open letter

An open letter to people who don’t understand moshing

I once worked a retail job, and one day, my co-workers and I found ourselves talking about music. As it happened, everyone around me listened mainly to hip-hop, while I dreadfully awaited my turn to tell them I listen to hardcore and metalcore. Why, you may ask, is it such an annoyance to share my […]

An open letter to bands: Here’s why you shouldn’t skip small towns

[Photo by Bryce Hall] Take a look at nearly any major tour routing, and you’ll likely see a lot of the same familiar cities. However, often between those bigger cities are tons of smaller stops that go unnoticed. While bands compete for attention in saturated scenes, those of us working to build and sustain music […]

"I’ve decided to make one more Aiden record"—Aiden's William Control speaks out in open letter

Aiden frontman William Francis has penned an open letter to his former bandmates, in which he states that he is writing a new record for the group. Throughout the piece, he dedicates a segment to each member, and then wraps it up with a general conclusion. “I also want to let you all know that […]

Gerard Way on fan/artist interactions—"If you look...you will find the one middle-finger extended"

Gerard Way reflects on fan interactions, empathy and the lessons he's learned nearly a year after My Chemical Romance's breakup.  In a new open letter Way prefaces may not be relevant to the “casual follower,” the former MCR frontman opens up about the things he's learned following the band's breakup nearly a year ago on March 22—particularly on […]

Morrissey pens message on South American tour postponement; feels "humiliation and mortification"

Morrissey has penned an unusually candid open letter to fans, addressing the partial postponement of his South American tour this week, due to severe food poisoning. The latest in an almost unbelievable string of dates affected this year by the singer's health issues, Moz was forced to cancel a full 10 performances in both Peru […]