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No More Silence: Q&A with Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail
In recent years, SENSES FAIL frontman BUDDY NIELSEN has become one of the scene’s most prominent proponents of equality, an outspoken critic of a culture rampant with sexual aggression and bullying, and of musicians using their position to take advantage of fans. Nielsen has a long history of activism—his mom used to take him to […]
No More Silence: Q&A with Warped Tour sober coach Mike Farr
MIKE FARR has served as a sober living coach on Warped Tour for the past six summers, working on the tour as a representative of the foundation MusiCares. It’s an organization that helped him get his own addictions under control years ago, and now Farr is a trusted ally to those struggling with similar problems […]
No More Silence: Q&A with promoter Eddy "Numbskull" Burgos
On his LinkedIn profile, EDDY BURGOS describes his job as “Punisher Control.” The jokey vibe is demonstrative of the friendly charm known to bands, tour managers and fans who know him better as Eddy Numbskull, punk promoter for over 25 years. His company, Numbskull Productions, is named after a comic book character Burgos came up […]
No More Silence: Q&A with Ash Costello of New Years Day
ASH COSTELLO is a woman who won’t stay quiet. Since bursting onto the scene as the vocalist of NEW YEARS DAY in 2005, the goth-rock screamer has lent her voice to powerful takedowns—both on and off the recording reels. Costello took to her Tumblr after tours with Blood On The Dance Floor in 2011 and […]
No More Silence: Sexual harassment in the scene
For the past several months as scandals unfolded, as our leaders spoke out and the fans came together, as excuses and apologies tumbled out in equal measure, the staff of AP has been working to take all of this information and find proactive solutions. The problem of sexual violence in the music scene is not a new one—where there […]
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