suicide prevention

September serves as National Suicide Prevention Month, and Thursday, Sept. 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day. This span of 30 days reminds us to take care of ourselves, check in on loved ones and try to share valuable mental health information for those who need it most.  In the United States, mental health discussions are […]

Grayscale recently dropped a live music video for “Tommy’s Song” and are raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The band performed the song live for the first time with a gospel choir in October. Read more: Anthony Green talks “extremely lonely” addiction amid Mac Miller release To honor the album and ending the […]

Talinda Bennington and Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda have participated in a PSA for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. You can watch it below. Read more: Linkin Park pay tribute to Chester Bennington on one-year anniversary of his death Chester Bennington unexpectedly died last July after taking his own life. Following the singer’s death, both Talinda Bennington and Mike […]

Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda, Thirty Seconds To Mars‘ Jared Leto and members of Pearl Jam will join the crusade to raise mental health awareness and prevent suicide as part of Entercom’s upcoming “I’m Listening” radio broadcast. Read more: Foo Fighters cover Queen under a fake band name Airing across the United States to start […]

[Pictured: Chris Connelly of Revolting Cocks: Big Sexy Land; Photo by: Bobby Talamine]  It started out as a tribute to a friend. Jamie Duffy was a bona fide underground-rock fixture in the Chicago club scene, a highly regarded musician and talented sound engineer who always gave his best to make any band he was working […]

[Photo by: Andrew Bastion] Laura Jane Grace wants you to keep living.  For those unaware, September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and when Grace spoke over the phone with Alternative Press recently, she opened up about her own relationship with recognizing suicidal thoughts and working through them so she remained alive and her mental health became […]

Metallica, Halsey, Bleachers, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and more are set to be a part of the mental health awareness and suicide prevention campaign, “I’m Listening,” as Rolling Stone reports. It includes a special program set to take place on World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10. Read more: After Logic’s VMAs performance, calls to suicide […]

Logic's inspiring VMAs performance of “1-800-273-8255,” a courageous song about the rapper's own struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, reportedly prompted a 50-percent uptick in calls to suicide prevention hotlines. Read more: Jared Leto honors Chester Bennington at the 2017 VMAs As reported by the FADER, the rapper took the stage at Sunday's MTV Video […]

The cloud doesn't stop looming—even at a punk-rock show where the magical cure is supposed to exist. “Are you in your zone?” a friend, noticing I hadn’t responded to her meaningfully in a few minutes, asked. I nodded, felt like a jerk and went silent again, nervous—always nervous. It sounds trivial, but my license expires […]

In this op-ed, Gideon guitarist Daniel McCartney sounds off on depression and suicide awareness. I can remember growing up hearing the terms “depression” or “mental illness,” and at the time they meant nothing more to me than someone being sad, per se, or just upset in general about something that didn't go their way that […]

Suicide is hitting the Warped Tour demographic in higher numbers than ever, and Hope For The Day set out on the road this past summer to make a difference. By advocating to end the stigma against mental illness and encouraging people to raise their voices and share what they’ve been through HFTD opened a serious […]

This past Sunday marked the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week, designated by the American Association Of Suicidology to help raise awareness toward the problems of suicide and self-harm. Whether it’s the tragic deaths of returning war veterans suffering from PTSD, the genuinely shocking passing of a beloved celebrity like Robin Williams or the unknown […]

Jenna and Whakaio from Tonight Alive tell the stories of how music changed and impacted their lives and give advice on how it can help you through yours.  More from Hope For The Day.

For National Suicide Prevention Week, AP and Hope For The Day have teamed up to bring you three brand new episodes of “Music Saved My Life.” Today, Frank Turner discusses his introduction to punk music, and the punk-rock community, which he describes as “a refuge for the weird kids,” and how it has helped him […]

In this installment of Music Saved My Life, our video series in partnership with non-profit Hope For The Day, Hans Schloesser–former member of Mushmouth, turned driver for many of your favorite bands–recounts the story of his father's death, laying down the reality of of suicide and how it affects on those who lose a loved […]

Every day, we are bombarded by negativity. Whether it’s a horrible tragedy we see on the news, an ad that makes us worry about our physical appearances, a snide comment on a website, a fight with a family member or friend or simply one more thing gone wrong on a day when nothing seems to […]

In part two of our “Music Saved My Life” series in partnership with Hope For The Day, August Burns Red drummer Matt Greiner and vocalist Jake Luhrs tell us how being in a band and playing music gave their lives purpose. Listen to their personal stories and hear how they reached out to their creative […]