Tex & the Horseheads is an American punk rock band, which emerged in the Los Angelespunk subculture of the early-1980s. Their original run was from 1980 to 1986, and during this time they enjoyed a sizeable cult following. The band has since reunited, as of 2007, and tours the Los Angeles area sporadically.
Biography
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk." The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands.
Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death. Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Martt, Gregory "Smog" Boaz and David "Rock" Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group and promoting the band.
Tex and The Horseheads - S/T - Bemisbrain Records (E-1070) - LP 1984
Texacala Jones - vocals
Mike Martt - guitar / vocals
Smog Vomit - bass
Rock Vodka - drums
Tracklist
1- Oh Mother
2- Lock Me Up
3- Short Train
4- Guitar Obsession
5- Chicken Bounty Hunter
6- Clean The Dirt
7- Bordertown
8- Big Boss Man
published: 18 Oct 2022
Tex and the Horseheads - Big House Pt 3 (Best Quality)
American cowpunk band - with Toe-gazzy quality.
published: 12 Oct 2015
Tex and the HorseHeads Clean the Dirt
from The Boys Next Door soundtrack
published: 26 Oct 2010
Tex & The Horseheads – Tex & The Horseheads (Full album 1984)
~TRACKLIST~
1. Oh Mother (00:00)
2. Lock Me Up (02:59)
3. Short Train (06:31)
4. Guitar Obsession (09:08)
5. Chicken Bounty Hunter (11:43)
6. Clean The Dirt (14:19)
7. Border Town (16:57)
8. Big Boss Man (19:13)
published: 03 Mar 2018
Tex & the Horseheads "Girl from the North Country" (1985)
This is a rare 28 year-old video of Tex & the Horseheads that had never been shared outside a small circle of friends. This is Tex & the Horseheads performing "Girl from the North Country", which is a cover of a Bob Dylan song.
This performance is from an event produced by KFJC Radio and I.B.S. at the Works Gallery in San Jose, California on November 22, 1985. The video camera used was an old tube camera that really hated low-light situations, so there was a fair amount of tweaking to make this video presentable.
This video is courtesy of Eric Predoehl, who shot this footage, and has been sitting on it all these years. It wasn't quite up to his usual standards, but he was convinced by some friends to share it on YouTube, simply because it captures a historic moment that nobody else ha...
published: 15 Aug 2009
Tex and The Horseheads - Oh Mother - 1987
published: 28 Feb 2017
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
(Written by: Linda Texas Jones)
This is an Alternate version of Tex & The Horseheads “Lock Me Up” performed by Texacala Jones in the 1984 Film “DuBeat-e-o” Credited as “Lock Me Up” (Written by: Linda Texas Jones) Performed by Tex & The Horseheads. It also appeared on the Films Soundtrack Album “The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 5; DuBeat-e-o” on Mystic Records in 1985, but had the Alternate Title “Ice Cold Beer” by Tex & The Horseheads.
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk" The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands. Tex & the Horseheads set themselves...
published: 27 Oct 2022
Tex & The Horseheads - Tot Ziens (Live In Holland), 1986
https://www.discogs.com/release/1448444-Tex-And-The-Horseheads-Tot-Ziens-Live-In-Holland
00:00 Snake
05:17 Border Town
08:27 I'll Quit Tomorrow
10:46 Chicken Bounty Hunter
13:25 Hidden By Hills
16:40 Bartender Sam
20:21 Tumbleweed
22:28 Cutie Rudy
24:43 Clean The Dirt
27:19 Go West
31:40 Slip Away
36:06 Spider And The Peach
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Tex and The Horseheads - S/T - Bemisbrain Records (E-1070) - LP 1984
Texacala Jones - vocals
Mike Martt - guitar / vocals
Smog Vomit - bass
Rock Vodka - drums...
