hot water music

The band are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a new star-studded album and a spring tour.

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We all know that no one is born “cool.” And Frank Iero—along with so many of the musicians and people he encountered, befriended and forged creative relationships with—followed his dreams, muses and instincts to create his musical worldview. Before he was part of the juggernaut that is My Chemical Romance and embarking on his solo […]

The new issue of AP features our annual “Class Of” special where we talk about the significance of records released 10 years ago. While some readers will certainly remember those selections, we decided to go back further to 1999. Ever wonder about records from, say, last century? It turns out that 1999 was a pretty […]

Spawning monumental releases from influential bands such as the Get Up Kids, Saves The Day and of course, blink-182, it’s no doubt that 1999 changed the landscape for punk and emo forever. 1999 was a tremendous year of transition that not only pushed the genre to the mainstream, but also kept it fresh and dynamic […]

Snail Mail added new tour dates—plus, don’t miss Badflower live on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. The Color Fred share new tour, premiere single The Color Fred, the project of former Taking Back Sunday guitarist Fred Mascherino, has returned after a 10-year hiatus […]

[Photo by: Queen of Jeans/Jessica Lim, Gulfer/Facebook] Watch new music videos from Hot Water Music, Diamante and more—plus, don’t miss Tiny Kingdoms and the Grievance Club on tour. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Underoath return with urgent comeback single, “On My Teeth” 1. Code Orange shared “only1(the hard way)” […]

All Time Low add an additional So Wrong, It's Right 10th anniversary show, Hot Water Music premiere a new song, and King 810 announce some fall tour dates! Check out some of the news you might have missed today below. Read more: Hundredth to play new album 'RARE' in full on upcoming tour All Time […]

Against The Current cover David Guetta and Justin Bieber's “2U,” CKY and Hot Water Music release new music videos, and Stone Sour set out on a fall tour. Check out some of the news you might have missed today below. Also: Don't forget to watch the 2017 Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards, powered by Monster, […]

Fun Fun Fun Fest have announced the lineup for their ninth year, which includes such bands as Death Cab For Cutie, Death From Above 1979, the Blood Brothers, Amon Amarth, City And Colour, Failure, Glassjaw, Hot Water Music, Mineral and more. You can check out the full lineup below. The festival takes place November 7-9 at Auditorium […]

Hot Water Music vocalist/guitarist Chuck Ragan premiered a new solo song, “Non Typical,” today on Rolling Stone.   The track is taken from Ragan’s upcoming, fourth solo album, Till Midnight. The album, which was produced by Christopher Thorn (formerly of AWOL Nation), will be released on March 25 via SideOneDummy Records. In addition to the […]

UnWed, the side project of Hot Water Music bassist Jason Black–which also features former HWM tour manager Neltie Penman on vocals, former Errortype:11/Instruction/Mind Over Matter frontman Arty Shepherd on guitar/vocals, Matt Kane on guitar and Jeff Gensterblum (ex-Small Brown Bike) on drums.–are set to release a new 7-inch/digital single, and you can stream the B-side first here.  Penman […]

Hot Water Music have announced five shows with Torche and O'Brother in December. A limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available here tomorrow, October 15 at 10 am local market time. General on sale begins this Friday, October 18 at 10 am. Check out the dates and stream of 2012's Exister below. 11 Baltimore, MD – Ram's Head […]

It’s rare nowadays that any band with a few releases (and a few hundred shows) under their belt hasn’t had a lineup change or two (or six, if you’re a metalcore band on Rise Records). But the following 14 bands didn’t just replace one member and soldier on; they started fresh as a brand new […]

[Photo: kannemilo photography] In late 2005, beard punks the world over mourned the end of Hot Water Music, the long-running post-hardcore band who were hugely influential yet never broke through commercially. But just as quickly as HWM dissolved, THE DRAFT—featuring every member of Hot Water Music minus vocalist/guitarist Chuck Ragan, who was replaced by Todd Rockhill—came […]

We recently spoke to Hot Water Music bassist Jason Black [far left] about the resurrection of his other band, the Draft, for a two-week tour later this month. (Look for that interview on altpress.com in the coming days.) But in the middle of our conversation, he dropped a pretty big bomb on us: He's started […]

The Draft (featuring members of Hot Water Music, sans Chuck Ragan) have announced their first tour in nearly five years. Dates span two weeks in July and cover parts of the U.S. east coast and midwest. You can view them, below:  “We just decided, 'why not?'  It's a short, fun run and we like playing music […]

Check out an exerpt from Hot Water Music's new DVD, Live in Chicago, where the band performs their old favorite “Trusty Chords.” The full performance can be purchased from No Idea Records, along with a separate vinyl version. It was filmed/recorded at the Metro in Chicago on Feb. 1-2, 2008.