Congrats to the guys from EndEffect...for winning yet another rotation on 99x! The band from Waco, Texas, had their song "Useless" featured after winning the August 20th Homegrown Picks poll. Hope you enjoy hearing "Harlot" this coming week
Former Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd is facing the most important battle of his life after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. The musician had surgery last year to remove the cancerous area, hoping that it had been isolated, but unfortunately the cancer had spread. Since then, Todd's medical costs skyrocketed, but he was able to take care of things financially up until recently. In order to help as he continues his fight, friends and supporters of Todd have launched a Give Forward campaign to help offset the costs of his cancer battle.
January 10, 2013 99X introduced the Ark-La-Tex to the new Alice In Chains track 'Hollow' just before the holidays. The song was vintage AIC, with the Drop D tuning, sludgy riffs, and harmonies, and had us chomping at the bit for the new album. At the time, little information was available about the forthc
January 10, 2013 If you are planning on going to see Shinedown and Three Days Grace, on their upcoming co-headling tour in a couple of weeks, you may want to hold off on buying your tickets, at least if you're a Three Days Grace fan.
January 9, 2013 Tonight, we have one hell of a battle brewing between our defending champions Eye Empire and Against All Will. The winner is...all up to you. Check out their tunes and vote for who you want to win after the jump.
January 8, 2013 Tonight, we have one hell of a battle brewing between our defending CockFight Champions, Bad Religion and tonight's challenger Eye Empire (who you can check out at the brand new Voodoo Cafe downtown on March 12th!). Who wins it is all up to you...get your votes in after the jump!
Happy New Year, Rockaholics!! I know you've missed this, right? We've got some newcomers for 2013, and one that rocked the voting numbers last time we posted their song. This is our Texas Rock Showcase! Vote for your favorite once a day, all week long, through midnight Saturday
January 4, 2013 LEOGUN
n.
1) Believed to be a were-lion, Leogun was half man, half lion.
2) A three-piece band from London surging with a mix of blues, soul and a whole lotta rock 'n' roll. With bite-your-head-off choruses and a hunger to groove, Leogun mix the musicality and heart-bleeding emotion of The Raconteurs with the break-neck attitude of Queens of The Stone Age
Check out the top 40 songs on 99X's playlist for the month of January.
December 29, 2012 "Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your heart". Words of wisdom from Fred LaBlanc, frontman and drummer of Cowboy Mouth. Part church revival, part Kiss concert, seeing Cowboy mouth live is an experience like no other.
December 26, 2012 Tonight, the Bullet Saints defend their CockFight crown against Swedish Metal band, Avatar! Who wins it, is all up to you...get your votes in after the jump!
Even the hardest rock and rollers can get into the Christmas spirit, as witnessed by this dangerous cover of 'Run Run Rudolph' from the legendary Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, with help from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and drummer Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame.
