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10 albums from the 2000s that have no skippable tracks

Mala Mortensa — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:55:50 +0000

There’s no shortage of perfect alternative songs from the 2000s. But can the same thing really be said about albums?

You know what we’re talking about. It’s why we often opted to spend our $10 iTunes gift cards on assorted singles rather than full records. After all, why take up any fraction of that precious storage space with songs you were only going to skip?

Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie stand as a persistent beacon of 2000s emo, and that’s in large part due to Transatlanticism. Not only does the album employ that highly evocative indie-rock vibe, but each track serves as a narrative masterpiece. Even if you don’t relate directly to the lyrics, you’ll come out feeling like you experienced it firsthand.

Paramore – Riot!

Hayley Williams may argue that “Misery Business” didn’t age well, but that’s neither here nor there. Lyrics aside, the song is just one in a series of totally anthemic Paramore tracks. Riot! is a ride from start to finish, traveling across the whole spectrum of angst-ridden pop-punk energy. To skip any sone here would be to miss out on the whole experience.

Straylight Run – Straylight Run

The project of former Taking Back Sunday members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, Straylight Run never fell short of perfect. While we wouldn’t dare skip a single track in their discography, their debut self-titled album was a particularly stunning display. Between the dreamy melodies and relatable, emo-as-all-hell lyrics, this one you just have to hear all the way through.

Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning

Honestly, you just can’t go wrong with raw, punk energy and macabre lyricism. Alkaline Trio brought all that and more with their fourth studio album, Good Mourning. The record fuses early punk-rock elements with the ever-increasingly popular emo sounds of the day. The result is a dynamic and captivating series of tracks that beautifully represent the evolution of the genre.

A Day To Remember – For Those Who Have Heart

You don’t have to be into the heavier side of pop punk to appreciate the artistry behind A Day To Remember‘s For Those Who Have Heart. While the record certainly leans into a metalcore sound, the combination of complex melodies and punk energy is sure to get your heart racing.

AFI – Sing The Sorrow

Pro tip: If anyone ever asks you for your favorite AFI album, you will never go wrong answering with Sing The Sorrow. Marking the band’s full transcendence into post-hardcore, the album is characterized by elaborate, genre-bending instrumentals and vivid, melancholic lyricism. Had the tracks been released as a book of poetry instead, we still would have read it a hundred times over.

All Time Low – So Wrong, It’s Right

There’s a reason that All Time Low broke onto the scene with So Wrong, It’s Right—and it didn’t stop at “Dear Maria, Count Me In.” Now a poster album for 2000s pop punk, the record was as consistent as it was engaging. There’s not a single track on the list that doesn’t make for an energizing singalong.

Evanescence – Fallen

Evanescence add a level of interest to their songs that seems downright impossible to beat. Fallen is the ultimate showcase of their ability, ranging significantly in both tone and technical style. While each track is a haunting triumph in itself, the overall collection is a paragon of cohesiveness and eclecticism.

The Academy Is… – Almost Here

“Slow Down” and “The Phrase That Pays” may receive disproportionate attention, but don’t let that detract from the work of perfection that is the Academy Is… LP Almost Here as a whole. Besides being fully representative of pop punk circa 2005, this album is an emblem of catchy relatability. Every single track is totally capable of tugging your heartstrings and getting stuck in your head for days to come.

Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue

Does any record have better indie movie potential than Yellowcard‘s Ocean Avenue? This is one of those albums that can plant vivid imagery in your mind and trick you into thinking it’s memory. If you’ve previously limited your experience to “Ocean Avenue” or “Only One,” we highly encourage a full listen.

Which 2000s albums do you think are perfect from start to finish? Let us know in the comments below!

10 times musicians left a band to pursue their own project

Maria Serra — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:55:45 +0000

As bands morph and grow, they can become more cohesive, or they may choose to break up or replace members who need to follow their passion.

These splits may hurt longtime fans, but it’s usually for the best. Everyone deserves a chance to explore their interests and what feels right in and out of the music industry.

