Rest in Pieces. This new release contains 12 cover tunes from artists/singers/band members we've lost over time as it's central theme, or as they say "A Tribute to the Departed". Now, many people have a notion of what a cover tune should be. Just like the original; totally different, new and improved, honestly the list never ends. Cover tunes...

I've never really been into rap, but I've always been into great music. If you can rap but not make your music nothing BUT rap, ok; I'll listen. The "public facing" Bad Wolves hasn't really shown the harder side of Tommy Vext and the band in 2018 really. Radio airplay and all. Remember When, their cover of Zombies, the duet with Diamante Here Me Now, hell we're headed to some serious melodic rock with an edge. But they do a LOT more I would come to find. And, didn't I just say "do something good but don't make your music...

Around 32k followers. That's about how many followers Blacktop Mojo had on Facebook when they finally came across my headphones and certainly got my attention. A few years later and lord knows how many live shows and photo shoots, they still do. We connected, I guess you could say. They seem to have that impact on people. In a relatively short amount of time I've seen a whole lot of Mojo. I've seen them anywhere from the small venue to the Dos Equis Pavillion in Dallas. Usually up close with my Pentax in tow getting shots of the guys as...

The time was Labor Day weekend, 2005. I had traveled with my dad and brother from a small town in Oklahoma to Dallas Texas, to visit my uncle. After an unmemorable start to the three day weekend, Sunday rolled around with my uncle grinning like he just saw his first pair of boobs. He pointed at me and said "I just got off the phone with Angela. And we are taking you to a place that you wont want to leave." He was so certain about it, that he bet me his Tron arcade cabinet, and Kiss pinball machine. He...

Recently stumbling upon the fact I missed that Five Finger Death Punch has released new material, I ramped up quickly once I heard "A Little Bit Off Today" and had almost every emotion come to life inside of one song. A quick trip to Amazon music and I now own F8 and within the hour, started this review. Quite simply, this is what it is like to listen to a classic being born. F8 starts off quietly, with oddly enough an F8 instrumental intro. Slow at first, as if to give you a breather. Heads up; take it cause the...

Invariably a new "hey everyone do this and nominate someone" pops up on facebook. It's during this times I usually hang low and hope people forget about me. It's not that I don't have favorites or music that has shaped my own tastes, no. I just don't like trendy things. If everyone is doing it, I'll wait. In fact, when Forest Gump came out, I would not watch it until blockbuster had ever single copy in the store available for rent. So to be different, a requirement for me to be pretty much anything at all I suppose, i'll do...

2020 sure hasn't gone the way anyone anticipated, has it? How could it when the entire world shifted into a mode never seen before? The global concern for Covid-19 brought out measures to match the concern around the world. Pushed into a a time many people have chosen to handle by withdrawing to ride out the storm, other businesses and people chose to face it differently and adapt. How would we all handle the challenges presented to us as we go through a time none of us have been through before? Then on April 3rd, the world changed  yet again...

ok, i'm going to be 100% up front. other than a few japanese words styx taught me in the 80s and the occasional times band-maid uses english in their music, i have zero idea what they are saying. for all i know they could be singing something like "that iceberg rides camels backwards while slappin their booty with a camel booty slappin stick" and i'd still be on my end raging up an amazing "HELL YEA"!!!! to be honest, that would actually be pretty cool, huh? the lyrics, not actually riding camels around. to be just as honest, there are...

When you talk about drummers in the rock music industry today one name that will come up in most conversations is John Humphrey. Humphrey certainly keeps himself busy playing drums for platinum award winning band Seether as well as Oklahoma City based band The Nixons. He took a moment to sit down and answer a few questions for Renegade Radio via email. Just as many of you we are on a shelter in place here and could not get together with John in person but I will assure you that once this lifts I will go visit John and we...

Bonfire and I go way back. Late 80s back. Loved 'em then and from time to time I still play their music in the rotation and on the icehouse. But everything I know about them is still around the late 80s, early 90s.  In fact, it was 1986 the band went from Cacumen to Bonfire. Going before that the roots dig all the way back to 1972. The late 80s had their own hair metal sound. Didn't matter if you were from Ohio, LA or Germany. The sound sold and it was everywhere. Everyone had to look the same, sound...

Icepicks is back! No I have no real idea why I stopped doing it, I just shifted things to reviews. However, I wanted to bring back a personal touch that really is more than a review. More a hope for not just this release, but all to come from that band.  Welcome Devilskin to the icepicks elite fold. When it comes to the harder metal, I fully admit I can be harder to impress. It becomes all the same to me with the growling and repetitive chords that I just quickly move on from usually. From the word go, however,...

At this point I swear to god Netflix only has 2 movies under 4000 names and they all look the same. Amazon Prime for some reason I've just not reached out to in order to pass the time.  Add them to the list but most days are kinda zombie like. Get up. Check Got Toilet Paper. Check (maybe) Phone still work? Check Life still sucks? Check I suppose this is life under a global pandemic. I don't think we'd be having this big a problem if we were in any other time. However, we're in the middle of a perfect...

Every once in awhile, I simply get bored and decided to redo just about everything. We spend the bulk of our life on a Joomla based platform and it was "ok". However dev support was falling off and WordPress was taking off to be more than a blog service. I morphed over a template and created our first site under WP and honestly, it was time to "refresh". We're still most definitely under WordPress, but we've lightened up the pages and stopped doing everything in a single row. We've also added a focus on local Dallas sports of all types...

This afternoon at Comerica Center in Frisco Tx the Lone Star Conference men’s and women’s championship college basketball continues as we fight for the finals!!! Starting the day off we have the women of Texas A&M University-Commerce VS Lubbock Christian University with a 1pm tip-off. Following that game the men take the court as West Texas A&M University take on St. Edward's University at 3:30pm. One men’s team and one woman’s team will take home the title of Lone Star Conference Champion after this long week of battle after battle. All four of these teams have earned the right to...

This weekend the PBR stomped into Arlington Tx at AT&T Stadium for the WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup USA 2020 presented by Monster Energy. This was my third year to get to come out and cover the event and I can not think my friends at PBR enough for their kindness and hospitality. I strongly recommend if you see PBR coming to your area to check it out! Now on to the overview of the weekend events. In Day 1, Team USA Eagles took the lead last night after an very amazing ride by Jess Lockwood who...

Billy Talent have released the second chapter of their episodic short film Forgiveness. Based on the song "Forgiveness II," which was released by the band last November, the new episode features gripping performances from UFC superstars Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Rose Namajunas. "Forgiveness I+II," described by Loudwire as a "musical journey," was the first new music from Billy Talent since their 2016 album Afraid of Heights.  Fans can watch the latest episode from the short film here. In addition to the new film, Billy Talent recently released "Reckless Paradise," the first radio single from their forthcoming album. The new track is already flying up the charts, where it was...

Big Rig Dollhouse. Say it with me; Big Rig Dollhouse. You instantly get nostalgic in a new way. Not because you’ve said it; but because you went out to listen to their music and that’s how it made you feel in all the good ways. I can hear a touch of several influences with Motorhead coming out as a sound it takes me to. That’s a lot to live up to from a 6 song EP released in 2018. How did 15 months get by without my hearing about these guys? Note to self; pick up your game. If not...

Even when the Cowboys have one of their most disappointing seasons in history last year going 8-8, they still continue to be THE SHOW to watch. On the field, meh. Off the field, watch us now! Drama in how we dismiss Garrett, Cobra like quickness picking McCarthy, and a million shades of gray around Dak. What will the Cowboys do? It’s no secret Dak should be setting the market at the position for at least a good 2 or 3 days. People seem to get so caught up in today’s payment they keep forgetting in a few years it will...

