Great bands are never truly forgotten, and that’s true of punk’s Ramones, who called it quits 15 years ago. Their influence is still felt today, and although its three main members — Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee — have passed, their legacy persists and is being given a revival by bassist C.J. Ramone. Born Christopher […]
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Rock N America unloads a three-day package of hard rock on Zoo Ampitheatre
Rock N America Featuring Scorpions, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Ratt and moreThursday-SundayZoo Amphitheatre2101 N.E. 50thwww.zooamp.com800-511-1552$49.50-$125 one-day pass$125-$350 three-day pass The most amazing thing about the bands booked for Rock N America isn’t the collective history of packed stadiums, platinum albums and complete airwave ownership; it’s that so many managed to survive. Those that made it out […]
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Radar Bros. lock in on a new lineup without plotting a different course to ‘The Illustrated Garden’
Radar Bros. with the Nghiems, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea 9 p.m. MondayOpolis 113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$8 advance, $10 door$10 advance, $12 door under 21 The pretty, languid melodies drift dreamlike through a summery shimmer, recalling the halcyon days of Pink Floyd’s “San Tropez.” Picking up that psych-pop mantle, California’s Radar Bros. have been fashioning […]
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From music to museums, Quintron and Miss Pussycat prove puppets and weird instruments make great art
Quintron and Miss Pussycat with Gangstarr Museum9 p.m. Wednesday, July 21Opolis113 N. Crawford, normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$10 advance, $12 door$12 advance, $14 door under 21 Some artists are bound for the pop charts; others ” with a less disposable bent ” are bound for a museum. But in Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s case, it’s not Cleveland’s Rock and […]
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Angry no more, Local H’s Scott Lucas stretches his humility with his married musical brethren
Scott Lucas & the Married Men with Hotel Love and Western Residents9 p.m. Sundaythe Conservatory 8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com607-4805$7 Most people know Scott Lucas as the fiery, guitar-slinging belter fronting hard-rock outfit Local H, which just wrapped a tour where, each night, the duo played a different disc from its catalog in its entirety. A bunch […]