Little Hurt

If this voice sounds familiar, you may recognize Little Hurt, aka the solo project of Colin Dieden, from his time fronting the Mowgli’s. He departed from the sunny pop band to pursue his own unique sound and tell his own story in the form of a new project. Dieden still captures upbeat and optimistic themes in his songs such as “Alaska” and “It’s Ok Not To Be Ok.” If you need a little pick-me-up, this is exactly the artist you need to hear ASAP. Check out his most recent EP, Every Second, just released at the end of January.

Ryan Ross and Jon Walker

With creative differences getting in the way, Ryan Ross decided to leave Panic! At The Disco along with fellow member Jon Walker in 2009. The two teamed up with drummer Nick Murray, keyboardist Nick White and bassist Andy Soukal to form the Young Veins. The vintage-sounding surf-rock outfit lasted a little over a year until they announced their hiatus in late 2010. They shared such hits as “Change” and “Defiance” from their one and only record, Take A Vacation! The band re-released a deluxe version of the LP in 2019 with 16 songs in total. Though their discography is short, Ross and Walker proved they were capable of making their own outfit with classic-rock vibes.

John Nolan and Shaun Cooper

John Nolan, guitarist and backing vocalist for Taking Back Sunday, left the band in 2003 along with bassist Shaun Cooper to form Straylight Run. The duo teamed up with Nolan’s sister Michelle DaRosa and Will Noon to craft two studio albums and a handful of EPs, with their most popular track being “Existentialism On Prom Night” from their self-titled LP. In 2010, Straylight Run went on hiatus, and Cooper and Nolan returned to their roots and rejoined TBS.

Caleb Shomo

Caleb Shomo began his career in Midwestern metalcore outfit Attack Attack! But he left the band in 2012, citing mental health issues. However, he was working on Beartooth tracks even before his departure and decided to commit full time. Beartooth are heralded as one of the best acts in both hard and emo rock, with three studio albums out in the world. Shomo also dabbles in electronic music under the moniker CLASS.

Dallon Weekes

Dallon Weekes began his music journey in the Brobecks, with their beloved album Violent Things featuring songs such as “Small Cuts” and “Better Than Me.” This band featuring Ryan Seaman actually played on the same bill as Fall Out Boy, Phantom Planet and more. Next, Weekes joined Panic! At The Disco in 2009, first as a touring bassist, then as the band’s official bass player. In late 2017, though, he announced that he was leaving Panic! and dove headfirst into I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. He was joined by Seaman, which resulted in a full-circle music moment. The two have gained a large following for their dark electro-pop hits such as “Choke,” “Leave Me Alone” and much more.

Kyle Hulett

That’s Outrageous! ruled the post-hardcore world after signing to Rise Records in 2011 and sharing such hits as “Teenage Scream” and “#Winning.” Prior to the band breaking up in 2013, bassist Kyle Hulett did depart early to pursue his short-lived electro-pop project WLDCHLD.

Tyler Posey

Many know Tyler Posey from his role on Teen Wolf, but the actor also has deep roots in the pop-punk and alternative scene. He started his music career in L.A. with Lost In Kostko (later renamed Disappearing Jamie), though the band broke up in 2013. Posey then hopped into pop-punk act PVMNTS but ultimately left in 2019 to pursue his work with Five North.

Tom DeLonge

Though Tom DeLonge parted ways with blink-182 for a myriad of reasons, one of them was that he wanted to pursue other avenues of entrepreneurship and creativity. One of the things he pursued musically was Angels & Airwaves, who have put out five studio albums since their inception in 2005.

Andrew McMahon

Andrew McMahon is a talent beyond words and a musical force beyond measure. When Something Corporate were too exhausted from touring, he formed Jack’s Mannequin, which blasted to the forefront of our playlists with hits such as “Holiday From Real” and “Dark Blue.” Though he never officially left Something Corporate, his new project took priority, and Something Corporate have been on a hiatus. Many of the songs he wrote on his own didn’t fit the “I Woke Up In A Car” style of punk. McMahon has since put out solo music under Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness.

