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“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, […]

No Devotion frontman Geoff Rickly was rushed to a hospital in Hamburg, Germany, after being robbed and poisoned outside the Rock Cafe St. Pauli, the venue the band were to have played on Friday as part of the Reeperbahn Festival lineup.   Rickly posted to the No Devotion Instagram account, “Just a little note to say that […]

Martin Shkreli, 32, is a former hedge fund manager and current CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. He recently raised the price of Daraprim, which is a medication used to treat HIV and cancer patients, from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Outside of his day job, Shkreli is also a major investor in Geoff Rickly's label, Collect Records. […]

Serving as the polar opposite to his other band, United Nations, ex-Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly and his newest endeavor, No Devotion, are just a month out from releasing their debut album, titled Permanence, through Rickly's own Collect Records. The newest single to surface from the effort is a spacey, synth-heavy jolt of renewal that would be served […]

Watch My Chemical Romance create their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in this veritable mini documentary posted by Nada Recording Studio.  The nearly 20 minutes of footage from MCR's 2002 recording session at Nada has never been seen before, save for a couple teasers posted to instagram circa this time last year. […]

Charismatic frontman/writer Geoff Rickly has been burning up the internet in a couple ways, all of them great. There’s the new album from United Nations The Next Four Years, where he gets all power-violent with folks like Jonah Bayer, Lukas Previn, Zac Sewell and David Haik in a way that would appeal to all genres […]

United Nations The Next Four Years United Nations were an act deliberately shrouded in mystery for some time. While Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly has been the face of the band since initially conceiving them in 2005, the act avoided possible record contract violations and lawsuits from the actual United Nations with all-star members like Glassjaw's […]

United Nations (featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday and members of Pianos Become The Teeth) are currently streaming their new album, The Next Four Years, via Pitchfork. The album is set for release on July 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Pre-orders are on sale now. Listen to the album on Pitchfork, and let us know what you think. If you […]

APTV Nashville correspondent Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain) brings you AP’s top news stories this week from Upon A Burning Body, Nirvana, Neck Deep, and more.

Former Lostprophets members—Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson and Luke Johnson—have formed a new band with Geoff Rickly, the former vocalist of Thursday. No Devotion will release their new song, “Stay,” as a 12-inch single on July 21 via Rickly's own label, Collect Records. You can also download the song from iTunes, along with […]

United Nations (featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday and members of Pianos Become The Teeth) are streaming another new song, “Meanwhile On Main Street.” The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, The Next Four Years—set for release on July 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Pre-orders are on sale now. Listen to the track below, […]

APTV Nashville correspondent Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain) brings you this week's top stories on altpress.com, including news from Paramore, Nirvana, Star Wars, Panic! At The Disco, and more!

In a recent U.K. interview, Geoff Rickly of Thursday addressed rumors that he would be working with the remaining members of the now-defunct Lostprophets in their new band. The singer said that while he won’t be a part of the new band, he will be working with them from a record label perspective through his own label, […]

The Acoustic Basement Tour is currently making headway through the United States with Transit, Hit The Lights and more. But this spring, the Acoustic Basement Tour will hit the UK with a new set of performers: Thursday’s Geoff Rickly will headline, with support from Koji, Rob Lynch and Brian Marquis. You can check out the […]

Some entertainment to kick off your Monday morning! This morning, Geoff Rickly started off the day tweeting stereotypical names for “fantasy emo metal bands circa 2003.” Check out some of his tweets and retweets below and be sure to tweet him your suggestions and add your own in the comments!   It's 2003. I'm starting a shitty emo metal […]

Yesterday, July 22, marked the ten-year release anniversary of Yellowcard's Ocean Avenue. In this AP exclusive, the band reflect on the making of the album and the surreal time surrounding its release.  The band are set to release Ocean Avenue Acoustic August 13. Preorders are available starting today. The band will embark on an acoustic tour in support […]

They're the shows you begged your parents to buy you tickets for, the ones you camped out and traveled for, the ones that allowed you to see something totally new, or totally awesome. 2013's early winter and spring tours weren't half shabby. Here are our picks for the best shows of the year. READERS PICK […]

Geoff Rickly has released his second mixtape, Darker Matter, which follows 2012's Mixtape 1. Both are available for free download on Rickly's Bandcamp page. You can stream his latest below and read a blog post surrounding the drop: “Today I’m putting up my second release, Darker Matter//Mixtape 2, for free download. I put it up for […]

Late last year, Sayreville's Starland Ballroom was forced to shut down due to damages from Hurricane Sandy, but with the bad came good.  “Like many of our neighbors and area businesses, we sustained significant damage but we are determined to persevere,” said Colin Conway, Vice President, AEG Live – Eastern Region and General Manager of Starland Ballroom. […]

Yellowcard have announced Ocean Avenue Acoustic, an album consisting of the 13 songs from 2003's Ocean Avenue recorded acoustically. The album will be released August 13 via Hopeless Records, and pre-orders are available now. The band posted on their website that they wanted to do “more than just a tour” for the ten year anniversary of the album, […]