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Warped Tour: The only tour that mattered since 1995

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, […]

Culture Abuse drop new single and other news you might have missed today

Snail Mail added new tour dates—plus, don’t miss Badflower live on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. The Color Fred share new tour, premiere single The Color Fred, the project of former Taking Back Sunday guitarist Fred Mascherino, has returned after a 10-year hiatus […]

Fred Mascherino reflects on his time in Taking Back Sunday: "It was something great"

Fred Mascherino, former guitarist and co-vocalist of Taking Back Sunday, has posted a blog reflecting on his time in the band, which he joined 10 years ago this week. Check out Mascherino’s post, appropriately titled “A Decade Under The Influence,” below. Ten years ago this week, I called Eddie Reyes and talked to him about joining […]

Terrible Things launch kickstarter for guitar tab book

When Fred Mascherino (Terrible Things, the Color Fred, ex-Taking Back Sunday) mentioned the idea of putting out a guitar tab book, the excitement from fans was overwhelming. Thus, today Mascherino and Terrible Things have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring the book to life.  The book, set to feature every Terrible Things song, Bend To Break (the […]

Friday Fives: Terrible Things’ Fred Mascherino on the coolest things in his home studio

We here at AP know you internet denizens love lists. And we know that folks in bands have other interests beyond cranking out decibels. So here’s Friday Fives, a column that solicits a list of five subjects from a number of various rockers. This week Fred Mascherino , vocalist/guitarist for Terrible Things, picks the best […]