Daniel Davison

Daniel Davison has been in several acts, from Underoath to Every Time I Die. In fact, he played with Norma Jean as their drummer for 10 years but left to pursue other musical endeavors. This led to him joining the indie band Colour Revolt a few years later. His last major project was performing on ETID’s Low Teens.

10 alternative musicians who founded more than one successful band

Mala Mortensa — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:55:34 +0000

No lie, as exciting as it is when our favorite musicians take on new projects, it’s always a little disconcerting. After all, we have to wonder if they’re going to live up to the greatness we’ve come to expect.

That said, a number of alternative artists have already proved that success doesn’t have to be a one-off. Be it with a side project or a new band following a departure, it’s totally possible to knock it out of the park with multiple outfits.

Jason Lancaster (Mayday Parade/Go Radio)

Though Jason Lancaster was one of the founding musicians of Mayday Parade in 2005, he left the band before they even released A Lesson In Romantics. The departure worked out well for the alternative music community, though, because the singer-songwriter went on to front Go Radio. He’s also fronted some solo work and just released his nostalgic new EP, Say I’m What You Want, this past December.

Ben Gibbard (The Postal Service/Death Cab For Cutie)

It’s not at all common for a side project to blow up to the same degree as the artist’s original outfit. Leave it to Ben Gibbard to front two iconic groups simultaneously, though. The Death Cab For Cutie frontman formed the Postal Service in the early 2000s alongside Jimmy Tamborello (Figurine) and Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley). The trio released their album, Give Up, in 2003—the same year that Death Cab dropped Transatlanticism. Despite it being their only full-length release, the Postal Service have maintained significant popularity ever since.

Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low/Simple Creatures)

Alex Gaskarth could have stuck exclusively with All Time Low forever and still would’ve boasted one of the most successful alternative music careers of all time. That said, we’re glad that he chose to branch out and form Simple Creatures alongside blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus. The world truly hasn’t been the same since Strange Love dropped in 2019.

Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate/Jack’s Mannequin)

Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin are such distinct, iconic entities that it’s hard to imagine them coming from the same creative mind. Of course, it’s Andrew McMahon that we’re talking about, so it shouldn’t be too shocking. Shortly after the band’s public debut, the Something Corporate frontman started Jack’s Mannequin as a solo project. Of course, it ended up growing into a full-blown band that would release three full-lengths. He eventually went on to launch a true solo project with Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness in 2013.

Gabe Saporta (Midtown/Cobra Starship)

We’d be lying if we said that Gabe Saporta‘s alternative synth-pop band Cobra Starship didn’t slightly overshadow its predecessor. That’s just what happens when you hit mainstream radio waves with the likes of Sabi and Mac Miller. But don’t let that fool you into thinking Midtown were anything less than iconic. Saporta’s foundational pop-punk band are still a scene favorite, even 17 years after their last full-length release.

Tom DeLonge (blink-182/Angels & Airwaves)

There’s no denying that Tom DeLonge‘s split discography is one of the best known (and controversial) in the scene. The guitarist and vocalist formed his second outfit, Angels & Airwaves, in light of blink-182’s hiatus in 2005. After briefly reuniting with his foundational outfit for their album Neighborhoods, however, he left to focus on his other projects.

John Nolan (Taking Back Sunday/Straylight Run)

John Nolan has had quite a run in Taking Back Sunday. But do you remember when the guitarist took a significant step away from the band for the better part of the 2000s? During that time, he formed the iconic indie-rock band Straylight Run. We honestly can’t decide which one we like better…

Joan Jett (The Runaways/The Blackhearts)

If any artist was going to front two timeless rock ‘n’ roll powerhouses, of course it would be Joan Jett. The vocalist/guitarist co-fronted the Runaways until they disbanded in 1979. She directed her talents to Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Their latest studio album, Unvarnished, came out in 2013.

Adam Lohrbach (Home Grown/New Years Day)

Both New Years Day and Home Grown shared founding musician Adam Lohrbach, who contributed to Home Grown for over a decade before leaving to start NYD with Ash Costello and Keith Drover. Ultimately, however, he left the outfit after they dropped their debut full-length, My Dear.

Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra/Bad Books)

Manchester Orchestra were an undeniably successful act in the 2000s with their post-hardcore-informed, indie-rock vibes. So, when frontman Andy Hull teamed up with co-member Robert McDowell and singer-songwriter Kevin Devine for Bad Books in 2010, everyone knew the result would be epic. Hull also has a notable long-running solo conceptual project, Right Away, Great Captain!

Which of your favorite artists have fronted more than one successful band? Let us know in the comments!

10 lyrics from the 2000s that you definitely used for a Facebook status

Alex Darus — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:55:21 +0000

We’re often guilty of being overly reminiscent of the 2000s, a time when we were able to be our peak scene kid selves.

The 2000s were marked by several monumental moments, particularly involving the internet and social media.

“Times Square can’t shine as bright as you/I swear it’s true”

There wasn’t a scene kid on the planet who didn’t make at least one line from Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” their status back in the day. In 2006, this song was the pinnacle of romance. Why wouldn’t we try to win over our crush with it on Facebook?

“We can live like Jack and Sally if we want”

This blink-182 lyric was like kryptonite to every scene kid on Facebook. Not only did it quote one of the biggest pop-punk songs of all time, but it also referenced one of the most scene movies ever, The Nightmare Before Christmas. We would post this on Facebook and spend hours daydreaming about a little emo happily ever after with our crush, whether it was the cute guy at school or Travis Barker.

“Don’t bother, angel/I know exactly what goes on”

Taking Back Sunday lyrics and angsty kids on Facebook went together like peanut butter and jelly back in the 2000s. Honestly, we wouldn’t want it any other way. We’d post these lyrics from “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)” to our status in hopes that the person it was about understood that they messed up, and you’re not in the mood to forgive them. We miss the passive-aggressive behavior that flourished back in the early Facebook days.

“So long and goodnight”

This My Chemical Romance line made several appearances on our Facebook wall, either as a dramatic standalone status or as an over-the-top sign-off to another post. To be fair, these lyrics from “Helena” were far from the only MCR lines that were Facebook-status material back in our prime.

“This is the first day of my life/I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you”

These lyrics from Bright Eyes’ “First Day Of My Life” were the perfect not-so-subtle way to let your friends know that you met someone new and head over heels about them. This song was also peak romance for us in the 2000s, so of course we plastered it all over our Facebook walls.

“I’m two quarters and a heart down/And I don’t want to forget how your voice sounds”

There was no such thing as scene kids on Facebook who didn’t cite Fall Out Boy lyrics religiously. Luckily, there were definitely endless angsty options to choose from. This line from “Dance, Dance” was popular because it made us sound smooth and mysterious. It’s exactly the vibe we were going for and ultimately failing at online in the 2000s.

“The world revolves around us and we’re keeping it”

This line from Straylight Run’s “Existentialism On Prom Night” was exactly the right level of drama and romance that made for a perfect Facebook status. A close contender is the lyric “Sing like you think no one’s listening,” which seems like something embarrassing we’d declare on Facebook.

“If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied/Illuminate the ‘no’s on their vacancy signs/If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks/Then I’ll follow you into the dark”

Making your status the lyrics to “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab For Cutie is like a scene kid rite of passage. And the best part is that many of us did write out several lines from the song for an extra-long, overly intimate status that we thought our friends would love to see on their timelines.

“I’m not in love/This is not my heart/I’m not gonna waste these words about a girl”

When our crush royally pissed us off, we would swear we were done with love by posting these angsty lyrics from “About A Girl” by the Academy Is… as our status. Secretly, though, we’d hope it made them want to talk to us even more. The reverse psychology of the song definitely made its way into online romances in the 2000s.

“There’s a story at the bottom of this bottle and I’m the pen”

Of course, the lyrics to the scene anthem “Dear Maria, Count Me In” were status material in the 2000s. This line in particular was hilarious when posted by scene kids who weren’t old enough to drink. It’s a little embarrassing but amusing to look back and think about how hardcore we wanted to seem by posting these All Time Low lyrics.