Tex and The Horseheads - S/T - Bemisbrain Records (E-1070) - LP 1984
Texacala Jones - vocals
Mike Martt - guitar / vocals
Smog Vomit - bass
Rock Vodka - drums
Tracklist
1- Oh Mother
2- Lock Me Up
3- Short Train
4- Guitar Obsession
5- Chicken Bounty Hunter
6- Clean The Dirt
7- Bordertown
8- Big Boss Man
Tex and The Horseheads - S/T - Bemisbrain Records (E-1070) - LP 1984
Texacala Jones - vocals
Mike Martt - guitar / vocals
Smog Vomit - bass
Rock Vodka - drums
Tracklist
1- Oh Mother
2- Lock Me Up
3- Short Train
4- Guitar Obsession
5- Chicken Bounty Hunter
6- Clean The Dirt
7- Bordertown
8- Big Boss Man
~TRACKLIST~
1. Oh Mother (00:00)
2. Lock Me Up (02:59)
3. Short Train (06:31)
4. Guitar Obsession (09:08)
5. Chicken Bounty Hunter (11:43)
6. Clean The Di...
~TRACKLIST~
1. Oh Mother (00:00)
2. Lock Me Up (02:59)
3. Short Train (06:31)
4. Guitar Obsession (09:08)
5. Chicken Bounty Hunter (11:43)
6. Clean The Dirt (14:19)
7. Border Town (16:57)
8. Big Boss Man (19:13)
~TRACKLIST~
1. Oh Mother (00:00)
2. Lock Me Up (02:59)
3. Short Train (06:31)
4. Guitar Obsession (09:08)
5. Chicken Bounty Hunter (11:43)
6. Clean The Dirt (14:19)
7. Border Town (16:57)
8. Big Boss Man (19:13)
This is a rare 28 year-old video of Tex & the Horseheads that had never been shared outside a small circle of friends. This is Tex & the Horseheads performing...
This is a rare 28 year-old video of Tex & the Horseheads that had never been shared outside a small circle of friends. This is Tex & the Horseheads performing "Girl from the North Country", which is a cover of a Bob Dylan song.
This performance is from an event produced by KFJC Radio and I.B.S. at the Works Gallery in San Jose, California on November 22, 1985. The video camera used was an old tube camera that really hated low-light situations, so there was a fair amount of tweaking to make this video presentable.
This video is courtesy of Eric Predoehl, who shot this footage, and has been sitting on it all these years. It wasn't quite up to his usual standards, but he was convinced by some friends to share it on YouTube, simply because it captures a historic moment that nobody else had.
Check out what else ol' E.P. is up to by visiting:
http://www.octalouie.com
http://www.louielouie.net/blog
.
This is a rare 28 year-old video of Tex & the Horseheads that had never been shared outside a small circle of friends. This is Tex & the Horseheads performing "Girl from the North Country", which is a cover of a Bob Dylan song.
This performance is from an event produced by KFJC Radio and I.B.S. at the Works Gallery in San Jose, California on November 22, 1985. The video camera used was an old tube camera that really hated low-light situations, so there was a fair amount of tweaking to make this video presentable.
This video is courtesy of Eric Predoehl, who shot this footage, and has been sitting on it all these years. It wasn't quite up to his usual standards, but he was convinced by some friends to share it on YouTube, simply because it captures a historic moment that nobody else had.
Check out what else ol' E.P. is up to by visiting:
http://www.octalouie.com
http://www.louielouie.net/blog
.
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
(Written by: Linda Texas Jones)
This is an Alternate version of Tex & The Horseheads “Lock Me...
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
(Written by: Linda Texas Jones)
This is an Alternate version of Tex & The Horseheads “Lock Me Up” performed by Texacala Jones in the 1984 Film “DuBeat-e-o” Credited as “Lock Me Up” (Written by: Linda Texas Jones) Performed by Tex & The Horseheads. It also appeared on the Films Soundtrack Album “The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 5; DuBeat-e-o” on Mystic Records in 1985, but had the Alternate Title “Ice Cold Beer” by Tex & The Horseheads.
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk" The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands. Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death.
Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Mart, Gregory "Smog Boaz" and David "Rock" Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group.
Tex and the Horseheads released two records, a self-titled record in 1984 and “Life's So Cool” produced in 1985 by John Doe, member of X and of the Flesh Eaters. A live album, titled “Tot Ziens; Live in Holland” was released by Enigma Records in 1986.
