interviews

APTV correspondent Stevie James sat down with several of your favorite artists backstage at the 2017 APMAs. Check out some of the best moments with Chad Ginsburg from CKY, Hands Like Houses, power couple Beau Bokan (Blessthefall) and Lights and more!

APTV correspondent Stevie James caught up with New Years Day after their awesome performance with Lzzy Hale at the 2017 APMAs. NYD was Stevie's first interview years ago, so it's nice to see things come full circle! Check out a list of all the 2017 APMAs winners here!

Musician and Influencer award recipient John Feldmann interviewed ONE OK ROCK during this year's APMAs in our PRS Guitars Backstage Lounge. They talk about the explosion of “American Girl” on the radio as Feldmann dishes out compliments to each band member. Interested in hearing more from the band? Check out the rest of the interview […]

[Photo by: William Knight] Former Man Overboard guitarist Wayne Wildrick is in no hurry to get his new band Blood Bank out on the road, onto streaming services or immersed into the world of social media. Wildrick and musical foil James Corbi have day jobs they’re quite happy with and aren’t the slightest bit interested in […]

APTV correspondent Stevie James interviewed Icon award recipient Laura Jane Grace during this year's APMAs at our PRS Guitars Backstage Lounge. Grace talks about her APMAs performance with her band Against Me! and what the Icon Award means to her. Check out the rest of the interview to hear how she would rather have a bass […]

APTV correspondent Stevie James got a chance to sit down with the Sub City Grant Recipient Cassie Wilson and Dan Campbell from the Wonder Years. This year, Sub City — the charitable arm of Hopeless Records — donated a grant to a charity that fans voted on: Half Access, in which Cassie works to accommodate disabled […]

APTV correspondent Stevie James interviewed Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) during this year's APMAs in the PRS Guitars Backstage Lounge. Taylor talks about getting the opportunity to present the Vanguard award to friends and fellow musicians, Korn. Interested in hearing more from Taylor? Check out the rest of the interview to hear him talk about how […]

[Photo by: Jim Donnelly] Brendon Small, the brain behind virtual death-metal act Dethklok is back with a new story to tell. Brendon Small's Galaktikon II: Become The Storm, the new album from the musician, writer and producer, is due out on Aug. 25 from Megaforce Records. Check out an exclusive preview of the new album […]

[Photo by: Blake Primes] The passing of Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington sent shock waves all over the planet, with big stars and ardent fans taking to social media to acknowledge the frontman’s contributions to contemporary rock music and how that soundtrack resonated in many listeners’ lives. Frank Zummo, founder of Street Drum Corps and drummer of […]

[All photos by: Luke Martin] It’s been said time and time again: One door must close so that another can open. That’s exactly what 20-year-old screen printing artist Luke Martin learned when he dropped out of college and found himself churning out gig posters for his favorite bands just a few months later. “I wasn’t […]

[Photo by: Alexander Curtis] Sporting band merch is how we rep and support our favorite bands. It’s how we find friends and how we express our interests. But what if someone came along who wanted to completely get rid of band merch as we know it? Well, Billy Candler, co-founder of Absolute Merch, wants to […]

[Photos by: Ian Bell] When Morgan Freed, T.J. Petracca and Babs Szabo put on their first Emo Nite in a small bar in Los Angeles three years ago, they didn’t anticipate it’d become one of the biggest events for millennial nightlife on the West Coast. And just a couple of weeks ago (May 4, to […]

[Photos by: Ridge Productions] “The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.” – Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris) When AP meets Sleeping With Sirens vocalist Kellin Quinn and guitarist Jack Fowler, it’s in the isolated New Jersey lake house they’ve been temporarily living in. They […]

[Photo by: Bryce Hall] Fifteen years after No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls launched Simple Plan from obscure Canadian pop-punkers to mainstream hitmakers, the band are spending the majority of 2017 on the road, revisiting the album by playing it front-to-back each night.  Before heading to Europe this month and coming back to the States for […]

[Photo by: Travis Shinn] As the Trump administration continues to erode the basic human rights of most Americans, it’s imperative that we, the people, fight back with everything we’ve got. Read More: 18 musicians who are clearly against Donald Trump for US President Rise Against have been railing against injustice for almost two decades, but the […]

The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman has been a busy man as of late with his other creative outlet, Party Smasher Inc. In mid-August, he interviewed Interpol frontman Paul Banks to talk about finding his vocal style back in the band's “Obstacle 1” and “PDA” days, his methodology for releasing solo material and more: Just a few […]

Dan “Soupy” Campbell never planned to release the acoustic songs he was writing in his free time. The Wonder Years frontman was merely looking for a way to improve his guitar playing and broaden his songwriting scope. However, when the Early November’s Ace Enders heard the songs Campbell was working on, he encouraged him to […]

(Photo: Daniel Silbert) If you’re a Warped Tour regular, than you probably know DIA FRAMPTON better as the lead singer of sister-act indie-rockers Meg & Dia. However, if you were just introduced to her on the inaugural season of NBC’s The Voice, you know her as that chick who totally rocked the Kanye West cover […]