What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? NEW TOYS – MADE IN BUFFALO CD (2011)

For the uninitiated, a short history lesson. New Toys were the premier melodic punk band from upstate New York in the late 70’s – from Buffalo to be precise. Heavily influenced by the burgeoning NYC punk scene, both in look and sound, the New Toys gigged for three years throughout Western NY and Southern Canada, [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? KEVIN K / Lester And The Landslide Ladies (split CD) 2011

Kevin K / Lester And The Landslide Ladies – Frantic Tales For The Fast Living’ (Split CD) As the old saying goes, you just can’t keep a good man down – and after listening to this new split CD from Kevin K and Lester & The Landslide Ladies, the great Kevin K is still crafting [...]

Rockbrat New Flash! Rockbrat Radio # 18 – New Rock Releases – special broadcast Sunday 10 July, 2011

Tune in on Sunday night the 10 July, 2011 to hear only the lastest new releases that are worth hearing - all cream, no crap! Cowboy Col will be playing new and current songs from Kevin K, Black Label from Sydney, Th Bellrays + a stack more. Don’t bother listening to any other station, Rockbrat Radio plays [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Viewing Today ? Kevin K does Katy Perry

News on the Kevin K front. NYC’s finest rocker, the legendary KEVIN K will have a couple of songs on a split single for an Italian label out soon – with the legendary Old Man Crack on backing vocals! We can’t wait for that one. At 85 years young, Old Man Crack is still out there [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? OLD MAN CRACK – FEEL THE F#%KIN’ CRACK! (2011)

The best blues didn’t always hail from the Mississippi Delta you know. Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith, and others you all know – but what about that old harmonica playin’ guy from the swampy gator country of Southern Florida ? Well, SW Florida to be more precise – by [...]

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 Introduces You To: KEVIN K – ‘Joey And Me’ CD

In recent years, Florida based singer/songwriter Kevin K has penned albums that have largely reflected his experiences of touring throughout Europe, and Germany in particular. 2009’s ‘Deutschland’ and last year’s ‘Firestorm’ CD gave the listener strong thematic images of cold war Europe and post war Germany. With consistently strong, original and evocative material, these albums [...]

Rockbrat News Flash: Kevin K autobiography OUT NOW!!

The last great rock n roller left alive, Mr Kevin K finally has his autobiography published and it is now availalable for sale. The book is entitled ‘How To Become A Successful Loser’ and if you are a fan of the Rockbrat blog, this is considered ESSENTIAL! This is the rock and roll life story of Kevin [...]

Classic Image From The Rockbrat Photo Collection:Kevin K Band December 1998 Tokyo Gig Blackboard

I snapped this image of a gig advertisement whist taking a beer break outside Tokyo Shelter Club  – located in the area of Shimokitazawa. Me and Cowboy Col were in Japan on the Kevin K Tour. Looking back on this particular photo, that was a pretty cool freaking line-up though I cannot recall anything about [...]