Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Def Leppard keeps good company, Toxoplasma runs rampant, and more

"...copies in the U.S. The others are the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Van Halen...."

March 10, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Heaven up Here

27 reason to further investigate the UK roster of bands at SXSW 2006

"...since those Gallagher lads erected a wonderwall around a befuddled Casey Kasem back in 1995. With some 120 English,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Donovan

Gift guide

"...reveals well-honed pop instincts, solid backing from the future Led Zeppelin, and an airy playfulness befitting the Aquarian Age..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...rustic wood floors, industrial piping along the ceiling, a wood-paneled bar that runs the length of one of the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Tracy Bonham

Saturday

"...out the set playfully, improvising a limping version of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" with Ben and Dave from Aqualung..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Two" [July 15]. A couple of weeks ago I e-mailed him with the argument that the Downing Street Memos..."

July 29, 2005 Column

TCB

Hanging with the Devil's Rejects, dodging downtown water-gun fire, mourning two more fallen rockers

"...shoot their designated target and can't kill or be killed indoors (including cars), at work, or at home. Unlike..."

July 22, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Funeralizer and the Sword Are Two Completely Different Bands

"...Dear Austin Chronicle, I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the Funeralizer set and our interpretation..."

July 21, 2005 Postmarks

Aretha Franklin & King Curtis

"...Wood," followed by a Fillmore-pleasing cover of the day, Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." Curtis' melody on Procol Harum's..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...it was Plant's turn to be surprised, as the Led Zeppelin frontman accepted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by David Lynch

Girls Can Tell

"...way out, I spotted Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne nestled into a cozy booth at the front of the..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...food by sitting down and staring into space, discussing Led Zeppelin with our friends. Talk drifts to latex bands;..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Robyn Hitchcock

Pong

Texas platters

"...Special") give way to closer "Finally," a goof about Led Zeppelin's cutting tape (complete with Darkness/Young Heart Attack outro)...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Mob House Rules

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

"...Trail of Dead have become avatars of a barely controlled sound that either roils just beneath the surface of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...with waivers. A big concern is the number of so-called "gap kids" – kids who aren't so cognitively disabled..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Kinks Korrection

"...the Kinks. While he's right that the Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, and possibly even the Clash (who disbanded three..."

Nov. 30, 2004 Postmarks

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...Eighties no-man's land. The Sex Pistols, Clash, Kinks, and Led Zeppelin were long gone. Yet U2 soldiers on, in..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Heat Stroke

Austin's Amplified Heat turn both – their amps and the heavy metal heat

"...Take away the errant pair of fastballs Roger Clemens express-mailed to Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen, and it might..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TCB

A rock out, a rock opera, and a rock show. Must be Rocktober.

"...largely confined to the underground. And when the dust settled, after North Carolina's show-stealing Crank County Daredevils finally ceased..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf

Sheet music

"...Dang Doodle" is a takeoff of a lesbian anthem. Led Zeppelin settling a lawsuit for stealing Wolf's music for..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

Sonic Youth

CD/DVD

"...layered architecture that rises, falls, and rages like the Led Zeppelin homage the band joked Nurse was destined to..."

June 25, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...rock & roll, and offstage, they claim to have traveled from 1675. They also swear oaths to some centuries-old..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"..."I used to have a band called the Skunks," I said. "Maybe that's it."..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

Big Star Myths

Dispelling Big Star myths

"...Often overlooked is the fact that Manning's production of Led Zeppelin III may well have influenced the electric/acoustic sounds..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

National Top 10s

Chronicle critics list their Top 10 National albums

"...10) Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won (Atlantic)..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TCB

What a sampling of the Austin music scene wants for Christmas.

"...favorite shows was in North Carolina at this place called the Wizard. The club owner gave them a case..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...though no one's trying to claim them for this so-called Southern revival...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Seeking the Recipe

Hermeticism has been marginalized academia since the Enlightenment. Can a UT professor and grad student editing a journal change that?

"...who once taught an American literature survey course that pulled out alchemical threads in the work of writers as..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers

DVDisc

"...hours of The Beatles Anthology, five hours of the Led Zeppelin DVD, and three-plus hours of The Kids Are..."

July 18, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Hot Hot Heat

SXSW Records

"...Pop) Names like the Cure and XTC and even Led Zeppelin have been thrown around in attempts to define..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

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