The Bottle Rockets

Festus, Missouri's Bottle Rockets became one of the leading lights of the 1990s roots rock/alt-country revival, thanks to a sound that bypassed the punk heritage proudly upheld by most of the band's contemporaries in favor of a full-bodied fusion of Southern boogie, country-folk, and crunching rock & roll. Lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Brian Henneman was working as a roadie for Uncle Tupelo when the Bottle Rockets cut their self-titled 1993 debut in a mere two days, but the follow-up, 1995's outstanding The Brooklyn Side, was strong enough to earn the band a m...