Artist description A heavy blend of rock, funk, blues, and steady grooves.

Music Style Rock, Alternative, Blues, Modern

Musical Influences If it ever rocked, it effected us

Similar Artists Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, Tonic, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam

Artist History CrushTexas started as an acoustic outfit in 1997, but has quickly become one of Dallas' best new original acts. Trey (a former drummer) now fronts the band and brings his eclectic and thought provoking writing talents out to audiences in the DFW area. His younger brother Chris who formerly played guitar/bass and sang for a popular Dallas punk band - Otis LoveJoy - now beats to a new and better drum (so to speak!). Chief a native of Lubbock, Texas joined the band in '98 and adds his blues-based rythms to every song. JT and Trey are long time band mates.

Instruments Guitars, Drums, Bass, Vocals

Albums Acid For The Battery

Press Reviews Musicstew.com - There's a new band rolling down the north Texas tracks, chugging along at breakneck speed, headed right into your living room. Picking up where the great bands of the seventies left off, churning and smoking and cracking like a wild prairie fire, Crushtexas offers up its first independent CD release, "Acid for the Battery," a collection of eight songs sure to get your motor running. Crushtexas is a Metroplex band that's been around for a couple of years now, and really starting to come into its own in 1999. Crushtexas takes its name from a town established solely for a promotional stunt orchestrated in 1896 by William George Crush, passenger agent for the MKT Railroad Company, in which two locomotives faced off on the same track and barrelled headlong into each other, colliding in a fiery explosion. Passengers came from all over Texas to witness the staged event - in fact, Crush, Texas was the second largest city in the state, if only for one day. Scott Joplin even wrote a song about it. "Acid for the Battery" comes at the listener from all directions, arriving at the centerpointjust as those two railroad engines did over a century ago. From the opening strut of "Caught Under Your Wheels," with its driving grooviness and dynamic changes, Crushtexas serves up reminders that guitar is still the reigning king of rock and roll. "Dirtylowdown" kicks with all the restraint of a tidal wave, Jeff Thomas' stringbending riffing whipping you into submission. "Make You Smile" introduces a different flavor, bringing elements of R'n'B and reggae into the mix, setting up nicely for a good ol' Texas rocker, "Unwritten Song," featuring some tasty slide work and a buttshakin beat. "Second Chance" illustrates a quieter side of Crushtexas, with seductive chord structures and elegant bass lines courtesy of Chief. "Once a Kingdom" gets the boogie going again, while "Bluesky" shows off a pop sensibility akin to the great acoustic works of Page and Plant. The climax of the collection is an alternating jazz, blues, metal jam called "Talkingsong," featuring perhaps the coolest solo section you'll hear all year. All in all, "Acid for the Battery" leaves a great first impression of a band concentrating on songwriting and stylemaking, and should get you all juiced up waiting for the next release.

Location Richardson, Texas - USA

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