
Since its debut as a photocopied fanzine handed out at a punk show in 1985, AP has been the publication where the honest word, the correct word, the authoritative word has been spoken on new music and youth culture.

Features, articles, and more from this issue:
In REVIEWS:
- How much musclehead metalcore do you need?
- Rebirth certificate.
- The mother of all Norma Jean records.
- A mouthier architect cometh.
- Heavy-duty hardcore.
- A revolution for the summer.
- Enter the Twilight zone.
- Bring the ruckus-and the noise.
- All over the map with mixed results but good guitars.
- Not nearly as ska as people say.
- Catchy as that one song on that one commercial...
- To serve in heaven or reign in lame...
- Cut the cord.
- A commendable improvement.
- Do the evolution.
- Endure the covers.
- On returning, a touching display.
- The “Canadian Ramones” enlist, um, a Ramone.
- Off the leash and the hook.
- Longer, slower, loud-ish.
- New singer, more experience, better songs.
- The pop-punk delegation from Mexico have arrived.
In AP&R:
- Woven
- Vega Under Fire
- Upon Beauty Rests
- My Last Entry
- Japanese Sunday
- The Hanks
- Good With Grenades
- The Artist Life
In LOW PROFILES:
In FEATURES:
- Craig Owens: Microphone Psychology
- Anthony Green: Beautiful Things Are Coming
- Norma Jean: Surrender Yourself
- Hawthorne Heights: Life On Stand By






























