Last week we lost a Raw Travel & PunkOutlaw family member and a friend. Alex Blue Morales of the band Normandie Blue Alex was one of the first artists on Punk Outlaw Records and contributed a lot of music that many of you will recognize from Raw Travel. He was a VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN and […]
Our pal from Colombia Phil Rocker (formerly Dorados Rockabilly Trio) recently made his debut at Viva Las Vegas.
Been reading the book “White Riot… Punk Rock and the Politics of Race” for the past few weeks. I’m almost finished and more on it later. It’s an intense book that is proving to be valuable in terms of the history of punk and of getting another perspective than the typical Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash […]
Bettie Page and I have some similarities. We’re both from Tennessee. We both moved to New York City in pursuit of a bigger dream… and we both ended up in Los Angeles. She was a sex symbol with legions of loyal fans who fantasized about her night and day.. I… well, that is where […]
If a photo is worth a thousand words.. how much is a video worth? Well, assuming it’s worth something, here’s a little video recap of Viva Las Vegas 2012 for ya. Thanks to the organizers of VLV as well as the cool bands, attendees and those who participated in the video.. oh and thanks to […]
Our good buddies at Remezcla just published an article we wrote about Viva Las Vegas and the phenomena of Rockabilly’s resurgance and what role American Latinos may have played. It’s highly entertaining and informative if we say so ourselves 🙂 You can check it out HERE! If you dig it, please says so and share […]
Yes, the U.S. puritanical roots are slowly but surely fading away. Back then there were those who’d prefer that everyone’s moral outlooks reflect their own and if it didn’t, well, then they could just lock ’em up. BUT that whole freedom of speech and expression thing gets in the way EVERY time.
If you know rockabilly, you probably know about The Polecats, a damned near legendary British rockabilly band that’s been doing it since, get this, 1977! They were the final act at the recent Viva Las Vegas Car Show Stage last Saturday and it was cool to see some living legends do their thing live […]
Woke up late on Saturday, packed up my camera and I and my painfully chapped lips and headed over to the Viva Las Vegas Car Show at the Orleans Hotel. Other than my  aforementioned chapped lips, I love the desert air in April and it was an almost picture perfect day for any outside activity. It’s been five […]
Here is a little video clip from the Atomic Drifters (Denver) Performing at Viva Las Vegas.. Enjoy!
DAY 2 (My Day 1) – Viva Las Vegas I love subcultures. At Viva Las Vegas weekend you get to experience a world flipped on it’s head where it seems almost EVERYONE is a rockabilly character from some 1950’s movie or I Love Lucy episode.  When I drove up to the Orleans hotel I knew […]
Yesterday was Day 1 of the big Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender and despite our intentions to leave bright and early, we left around 1 pm and thanks to a car accident on the outskirts of Los Angeles arrived kind of late to Vegas, hungry and tired. The hungry part was addressed with some cheap […]
For all of you following the Black Cat / Rich Vreede Scam drama on DontDragMeDown.com (AKA Scumbagpromoter.com) you may have read about the cool new hot spot Torino Lounge in Paramount, California. If not, then now worries, I’m here to tell you about it. It just opened and next weekend they got a big rockabilly […]
In 2006 I happened to be in Las Vegas for some business reason or another when Viva Las Vegas was in town. I stumbled upon the pool party by accident and saw a guy named “Pachuco Jose y Los Diamantes” playing his brand of boogie woogie out by the pool and all these tattooed and retro […]
Our good friends at Remezcla published this article we wrote a couple weeks back, but in case you missed it, here it is for your enjoyment. So, uh, enjoy and let me know what you think. By Robert G. Rose @PunkOutlaw VIVA LA ROCKABILLY Y PSYCHOBILLY! In the U.S, the flag for the […]
Omar & the Stringpoppers shake, rattle and roll at Viva Las Vegas 2007!