Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent, Styx and REO Speedwagon - Verizon Theater - May 7, 2012

Here's the thing about Ted Nugent -- it doesn't matter what you think about him. Yeah, his insane political statements are moronic at best, but his shtick is so thoroughly thought out that he manages to be a punchline and ideologue and a hero, to some all at the same time. This is brilliant. He's bu ... More >>

Steve Stockman, L.A. Filmmaker, Can't Stop Getting Mistaken For Steve Stockman, Crazy Congressman

The first tweet hurt Steve Stockman's feelings a little. It read, in full: "YOU ARE A STUPID FAT FUCK." "I haven't actually put on any weight lately," Stockman writes in an email. "And though I'm not thin, I think 'fat' would be an overstatement." The next few tweets, all similarly furious, were ... More >>

Obama, Bloomberg Groups Are Teaming Up for Dallas Gun Control Rally This Weekend

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the advocacy group funded and founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is struggling to stoke the kind of grass-roots passion for gun regulation that has made its arch-nemesis, the NRA, such a political force. Organizing For America, the post-electoral version o ... More >>

Top Show Annoucements: Record Store Day, Limp Bizkit, Styx, Kid Rock, Matchbox Twenty and More

It's a little strange, but I don't know what's happening with all of the show announcements that have been pouring in this week: Limp Bizkit, Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls and Kid Rock? It feels like 1999 all over again. Well, in 2013 news, Good Records just announced a kick-ass local lineup for Reco ... More >>

City of Dallas Looking for Someone to Turn its Feral Hog Problem Into Delicious Bacon

In recent years, as North Texas' feral hog population has exploded, Arlington, Irving and other suburbs have taken to rounding up the swine and selling them for bacon. Now, it's Dallas' turn. Robert Wilonsky brings news this morning that the city is looking for someone to harvest its feral hogs.

Congressman Steve Stockman to Gunmakers: Come Check Out Texas

U.S. Representative Steve Stockman is not a subtle man. We could go so far as to say he has a flair for the dramatic. He is, after all, the man who brought Ted Nugent as his plus-one to the State of the Union address, and compared the Earth to a sort of fuel-filled water balloon. And even further ba ... More >>

Now Michelle Shocked Is On Yahoo! News, Because That's What Internet Outrage Does

The internet is a perfectly efficient outrage generator. People need things to be super-pissed about, so that they can express their social positions to their friends; they burn through that outrage in an orgy of vague, well-intentioned social media protest; they look for something else to be super- ... More >>

Congressman Steve Stockman Loves the Earth: "If You Poke Holes in It, Oil and Gas Come Out"

Congressman Steve Stockman represents what the evidence tells us is an especially crazy swath of Texas in the suburbs of Houston. There's really no other way to explain why voting-age Americans could choose to send such an individual to Washington as their duly elected representative. Last month, i ... More >>

Shockingly, Ted Nugent Was Not a Fan of Obama's State of the Union Address

In his State of the Union address yesterday, President Obama laid out a moderately progressive agenda, calling for a higher minimum wage, action to combat climate change, comprehensive immigration reform, and tougher gun control measures. The Nuge was not amused. The New York Times described a "sto ... More >>

Ted Nugent is Going to the State of the Union, Thanks to Texas Congressman Steve Stockman

To say that rocker/maniac Ted Nugent is not a fan of Barack Obama would be something of an understatement. Take this quote, which he screamed to fans at a concert while brandishing a pair of machine guns: "Hey Obama, you might want to suck on one of these you punk," adding that the president is a " ... More >>

11 Shows to See This Marijauna Day Weekend

Paul OakenfoldFriday, April 20, at ZoukZouk's had some controversy surrounding appearances of certain celebrities as of late, but one can expect that super DJ Paul Oakenfold will most likely be there to perform tonight.Jason Isbell & The 400 UnitFriday, April 20, at DadaI'm surprised Jason Isbel ... More >>

Ted Nugent For Vice President? We Made Him Some Promotional Materials...

Seeing how Waco's resident quote generator/firearms enthusiast Ted Nugent made some rather controversial statements about President Obama this week, which he's already "smoothed" over with Secret Service, and how current Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney is looking for a VP candidate, i ... More >>

Blues For Bugs: A Few Friends Remember the Dallas Guitar Hero

Over the Weekend: No Rest For the Wicked, 76, Here Holy Spain Crack Open the Double Wide

Eric Grubbs76​No Rest for the Wicked, 76, Here Holy Spain Double Wide Saturday, January 7 Better than: Listening to "live" records that were never recorded in front of live audiences. Saturday night at the Double Wide was a mixed bag that ran pretty late, even for a weekend show. A few minut ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Smells Like Nirvana at the Fair Park Coliseum in '93

​The Legendary Show happened two years and two months earlier at Trees. That one's been well-documented. There's video -- it never gets old. Then there's Jeff Liles's recap, which ran in the paper version of Unfair Park in '05, shortly before a bankruptcy judge closed the club's doors. What a mess ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

So, Whatever Happened to That Texxas Jam '78 Documentary, Anyway?

