Reverend Horton Heat

MusInk Days 2 & 3 - OC Fairgrounds - March 9-10, 2013

MusInk Days 2&3 OC Fairground March 9-10, 2013 The art of ink slinging took over OC this weekend as the sixth annual, three-day Musink Festival came the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, in what was turned out to be a 72-hour celebration of body art(including tattoos and piercings), ... More >>

Bad Religion, Pennywise and Reverend Horton Heat to Headline MusInk Tattoo and Music Festival

Do you hear that buzzing? That's the sound of tattoo guns and guitar distortion ripping through the silence of January's cultural wasteland to bring you news of OC's MusInk Tatto Convention and Music Festival. Today, the three-day festival announced its anticipated, punk-fueled lineup, including Bad ... More >>

Deke Dickerson on Musicians With No Arms, His Three-Cent Royalty From Pandora

Deke Dickerson, the lightning-throwing roots-rock guitarist and champion of those old honky-tonking tunes your grandfather boogied to, plays tomorrow night at Big's Grill in Fullerton.If you want to hear genuine hillbilly, rockabilly and rock-n-roll, check him out! 

Gamblers Mark Want to Bet the House

[Locals Only] The band are living the lucky, rockabilly life

Gamblers Mark's Dave Gambler on Almost Betting His Guitar and His Grandfather's Six Wives

Technically, brothers Dave Gambler and Danny Exito hail from the San Gabriel Valley, but they're in Orange County so much and have so many friends here--the Moonlight Trio, Trash Monster, all the folks down at Classic Tattoo--they're as much a part of the local scene as anybody. Their sound is an a ... More >>

The Hootenanny 2012 Lineup Announced Featuring Rancid

John Gilhooley/OC WeeklyRancid at the Henry FondaThe lineup for this year's the Hootenanny at Oak Canyon, set to take place July 7, was announced today. The annual rockabilly festival is in it's 18th year and has brought legends of rockabilly, punk and everything in between to this fair county. ... More >>

Slime Kings, Red9, Death Hymn #9, Snakebit Drifters and Railroad to Alaska at Night Five of the OC Music Awards Showcase - Tiki Bar

​Red9, Slime Kings, Death Hymn #9, Snakebit Drifters and Railroad to AlaskaTiki Bar, Costa MesaJan 31, 2012Night five of the OC Music Awards saw the most consistent lineup of bands in the series thus far. That's not to say there weren't a few dips in what proved to be an exciting evening, but ther ... More >>

Tiger Army at the City National Grove of Anaheim Last Saturday Night

John Gilhooley/ OC Weekly​Tiger ArmyOct. 29, 2011City National Grove of Anaheim To see Tiger Army play songs like "Cupid's Victim" off Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlight Saturday night at the Grove was to see the band at its best. The song, a fine example of the trio's rockabilly-meets-pu ... More >>

Hootenanny

Oak Ranch

The SideWynders Win Rockabilly Showdown

Courtesy of OC Market PlaceThe SideWynders​The SideWynders battled their way through some of the finest stand-up bass, washboard, and pompadors that Southern California has to offer, and came out victorious on Saturday. The LA-based five piece were finalists in the second annual West Coast Rockabi ... More >>

Stray Cat Lee Rocker Drops Solo Album, Talks Rockabillyland

www.leerocker.com​Time to break out the hair pomade: Lee Rocker, the man behind the giant upright bass in the Stray Cats, is back with his latest solo set, The Cover Sessions EP. It's not a rockabilly album, nor is it a country album--but Rocker says it's definitely something in bet ... More >>

Hellbound Eddie

Big's Bar & Grill

What You Missed: Tet Festival & Parade, Reverend Horton Heat, JFK, Super Bowl Party Shots

Roderick Pullum/Dallas Observer​What'd you miss this weekend? We checked out the Tet Festival and Parade, Reverend Horton Heat's show in Anaheim, JFK of MSTRKRFT DJing at the newly named City National Grove of Anaheim... and our Dallas brethren has shared some awesome Super Bowl party shots with u ... More >>

TGIF: Reverend Horton Heat, Cradle of Filth, James Fletcher and More

​Friday finds DJ Ron Sleezy holding court at the Commonwealth Lounge and Grill in Newport Beach--which is an understandable thing, given that he works there. Even more understandable is that he's out to help continue what has been a thriving--and not always appreciated--continuum of DJs and venues ... More >>

TGIF: We Can't Wait for Halloween Either, with Franki Doll and the Broken Toys, Dammit Janet, the HorrorPops and DJ Shadow

​Today, the big SoCal comic book show that isn't in San Diego-the Long Beach Comic Con-settles in at the convention center, with a performance that evening by Franki Doll and the Broken Toys. Our featured Locals Only artist this week, Franki Doll is clearly all about the frenetic exhibitionism and ... More >>

What You Missed: Octomom's Yard Sale, Jerry Lee Lewis & Reverend Horton Heat, Dachshund Races

Keith May​So what'd you miss this weekend? On Saturday, we visited Octomom Nadya Suleman's La Habra octo-home for her ocot-yard sale. That night, we headed down to Pomona's gorgeous Fox Theater to check out Jerry Lee Lewis and the Reverend Horton Heat. On Sunday, we were there for another bout of ... More >>

It's Reader's Choice!

