Hinder has been taking rock ‘n’ roll to the limit since 2005. Now, the band is taking a break from excess and volume, and going with a much simpler approach. The band currently on a special acoustic run, The Bare Bones Tour – Live & Unplugged. I caught up with drummer Cody Hanson and lead guitarist Joe Garvey backstage...
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Backstage with Randy Winter and Josh Burke of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
With a name like The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, you’ve just got to be a good band. I recently caught up with Randy Winter and Josh Burke, the guitar tandem of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, backstage in their 2012 U.S. Tour alongside 10 Years. While the guys have been laying low for awhile, they’ve got some big plans in the works...
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Touring The Machine – Jesse Hasek and Brian Vodinh of 10 Years
Alternative heavy rock giants 10 Years are touring like a machine in support of their new album, Minus The Machine. The album debuted at #26 on the Billboard Top 200, with nearly 12,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album was the band’s first release on their own label, Palehorse Records, in partnership with Warner Music...
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The View from the Bottom is Looking Up – A. Jay Popoff and Kevin Baldes of Lit
The view from the bottom is getting better for Lit. Probably because they’ve begun their ascent back to the top. With a new record out for the first time in eight years, the band is experiencing their own Rock Revival. In 2004, Lit released their self-titled fourth album. In the years that followed, the band...
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ALL LIT UP WITH JOSH TODD OF BUCKCHERRY
Rock ‘n’ roll excess has long been exemplified by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Poison, Mötley Crüe, and Guns N’ Roses. Carrying on the tradition for our generation is none other than Buckcherry. I caught up with frontman Josh Todd at their fall tour stop in Philadelphia, PA at Xfinity Live!. This show in particular was a...
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MARK TREMONTI FINDS HIS OWN ‘REAL’ ON DEBUT SOLO RECORD
Soon to be one of the greatest ever, guitar virtuoso Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge has done it again. This time, the amps are cranked up to 11 as Tremonti unleashes an all-out metal assault on the senses. Building on the straight ahead hard rock sound of Creed and Alter Bridge’s melodic metal, All I Was is heavy and thrashy. Relentless...