Archway Pictures​Speaking of the Texxas Jam, as we're known to do from time to time, while researching yesterday's Fleetwood Mac attack at the Cotton Bowl in '78 I stumbled across an Internet Movie Database entry for something called Texxas Jam '78, which promises to be "the first real look at an ... More >>

The Best Double Entendre Songs Of All Time

You mean that Primus song wasn't about this guy?​Primus is a band we discovered pretty early on in life and whose sharp and innovative playing we've only grown to respect more and more as we've aged. Unfortunately, though, our first exposure to the group was to their biggest single of the '90s:&nb ... More >>

For Your Spring Break Listening Pleasure: The Nuge at the Electric Ballroom in October '75

​Still waiting for a call from City Hall, which is worth sticking around for. So with some time to kill, let's go to the vaults -- specifically, this gem suggested by a Friend of Unfair Park who's cranked that Frampton set up to 11. Our Friend insists he was there, man, on Halloween night '75 when ... More >>

"People Openly Lit Up and Smoked Marijuana": Take a Big Whiff of the Texxas Jam in 1978

As many times as the Texxas Jam's come up, I can't believe we've never seen this: Channel 8's coverage of the '78 "Texxas Music Festival," featuring reporter Randy Jackson's sweat-soaked, dope-smoked coverage of the billion-degree July 1 concert at the Cotton Bowl. Among the headliners that day: Aer ... More >>

Q&A: Christian Rocker David Crowder On Being Like Jimmy Buffet, Collaborating With Ted Nugent and Openly Crying On An Airplane

David Crowder​Even well into the new millennium, the term "Christian Rock" is still a practical oxymoron to some folks. But, for the fans of modern Christian music who don't see it that way, Texarkana native David Crowder's name is likely a familiar one.For 15 years, the wild-haired and goateed Cr ... More >>

Seven Valentine Suggestions for That Special Some-Guy in Your Life

It ain't V Day without a laser-sighted cross bow.​It's time the guys got a little attention on Valentine's Day. The pressure to fork over for chocolates, roses, diamonds, a week's salary on a "special" V Day prix fixe meal that many would consider highway robbery weighs on a brother. After all, yo ... More >>

Good Friday: DOMAXXII Showcase Edition

​Not sure if it's possible to be reading this right now and still be unaware of the biggest show coming to town this weekend. Saturday in Deep Ellum, we will kick off the Dallas Observer Music Awards festivities with the most kickass showcase we've ever put on. Aside from over 40 of the area's top ... More >>

The Nuge Storms The Fort

Staff Trax: Delorean, Wintersleep, Tripping Daisy, Das Racist, Them and The Boss.

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Concerts I've Been To In Dallas

​Saw Blue October Friday night at House of Blues. Good. But not the best I've seen them. That would've been the show back in the summer of 2004 at the Lakewood Theater when lead singer Justin Furstenfeld - bum knee and crutches be damned - was as passionate as any singer I've ever seen. Got m ... More >>

Strap On And Jam Out

Today In Music News: The Nuge Hates Obama, Jimmy Sullivan Dies And Metric Triumphs In '09

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, December 30, 2009...Hey, guess what?! Uncle Ted Nugent hates Obama! Didn't see that one comin'...Avenged Sevenfold's drummer, Jimmy Sullivan is dead at 28.Metric earned Myspace's "Triumph of The Year" for its self-released (and awesome) album F ... More >>

The Slavens of Notre Dame

Today In Music News: Jackson Pepsi Video Unearthed, Ice Cube Gets Serialized and The Nuge Gets Political

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009... Leave it to Us Weekly to unearth the video of Michael Jackson's infamous Pepsi ad from 1984. Ice Cube has partnered with TBS to produce his family friendly Are We There Yet? as a series. Leave it to Cube to keep it faux-ga ... More >>

Get Ready to Get Tea'd On. Pardon, Tea'd Off!

As we mentioned last week, the Tea Parties are here, the Tea Parties are here! So those not prepared to protest with the likes of Mark Davis, "Dave-from-London" and "Lance Hurley as Patrick Henry" at the Dallas tea'd-off affair had best steer clear of City Hall starting at 4:30 p.m. And for those in ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Our Radio Heads Are Waxing Nostalgic

The staff of the Zoo, as seen on Liles' bedroom wall poster.I was twelve years old and up way past my bedtime. The headphones were on and I was hiding underneath the blankets. The stereo was tuned to a Dallas radio station called "The Zoo". A DJ named JD was playing a track from The Beatles' W ... More >>

Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Halftime Act For The Last Game Ever At Texas Stadium...

...is a metal band made up of 14-year-old high school freshmen called Crooked X. They've toured as openers for Ted Nugent. Were featured on CBS' The Early Show. Even had a song in Rock Band. All nice accomplishments.But, c'mon. Seriously? --Pete Freedman

Ian McLagan, Bugs Henderson

Friday, July 27, at the Granada Theater

Charleton Heston, Jr.

Ted Nugent rolls into Dallas

Mullet Over

Let's end this. Now.

Trail of Tears

Prey should be called Dances With Tedium

No Reservations

Change is on the menu for Pretty Girls Make Graves

Kink Lit

Rollin'

Get your motor running for the Hot Import Nights Tour

FIT Parade

Let There Be Darkness

Metalheads are torn over the Brit sensation. And their problem is...?

Be-Spec Yourself

Shades of Elton John at TCC

Bells’ll Be Ringing

Dallas forms a special union

WWJD?

Plus: Dalbie and Tex, A List

Gaza Strippers

August 29

The BellRays

Grand Fury (Upper Cut Records)

Out There

KISS rock 'n' roll over again

Across the Bar

Rockville Music closes shop; Puerto Rico gets DJ Nature's call; Rubber Gloves still waiting for the Old 97's other shoe to fall; Pantera plays Detroit Rock City; Buck Jones Blushes

Little mascara

The wages of Lollapalooza's sin is Metallica and make-up