smash

A history of Britpop, from Pulp to Oasis

“The Battle Of Britpop” In its Aug. 26, 1995 issue, venerable U.K. pop weekly NME reported, “In a week where news leaked that Saddam Hussein was preparing nuclear weapons, everyday folks were still getting slaughtered in Bosnia and Mike Tyson was making his comeback, tabloids and broadsheets alike went Britpop crazy.” Homegrown pop groups Blur […]

Look back at some of the best Alternative Press covers in honor of issue 400

Four hundred issues after the very first book to carry our name ran off the printers back in 1985, we look back on 36 years of our favorite-ever AP covers, the stories they told and the secrets behind their creation. You can pick up an issue here, starring twenty one pilots. Read more: In issue […]

10 pop-punk albums from the '90s that set the path for the genre

It’s easy to mistake the foundations of pop punk as being laid in the 2000s. After all, that’s when the mainstream radio takeover of the genre occurred. As it turns out, though, we really have the ’90s to thank for our favorite artists and albums.  With the meteoric rise of bands such as Nirvana and […]

Watch the Offspring perform ‘Smash’ in full

The Offspring, whose frontman recently tried to buy his third private jet, performed Smash in its entirety (along with other songs) at Rock Am Ring. Below, you can watch professionally shot footage of the band’s performance—including tracks like “The Kids Aren’t Alright” and “Self Esteem.” Smash, which turned 20 this year, was released in 1994 […]

'Smash' to feature song by Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin)

Whether you watch NBC's theatre-drama Smash religiously or you've never even heard of the show, you might want to tune in this week: Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin) will get his TV debut, or at least his music will. McMahon wrote the song “I Heard Your Voice In A Dream” which Season 2 newcomer Jimmy Collins […]