[Summer Guide] Choose your own musical adventure this summer—regardless of time, money or personal taste, we've got the concert for you

Over the Weekend: the Reverend Horton Heat, Dec. 31, House of Blues, Anaheim

The Reverend Horton Heat--aka Jim Heath--flashes a big, Texas grin during his performance New Year's Eve in front of a packed House of Blues, Anaheim. He also led his hot trio through a raucous set the night before at same venue.Christopher VictorioThe Reverend Horton Heat, Dec. 31, House of Blues, ... More >>

Last Night: the Reverend Horton Heat, House of Blues, Anaheim

The Hype: If you've had a chance to pick up the Texas psychobilly pioneers' latest album, Laughin' & Cryin' With the Reverend Horton Heat, then you've probably noticed that for the most part, psycho has been surgically removed from billy. Brandon FergusonThe songs on this record run the gamut ... More >>

Show of the Day: the Reverend Horton Heat at House of Blues Anaheim

Editor's note: Interview I did with Reverend Horton Heat (aka Jim Heath) for this feature that originally ran in OC Weekly sister paper Miami New Times September 8.Drew ReynoldsThere have always been misconceptions surrounding the Reverend Horton Heat. For starters, there is no preacher frontman--it ... More >>

Reverend Horton Heat Hosts Back-to-Back Year-End Bashes at House of Blues

Hootenanny

Oak Canyon Ranch

Anaheim Drummer Lux Is Plucked Out of Obscurity, Put Into the Nekromantix

Hootenanny Set Times Announced

Unlike some other annual music festival that like to keep their set times a secret (*cough*Warped Tour*cough*), here we have the full lineup for Hootenanny, a full THREE DAYS before the event. Read after the jump to find out when fokls like Rev. Horton Heat, Los Lobos and the HorrorPops (pictured) a ... More >>

Stagecoach Festival: Reba; Kenny Chesney; Brad Paisley; Kid Rock and more

Last Night: The V-Guns at Avalon

Remember when I told you about Mondays at the Avalon in Costa Mesa? Yeah, do you? Remember I said it was pretty rad considering there ain't shit going on that night? Well, the fun continues as the V-Guns played their first of three consecutive Monday night shows last night. I was there. Where were y ... More >>

Hootenanny tix on sale Friday

Get your pompadours, rolled jeans, Pabst Blue Ribbons and Converse ready because the Hootenanny is right around the corner.This year's lineup includes the Reverend Horton Heat, Los Lobos, Horrorpops, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Supersuckers, Lee Rocker, the Blasters, 3 Bad Jacks, Roger Alen Wade, Dust ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 2/20-2/22

The Great Skate, Friday-Sunday 11 a.m. through March 15Irvine's Great Park (you know, home to that dollar-sucking Great Balloon) brings the simple, youthful joy of ice skating to the park in an attempt to well, just do something fun and care-free for the community in these bleak times.Great Park, S ... More >>

Artfully Done

MusINK Festval

Mystery Hangup Drummer Lux Joins Nekromantix

We talked just yesterday about Anaheim's Mystery Hangup breaking up, and drummer Lux has already announced her new project: joining the Nekromantix, taking the place of Andy DeMize, who passed away last month due to a car accident. Lux will be the first female in the band's 20-year history.More info ... More >>

Full MUSINK Line-Up Announced with Story of the Year, Danzig, More

The MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa Mesa is a little more than a month away (Feb. 20-22), and now we know the full slate of bands scheduled to perform--including these dudes, Story of the Year. (Y'know, "Until the Day I Die." Yo ... More >>

MUSINK Convention Returns to Costa Mesa

Though the scheduled MUSINK tour became another casualty of the flagging economy, the three-day music and tattoo convention is still happening--February 20-22, again at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa Mesa. But they're quick to point out that celebutant Kat Von D, of "LA Ink" ... More >>

[CD Review] The Supersuckers, 'Get It Together' (Mid Fi)

Martini Time

Reverend Horton Heat

American to the Bone, Daddy

Hootenanny Fest goes 'Yee-Hah!' for cars, girls and roots music

A Webb Pierce Selection

Jan. 11-Jan. 18

Where the Real Roots Lead

The Hootenanny has become predictable but thats good

The Birth, the Death, the Ghost

At this years Hootenanny, rockabilly will eat itself

Nazis Invade La Habra!

Goofball-Free Rockists

Help Death On Wednesday quit their day jobs, wont you?

Your Knees on Asphalt

White Dopes on Punk

Grease-Punk Orgy

The Hootenanny revs up one more time

Whats a Rock & Roll Nihilist to Do?

Fest-O-Mania Wrap-Up

Tears, Glam & Revelations

Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!

Our Annual South by Southwest Report

Hey, Baby

Its the Fourth of July

Hes Big in Germany

Game musician Tommy Tallarico hopes a Grammy will make him big in the U.S.