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QUIZ: Can you match these emo lyrics to the bands who sang them?

Mala Mortensa — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:55:49 +0000

Any former emo kid remembers singing along to their favorite songs with eyeliner running in sheets down their cheeks. Honestly, were we really that sad, or did our iPods just suck us into a black hole of raw emotion?

Regardless of what came first, the sad or the band, the lyrics of the 2000s hit hard. So hard, in fact, that we can’t stop singing them to this day. From My Chemical Romance to the Used to Dashboard Confessional, the classics continue to dominate our favorite playlists.

More on emo

Emo music has its roots in the 1980s Washington, D.C. post-hardcore scene, with the term deriving from “emotional hardcore.” The subgenre was characterized primarily by intensely emotional lyrics and melodic backings, diverging from the general aggressiveness of the scene. Groups involved in the early movement included Beefeater, Fire Party and Rites Of Spring.

QUIZ: Which 2005 album are you? Find out here.

Emo as we now know it began to take shape in the ’90s. Though the style was integrated with a variety of different genres, pop punk quickly became the closest association. With underground scenes gaining recognition in the wake of the grunge movement, conditions were ripe for a cultural explosion.

The mainstream emo movement began in the early 2000s with the breakout of groups such as Jimmy Eat World, the All-American Rejects and Taking Back Sunday. Though its foundations on lyrics and melody held strong, experimentalism throughout the decade further diluted the style across multiple genres.

10 songs you forgot you had on your Myspace player

Alex Darus — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:55:49 +0000

We spend a lot of time regularly thinking back to the good old days when we’d devote hours to working on our Myspace pages and searching for new music to impress our friends. The social media website was instrumental in developing our music taste and connecting us with bands we still love today, such as Paramore, My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday, but there were also some underrated gems.

While those bands are still popular now, there were countless artists we listened to and featured in our Myspace player who we haven’t listened to in well over a decade.

A Change Of Pace – “Weekend Warriors”

What better way to introduce someone to your profile than with this hype song? We were definitely guilty of more than a few air-guitar sessions in our room while A Change Of Pace were bumping on our player in the background.

Straylight Run – “Existentialism On Prom Night”

Much like the music video to this song, we were all guilty of staring dramatically out the window while we jammed to this Straylight Run track and pretending like we were in a video of our own. If this doesn’t scream teenage angst, nothing will.

Stereo Skyline – “Uptown, Get Around”

This one from Stereo Skyline was another good hype track on our page that we would brag about knowing all of the words to. It has everything we were looking for in our tunes back then—a high-pitched pop-punk vocal and a melody we could jam out to—so it was in heavy rotation.

The Starting Line – “The Best Of Me”

This was the song you shared with your crush to get them to be miserable with you. It totally embodied the 2000s Myspace vibe with sappy lyrics and simple acoustics, so we undoubtedly remember featuring this Starting Line gem on our pages.

Daphne Loves Derby – “Pollen And Salt”

In case you forgot about this gut-wrenching breakup song from Daphne Loves Derby, it’s time to put it back on your playlists. We’d include this on our player when we wanted everyone to know we were sad, and it was definitely because of a certain someone.

Forever The Sickest Kids – “Whoa Oh! (Me Vs. Everyone)”

This Forever The Sickest Kids song made us yearn for Warped Tour every time we heard it, and we had it on our players every summer in anticipation. It’s a true scene party track that deserves to be remembered.

Stephen Jerzak – “Timebomb”

There was just something about whiny vocals and simple acoustic and ukulele chords that just made us feel some type of way in the mid-’00s, which is 100% the reason for our Never Shout Never obsession. You probably haven’t listened to Stephen Jerzak in a decade or so, but you definitely sang along to all of his songs back in the day.

Hit The Lights – “Bodybag”

This was a track we put on our player to make it clear to all the normies that we were proud little emo kids on the internet, and they couldn’t relate. It probably helped that Hit The Lights called the song “Bodybag,” so it was a weapon in our mission to scare them away.