Official Release | January 25, 2020 The Texas Legends have acquired former NBA first round pick Cameron Payne off waivers. Payne (6-3, 190, Murray State) was selected 14th overall in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder and has four years of NBA experience under his belt with the Thunder (15-16, 16-17), Chicago Bulls (16-17, 17-18, 18-19), and Cleveland Cavaliers (18-19).  The guard played 57 games his rookie season with the Thunder averaging 5.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 12.2 minutes per game.  Named Tennessee Mr. Basketball in high school, Payne played two seasons at Murray State averaging...

Tickets for the 2020 WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup USA, presented by Monster Energy, on-sale now ARLINGTON, Texas – After debuting in the U.S. in 2019 with one of the most exciting bull riding events in the sport’s history, the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Global Cup will return to the United States for the next edition of the five-nation tournament, bucking into AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas with the 2020 WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup USA, presented by Monster Energy, on February 15-16. The event in Feb. 2020 at the NFL’s largest stadium will...

Closing in on a year since my review of Another Day Dawns previous release, A Different Life, they’re back. Psycho, I believe, was the single from that release and set the tone of a hard rock band with grunge mixed in. Stranger, to release Jan 31st, picks up where A Different Life left off. Recorded at the world famous Dark Horse Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, and produced by Joe Rickard (Red, Starset, Manafest, Joyous Wolf), the album’s release follows closely behind Another Day Dawns’ 2019 show lineup; including hometown performances in and around Northeastern Pennsylvania and alongside ISSUES during their...

Not too long ago, I finally got to stop hitting “refresh” on my browser waiting on the news that Garrett had left the building. In true course of the nature of this beast, even his departure was as mystifying as his tenure. I had high hopes early on as he took the reins of my beloved Dallas Cowboys. After around 4-5 years, you could just see you were treading water, but the water was mud. Nothing was going anywhere very fast and when it did, it reverted quickly. It honestly seems he won just enough to make you think he...

The Texas Legends are an NBA G League team based in Frisco, Texas, and the minor league team of the Dallas Mavericks. The team relocated to Frisco from Colorado in 2009 and became the Texas Legends for the 2010–11 season. The Legends play their home games at the Comerica Center locate at 2601 Avenue of the Stars, Frisco, TX 75034. For tickets and more information please visit the Legends at https://texas.gleague.nba.com/ and bring the family out for a night of fun and games for everyone. The Texas Legends Team: Head Coach: George Galanopoulos Associate Head Coach: Eric Snow Assistant Coaches:...

Before there was Black Flag, there was nothing. I knew nothing about the outside world beyond the shitty little town I grew up in with the shitty people that surrounded me in the shitty household I lived in. I was angry, but didn't know how to properly express the rage at everything I saw. Effectively, I existed as a 14 year old mass of hate and anger without words to put on everything in my head. The moment I discovered "Nervous Breakdown," I wanted to hit something. "They fucking get it!" I screamed internally. the lyrics "If I don't find...

Today I sit around hitting refresh on the sports pages and my local cowboys newsgroup. I keep waiting for the news to come through that Jason Garrett is finally over and out and I *need* to see this as soon as possible. I can’t honestly say it’s just Garrett that’s made me lose some excitement about football. Between politics coming in and living in a decade long “groundhogs” day of underwhelming mediocrity, it just wasn’t fun. The “escape” into something more was gone. All the PC crap in the world decided to take the NFL stage and well, watching the...

One of the most rewarding (but equally frustrating) parts of reviewing music for this site is that there's so many artists that deserve far more credit for their craft than what the mainstream publications are willing to offer. In a fair and just world, Elijah Newman & The SideEffects would be a household name and they'd be playing sold out shows all over the country. Elijah would be recognized as a poet. Alas, this is not a fair and just world, so I'm taking it upon myself to trumpet praise for an EP I've grown to fall madly in love...

It happens. Every once in a while it happens. When it does, it’s an amazing feeling. In this case I’m simply talking about a band, or a particular song, that takes you back and brings the life out of today all at once. You just feel good and dive into the music head first and sit back and see where this experience will take you. In the case of The Ghost Hounds new release, Roses are Black, it’s quite the amazing trip. Til It’s Gone was my introduction to this amazing band and when “it happens” I tend to hit...

While we’ve been playing Dirty Honey, When I’m Gone, pretty much since it released, I’ve not had a chance to dig deeper. Seeing them live just didn't present itself yet. All that changed last Sunday (10/20/19) when they opened up for Alter Bridge and Skillet at the legendary Bomb Factory in Dallas. Their stage presence was of veteran stature and talent on display for all to see and appreciate. If anyone skipped the opening band on this tour you will most certainly regret it. I’ve now become a full-fledged Dirty Honey Man and will be following up with a review...

When I agreed to write this review, I fully intended to write a full, comprehensive breakdown for anyone unfamiliar with Rough Dreams. With one EP and this single under their belts, it's more than obvious these dudes are prepared to be your next favorite band. Here's the problem; I'm legitimately speechless. I've been sitting with this single for a week now, trying to find something to say beyond "OH MY GOD LISTEN TO THIS NOW!" but these motherfuckers had to go and write a line that has legitimately left me speechless. Everything you need to know about this song can...

If you want peace, prepare for peace While this goes dead set against an article I did many years ago where I discussed the normalization of extreme behavior, maybe it’s time we look at things from that perspective. In my years on this earth I’ve come to find you find what you’re looking for. One way or another. It’s the whole “which dog do you feed” question? We feel we must be heard and understood and over the last decade we stopped listening, if we ever really did, and simply started shouting. Nothing new here, just human nature shifting around...

I went into this movie knowing fully well that The Joker is not the "typical comic book movie" Joaquin Phoenix goes all in with any role that he is set to play but I still tempered my expectations. Reasons for low expectations? 1. DC has put out bust after bust after bust. And Marvel is filled with so much camp, one should bring the marshmallows. 2. Hollywood is once again relying on complete ideas of the past to be the secret ingredient of a current decent film. 3. If my expectations are low, they won't fall far. Well the joke...

Not to take a swipe at the other contributors of this site, but I like to think I'm the black sheep of the black sheep of Renegade Radio. Many of my interests are of the "niche;" if Iceberg is going to hand me the aux cord after playing some Metallica, I'm likely going to say something like "I'm not fond, but maybe you'll dig (insert obscure thrash/punk/hardcore/random loudness band)" and get super excited while he's battling to yank the cord out of my phone. My name is Jeremy, and I'm basically a hipster piece of crap. It's nice to meet...

  If it's not broke, don't fix it. Many bands are content with treading familiar waters. This sound sells well. This is your sing along. Here's a slower variant of the songs you heard before. Rinse, repeat, send it to the presses. Punk rock is no stranger to this formula. Three chords and some lyrics about being a misunderstood outcast and maybe a song about being in love with a girl who's also a misunderstood outcast can almost guarantee the presence of a kid with a Mohawk chugging Pabst in front of you at your gig. But The Atom Age...

Blacktop Mojo has been a station favorite ever since finding them through their publicist, Tom George from TAG Publicity. Always on the lookout for up and coming bands, I checked them out and fell in love with the sound. Since then we’ve been fortunate enough to interview the singer, Matt James, in “an evening with” series. We also recorded a video of them doing Underneath live for the very first time. Also captured whole lot of concert memories along the way. It didn’t take very long to fall in love with the band, their energy, and their “guys next door”...

