apmas 2015

Watch APMAs red carpet highlights with Ash Costello and Keith Buckley

At the APMAs, we and AXS TV sent Every Time I Die and New Years Day vocalists Keith Buckley and Ash Costello do our dirty work and talk to bands on the red carpet! Watch snippets from their conversations with DMC, All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Brendon Urie, Black Veil Brides, Weezer, Halestorm, Rob […]

WWE's 'Culture Shock' episode to be dedicated to APMAs

WWE's Culture Shock will dedicate one upcoming episode to the 2015 APMAs. The episode will be packed with APMAs footage, featuring Pierce The Veil, Black Veil Brides, Rob Zombie, Corey Taylor and many more. Catch the show this Wednesday, August 12 at 9 p.m. EST on the WWE network. Check out previews of the show below and […]

Watch our intimate, all-access recap of the 2015 APMAs

Playful photo shoots. Selfies (so many selfies). Friendly gambling. Gibson lounge interviews. Brendon Urie being, well, Brendon Urie… The action doesn't stop onstage at the APMAs. Behind the scenes, your favorite artists forge new friendships, mingle with their favorite artists and continue having the time of their lives. It's truly a family reunion every time […]

Watch Winston McCall and Jake Luhrs talk presenting at the APMAs in the Gibson Backstage Lounge

Winston McCall of Parkway Drive and Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red sat down with APTV Correspondent Caity Babcock in the Gibson Artist Lounge at the 2015 APMAs.    The pair presented the award for Best Guitarist to Tony Perry of Pierce The Veil. “Considering I don't think either of us play guitar, it was […]

Watch Simple Plan and Mike Herrera's interview from the APMAs Gibson backstage lounge

Simple Plan sat down with Senior Editor Ryan Downey in the Gibson Artist Lounge at the 2015 APMAs right after their fantastic performance.    The band talked new music, adding that their performance of “Boom” was the world premiere of the new single! Drummer Chuck Comeau lets us in on some of the killer co-writes […]

Set It Off's Cody Carson talks passion and songwriting in the Gibson APMAs Backstage Lounge

Set It Off frontman Cody Carson joins APTV Correspondent Caity Babcock in the Gibson Backstage Artist Lounge after presenting the award for Best Vocalist at the APMAs. He talks about sharing a vocal coach with Hayley Williams, the difficulties of reading from a teleprompter and about the video for SIO’s song “Why Worry,” which was […]

Being As An Ocean share compelling stories behind their new album from APMAs Gibson Lounge

AP Senior Editor Ryan J. Downey chats with Being As An Ocean in the Gibson Backstage Lounge after winning the award for “Best Underground Band” at the 2015 APMAs.  The band expresses their appreciation for the award and explains the tales they tell through each song on the group's self-titled album. “We have three stories […]

Kevin Skaff promises to bug the rest of ADTR about a new album in the APMAs Gibson Backstage Lounge

Kevin Skaff of A Day To Remember joined WWE's Corey Graves in the Gibson Brands Backstage Lounge to talk new music, the Best Live Band win, and group-chatting with ADTR.   In Kevin's words, the Skully represents “The Best Band Since Queen To Ever Be Live…Ever.” Whatever you say, Kevin!   Corey, a friend of […]

Adam Elmakias' APMAs Gallery

Photographer: Adam Elmakias

Issues get weird in the Gibson Backstage Lounge at the APMAs

Senior Editor Ryan J. Downey sat down with Issues vocalists Tyler Carter and Michael Bohn in the Gibson Brands Backstage Lounge at the 2015 APMAs following their Artist Of The Year win. It got real strange up in here, but here's what we gathered: – The lounge is actually a sauna, so Ryan and Tyler decided […]

Motionless In White talk plans for their next album in the APMAs Gibson Backstage Lounge

AP Senior Editor Ryan J. Downey chats with Motionless In White in the Gibson Backstage Lounge after their performance with Rob Zombie at the 2015 APMAs.  Chris talks about his infamous $7,000 Tom Ford suit, which he wore on the red carpet and after the show, but—don't be mistaken—he didn't wear it onstage (nor in […]

Pierce The Veil talk Tony's APMAs return, "The Divine Zero" in the Gibson Backstage Lounge

Pierce The Veil's Vic Fuentes and Jaime Preciado sat down with Senior Editor Ryan J. Downey in the Gibson Brands Backstage Lounge after their performance of “The Divine Zero” at the APMAs. The boys talk about finishing up their new album and flying out Best Guitarist winner Tony Perry for the awards show. Also, hear […]

Missed the broadcast? Here's how to watch the APMAs again!

Last night, we aired our second annual Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards fueled by Monster Energy Drink, and we've been seeing a ton of questions about where to relive the magic! In addition to scheduled television broadcasts from AXS TV, AltPress will have you covered right here as we upload all the clips from last […]

Watch PVRIS win APMAs Breakthrough Artist presented by Splat! (in memory of Craig Aaronson)

PVRIS win the award for Breakthrough Band presented by Splat!.  This year, we dedicated the breakthrough award to the late Craig Aaronson, who discovered many artists (including My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, the Used) who changed the course of our scene's history. Subscribe to AltPress on YouTube for more videos from the APMAs!

PVRIS tell ghost stories in the Gibson Artist Lounge at the APMAs

PVRIS chat with APTV Correspondent Caity Babcock in the Gibson Backstage Artist Lounge following their APMAs performance of “My House” with Tyler Carter from Issues.  The trio talk about collaborating with Carter, their big breakthrough moments of the year on Warped Tour and what it feels like to be on Nikki Sixx's radar.  They also […]

APMAs After Party Gallery: Alex Gaskarth, Tony Perry, more

Photographer: Graham Fielder Even if you didn't have a VIP pass to the 2015 APMAs, you can live vicariously through these pics.

APMAs 2015: Watch Black Veil Brides win Album Of The Year presented by Journeys

Black Veil Brides take home the Skully for Album Of The Year presented by Journeys for their self-titled record at the 2015 APMAs!  Frontman Andy Biersack accepts the award, thanking the fans and dedicating it to the memory of Chris Holley, their friend and member of their touring crew, who passed away in June.

APMAs Recap Gallery: Hayley Williams, Pierce The Veil, Panic! At The Disco, more

Photographer:  Relive the 2015 APMAs via exclusive shots from AP’s photographers. See photos of Pierce The Veil, Panic! At The Disco, Hayley Williams and many more! All photos by Graham Fielder, Grizzlee Martin, Ashley Osborn and Paris Visone

What you didn't see at the 2015 APMAs

Beyond the performances, presentations and the occasional resurrected beef, there were many other moments that our cameras didn’t catch at the Alternative Press Music Awards. Here are a selected few. Top photo by Paris Visone Chris Motionless’ big ticket item If you follow this purveyor of goth chic on Twitter, you might have caught this […]

APMAs 2015: Sleeping With Sirens' "Kick Me" wins Song Of The Year presented by Epitaph Records

The APMAs award for Song Of The Year is given to Sleeping With Sirens for their song “Kick Me.” Christofer “Give It Up For Pizza” Drew of Never Shout Never, Nik Bruzzese of Man Overboard, and Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer present.
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