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The Word Alive reveal why ‘MONOMANIA’ is their most personal record
The Word Alive have been in the game for almost 12 years. With their sixth full-length, MONOMANIA, dropping soon, frontman Telle Smith reveals that this may be the post-hardcore outfit’s most vulnerable release. Inspired by his own life experiences, Smith gives a hint as to what was running through his mind during the creation of […]
What it was like composing the Nazi-killing music for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The Wolfenstein series has been a part of video game culture for the better part of four decades, and the most recent franchise installments have truly upped the fictional WWII action. With technology's steady advancement since the series' 1981 debut, the look and feel of the Wolfenstein universe has improved exponentially. And with great graphic […]
How Waterparks’ wildly eclectic INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY turns into a love story
Ahead of Waterparks’ new album, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Awsten Knight discussed its creation, working with Julian Bunetta (One Direction) and overcoming trauma.
From action figures to jumpsuits, these are the 23 rarest My Chemical Romance collectibles
Pick any given day to search “My Chemical Romance” on eBay, and you will be bombarded with thousands of exorbitantly priced listings. But is that Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys California 2019 boxset actually worth $3,000? Some of the MCRmy’s most devoted collectors and yours truly scoured our inventories for some […]
How Mike Shinoda’s ‘Dropped Frames’ is unlike anything he’s ever done
Linkin Park may not have invented nü metal, but they resolutely defined the genre through their inimitable sound and by fostering a fan community for those whom they represented: disaffected youth who wanted aggressive music that expressed their emotional complexity and frustration via hip-hop and emo-tinged hard rock built to rule the radio. At the […]
Op-Ed: “The way we communicate is at a pivotal point, and I fear for today’s youth.”—Kevin Lyman
In recent weeks, accusations regarding the activities of some members of the YouTube community have lit up the internet. Because those participants were slated to join this year’s Vans Warped Tour, the controversy got blown up even further, putting the onus on the tour and its founder, KEVIN LYMAN to address what is being done […]
Meet the funniest punk on Warped Tour
In anticipation of Warped Tour’s very first Comedy Tent, we checked in with one of its organizers, Joe Sib. Sib, best known as the founder of SideOne Dummy Records and the former lead vocalist for Wax, launched the Tent this summer with the help of co-hosts Grant Cotter and Eli Olsberg, drawing on the same […]
These are the 25 most influential songs of pop punk
Pop punk is often associated with the turn of the century when power chords, skateboarders and forever-young tunes on MTV ruled the scene. More recently, there’s the puzzling association of the genre with pizza that has turned into a giant inside joke. But the music dates back decades, with staying power that outlasted most predictions. […]
From The Editor’s Floor: Craig Owens
MICROPHONE PSYCHOLOGY: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
Chiodos frontman Craig Owens’ future begins with a Cinematic Sunrise
By Mike Shea
NOTE: This is a lot of the stuff that got cut from the cover story on Craig Owens that now appears in AP 242. Some of it also includes alternate versions. So if you […]
“The problem with bands ending [is] they’re always just on the cusp of something”—Mineral interview
They only existed for a scant three years and their recorded output barely cracks 20 songs, but the influence of second-wave emo icons MINERAL has been far reaching. They have high-profile fans ranging from Frank Turner to New Found Glory; Balance And Composure and Into It. Over It. have both created tribute shirts to the […]