The following is from Yvonnes World who constantly sends great music our way. Black Water Greed is added to the list. Written by Daniel Morrison. What happens in Pennsylvania when you put Michael Mundy, Andy (IOS) Patzer, Bill Kahler and JJ Tyson together in a room?  Black Water Greed. A hard rock band, not a metaphor. When I listened to them I was reminded a bit of 90’s style rock with a modern sound.  Artists like Skid Row, Babylon A.D., and the like. To explain it further their production sound is not hard as nails.  The guitars are smooth distortion,...

When I heard Curtain Club was closing, I’m not quite sure how it hit me. I loved the club and they were always great to work with on promotions of any kind we could think of here at Renegade Radio. Over time believe me, we've thought of a lot of them. We were one of the first to start streaming live from the club and we hosted many fantastic events out there. The biggest of course was when Faktion was signed by Roadrunner. We sent them off in style to a major tour late one fall with a packed club....

Lava Cantina, The Colony, TX June 8th 2019 According to legend, back in 1994 Bowling for Soup was formed one evening over a few too many Zimas.  While most people forget things they do, say, or promise after having too many malt beverages (or at least wish they could), fortunately for the rest of us they didn't forget, and spent the next two and a half decades cranking out one punk-pop jam after another and amusing their fans and roasting each other between songs during their live performances.  Their music videos over that period mirrored the "don't take this too...

Wake Up Hate came to me by way of Tag Publicity and the amazing artists they represent. In going through some requests for airplay usually a few will stick out and make me hit “rewind” a few times. I got the whole release of Deep Sleep for review so in this case, it is simply their sound that keeps me coming back for more. While positioned as “alternative rock” it just sounds good to me. When getting something out of the blue, I like to flip through all the songs before really settling in with an opinion. With Wake Up...

Many years ago I heard a song from Royal Bliss called Crazy. The song itself pretty much defined everything I love about music and finding new bands. Since then I’ve dug into their history and wow, there’s a lot of it. Coming together in 1997 out of Utah, they are a very hot band regionally but seldom saw them outside the northwest. I missed one show at Trees here in Dallas and damn it – their show coming up in Dallas just got cancelled.  Now I must live vicariously through their online presence until they come back through. While predominantly...

There’s something familiar about the music from Joyous Wolf. I don’t mean how it sounds, not at all. But how it feels. Somehow or another I get transported back to around 1968. Granted I was 3 at the time but as I grew up that music was core to my own foundations. I just wouldn’t know it for many years to come. To me the late 60s and early 70s are some of the most honest times in music where people didn’t get up on stage and play their instruments for you. They became the music they were giving to...

I wasn’t going to review the new Godsmack. New release, power rock, energetic as you can get…yea. Godsmack. I love it. It’s in our rotation to be sure but it just didn’t “move” me to want to talk about it given my knack of introducing people to new talent and bands. But sometimes you can find something “new” in the most familiar of places. I found all that in When Legends Rise and got that feeling all over again. I’ll get to that emotional moment in a bit, but for now, I did go back and pick up When Legends...

Another Day Dawns is another shining example of talent that my friend Tom George of Tag Publicity sends me on a regular basis. After a quick viewing of their video Psycho, I asked for the rest so I could check it out. I love getting in on the up and coming music the rest of the world just hasn’t found yet. Found another one! Based out of Pennsylvania, Another Day Dawns is a 4 piece band with Dakota Sean on vocals, Tyler Ritter on guitar, Livi Dillon on bass and Nick McGeehan slammin the drums. Certainly hard rock, but in...

There’s a subtle art form to progressive metal. A touch medieval, immense story telling in the lyrics and in the end, a sense of mystery and wonder that pulls you into an adventure in as much as a song. All of these facets of the art come to life in the debut release from Dreamkeeper with In a Parallel World. Dallas Based Taylor Dennis has been working on this release for well over a decade. Collecting experiences and perspectives along the way certainly helped formulate such an amazing debut effort. “I have been working on In a Parallel World off...

Just, damn. This Lullwater doesn’t mess around. Dropping today (2/22), Voodoo is the latest release from Athens, GA based Lullwater. To say this one hits the ground running would be an understatement. Curtain Call is interesting right off the bat. This introduction turns into grunge infused rock and you’re hooked. For some background on Lullwater, they were formed in 2007 and it wasn’t until 2012 that their first release came into the world.  Followed by some major tours and Sirius XM Octane airplay as well; the band started off strong. National tours included sharing the stage with acts such as...

Late in 2018 I came across a band whose potential reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the future of music. This of course would be Liliac. I play them weekly in some fashion on the icehouse and I pimp them when I can on Facebook and other social media. I picked up their first release of cover tunes and their management sent me a copy of Chain of Thorns for the rotation. Over the years I’ve written many stories over the exaggeration, to me, on the “death of rock and roll”. I’ve called out those saying such (yes, you Gene Simmons!) as...

2018 is over. Done. Stick a fork in it and let’s see what we’ve got coming for 2019. For my last article of 2018 I’m going to cover some of the more anticipated released scheduled for 2019. Let's see what we have in store for this year. Liliac. I found this band while surfing youtube and they just made me stop and take notice. Melody, on vocals, just turned 17 and has vocal ability beyond her years. She’s got an edge that fits the bands driving rock style perfectly and hey, plays a mean bass. While you can today get...

Local radio station KNON has been hosting a 2 hour weekly show focusing on the local Dallas music scene for years now. Every Sunday from 10-midnight "Big Mix" Lee Russell and long time local radio personality Spicoli have been there week in and week out playing today's local hits and diving WAY back into so many yesterdays. If I start naming all these bands it would pretty much be the entire article. The local scene in Dallas, TX is simply that good. Their show, Reckless Rock Radio on 89.3 KNON has been tireless in supporting our incredible scene. Putting their...

It’s not often I’m going to go back to 2001 and review an album. Hell, that’s 17 years. But Evergrey’s In Search of Truth has set the tone for the band and in many ways, still the “go to” release for Evergrey. The very first song set the tone with a spoken intro you seldom hear and hear even less done well. Rest assured this set the tone for Evergrey and the creativity they would produce in the many years and releases to come. You can certainly hear the influences of bands such as Symphony X, Kamelot and Dream Theater...

Legendary rock/metal powerhouse Disturbed has pushed out yet another release with Evolution now available. Tours are already planned and they will be selling out the biggest arenas available such as American Airlines Center in Dallas. (wonder if I can get a photo pass!). It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was moshing to them in Grand Prairie, TX; but it most certainly was and I’m pretty sure I won’t be doing that again.  Near as I can figure it was likely the “Indestructible” tour in 2008. Disturbed broke into the scene with “The Sickness” asking millions if they were...

I don’t do this every day. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I’ve done it. Finding a band I instantly fall in love with that is. There I was bouncing around youtube killing time. I find this band from California by the name of Liliac doing Crazy Train and they simply nailed it. I needed more so I did want I don’t normally do and I dove all in. I checked out all I could find on the Liliac, liked ‘em on facebook and got with them about getting their new song ‘Chain of Thorns’ for the site....

Four score and at least six albums ago (that’s studio recorded albums¹), the Nothing More clan had a dream!  A gleaming vision of a local headlining show with crowd surfing, sing-alongs, and a huge fuck-off drum set on stage!  At this show, blessed be the music snobs, the lip singers, the head bobbers and the booty shakers who proudly braved the sticky dive bars and tagged photos of themselves holding pots and pans² in the front row!  For thine is the Kingdom of Tunes, NoMo fans unite!³ Since the dive bar days, Nothing More has done far more than pack...

