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Expect everything but nostalgia from the Juliana Theory in 2021
First-person music journalism has always made this writer’s teeth grind. Most of the time the narrators don’t add anything to the story beyond the...
These 15 punk albums from 1989 ended the ’80s loudly
Welcome to Alternative Press’ 15 best punk albums of 1989. It’s easy to look at the final year of the decade and see it...
My Chemical Romance aren’t the only reunion set for Aftershock 2021
It looks like Aftershock Festival will be bigger and better than ever in 2021. On Thursday, the festival confirmed that Machine Gun Kelly, Rise...
20 Virgos in the music scene celebrating their birthday season
It’s finally Virgo season! It’s time to celebrate some of the coolest Virgos, born from Aug. 23 to Sept. 22. Virgos are known for...
These 20 bands from the late-’90s helped define alternative rock
The foundation of the alternative-rock scene had already been leavened by the late '80s. The boundaries between the underground and the mainstream started to...
Here are 20 bands from the ’90s you probably forgot about
The 1990s started out with DS-1 distortion pedal grunge bands viciously stomping on the global spandex-wearing hair-metal movement from the decade before and ceremoniously...
Why you’re not punk if you don’t support BLM according to Brett Gurewitz
Since being founded in 1980 by Bad Religion guitarist/songwriter Brett Gurewitz, Epitaph Records has become synonymous with punk rock. Whether you’re a punk lifer...
Booking agencies help artists and crew through the pandemic with NITO
The moratorium on live music events affects more than just artists. From sound technicians to catering people, the universe behind your favorite bands' tours...
These 5 essential Misfits albums practically defined punk
Oct. 19, 2019: The original Misfits—singer-songwriter Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only and guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (with ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and guitarist...
These 20 bands defined the sound of the late ’90s
In the wake of grunge and just before Linkin Park reanimated the next decade, these 20 bands dominated the late '90s and made their...