During the Horseheads’ heyday, Tex appeared in a few small movie roles, including “Border Radio” (1987), a gritty, 16mm trailer-park dramedy starring the Flesh Eaters frontman Chris D., where she played a ditzy babysitter; “Du-Beat-eo” (1984), a comic-slop pseudo-documentary about the LA punk scene, starring Joan Jett; and Stephen (Café Flesh) Sayadian's weirdo 1989 remake of “Dr. Caligari” where she played a mental patient in a frightwig and a straitjacket. Tex also appeared in the 1985 film “The Boys Next Door” as the member of a street band.
Until disappearing from the Los Angeles music scene in the 1990s, Texacala performed with all-girl cowpunk group, the Screaming Sirens. In 1987 she formed Texorcist along w/ Dave Catching on Guitar, Billy Koepke on Bass & Louie Dufau on Drums, In the late 1980s, Texacala participated in an all women's performance troupe of LA scene-makers, The Ringling Sisters, whose members all fronted Los Angeles based bands. Members of the group included Pleasant Gehman (Screamin' Sirens), Iris Berry (Lame Flames), Debbie Dexter (Devil Squares), Debbie Patino (Raszebrae) and Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde). Tex's role in The Ringling Sisters involved performing as a story teller and back-up singer.
Texacala recorded a solo record in 1998, and subsequently toured extensively with a backing band ‘The TJ Hookers’, as well as fronting Texorcist and working with Los Platos. In 1994 she formed Burnin' Bridges along with former Texorcist Bassist Billy Koepke. They recorded 10 songs for a planned record with Richie Ramone producing, but the record was never released.
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
(Written by: Linda Texas Jones)
This is an Alternate version of Tex & The Horseheads “Lock Me Up” performed by Texacala Jones in the 1984 Film “DuBeat-e-o” Credited as “Lock Me Up” (Written by: Linda Texas Jones) Performed by Tex & The Horseheads. It also appeared on the Films Soundtrack Album “The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 5; DuBeat-e-o” on Mystic Records in 1985, but had the Alternate Title “Ice Cold Beer” by Tex & The Horseheads.
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk" The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands. Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death.
Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Mart, Gregory "Smog Boaz" and David "Rock" Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group.
Tex and the Horseheads released two records, a self-titled record in 1984 and “Life's So Cool” produced in 1985 by John Doe, member of X and of the Flesh Eaters. A live album, titled “Tot Ziens; Live in Holland” was released by Enigma Records in 1986.
During the Horseheads’ heyday, Tex appeared in a few small movie roles, including “Border Radio” (1987), a gritty, 16mm trailer-park dramedy starring the Flesh Eaters frontman Chris D., where she played a ditzy babysitter; “Du-Beat-eo” (1984), a comic-slop pseudo-documentary about the LA punk scene, starring Joan Jett; and Stephen (Café Flesh) Sayadian's weirdo 1989 remake of “Dr. Caligari” where she played a mental patient in a frightwig and a straitjacket. Tex also appeared in the 1985 film “The Boys Next Door” as the member of a street band.
Until disappearing from the Los Angeles music scene in the 1990s, Texacala performed with all-girl cowpunk group, the Screaming Sirens. In 1987 she formed Texorcist along w/ Dave Catching on Guitar, Billy Koepke on Bass & Louie Dufau on Drums, In the late 1980s, Texacala participated in an all women's performance troupe of LA scene-makers, The Ringling Sisters, whose members all fronted Los Angeles based bands. Members of the group included Pleasant Gehman (Screamin' Sirens), Iris Berry (Lame Flames), Debbie Dexter (Devil Squares), Debbie Patino (Raszebrae) and Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde). Tex's role in The Ringling Sisters involved performing as a story teller and back-up singer.
Texacala recorded a solo record in 1998, and subsequently toured extensively with a backing band ‘The TJ Hookers’, as well as fronting Texorcist and working with Los Platos. In 1994 she formed Burnin' Bridges along with former Texorcist Bassist Billy Koepke. They recorded 10 songs for a planned record with Richie Ramone producing, but the record was never released.
