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Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! and more on charity comp to support victims of Paris attacks
On Nov. 13, tragedy struck Paris as numerous terrorist attacks were launched upon the French capital. One of them targeted Le Bataclan where American rock band Eagles Of Death Metal were performing, leaving 89 people dead and many more injured. The attacks shook the whole country and left the local music scene mourning. While Eagles’ […]
The Paris music scene post attacks: Between psychosis and unity
Photo credit: Brian Ravaux How would you feel going back to shows if a deadly attack happened in a club in your hometown? Three weeks after 89 people were killed inside Le Bataclan—and as live music starts happening again around Paris—AP reached out to the French capital’s scenesters. While the bands are playing, it looks […]
Watch Eagles Of Death Metal make surprise return onstage at U2 Paris show
Photo credit: @BretonDeParis Eagles Of Death Metal made a surprise appearance Monday evening at U2’s concert in Paris. This was their first time onstage since their show at Le Bataclan where three terrorists massacred 89 people less than a month before. Like many bands, U2 postponed their Paris dates following the tragedy, which had been rescheduled […]
"It could have been all of us. It was all of us"—A French music fan reflects
On Friday night, for the first time in my life, I felt unsafe at a music show. I’ve been to hundreds of them—including crust punk concerts in dirty basements and violent, dodgy hardcore shows. But as a white, straight, cisgender man, I am privileged and fortunate enough never to have had to worry about what […]
Q&A: AP Correspondent Romain Jeanticou
Alternative Press' French Correspondent Romain Jeanticou was 10 minutes outside the city center when attacks began. How did you first realize that something had happened? I am in a tiny bar named Le Gambetta Club where I was seeing the Australian band Closure In Moscow and some friends' band opening. One of my friends texted […]
"This is the most important time for me." Geoff Rickly on No Devotion and future of Collect Records
“Okay, I’m gonna lay down right here and take a nap,” jokes No Devotion’s beefy bassist Stuart Richardson as frontman Geoff Rickly politely agrees to start the interview with the controversy that hit his Collect Records label a few days before. Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager and current CEO of a pharmaceutical company, […]
“Without the tour, we still wouldn’t be a band”—Rx Bandits on new album, anniversary shows
Last summer, Rx Bandits broke their two-year “hiatus” when they celebrated the 10th anniversary of their fourth album The Resignation with a U.S. tour. That was only the beginning however, as the California four-piece decided to extend the party overseas, a covers EP and began writing a new, self-released and crowdfunded record. We met with […]
Burzum's Varg Vikernes freed after suspected terrorism arrest in France
Two days after he was arrested on terrorism suspicions, Norwegian neo-nazi musician Kristian “Varg” Vikernes, famous for his black-metal act Burzum, has been released. Vikernes, who regularly shares racist and antisemitic views on his blog, had received a copy of the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right militant who killed 77 people in Norway […]
Black metal musician Varg Vikernes (Burzum) arrested in France on terrorism suspicions
Norwegian musician and writer Kristian “Varg” Vikernes of notorious black metal solo project Burzum was arrested today by France's intelligence agency. Vikernes, who is known for embracing the white supremacy ideology, was picked up upon the suspicion that he was planning a “massacre,” according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse.) The neo-nazi, who had been under surveillance […]