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NXT Superstar Samoa Joe chats with APTV backstage at Aftershock Festival 2015.  The two reminisce about the epic Corey Taylor vs. Corey Graves battle of 2015. As you may have remembered, that feud culminated in Corey Taylor smacking Baron Corbin at the festival, allowing Samoa Joe to win the match!  “When you slap a dude, […]

WWE NXT's Women's Champion Bayley breaks down her journey to the championship at Aftershock Festival 2015.  She says that the experience still feels surreal to her as she commends her competitors.  “I always told myself, 'I want to make WWE history,' but I actually did! Nobody can ever take that away from me.15 years from […]

APTV’s Josh Bernstein caught up with the Pink Slips’ 18-year-old frontwoman Grace McKagan backstage at Aftershock 2015. In this video, Bernstein addresses the band’s outrageous performance wherein McKagan was doused in blood on stage. “I got inspired by Alice Cooper a lot and Ziggy Stardust and Iggy Pop, and I guess all those [converged] and I […]

Clay Busch, Head of Marketing and Brand Partnerships for Danny Wimmer Presents, the company behind massive rock festivals like Aftershock, Rock On The Range, Louder Than Life, Welcome To Rockville and more, chats backstage at Aftershock about how the festivals combine food, wrestling and rock to create a different kind of experience. FOOD Each of […]

APTV caught up with the Deftones backstage at Aftershock Festival 2015 in Sacramento, CA. Sergio Vega and Abe Cunningham react to being told that most attendees are most excited to see them play at the festival and share their thoughts on being influential to younger generations of musicians. “We’re still consumers of music like rabidly, […]

In this video, APTV caught up with Coheed and Cambria’s Zach Cooper and Travis Stever backstage at Aftershock to talk about their latest album The Color Before The Sun. “I think that it [has] new sounds, but I think that there’s a lot that you can find in there that dates back to all the […]

At last year's Carolina Rebellion Festival, Hollywood Undead's J-Dog surprised his now fiance with an onstage proposal–a moment we decided would be perfect to relive this Valentine's Day! Happy V-day, APTViewers! Subscribe to APTV for more moments with your favorite bands!   — Host: Josh Bernstein Editor: Bobby Makar This year's Carolina Rebellion goes down […]

It’s no secret that when bands are on the road, eating healthy and proper exercise are put on the backburner, but have no fear: NXT superstar Bull Dempsey is has teamed up with APTV and Beartooth to teach you how to get Bull-Fit. Beartooth seem to be in peek physical condition, though—blazing through their pre-work […]

After their set at Aftershock, Breaking Benjamin took a minute to chat with APTV about new Star Wars, playing covers, and sharing a stage with bands like Nothing More and Shinedown. The band often takes a moment in their set list to step away from their songs and pay a tribute to artists and songs […]

The Japanese rock sensations One OK Rock  are touring the U.S. for the first time following the release of their first all-English album, 35xxxv. APTV correspondent Nick Major caught up with the guys at Aftershock where they explained their album title, recording with legendary producer John Feldmann and working with Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn. “This […]

Politics can get boring, wouldn’t the world be so much more interesting if your favorite musicians were in charge? In this segment of “If I Ruled the World,” APTV’s Ryan J. Downey interviewed ‘presidential candidate’ Andy Biersack. They hit on important topics like Biersack’s retired stage magician runningmate, making voting online and who deserves to […]

WWE Superstar Baron Corbin sat down with his friends in Highly Suspect at Aftershock Festival for a chat and a little friendly competition.  The band took this as an opportunity to ask Corbin for tips on exercising on tour and even test their skills at arm wrestling as well as speak about Twitter flights, getting slapped […]

APTV caught up with 14 year olds Malcolm Brickhouse, Alec Atkins and Jarad Dawkins of metal band Unlocking the Truth at Rock Allegiance. The young band have gotten to share the stage with big names such as: Guns N’ Roses, Marilyn Manson, and Queens Of The Stone Age. Some of the bands have even taken […]

In part three of APTV’s interview with Korn, Josh Bernstein got Brian “Head” Welch to talk about what it’s like touring with bands that grew up idolizing them. You’ll never guess who bought Korn figurines when they were younger! “It’s crazy that 20 years later we can play with these new bands and for them […]

In part two of APTV’s interview with Brian “Head” Welch, correspondent Josh Bernstein discusses their new album. Welch jokes that “it’s the heaviest, the most melodic, most successful record we’ve ever done and it’s going to sell millions.” The album is turning out to be very guitar-heavy—the most technical Korn record yet. Fans can expect […]

What’s more rock ‘n’ roll then shoving food in your mouth as fast as possible? Absolutely nothing. That’s why APTV’s Josh Bernstein teamed up with Dinosaur Ribs and the guys of Nothing More for our first rib-eating challenge. “I feel like I’m losing but winning at the same time,” said vocalist Johnny Hawkins while savoring […]

On October 11, 1994 Korn released their now multi-platinum self-titled album. When APTV’s Josh Bernstein caught up with Brian “Head” Welch at Monster’s Rock Allegiance, they talked about what it’s like to be playing that album in it’s entirety, 21 years later. “The dynamics of going really quiet then getting really loud is my favorite […]

Today on APTV, we enter the Feldmann Universe (copyright Ryan J. Downey, 2015) with Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens and Taka Moriuchi of One Ok Rock.  Downey discusses how the two frontmen met, their work with producer John Feldmann, Taka's secret to opening up his vocal cords before a set and more!  Plus, Kellin […]

Five Finger Death Punch and Godsmack talk about headlining Rock Allegiance, their friendhship, the development of rock music, its cyclical nature and a hybrid of shooting guns and playing poker poker with APTV. Stay tuned this week for more APTV segments from Louder Than Life, Rock Allegiance and Aftershock festivals, brought to you by Orange […]

APTV asked bands at Rock Allegiance Festival what their favorite moments from the Rocky movies are. Find out which of the movies Pop Evil, Papa Roach and From Ashes To New like the best—and who hasn’t watched any of the series at all! —Jake Hanson  Stay tuned this week for more APTV segments from Louder T=han Life, Rock Allegiance and […]