Further Seems Forever – “Snowbirds And Townies”

We placed this classic on our player at the end of summer to be extra moody about the seasons changing. While this is an old Further Seems Forever track, listening to it now makes us think of summer flings and long car rides back in the day, so it still makes us emotional.

Cash Cash – “Sugar Rush”

We stuck “Sugar Rush” on our page when we wanted people to think we were cool and promiscuous or something, particularly our crush. Listening to Cash Cash now feels like stepping back in time, but in a good way.

Which songs do you miss from your Myspace days? Sound off in the comments below!

The Academy Is… talk ‘Almost Here’ in first-ever AP story, 15 years later

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:10:15 +0000

The first time you ever heard the Academy Is… was probably when they were opening for your favorite band, but rest assured, their rise to fame has been anything but calculated.

In the course of an hour-long interview with AP, William Beckett will be interrupted three times. First, by the sound of his bandmates in the Academy Is… shooting fireworks at an abandoned school bus outside the venue in Oklahoma City; second, to be asked by a prospective concertgoer if it’s OK if he goes to the band’s show drunk at 5 in the afternoon; and, finally, by a female fan asking to have her breast autographed (an offer Beckett respectfully declines).

While an average 20-year-old would jump at the chance to engage in any of these activities, the Academy Is… frontman is too engrossed in our conversation to pay any of these incidents a second thought. But, then again, no one ever said the Academy Is… were your average rock band.

TAI… were born when Beckett and guitarist/high school scene rival Mike Carden bonded at a local Chicago punk show over a mutual love of bands such as Cursive and Death Cab For Cutie. However, that wasn’t the only catalyst for their collaboration.

“We had the same gripes and the same ambition for what we wanted to do artistically that we weren’t accomplishing on our own at the time,” Beckett explains.

The group enlisted a few friends to back them up, recorded a screamo-tinged five-song EP for their friends’ label, LLR, and early last year began playing shows with then-relatively unknown peers such as Fall Out Boy.

Taking Back Sunday reveal their 10 Top Deep Cuts

Alternative Press Magazine — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:02:45 +0000

Taking Back Sunday are a bona fide institution. From their captivating emo roots to the solid modern-rock foundation they’ve continued to build upon, singer Adam Lazzara, guitarist John Nolan, bassist Shaun Cooper and drummer Mark O’Connell have offered us soundtracks for our youth—and way, way beyond.

We know all about the majesty of “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team),” “MakeDamnSure,” “You’re So Last Summer” and more hits. You probably broke or had your heart broken while they were playing in the background.

Warped Tour: The only tour that mattered since 1995

Alt Press — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:29:12 +0000

Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, much like how Grateful Dead tours were for the hippies and Lollapalooza was for the X Generation.

On its surface, Warped Tour was America’s longest-running touring festival where listeners young and old could check out current and future favorites in the realm of Music Played Quickly And Loudly On Guitars. (That’s most of the genres, right?) Trudge harder into the psychic asphalt, though, and there was clearly a sense of community being created by those who didn’t fit in—nor did they want to. The face-tatted lifers coexisted with the legions of young listeners sporting hair dyed with colors not readily found in nature, and everybody went home exhausted, elated and enlightened (thanks to the tour’s coordination of nonprofit entities on the show grounds).

ALSO IN THIS WARPED TOUR ISSUE:

Having kept their creative focus while everything around them burned (literally), HUNNY are rising up from the San Fernando Valley with their perfunctory electronic and new-wave pop, teeming with love, heartbreak, neuroses and impeccably sweet dancing shoes. And the world looks ready: Prior to aligning themselves with Epitaph, the band garnered streaming numbers usually reserved for the label’s catalog stature artists. HUNNY are truly the band you want to say yes, yes, yes, yes, yes to.

It’s an interesting time to be alive right now. Just ask the young women of DOLL SKIN. The quartet have strong views on what it takes to make the world a better place, and they can back it up with songs capable of making a packed club sweat and rile up a crowd alongside such bona fide hard rockers as Halestorm and In This Moment. More proof that chemistry is often greater than the spirit within.