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The Energy

The Energy — promotional artwork
Source: The Energy via Artist Bandcamp; creator not credited.

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018 · documented 2009–2014

The Energy emerged in Houston in 2009, bringing together musicians associated with NO TALK, the Homopolice, and Wicked Poseur. Early coverage of its announced debut at The Mink described compact punk rock with affinities to the Ramones and Pere Ubu, while a demo included the Ramones song “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World.” The Energy’s First Album followed in 2010, with Get Split in 2011 and Beyond Delay in 2013; the catalog also appears under the name The Real Energy. These recordings document an overlapping branch of Houston’s garage and underground punk community.

Biography sources (2)
  1. Tonight: Yet Another Branch of the Homopolice Bush, The Energy, Debuts at the Mink · houstonpress.com · accessed 2026-09-24
  2. The Energy's First Album | The Real Energy · theenergy.bandcamp.com · accessed 2026-09-24

External sources are cited for reference only and are not Free Press Houston holdings or affiliates.

Poster for Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009, an event The Energy played
Held artifact from Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009, an edition the act played. General poster for the November 14–15, 2009 Westheimer Block Party, printing Dead Prez and Japanther and 250+ local and regional bands. Artwork by Shelby Hohl. Free Press Houston Archive holding.

One appearance documented on a Free Press Houston bill. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018

Houston provenance
“Tomorrow at Rudyard’s, the quartet spreads will ‘em wide and give birth to this little disc of etched sound with an unrivaled cast of local bands - The Energy, Weird Party, and The Mahas.”
Testify - 7 inches of Titan Blood, Ramon Medina · 2011-08-15
Evidence
10 archive articles name the act · 1 by David Garrick
Confidence
medium

Local booking provenance

Organizer provenance supplied to the archive by Omar Afra; not independent third-party verification.

Registry acts on the same bills and pages

Fat TonyRobert EllisFree RadicalsSomething FierceBlack CongressGrandfather Child

Other held flyers, posters and schedules

  • Held artifact, Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009

    Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009

Appearances

Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009
Westheimer Block Party
Venue
300–500 block of Westheimer
Date
2009
Stage
—
Set time
—
Evidence
Lineup row held for Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009, source wbp-2009-lineup-page.

Related Free Press Houston coverage

Archive articles that name The Energy. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.

Adjacent records

BalaclavasFuture BlondesFull register