Benefit for Christian Kidd

January 22, 2017 6:00PM - 10:00PM at Rudyard's British Pub

Benefit for Christian Kidd
featuring The Hates, Mell Hell & the Texas Mod Crushers, Screech of Death, and Gut Radio
Sunday 22 January 2017
6-10pm, $10 donation

"The benefit for Christian is officially on. Thanks to Punk Rock Stacy and the staff at Rudyard's for letting us do this thing, and to David Ensminger for putting this together- and most of all to the bands who are going to kick ass to help one of our own. Now all we need is a room full of punks to show Christian just how much he means to this town! Can't wait to see you all there!" - The Hates



The Hates (Houston, TX)
http://www.thehates.com/
The Hates has been called "Houston's first and last punk band", and with over thirty years of blood, sweat, and that familiar mohawk, those words may be more true than their author ever knew. From his very first live show in 1978, Christian Arnheiter has steered this legendary band through decades of disco, pop, new wave, hair bands, hip-hop, crossover country, and now the newest fad of tribute bands to keep punk rock alive.

In a time when many early eighties groups are getting back together to play reunion shows, the Hates have the distinction of being the oldest continuously performing unsigned punk band. And despite the love/hate relationship the local music scene has had with punk rock over the years, the Bayou City will always be their home.



Mell Hell & Texas Mod Crushers (Houston, TX)
http://texasmodcrushers.com/
The Texas Mod Crushers are a Houston, Texas band comprised of two old rockers and two young punks. They play it loud and fast and loose. Sometimes too loud, too fast, and too loose. They love their motorbikes, Rock 'n' Roll, and good times. If you come to a Texas Mod Crushers show, you will have fun. Unless you have some kind of congenital fun-impairment. We can’t help with that.

Broke Ass Nation is The Texas Mod Crushers’ first single. It is an angry rant about the two common paths available to normal working-class kids: burdensome college debt, or life in one of the service industries. Sometimes you feel like you’re stuck, and you just need some Primal Guitar Therapy. We hope you like it.

My Baby's Gone to Jesus was released on 23 August, 2013. It is the sad-but-true story of how Texas Dick lost his baby (sniff).



Screech of Death (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Screech-of-Death/277191009099085
“..the righteously named Screech of Death, a relatively new “midtempo old-school punk” combination of two Texas punk warriors and one L.A. import. The Californian is Lisafer, Screech of Death’s lead singer and bassist, whose impressive rap sheet includes hitches with storied goth-punks 45 Grave, D.I., Nina Hagen and most recently Snapper, which also featured Rikk Agnew of the Adolescents.

Joining her is drummer Arthur Hayes, an original member of notorious cornholers the Hickoids as well as The Next and Mystery Date, and a longtime San Antonio scenester who used to book bands at legendary Alamo City dive Tacoland. Although it’s his first band playing guitar, J.R. Delgado’s local punk credentials span notable names like Doomsday Massacre, the Party Owls, Anarchitex and Sugar Shack; he also owned and operated landmark punk/alternative club the Axiom long before east downtown’s so-called “Warehouse District” was trendy.” – Houston Press



Gut Radio (Baytown, TX)
http://www.facebook.com/gutradio
Gut Radio is a Nerd Rock duo from Houston, TX. Their sound seems to originate from the 90's: Toadies, Weezer, Nirvana, etc. The two members of GR are extremely nerdy and like to show it by wearing black ties and white dress shirts at their shows. They're a relatively new band (2011), but they stay busy, playing at Fitzgerald's, Rudyard's, the Mink and so on. In April 2012 they completed "Dynamic Fastener", a four-song sampler of original songs. Listen and you won't be disappointed.

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