The Temperance Movement first came into my life with “A Pleasant Peace I Feel” which echoed classic 70s “deep thought” music and followed it up with a tone and style very reminiscent of the more free and open days of rock and roll as it was finding its own place in the world during the late 60s and early 70s. While that certainly was an excellent song to get my attention, their latest release “A Deeper Cut” pushes things forward for the band without losing the raw emotional feel they began with their first release “White Bear”. Released in February...

I have to think many people are a lot like me. We hear what’s on the radio for the most part and think what we hear represents the bands style and sound. To say that is not always the case is of course an understatement but rarely has it ever been so true than for the band who opened up for The Five Finger Death Punch Tour that also had Breaking Benjamin and Nothing More. I’m referring of course to Bad Wolves. The other bands do sound like the songs you hear on the radio. For me Bad Wolves came...

I gotta say, sometimes you find your new favorite band in the strangest of places. My introduction to Whiskey Myers was in a dive bar of all places. This fiery redhead was looking for trouble and an older gentlemen kept falling for her games. She got him punched 2 times in about a minute before he high tailed it out of the bar before more blood got in the water and more cowboys decided to take a swing. Before long (well I’m sure it took hours but it didn’t seems as much as this unfolded) another cowboy came up and...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Pearl when Little Immaculate White Fox was out and I was busy playing something off that every week. The interview is still here on our site and after what seems forever, she’s got a new release out with Heartbreak and Canyon Revelry. While I was not able to make the tour last time around, I’m already putting in for a photo pass and where ever she is close to Dallas, I’m there. I really want to see all this heartfelt emotion she puts into her music live and capture a moment or two of...

you get bands coming at you in all sorts of places these days. submissions in e-mail, flagging renegade radio down on facebook, and the like. we love it to be honest because we get to hear a lot of great music. the dirty hooks was introduced to me by a new friend and she tipped me off this band will be coming through dallas (irving) at the toyota music factory. somehow this band landed on a dream bill of the cult, stone temple pilots and bush. damn straight i'll be out there with photo pass in hand, i hope! energy....

i have to admit, if i'm sitting at home thinking of a dream bill, this wouldn't be it. poison, cheap trick and pop evil would be playing at the toyota music factory in irving tx. at first glance, not your typical lineup to be sure. while we play all 3 of these at any given time, we don't normally play them together and you won't hear poison really unless it's an 80s night. on paper, this is certainly a strange line up. cheap trick / poison? not too far off. i can go with it. let pop evil open? i'd love...

a renegade radio joomla. that's how all this started i suppose. for the longest time joomla was the basis for renegaderadio.net. i simply wasn't interested in wordpress because it was for blogging and that was about it. i chose joomla so many years ago and spent a ton on themes, plug ins, components and the like. in the meantime, wordpress was changing. i've gotten a lot better at wordpress in building some demo sites for friends. in doing that, i saw an easier way to build pages, add customizations and to be honest, a prettier looking site. what put me...

Local Dallas band Legacy has wrapped up their studio chores recently and has presented the world with an official full release entitled “One” and after a full listen or two dozen, the quality shows throughout on this release and it’s certainly “one” to add to your collection. In all, this album to me just feels like a home I knew in yesterday; and that is an incredible feeling when it comes to music. The band is full of talented musicians that gel together in a common goal of power metal, energetic riffs and a feeling of new nostalgia so needed...

recently on a bands support group, someone made a post where they got into it with a local radio station for why they were not playing their favorite rising band. this is a topic i could talk to for hours. easily. you see, back in around 2000, i too was sick of radio. had been since the repeat nature of the 80s forcing me to hear michael bolton at work 4 times a day. no one should ever suffer so much. but nothing i could do. you were FM or you giggled at the AM you heard out of chicago on...

It’s always amazing to get into a band as they’re just about to take off. You can see it, you can certainly hear it, but when you can just feel it, then it becomes real. When all 3 come together, you get Texas based Blacktop Mojo and then things most certainly get real, really fast. Blacktop Mojo has already been chosen for (2) icepick awards here on Renegade for their music. As I’ve come to know the band, I’ve come to find that you couldn’t ask for a more down home group of guys.  This shows up on social media...

It's amazing what a conversation at a gas station can lead to.  In this case it led to the start of Red Sun Rising with Mike Protich and Ryan Williams simply talking over music, pumping some gas in 2006 and by 2007 they were into playing local gigs; the journey had started. In 2015 they released their smash debut "Polyester Zeal" which hit 11 on the Billboard Hard Rock album chart. Polyester Zeal produced 3 songs we play on Renegade Radio since its release in “The Otherside”, “Emotionless” and “Amnesia”; with the first 2 reaching #1 on the mainstream rock chart. Repeating that...

I can’t say that I’m a Stone Temple Pilots fan. Historically anyway. They came along as music was in a shift from hair metal, where I grew up, to grunge, and I just lost interest in the latest trends of music and didn’t care for grunge overall. I mean, we go from women in short skirts and high heels to canvas pants and combat boots. Didn’t seem fair to me I suppose. You can’t however deny their impact on grunge itself. They carried a lot of weight, put out good music for their fans who did get into the sound,...

there are times i'm late to a party and i find a band too late to appreciate them while they're still cranking it out. i won't drop any names but there's more than 1 band i wanted to pick for my first "icepicks" of the year, but the ones i've found have been MIA on social media for 18+ months and if you're gonna pull a stipulation out of your ass, that's as good as any i suppose. this month, while late to the party i welcome everygrey to the ranks of the icepicks. don't completely misunderstand me; i've been...

By now we’re coming into March and I’m WAY behind on icepicks, general reviews, interviews and so forth. Most of what I’ve been doing has been focused on having to move off my independent style where I paid all the PROs on my own and did what I wanted to do. 2017 saw that die and I had to move Renegade Radio to Live365. On the last run I would shudder at the thought of having to use a service like this but it’s become more than apparent that many simply don’t want random internet radio to have to deal...

We’re back again, Kids! You heard ALL about my Top Releases for 2017 and my top new finds for 2017, So now it’s time to start looking to the future – But not too far. We’re less than Two weeks into 2018 and There’s surely a bunch of cool new stuff that will be coming out – a LOT of it will be coming from our friends, So why not take a gander and maybe even get a little excited for what’s coming up! Sweet Tooth – The Second EP.  Our boys in the ‘Tooth will be heading into the...

2017 is over and it’s time to look back and pull out some highlights and then see what 2018 has to offer and what I am looking forward to. So, my usual list of awards are usually one-offs and kinda strange, but it wouldn’t be me if it were anything else now would it? So, in no particular order of preference, here are my 2017 awards as I come up with them and name them on the fly. I’ll also sneak in a look at 2018 for a local band that is about to make some serious noise nationally. Most...

We had my favorite albums of 2017, but there are also a lot of artists who I fell in love with over the last year, that didin't make THAT list. They still deserve some shout outs! Wake The Sun I caught these guys in NYC early in the year as they opened up for friends in Face The King. I was blown away and immediately talked to guitarist, Tommy, to find more information about them – Which they were actually from Long Island. Fast forward to the summer and we featured these guys on a show case and will most...