Tex and The Horseheads - S/T - Bemisbrain Records (E-1070) - LP 1984
Texacala Jones - vocals
Mike Martt - guitar / vocals
Smog Vomit - bass
Rock Vodka - drums
Tracklist
1- Oh Mother
2- Lock Me Up
3- Short Train
4- Guitar Obsession
5- Chicken Bounty Hunter
6- Clean The Dirt
7- Bordertown
8- Big Boss Man
~TRACKLIST~
1. Oh Mother (00:00)
2. Lock Me Up (02:59)
3. Short Train (06:31)
4. Guitar Obsession (09:08)
5. Chicken Bounty Hunter (11:43)
6. Clean The Dirt (14:19)
7. Border Town (16:57)
8. Big Boss Man (19:13)
This is a rare 28 year-old video of Tex & the Horseheads that had never been shared outside a small circle of friends. This is Tex & the Horseheads performing "Girl from the North Country", which is a cover of a Bob Dylan song.
This performance is from an event produced by KFJC Radio and I.B.S. at the Works Gallery in San Jose, California on November 22, 1985. The video camera used was an old tube camera that really hated low-light situations, so there was a fair amount of tweaking to make this video presentable.
This video is courtesy of Eric Predoehl, who shot this footage, and has been sitting on it all these years. It wasn't quite up to his usual standards, but he was convinced by some friends to share it on YouTube, simply because it captures a historic moment that nobody else had.
Check out what else ol' E.P. is up to by visiting:
http://www.octalouie.com
http://www.louielouie.net/blog
.
TEX & THE HORSEHEADS "Ice Cold Beer" (Lock Me Up) DuBeat-e-o 1984
(Written by: Linda Texas Jones)
This is an Alternate version of Tex & The Horseheads “Lock Me Up” performed by Texacala Jones in the 1984 Film “DuBeat-e-o” Credited as “Lock Me Up” (Written by: Linda Texas Jones) Performed by Tex & The Horseheads. It also appeared on the Films Soundtrack Album “The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 5; DuBeat-e-o” on Mystic Records in 1985, but had the Alternate Title “Ice Cold Beer” by Tex & The Horseheads.
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk" The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands. Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death.
Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Mart, Gregory "Smog Boaz" and David "Rock" Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group.
Tex and the Horseheads released two records, a self-titled record in 1984 and “Life's So Cool” produced in 1985 by John Doe, member of X and of the Flesh Eaters. A live album, titled “Tot Ziens; Live in Holland” was released by Enigma Records in 1986.
During the Horseheads’ heyday, Tex appeared in a few small movie roles, including “Border Radio” (1987), a gritty, 16mm trailer-park dramedy starring the Flesh Eaters frontman Chris D., where she played a ditzy babysitter; “Du-Beat-eo” (1984), a comic-slop pseudo-documentary about the LA punk scene, starring Joan Jett; and Stephen (Café Flesh) Sayadian's weirdo 1989 remake of “Dr. Caligari” where she played a mental patient in a frightwig and a straitjacket. Tex also appeared in the 1985 film “The Boys Next Door” as the member of a street band.
Until disappearing from the Los Angeles music scene in the 1990s, Texacala performed with all-girl cowpunk group, the Screaming Sirens. In 1987 she formed Texorcist along w/ Dave Catching on Guitar, Billy Koepke on Bass & Louie Dufau on Drums, In the late 1980s, Texacala participated in an all women's performance troupe of LA scene-makers, The Ringling Sisters, whose members all fronted Los Angeles based bands. Members of the group included Pleasant Gehman (Screamin' Sirens), Iris Berry (Lame Flames), Debbie Dexter (Devil Squares), Debbie Patino (Raszebrae) and Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde). Tex's role in The Ringling Sisters involved performing as a story teller and back-up singer.
Texacala recorded a solo record in 1998, and subsequently toured extensively with a backing band ‘The TJ Hookers’, as well as fronting Texorcist and working with Los Platos. In 1994 she formed Burnin' Bridges along with former Texorcist Bassist Billy Koepke. They recorded 10 songs for a planned record with Richie Ramone producing, but the record was never released.
Tex & the Horseheads is an American punk rock band, which emerged in the Los Angelespunk subculture of the early-1980s. Their original run was from 1980 to 1986, and during this time they enjoyed a sizeable cult following. The band has since reunited, as of 2007, and tours the Los Angeles area sporadically.
Biography
Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk." The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands.
Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death. Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Martt, Gregory "Smog" Boaz and David "Rock" Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group and promoting the band.