What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? FALSE ALARM 7” split single featuring Cheetah Chrome

I’m a big fan of Jeff Dahl, The Angry Samoans, Powertrip and a few other early 80’s So Cal HC bands. I only ever listen to punk bands that have integrity or roots – or both. LA’s False Alarm qualify on both counts, and one listen to this split 7” attests in uncertain terms that [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: Vicious Kitten Records and Rock n Roll War (2000)

It’s hard to believe that 10 years have gone since the release of the Rock n Roll War compilation CD’s. Prior to Rockbrat, back then, Cowboy Col was operating Vicious Kitten Records, an independent record label whose mission was to fight the war against the jive. I had the idea of releasing a compilation album [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Reading Today ? Kevin K – How To Become A Successful Loser

So who is Kevin K, and why would you buy this book? Kevin K is a Florida based rock ‘n’ roller who for 30 + years has been playing street punk, NYC style rock ‘n’ roll. He counted Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Syl Sylvain from the New York Dolls as his peers and friends, [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: CBGB’s and Cheetah Chrome

The Rockbrat has just finished reading former Dead Boys guitar slinger Cheetah Chrome’s autobiography ‘ A Dead Boy’s Tale’ by Legs McNeil and it threw me back to October, 1996 when the Rockbrat and Cowboy Col were hanging out in NYC buying records and seeing bands. Here’s a gig ad from the now defunct yet iconic punk [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: Stiv Bators (1949 – 1990)

When Stiv Bators died, America lost one of it’s punk pioneers, and the world was deprived of one of the finest purveyors of punk rock ever. When Guns n Roses released ‘Ain’t It Fun’ from their ‘The Spaghetti Incident’ album of a couple of years ago, a friend enthusiastically tried to convince me that with [...]

Rockbrat News Flash: New releases for Kevin K and Cheetah Chrome Due Soon

September can’t come soon enough for the Rockbrat as two of our oldest pals have releases out that are considered must haves. Kevin K has a double DVD out on 21 September called’ The Successful Loser’, and it has solid distrubituion in the States. This twin DVD set will chronicle Kevin’s life in both NY [...]

Classic Image From The Rockbrat Photo Collection: Cheetah Chrome – New York City (1996)

Who: Cheetah Chrome Where: CBGB’s, New York City – 2 October 1996 It was by pure co-incidence that Cheetah Chrome was gigging in NYC whilst I was marooned there back in 1996 (from memory we were killing time before heading to Philly for a Kiss re-union show) . So on a stinking hot Wednesday night, I head [...]