#163 - System Of A Down
System Of A Down Incubus The Cure Gwen Stephani Drowning Pool The (International) Noise Conspiracy Smash Mouth
#163 – March 2010
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
The politically charged L.A. quartet were chosen by A.P. readers as Band Of The Year. Greg Heller finds the band between rock and a hard public image.
DROWNING POOL
Dylan P. Gadino catches up with last year’s nü-metal success story and finds them working as hard as ever.
(INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY
This month’s Disclothesure features the politically active Swedish punks being true to their beliefs and (gasp!) having fun.
SPECIAL: METAL UP YOUR MIND: THE A.P. GUIDE TO HARD ALTERNATIVES
Kill your television and your radio, because you have more choices than you think. Aaron Burgess and Phil Freeman run down the best bands that the much-maligned genre has to offer.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN: THE 2001 A.P. READERS POLL RESULTS
System rock, Bin Laden sucks and everything else inbetween.
A.P. CRITICS POLL: THE 25 BEST ALBUMS OF 2001
You can complain all you want about your favorite band not being on here. But you can’t dispute that we get to hear more music than you do.
SECTIONS
INCOMING LETTERS
NEW RELEASES LISTING
WIRETAPPING
Will Summer 2002 tour a hole through your wallet?; Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell parties on Tape; Tantric associate with A.P.: gearing up for X-Games along with news, gossip, innuendo and what a drag it is to get old.
SCREENINGS
Now Showing rounds up our critic’s picks for the best movies of 2001; Close-Up talks to Dark Angel’s Valarie Rae Miller about acting, kicking ass and making out with Jessica Alba.
BOOTY!
More cool junk to blow your money on in the hopes that it will compensate for your lack of social skills.
LOW PROFILES
Gun the engines with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; get your punk on with the Eyeliners and the Toilet Boys. And get the Lowdown on what you’re missing…
REVIEWS
Reviews this issue of new releases by Chemical Brothers, Princess Superstar, Distillers, Dead Can Dance, As Friends Rust, Tomahawk, Skinny Puppy, Starsailor, X-ecutioners and many more; Self-Analysis gets an earful from the Korn bassist behind Fieldy’s Dreams and Japanese pop genius Cornelius.
10 ESSENTIAL GENRE EXERCISES
Sometimes a punk rocker wants to make a soul album, or a rapper decides he really loves country music. A.P. takes a look at the genre crossovers that are worth your time.
