The List: The 8 Most Baffling Cover Songs We Heard At Warped Tour This Summer
THE 8 MOST BAFFLING COVER SONGS WE HEARD AT WARPED TOUR THIS
Cover songs are a powerful tool. Some bands base their whole careers off one well-timed redux (hey, anyone heard from Fred Durst lately?). At a ginormous festival like Warped Tour, one of the best ways to pull in stray ears is by...
Behind The Scenes Of Gym Class Heroes' AP Cover Shoot (AltPress.com Exclusive)
Go behind the scenes of Gym Class Heroes’ cover shoot for AP 243. Learn more at: gymclassheroes.com altpress.com davehillphoto.com
The Academy Is... announce dates with We The Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday
The Academy Is… have announced dates for their fall headlining tour. Dubbed Bill & Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour — an allusion that may be lost on many of the tour’s attendees — the band will be joined by We The Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday. TAI will be out in support of Fast Times...
Behind The Scenes Of Underoath's AP Cover Shoot (AltPress.com Exclusive)
Go behind the scenes of Underoath’s cover shoot for AP 243. Learn more at: underoath777.com altpress.com neilvisel.com
Set Your Goals become free agents via buyout
Set Your Goals have become free agents after the band was bought out for $125,000, which was given to their now former label, Eulogy Recordings.
Though the band never openly criticized their label in blogs, bulletins or otherwise, their newest song, "The Fallen," was posted approximately one week before Eulogy’s May 2008 reissue of...
UPDATED: Weatherbox gut lineup; singer/guitarist Brian Warren remains, posts new song
Weatherbox has apparently gutted three-fourths of their lineup, the only remaining member being axe-slinging vocalist and frontman Brian Warren. The three departures include guitarist George Pritzker, bassist Dave Silverman and drummer Cory Stier.
In a series of somewhat vague and mildly rambling MySpace bulletins that were recently posted, Warren hints at the near-collapse, but...
Virgin sues 30 Seconds To Mars for $30 million; Jared Leto responds
Virgin Records has sued 30 Seconds To Mars for $30 million. The label is alleging the band still owe them three more albums, according to a contract 30STM entered with the now-defunct Immortal Records in 1999.
Frontman (and renowned actor) Jared Leto responded in a recent statement, explaining "We had been signed to our...
Arise And Ruin post "Doom Sentence"
Guelph, Ontario metal act Arise And Ruin have a new demo up, titled "Doom Sentence," online. The track can be heard here.
The band had this to say about the song on their blog:
So back in June we decided to demo some new songs with our buddy Ian Blurton, you...
Rise Against post "Re-Education (Through Labor)"
Rise Against has unveiled what will be the first single from their upcoming fifth full-length, Appeal To Reason. You can check out "Re-Education Through Labor" on their MySpace page.
Appeal To Reason is due out October 7 via Geffen, following up 2006’s The Sufferer And The Witness. The band also released the compilation EP...