So, Who thought 2016 sucked? 2017 had SO much potential, Just when we didn’t think things could get much worse.  In retrospect, 2017 most definitely had it’s ups and downs. On The political spectrum, all kinds of crazy stuff happened. Movie-wise, We finally got a version of spider-man that was AWESOME, Wonder Woman finally graced the silver screen (And killed it!), while the Justice League did Not, AND we had another adventure in a Galaxy far, far away as Star Wars: The Last Jedi certainly changed the landscape of the entire franchise. That all being said, there was also a...

Formed in 2001 by OKC guitarist Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson, Hinder has certainly seen some changes in themselves and industry itself in their march through the charts and global tours. In November of 2013 they made their biggest change in parting ways with charismatic front man, Austin Winkler. With Jared Weeks of Saving Abel stepping in for a bit and Nolan Neal singing “Hit the Ground” the focus soon turned to Marshall Dutton, former guitar player, writer and backup vocalist for Dallas based Faktion, who was already “in house” so to speak since 2009 helping write and produce...

I'll be honest. When "Batman Forever" came out, I was hyped. I was 12 years old and I couldn’t get enough of it. Today, after watching it again for the first time in years: Jim Carrey's Riddler is holy annoying and Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face was just.. Bad. I wasn't a huge Val Kilmer fan, either (And we won't talk about Chris O'Donnel's Robin.) There were so many ways that Joel Shumacher just went completely wrong. That being said - Years later I look back and i still stand by it legit has one of the *BEST* Soundtracks. It intrduced...

Been tracking on Wayland for a while now. Quite often you’d find me spinning (do we do that in the digital age still?) tunes such as She Lights it Up and Reason to Love  from their 2010 self-titled debut release for no other reason than they’re great songs from a band that has a familiar sound from the word go but something different you can find if you take a minute to really listen. I’d buy the singles as they come out, add them to our rotation usually because they’re just a good band you can count on for good...

Many months ago, when I first heard Steelheart was in the process of making a new album I was beyond excited. Through Worlds of Stardust is their first album in 9 years, and recorded with his studio/touring band. They have been a long-time favorite of mine. Miljenko Matijevic’s voice has always amazed and blown me away. The control and power he has along with his incredible range makes this band one that should never be overlooked. As I have alluded to above, the one thing I have always loved about Steelheart is lead singer, Miljenko Matijevic’s incredible voice. In the...

Scandroid “Monochrome” Review Editor's note: I totally realized i had stated the self-titled debut album was 2017. That is incorrect, as it was released in 2016. Fixed! - Sean Let me start off by saying – I’m a Scandroid fan. There’s nothing I didn’t love about his self titled release in 2016, or the multiple remix albums that followed.  I’ll consider myself a die-hard since The Scandroid project, at least, has been in full swing.  Yes, I’ve picked up every single, and all the goodies.  So, sure, you could group me in with  “Fanboys” if you will, before continuing on,...

A couple of days ago, I wrote a piece called “13 Short Reviews For A Rather Unlucky Day.” While I was quite pleased with the way it came out, I was kind of inebriated, to say the least. I realized after I posted the article that I genuinely enjoyed writing the piece, as I’m one who is prone to “skipping” songs just for the sake of seeing what’s playing next. That review gave me a reason to sit down and honestly listen to the song and sort out how I truly felt about whatever song was playing within myself, as...

Today has been a rough day.    Correction, rough is an understatement. Do you remember that woman who spilled hot coffee on herself at McDonalds? Right on the crotch. Now imagine yourself being that woman, and that hot coffee you just spilled on your guy-bits isn’t cooling down. The door isn’t working as you try and leave the car, and, somehow, your radio is just playing goddamn “Call Me Maybe” on repeat, and it’s at full blast. the back window is cracked and everyone can see you screaming and flailing about in your car, and they’re all watching and judging,...

Never done this before. Came close a few times, yes. But I don’t recall ever actually coming back and making a band I’ve already selected as an “ice pick” to be again, an “ice pick” for a later month. Even if I had, I don’t usually go back to a previous album to project future success. Again. So I’m going to double down and make the call again. I am, however going back to the first album of this band to get an idea of where they came from, compare to their cd they just got off a national tour...

If I were to ask you how you found your favorite rock band, where does your mind immediately wonder? Maybe you remember that time you were hanging out with your cool Uncle Jeff down in the basement after christmas dinner, and he surprised you with your first record player and “Dark Side of the Moon.” Or maybe it was that outcast kid Eric who always sat in the back of class, smelling of weed, and he introduced you to “Static Age” on a walkman with one of the ear pieces busted. Me? well... I have a secret. I’d love to...

When making a playlist there’s a lot of things I think about; how well known is the song or band, does it fit the style/mood I’m after for the show itself and so forth. Some bands I pick up and while they may mean a lot at the time, in time I forget to play them. First for a few weeks, then months and then I just remember them while driving home and think DAMN IT – load up some of xyz bands music and listen to it again. But I don’t. I may or may not remember it much...

Chester Bennington unfortunately passed away on 7/20/17. His death has had a very strange effect on me, personally. I’m not a fan, nor have I really been a fan of Linkin Park’s music. Hell, I can honestly tell you, had you asked me prior to 4 days ago, I’d really only be able to tell you that Linkin Park is a band that came out during the age of nu-metal and they did some stuff with Jay-Z at some point. Needless to say, I wasn’t all too familiar. On the day he passed, I opened Facebook to a barrage of...

At times you never know where your next favorite song is coming from. In the 80s it was easy as the “machine” fed you hit after hit in at times an assembly line fashion. However, one thing for sure is in that time you heard a LOT of styles of music. You heard southern, corporate, glam, pop, alternative, metal, blues, and the list went on and on. But some bands stood out on their own for how well they did their sound. Colossal Street Jam has a recognizable sound all their own that they in fact do VERY well. With a...

The good thing about working with a lot of passionate people in this business is people get to know what you like and usually even why. So when the twisted one slides me a "you'll dig this" I tend to pay attention. Recently he introduced me to another Australian band called Bad Moon Born and their EP Chemical Lullabies. Holy hell this was a "hold the presses" moment as I copied the music to our server and got them into the rotation that very day. Let me explain, this is rare for me. I collect music and about once a month...

This is tough one for me. When I first started Renegade Radio, everything was new and everyone was “the next big thing”. We spent a few years kinda watching the scene and learning all we could about the best local talent and who the ones “on the verge” were.  11 years ago that was JIBE. If you were in a band the last thing you wanted at this time was to have to play a local show the same night they did cause almost everyone went to JIBE. Hell you probably wanted to go see them too. But again, that was...

For the handful of you out there who may be unfamiliar, Doyle got his start as the guitarist for the Misfits almost 40 years ago. Where many punk artists from that era are finding comfort in new sounds (some for better, some for worse), Doyle has been charging on with a surprising amount of consistency since day one, be it on later Misfits releases, other projects with Danzig post-Misfits, or solo. If it’s got Doyle’s name attached to it, it’s almost guaranteed to evoke something rather nasty in your mind. On “Doyle II: As We Die,” Doyle teams up with...

While we do have a submissions folder for new music, our recent shift to more nationals coupled with the flood of country, hip hop, rap, and at times what amounts to drunk old men on an older acoustic guitar singing to you in your facebook e-mail, I’ve been thinking maybe it’s time to move away from this and find another way find new music. At this point I believe we’re up to 7gb of “music” that scares me more than entertains. You have to wonder if the people who bother to find our submissions address even bother to listen to...

Abacu5 out of Dallas has been playing the local scene for many years. They also have the distinction of being able to tour in China after being selected as the guest artist for the Shanghia American School playing several live music venues through the area. This month they release their first full length cd, A Long Way to Begin and the sound is a fantastic mix of rock, soulful melodies, and a wide range of sound that simply won't allow the band to be easily classified. Geared more for a thoughtful audience you can certainly turn off the world and...

