ruined music

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Laura Jane Grace of the legendary punk outfit, Against Me!, and the acclaimed Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, the one thing she hates more than Chicago is people getting engaged at her shows...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Heart Attack Man, music has been ruined by old bands, broken friendships, over-commercialization and the kids in high school who let their peers know they smoked weed through wearing Sublime t-shirts...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Awsten Knight of Waterparks, the very idea of associating negative feelings with a song that has absolutely nothing to do with your personal emotional attachment is cruel, stupid and unjust, but he can't help but do it himself...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Sammy Clifford of WSTR, seeing his all time favorite band turn in a rushed performance devoid of camaraderie forever tarnished his perception of an album he deeply loved...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Nick Martin of Sleeping With Sirens, growing up in the early era of MTV overplayed some of his favorite songs. SWS bassist Justin Hills has a permanent reminder of his ruined music tattooed on his feet...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Watsky, a beloved hip hop group will forever be attached to one long night of fake I.D.s, musty champagne and deeply disappointing his mom. In this APTV exclusive, Watsky recollects a terrible date-turned drinking and driving PSA that has attached a taste as sour as '70s cob-webbed champagne to his favo

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley, one of ETID's records is nearly impossible to listen to and brings back memories of overcompensating effort to make up for a personal sense of apathy...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. Neck Deep drummer Dani Washington sums it up best when he said "Music's sick. It's sick and shit at the same time but overall, it's probably the best thing ever." ...

Post-hardcore darlings Hail The Sun recently released their fourth LP, Mental Knife. The album heavily explores the idealistic desire to surgically remove the less-than-desirable aspects of our behavior and personalities. In this APTV exclusive, frontman and drummer, Donovan Melero, opens up about the razor-sharp social commentary of the record and why the idea of a mental knife is universally rel

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Patty Walters of As It Is, one of rock's best songs of the century has been tarnished by the stigma that it's the only hit the band turned out. The As It Is frontman also weighed in on whether or not any early 2000s Emo bands have been tainted for him being compared to them after the band's stark aesthe

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano of the legendary punk three-piece, Alkaline Trio, "the Star Spangled Banner" was recently tarnished by a classic rock stalwart...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For the Maine frontman John O'Callaghan, music hasn't been ruined for him as much as it's validated by being overplayed into the ground and ultimately enhanced. ...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Chris Motionless, iconic frontman of goth-metal kings Motionless In White, some lousy people in his personal life have made him hate one of his very own songs...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's been ruined by a shitty time or person. For Lamb of God frontman, Randy Blythe, there's one song in particular that lead to a wrecked car, derailed a good date and turned the cinematic classic "Easy Rider" into a panic-inducing wince fest...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Donovan Melero, the lead vocalist and drummer of the progressive post-hardcore outfit Hail The Sun, a tough breakup ruined his favorite album, which was subsequently salvaged with the help of his best friend...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. This particular exploration of music rendered unlistenable may be the first documented interview in which the immortal Beatles are discussed in the same conversation as party-rock band Buckcherry's crass-ballad "Crazy Bitch...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Shane Told, frontman of post-hardcore darlings Silverstein, "The Smart One" of the Fab Four is an artist tarnished by a bad rep that sucks the joy out of great tunes...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Tony Pizzuti of The Word Alive, 90s reggae-rock mainstays Sublime inspire rage and and poster-punching. TWA frontman, Telle Smith, gets real in this episode of APTV's Ruined Music–name dropping his first love-turned-heartbreak and the music that got him through their breakup. He a...

Everyone has ruined music– that one good song or album that's been tarnished by a shitty time or person. For Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail, time and perspective have forced him to question the inherent allure of screaming along to some of his early lyrics about murder. D...

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. Chris #2 of the legendary protest-punk outfit Anti-Flag kept his meditation on maimed music short and bittersweet. In this APTV exclusive, one of the most outspoken punk voices of the modern era opens up about the relationship that soured him on the music of an inescapable voice of a generation.  ... Read M