 Poor Dumb Bastards - (Houston, TX) Poor Dumb Bastards PDB was formed in March 1991 by long time hetero life partners and musical collaborators, Mike Porterfield and Byron Dean. The initial interest was to find a means to get into Emo’s for free, later they discovered Emo’s was always free. None the less the debaucherous shit-wagon known as Poor Dumb Bastards was set in motion. Drawing on their collective influences and experiences from some of their earlier work, bands like Cretinoid, Plutonium Flatheads and the Byron Weird Group, Mike and Byron set out create a genre all their own, hence “Texas Drunk Rock” was born. Add the non bass playing talents of Steve Scholtes and the competent, metronomic drumming of Chi Chi Macoola, and PDB were able to carve their initials on the bathroom door of the Texas music scene. Through the many years and many lineup changes, Poor Dumb Bastards have more than paid their dues. These Ill-minded sewer rockers have stayed true to their founding principals. POWER, PERFORMANCE, PERVERSION
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 Dollyrockers - (Houston, TX) "Dollyrockers, Hellbound Hoedown Funny. The last thing I wrote before this review was something about how little I cared about American Idol starting up again. Albums like this are precisely why. A confluence of '60s Link Wray biker rumble, '70s Deep Purple stoner sneer and '80s Cramps jungle boogie, Hellbound Hoedown is — as Bill Murray may have said once or twice — lean, mean and not too far in between. Try the red-light-district rumba of "Moon and Stars" and see if you're not seduced. Singer AliceSin Gibson more than makes up in brassy, listen-up-boys charisma whatever she may lack in range — which is not to say she can't hold a tune; imagine Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano the morning after an especially wicked bender — while the four dudes behind her put every Stooges, Social D and AC/DC lesson they ever learned to excellent use. Hellbound Hoedown ain't trying to reinvent the wheel, but if you're in the mood for "Shotgun Shells and Wedding Bells," it'll get you there in a hurry — even if it has to quote The Andy Griffith Show theme song during a guitar solo to do it. Most definitely bad music for bad people, and a helluva 31-minute good time. Suck on that, Simon." — Chris Gray, Houston Press
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Whorehound - (Houston, TX) Whorehound is Texas Roadhouse Metal. Diesel, one legged dogs, pickup trucks with nails in the bed and FM roads you don't much want to change your tire .. sundown. The dirt on their boots is from a storm where it rained mud; they don't have swagger – they have rust. Their set Sunday was the best we'd ever seen them put on. If you're looking for something heavier that nails the metal fundamentals filtered through a punk aesthetic – be sure to check them out next time they play.- Skyline