As strange as it may be, the best way I can explain Richie Kotzen is that he carries a funk rock style of soulful 70s Motown Jazz Rock fusion that can only be described as a brand new yesterday. A déjà vu of new experiences. From his solo work of an amazing now 21 solo albums to joining forces with Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan for The Winery Dogs to this 21st solo effort that redefines the expectations of music for everyone else. It just does. The most amazing things he does in this release, Salting Earth, and his style...

April 12, 2017 - Legendary Dallas, Texas Rock band JIBE has released the Official Music Video for "We've Only Just Begun," which originally premiered on Tattoo.com the second single off of their upcoming album, Epic Tales of Human Nature. Due out June 9th, Epic Tales of Human Nature was produced by Matt Noveskey (Blue October), and mixed by Grammy award-winning producer/engineer Toby Wright (Metallica, Alice In Chains, Korn). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2v-VapF_c We've Only Just Begun tells the story of an endless quest for redemption in a turbulent sea of uncertain times. Realizing there's no beginning and no end in sight, one finds...

“Paris, France.” There’s a lot of questions Kenny Youngar could have answered and those words never would have come to mind. But as usual in interviews, you start a little basic and grow out from there. Leave it to Kenny to start anything “basic” when asked the simple question of “Where did ‘Kenny the Drummer’ begin”? Laughing, Kenny backed up a bit and took a sip of beer and clarified himself. “I actually got my first drum set in middle school while living in Paris, France” Youngar decided to explain. “I rarely played even then because my neighbor played and...

March 28, 2017 - New York Based Metal Rock Band KILLCODE has released the Official Music Video for "Kickin' and Screamin" off of their newest full length album, The Answer. Directed by David Swajeski and Produced by Maryanne Grisz features footage from their Spread The :::CODE::: tour, "Kickin' and Screamin'" originally premiered on Revolver Magazine "Kickin' & Screamin' is a real deal, classic, straight ahead Rock&Roll song. It's the type of rock that we grew up on that makes you want to drive a little faster, scream a little louder and party a little harder with your fists in the...

Four years ago, in a bar somewhere out in eastern Long Island, I happened upon a tattooed singer from Indiana, whose band had just finished tearing the place up. We spoke for a few minutes, and then went our separate ways. Less than a year later, They held a record release party on Feb 28th, 2014 at Revolution in Amityville, New York,  that we simulcasted here on Renegade Radio, for the world to hear – changing the course of our New York (And East Coast) endeavors forever. The title of that record was “A Life Exceptional” and the Singer's name...

There are so few bands today that can capture your mind, your heart and your imagination all at once in what would appear to be a simple song. To do it several times in one release, well that will take a type of magic, I suppose. In this case, it just took some Blacktop Mojo. Formed in the fall of 2012, vocalist Matt James teamed up with drummer Nathan Gillis and a demo and hit the road. 5 years later they found themselves opening up for one of the biggest 80s rock bands in Bon Jovi just last month in Dallas,...

since our inception somewhere around 2002, https://renegaderadio.net has been about what you don't hear on the radio. those of us who started this trip and have come and gone over the years were all about music you just can't hear anywhere else. we'd be out in the scene and hear some incredible stuff and think "any day this will be on FM". you see, FM was relevant back then. but like reel to reel tapes, 8 tracks, am, and the CD, FM really has drifted from relevance. napster in this time has come and gone and song sharing had morphed...

When I heard Jack Russell’s Great White would be releasing their debut album, I was beyond excited. Finally, new music from the great Jack Russell! Yes, there is still Great White, but really Jack Russell is the voice of Great White. The music just isn’t the same if he is not the one singing it. This album is proof that he has got a great band behind him, consisting of Robby Lochner (guitar), Dan McNay (bass), Dicki Fliszar (drums), and Tony Montana (guitar, keyboards). The beginning of the first track, “Sign of the Times,” starts off with soft guitar picking...

A former "icepick" in early 2016, we discovered this band through general surfing. Song by song they're taking over the UK scene with tours all across Europe and their new release All These Countless Nights will be another review here on Renegade Radio soon. Initial songs and impressions are as positive as always. From their Wiki site: Deaf Havana was formed when the original members met at the King's Lynn campus of The College of West Anglia. The band's roots can, however, be traced back much further with Ryan Mellor, James Veck-Gilodi and Lee Wilson all attending Smithdon High School and playing together...

these days where i find music blurs. label services, itunes, reverbnation contests, and just random submissions to our review process are all ways we come across music, so sometimes it can sit on the back burner and wait. recently while putting together the new stream we'll have up and going at the first of the month, i started listening to more and more "gone for days". guilty pleasure. that's the song. a bit rough on the vocals to fit the style of play, gone for days is pretty removed from "cookie cutter" type music, outside of just being good rock...

white bear by the temperance movement - someone say capture the 70s? the younger crowd will simply fall for a good sound. the older crowd will be taken back to yesterday when music was a touch raw, had an edge that pulled you into feeling and in a way, set you free from whatever it was you were doing just minutes before that song started. in this case get yourself free is kinda where i ripped off that quote.  🙂 there is a sense of honesty that other bands have tried to pull off over the years but can't always get...

Hey Everybody! Every now and again I get around to writing a thing. I most certainly should do so more often, but, reasons. So let's get on with it shall we?For some, 2016 was a Steaming pile of Horseshit. It seemed like everybody lost at least one or two idols with the Grim Reaper claiming so many celebrities. The media catastrophe that was the U.S. Presidential Election stressed everybody out. We won't even bring up Brexit. Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad left a LOT of us hardcore fans disappointed, but they still killed the box office.There were a few good...

we don't have an official "Renegade Radio" award ceremony and that's one thing we're looking at for this coming year but i'll get to that later. for now i'd just like to go over my best of "best of" so to speak and just call out the ones who i keep going back to time and time through the year. until the last, these are in no specific order. the last of course will be my "best of 2016" but again - i get ahead of myself. 🙂 first up is decembers winner, hell or highwater. my initial high has...

i wish you were here for days like these but you saw all the world gave you to see somtimes life just slips away so shed a tear for the dead remember the legacy they left for the time we have left  remember the life and not the death i had a lot already written and so close to saying everything i had to say about the band. then this song came on, "remember the life and not the death" and given how this year has taken a toll on our own musical heros and our own personal losses that...

Most of us go through high school without a clear path ahead but with any luck, some questions answered about what we’d like to do with our time and life. Then again, some people just know early on and have never looked back. “My first band was in middle school” started out Patrick Kennison, front man and creative force behind rock band Heaven Below. “we played half covers, half originals, won several battles and I even won some guitar competitions.” This could well have been cemented in high school by an errant guidance counselor. “By the time I got into...

We are into our 2nd run working with Reverb Nation in finding new artists to play and promote. Round 1 brought out some MAJOR scored in violet janine, grimmjack, moxie and the influence, and many many more and so much has been added to our rotation. But finding these bands was tough. REAL tough. You've got a lot of crap to get through to find the good stuff and along the way you start to notice why you gloss over some and don't even listen to others and in the end, start to understand in depth as to why you will...

Timing is everything. As cliché as that sounds, it’s true. Looking back on the 80s it’s harder to describe the rise and eventual fall of hair bands and the “copycat” syndrome. Almost any successful band had 2 things happen; the “brand” made a ton of money and the industry went into overdrive to do it again with another band. You like Night Ranger, we’re going to give you more Night Ranger, so to speak. But as a famous author once wrote – Nothing gold can stay. It was 1987 and in many ways, 80s music was at its climax and bands...

