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“I think it was probably one of the best-sounding songs we’ve ever created, considering the circumstances,” recalls Chiodos keyboardist Bradley Bell of the much-debated, much-loved “missing” Chiodos song, “Thermacare.” “We just did a demo of it that wasn’t produced by any means,” he says. “It wasn’t perfect and the structure of it was a complete […]

Editor’s note: In celebration of Texas Is The Reason’s reunion show, we’re happy to republish the oral history of the band that originally ran in AP 224 (Mar ’07). You can purchase tickets to the Revelation Records 25-year Anniversary show they are playing here. Written by: Trevor Kelley When the legendary post-hardcore band Texas Is […]

This Op-Ed originally ran in AP 276. Eppard has since left Terrible Things and rejoined Coheed And Cambria. To buy a copy of AP 276, head here. A half-decade ago, JOSH EPPARD was flying high as the polyrhythmic drummer of Coheed And Cambria, playing sold-out shows, selling hundreds of thousands of records and appearing on […]

This Op-Ed originally ran in AP 280. To buy a copy, head here. As Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Singer/songwriter Andrew Shiraki, better known as KOJI, has taken that advice to heart: He’s become one of contemporary punk’s most active supporters of non-profits and tirelessly […]

This Op-Ed originally ran in AP 277. To buy a copy, head here. Up-and-coming metalcore quintet TEXAS IN JULY were at the center of a rather unusual controversy this spring. The band, who identify as Christian, were part of this year’s Take Action Tour, which benefited Sex, Etc., a teen sex-education organization that has ties […]

This Op-Ed originally ran in AP 279. To buy a back issue, head here. ALL TIME LOW guitarist/court jester JACK BARAKAT has never been shy about speaking his mind—although what usually comes out of his mouth is of the potty-humor variety. When Barakat reached out to AP about writing an Op-Ed, we were concerned we’d […]

This op-ed originally ran in AP 283. Buy a back copy here. Canadian pop-punks SIMPLE PLAN have touched thousands of people all over the world with their music. But as drummer CHUCK COMEAU explains, that’s not enough—they need to give back as much and as often as they can. When I look back on Simple […]

This op-ed originally ran in AP 282. AP 286, with McIlrath on the cover, can be purchased here. OP-ED, SPEAK OUT 282 One of the most powerful, moving songs on RISE AGAINST’s new album, Endgame, is “Make It Stop (September’s Children),” a song inspired by a rash of suicides by gay teens in September 2010. Frontman […]