Margaret Moser Tribute: Chris Gates

The power of print – and a 20-inch dildo

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Kraken Quartet Unseals the Gates

Polyrhythmic Austinites preview debut LP

"...and a marimba player comprise the experimental troupe. Together, Chris Demetriou, Andrew Dobos, Taylor Eddinger, and Sean Harvey make..."

April 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

In It for the Money

Choreboy's Punk Premise

"...Owen's retro-punk side-project he founded alongside former Big Boy Chris Gates and fellow Skatenig alumnus Mat Mitchell. Fittingly, then,..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In It for the Money

Choreboy's Punk Premise

"...Owen's retro-punk side-project he founded alongside former Big Boy Chris Gates and fellow Skatenig alumnus Mat Mitchell. Fittingly, then,..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

NXNW news; speak of the devil and Chris Gates shall appear.

"...1991-93. Among those bits was a reference to Junkyard-era Chris Gates, so imagine my surprise this week when I..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...Future Big Boy Chris Gates had been at Raul's before it was called..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...The couple christened their new offspring James "Jimmy" Hughes, and the family,..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

TCB

Stories from the Ritz's punk heyday and a former Adult now on tour with Kelly Clarkson, and the 2007 ACL Fest sounds just like Tom Thumb's blues

"..."Nobody would book anybody," says former Big Boys bassist Chris Gates. "There was a two-year period between when Club..."

May 11, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Chris Gates & Gatesville

"...Chris Gates & GatesvilleWelcome to Gatesville (Anodyne Music)..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Remembering James “Prince” Hughes, Atomic City Owner and Austin Punk Luminary

The Prince is dead, long live the Prince

"...top of the ceiling and even on the ceiling.” Chris Gates, Musician, Bassist in Seminal Punk/Funk Band the Big..."

Aug. 7, 2022 Arts Post by Marc Savlov

Big Chris Gates & Gatesville

Record review

"...Big Chris Gates & Gatesville..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Asiatic, you're on your own. (Back Room, 8pm-1am) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...“We’re playing under relative protest,” announces bassist Chris Gates at the outset, “because they know what we..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

True Today

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

"...As for the Big Boys, I met up with Chris [Gates], who had been in a high school band..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...X-Ray Spex. Their records, helmed by Roxy Music producer Chris Thomas, were well-recorded, explosive rock & roll. But the..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...music seemed a little familiar," recalls Big Boys bassist Chris Gates of his first exposure to the Ramones. "There..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Margaret Moser Tribute: Jason McMaster

“She’s as metal as anyone – maybe even more”

"...By the time Watchtower was putting on shows with Chris Gates of the Big Boys, down at the Ritz..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Bill W.

Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is the subject of this admiring yet enlightening documentary.

"...Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino. Starring: Blake J. Evans, Chris Gates, Dennis Lowell, Julia Schell and Tim Intravia...."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...are touring the world with the Rock Elite. By Christmas 1989, Dangerous Toys will have sold 400,000 records...."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...anyone who looked punk rock. That’s how he met Chris Gates, a friendship he says changed his life. Anderson..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...plain rock. You need it. (Chile Pepper, 9pm) -- Christopher Hess..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...they'll make you shout in reverential enlightenment. (Emo's, 11pm) -Christopher Hess..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Big Boys

"...these two separate remasters, amidst Tim Kerr's skittering guitars, Chris Gates' fatback bass, and Randy "Biscuit" Turner's blues-drenched howl,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...Even the Big Boys – Turner, Kerr, bassist Chris Gates, and a rotating cast of drummers – were..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...Band From Hell's Troy Dillinger, and the Big Boys' Chris Gates numbered among the band's bassists. The Mothers of..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"...it messes up his guitar, so he walked offstage. Chris Gates, the Big Boys' bass player, got up, grabbed..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Freddy Fender is diagnosed with Hepatitis C, as news comes in that Direct Events owner and longtime local live music promoter Tim O'Connor is getting ready to retire.

"...has been diagnosed with hepatitis C by a Corpus Christi doctor, and is reportedly experiencing kidney complications as well,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Why Should Anyone Care Now?

"...Boys," recalls Collier. "Our next show was opening for Chris Stamey at the Continental Club."..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...guitarist Eric Johnson), second bassist(!!) Jimmy Pettit, and brothers Chris Bailey on guitar and Ian on drums played "sharp,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

John Doe Moves to Austin

X’s “man of the world” contemplates life in Big Boys country

"...it messes up his guitar, so he walked offstage. Chris Gates, the Big Boys’ bass player, got up, grabbed..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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