I've been working with RenegadeRadio.net now for a bit over 9 years now, in one form or another. I Originally started out Wednesday afternoons back in the summer of 2007, as I was working a 3rd shift job and that seemed like primetime for me.. "Grave Disorder" it was called. Had a decent run, but then had to step away for personal reasons (Because, Life happens.)Came back and started again 12-25-2009. Decided to take over Friday nights. Had another good run, Got to do some really kickass interviews (Including Dommin, Acey Slade, Ville Valo, Rudi Protrudi of The Fuzztones), and...

Concept albums are far from new. Most fall short of any individual goal to tell a story more so than just put out an album loosely tied together with the "concept" of a story that doesn't really get told in the album. The most notable examples of these I can remember would include Styx with Mr Roboto and KISS with their hidden gem, The Elder. Now, the list of successful concept albums grows in ranks as Heaven Below releases "Good Morning, Apocalypse" and the story of Dr Faust’s (inspired by the German legend of Faust) dealings with the devil in his own struggle...

One of the best things about music is it lets you fall. in this case with a new release from Swedish rockers Violet Janine (ja-nine) you're going to fall in love. Lead singer Janine Nyman can certainly hold her own and her soulful edge comes through with emotions she's not even trying to hide. As you make your way though Between Red and Blue you are going to fall in love. time and time again. There are times I want to save the best songs for last but this release makes choosing such things a certain 1st world problem. But hey,...

Yes, friends, it was girl’s night out last Thursday at Gas Monkey Live and it frickin rocked!  And I’m not referring to free drinks after 5pm for all the ladies at the bar (although that would have been a nice bonus).  Better yet, I am referring to the fact that last Thursday night was nothing but kick ass female fronted bands the entire evening.  Now that’s something to buy a girl a drink for!  Why? Because even in this day and age, you don’t see a line up like this very often, in particular the rock and metal genres.  Historically,...

recently we wrapped up our first promotion in conjunction with reverb nation and in the end over 3500 bands submitted their music for us to consider. no, we've not gone through each and every one as much as i would like to say we have. first and foremost we're a rock station so pop, country, rap, blues and any other format not "close enough" were filtered out just to get us to our own core. even then we had a ton of music to go through, and we still are i promise. more offers went out just this am. all i can...

I still remember seeing Aaron Lee for the first time in curtain club in his band paperface and in that brief introduction what stuck out the most was the passion he puts into the music in how he tells the story. The vocals pulled you in, the story kept you around, and the good times you’ll remember in that special place we hold where all good music goes to be remembered over the years. Fortunately there are times moments carry on into days and those days carry on into years and you continue to hear such a person continue to...

“I was stylin’ and profilin’ in elementary school, and knew what I wanted to do with my life when I was six years old.” said Joey C Jones, kicking back with his feet propped up when asked how it all began. Not many can point to such an age with such conviction but when questioned on how soon Joey knew what would be in store for him, the answer was lightning quick as he finished the thought by adding that his love for the early 70s bubblegum music and the Beatles catalogue dictated what he wanted to do with his...

Stryper: Fallen 2016 Tour - Gas Monkey Live 7/1/16Jessica Kuyawa Stryper played at Gas Monkey Live Friday night as a stop on their Fallen tour. The concert was nearly sold out with over 1600 people in attendance. It got pretty warm inside as the night went on. But, the night was not without a few technical difficulties. First it started with Michael Sweet’s guitar not being loud enough. Instead of stopping and storming off stage, while Oz Fox was playing his solo, Michael went over to the amp and fixed the sound issue. No rants. No anger. Just went on...

In the culinary world I believe it’s called a “fusion” when you merge 2 ideas into 1. I’m sure in many areas it’s called a lot of things but when not rocking I’m usually feeding my food habit so this is a handy reference to me. J Not long ago the twisted one came to me and said that reverb nation was expanding their reach and working more to help not only artists, but promoters like us. After a few there was nothing to lose, all to gain, and we’re in. we’ll be working on tweaking our page you can...

When you head to a Stryper show, you already know you’re in for a touch of retro. By touch, I mean “welcome to 1980-something for a few hours, we hope you enjoy your stay.” I expected to go “holy hell I heard this back in….” and then conveniently choose to NOT remember anything else out of respect for my ongoing years. What I wasn’t expecting was for the opening act, Dallas’ own Redline Drive, to steal the show. Don’t get me wrong – Stryper was as good as ever and Sweets vocals still going strong. We’ll cover that review in another...

classic rock, if you're old enough, is late 60s, early 70s.  led zepplin. rolling stones. the guess who and american woman. who can miss the intro of that song? we even went through a disco phase and rock held on tight. face it - ever see a "classic disco" station? please. even the late 70s and into the 80s rock just went, for lack of a better word, corporate. CORP ROCK SUCKS!!! but looking back it all was but that rock is considered "classic" today. van halen, night ranger, bon jovi, ac/dc, KISS and many more who while some may...

a lot has been going on over the last year or more and a lot of it out of new york city. now while a bad place for salsa as any pace commercial will tell you, it's a pretty damn good place for rock and roll and a very supportive scene. our own twisted one took over programming awhile back while i took the 24x7 stream again and focused on the site and just how we do things. it's been pretty obvious in some of the changes mr twisted has done - look at this main pick and check out...

“Dance with me my darling,” the tall, dapper young man said as he elegantly grasped a soft, delicate hand and kissed it.  Leading his lady of choice onto the empty dance floor in the middle of a crowded ball room, the gentleman places his right hand on her waist and takes her other hand into his left.  As they stare deeply into each other’s eyes, the band begins to play and the couple starts to waltz across the dance floor.  Leading with his left foot, he grasps her firmly at the waist and spins her around, floating effortlessly across the...

Or was it 6 somethings to 6 something else?  7th and Neches is only a block north of 6th street so it's close enough. This is the wandering one reporting LIVE from 7th and Neches (aka The Rock Block) for the 17th Annual Heart of Texas Rockfest in downtown Austin, Texas!  That's right everyone, a tune pilgrimage was made earlier last week to The Rock Block to acquire knowledge of the 2016 Texas Rockfest from none other than its creator and founder Mr. Adam Brewer. The result is the 2016 Rockfest Radio broadcast that shall air TONIGHT starting at 7pm...

it was certainly a night no one will forget. at least not those who were there. shock tu, with frontman joey c jones, came together after a 25 year hiatus and for just over an hour, it was like 25 years had never passed. well, except the audiences were older and likely got home before the dawn this time around, but the sound, the strength of joeys vocals was spot on. gas monkey live continues to be the top venue in dallas and if they're coming your way, they will be the best there too. it's what they do. we...

Rock and roll is dead. There. I got the obligatory dramatic headline out of the way and now I can tell you it’s full of shit. Unfortunately, I do hear it all the time when I surf. Rock is dead. Over. Kaput. Got Jap attacked by technology. Younger writers, it seems, flock to this almost as if a victory dance. Older writers, mention this in passing at times to sound cool to the younger generation, I believe. Again, it’s all bullshit. Changed, yes, but change doesn’t equal death. Usually.  Rock and roll is far from dead. However, despite the vast...

Happy Lupercalia everyone! Meet the newest Double Feature on RenegadeRadio.net: The Slaughterhouse featuring The Renegade Chef from 7-8pm EST (6-7pm central) and The Stairwell Showcase from 8-10pm EST (7-9pm central)!  This double feature starts TONIGHT (February 14, 2016) only on RenegadeRadio.net! Come say hi to The Renegade Chef in the chat room and then stick around for an interview with Deuce Wanier of Trine and learn all about the origins of Valentines Day on The Stairwell Showcase!  See you in the chat room!    

Say hello to the newest additions to the https://renegaderadio.net Family!  Starting TONIGHT (February 2, 2016), we have your Tuesday Night Double Feature with Ambush Radio starting at 7pm eastern (6pm central) followed by All Screwed Up at 8pm eastern (7pm central) right here on RenegadeRadio.net!  See you in the chat room!

if you stay around and relevant long enough, even your own history page becomes outdated. that's what is happening to us here at renegade but this is good. damn good. it means we're picking up steam and out of the ashes of busted attempts by others, we're still growing. we'll face that hurdle ahead of how to pay our BMI fees soon enough, we hope. you see, the sooner we're paying those fees the sooner our own "relevance" takes it up another level. it's a problem that isn't going away and as we continuet to grow, we'll be facing it...

There once was a young woman who had it all – a roof over her head, food in the pantry, clothes on her back, friends, family, a boyfriend, and a promising future.  One day, the young man she called “boyfriend” returned from a long holiday weekend with family and told her about a band he and his siblings saw called Blue October. Showing her the CD he had purchased after that evening’s performance, he then placed into the CD ROM drive of a massive desktop computer and began making a digital copy of the songs it housed.  Once the process...

the sad part is, most of them won't even get this reference. recently an older article came out where the writer was pumping his chest proclaiming that his generation killed the music industry. a lot of words came to mind but all them were after a healthy bout of laughter from the headline alone. after reading the first paragraph it was painfully obvious they were referring to the RIAA's business model that yes, is in fact 100% dead. but the millennials didn't have jack shit to do with that death. as soon as mp3's hit the public web it was...

So long San Antonio, For there is a place I must be Where only close friends and family can find me. With such beautiful sunsets and the brightest of stars in the night sky I often wondered why I didn’t get here sooner. For this is a place I call home Where my heart and mind are free to roam And dream of making new discoveries I can call my own. Never fear, the tunes shall play on So no worries mon! For out in BFE Is where I shall be Cranking up the tunes on a regular basis And...

The clock struck 10pm at the local bar.  Shaking his head, the bar tender scans the poorly occupied room with numerous empty chairs. “It’s going to be a very long night,” he mumbled to himself as he collected the fifth empty beer glass from a tipsy regular.  Placing the glass in the sink, he turns to grab another wine glass, fills it with a sweet red, places it on a tray, and walks across the bar to the darkest corner of the room to deliver it. As he got closer to the poorly lit table, he could hear her loudly...

Funny how things work sometimes. This bit of odd humor that I can’t make a pop tart moment but however, the timing is still impeccable and not at all planned. There are funny parts to this, and there’s a few tear jerking moments. In the end, I just had to be glad it was over. Well almost. My gates still need to be fixed so they shut first. But I jump too far ahead. Many months ago I decided after 18 years it’s time to replace my falling off gutters and get the house repainted. Go through the motions, find...

Whenever you start quoting latin, you know you’re quoting some old OLD verbiage. This statement in fact is found in Book 3 of Latin author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus tract De Re Militari, although similiarly found in earlier works such as Platos Nomoi. By now you are either totally confused as to where this is going, or you know at least a little latin and have a pretty good idea. Peace. We all want it. The liberals and progressives, the conservatives and religious people. Well, most religions. It’s something dreamed about since the dawn of time and likely even before...

The digital alarm clock resting atop a night stand struck 1am.  Shadows of pecan limbs waved in the moonlight with a brisk gust of wind, projecting their dance onto the carpet in the master bedroom.  Moonlight streamed in through tiny holes in the lace trimmed curtains, its beams of light flickering as the pecan trees swayed in the wind.  Then suddenly, the wind stopped and the trees stood still.   The couple tossed and turned, attempting to fall back asleep.  Finally, they both rolled over, lying on their backs, staring at a very still moonlit silhouette of a pecan tree...

I suppose my biggest critique of the new winery dogs could be considered pretty harsh. I’ll go ahead and brace you for it now so it comes as no surprise later but the worst part of this release is that sooner or later it is in fact…over. This mixed bag of funk rock will simply capture you and your imagination and either take you back to when “funk” was coming into its own as you remember it, or you get to feel what it was like when it was new. This sound. While I certainly can’t say it’s a brand...

Preparing for the new release, I wanted to take a minute to go to their past. Way back into their past and look at an early effort from Cavo, just to give you a point of reference in how far this band has come. But also to tell you how far ahead of the game they started. You see, I believe we all have a private cd or two that we just keep going back to when times are great, or even when we need something familiar to get us through not so great times. You can look at their...

Attention comic readers! It's completely possible that the combination of the Marvel comic realities could be a disaster.  Using my favorite childhood comic Spider-Man as an example, he had at least four seperate comics running in the 90's.  Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man and a weekly comic strip... and none of those effected the other. As of now... there will be one Spider-Man in the larger MCU...  and that's better, for now. Actions will have larger consequences that will ripple and effect other characters.  In addition, there are new faces to the characters, once again using Spidey as a template,...

First they called themselves Structure.  Then the name changed to Secret Secure.  Now they call themselves The Taking.  Under the current name and banner, this four-piece band from San Antonio, Texas combines elements of electronic music and rock to form a sound their Secret Secure songs were missing – sonic variety.  While songs under the name Secret Secure were good (especially “Lady”), a common criticism I kept hearing from a few listeners is that they all sounded the same.  This criticism was soon silenced in a big way. After some length of time passed and this four-piece band was ready...

Welcome! This is the state of the musician address, by a musician for the music fans.  We have a lot to speak about on this day. The world has changed for us, those that have picked up an instrument or sang in front of a crowd in the last 20 years or so. It is now really hard to sell music, venues have embraced the pay to play system, and nobody knows who is supposed to market the performer now.  The listener does not, in general, want to purchase an album anymore. Ten songs for 10 dollars is too expensive...

Here are the facts.  Ghostbusters, the 1984 movie about the destruction of New York City by a giant marshmallow, and a woman demon dressed in bubblewrap, and an obvious 1980's supermodel haircut is getting remade.  Gone will be Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, Winston Zedmore, and Egon Spengler...and these characters are so big, that they need to be replaced with 4 women, and an unnamed amount of males. A few months ago Sony green-lit an all female reboot of the GB universe, directed by Bridesmaids director, Paul Feig.  It does have the blessing of both Dan Ackroyd, and Ivan Reitman... the...

In another rare move, Old Souls, the bands 1st official US release, has simply exceeded my lofty expectations and given me an anchor in a sea of lost music searching for a home. I honestly have no idea what that reference really means, but it sounds cool so I’ll keep it.   I would love to say that I could pick out a favorite, but that would imply that there are “less favorite” songs on this release. That’s simply not the case as Old Souls is one rocking hit after another, never falling into a rut or making me feel...

But to make an entire career out of blatantly emulating - actually, I'm going to go with Impersonating - what was already done? Well,  I just don't get. Sure you can go to Vegas, get married by (or even To) Elvis, Have Marilyn Monroe sing "Happy Birthday" to you.. Or even catch a never-aging Beatles as they sing their classic set from the Ed Sullivan show, so many years ago. you can go to your local dive bar, and catch the best Creed tribute band this side of the county.     Maybe I'm having a little difficulty seeing the...