Third time’s the charm for Hawthorne Heights, who are on their third Warped Tour this summer. The band is touring in support of their fifth studio album, Zero, which came out back in June. The album’s release could not have come at a more opportune time, with Warped Tour giving the band the ultimate platform to promote it. I...
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THE REBEL RIFF – A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY IDOL GUITARIST STEVE STEVENS
Never has a solo artist been so iconic and unique that they actually go by the last name of “Idol”. What’s even a more rare instance is if the solo artist’s guitar player is almost equally as notable as the Idol himself. One such guitar player is Steve Stevens of Billy Idol. On the back cover of Idol’s 1983...
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American Fangs change things at Carolina Rebellion 2013
American Fangs brought a fresh, new-school vibe to Carolina Rebellion 2013. Mixing catchy hooks with a punk rock vibe, the band certainly added a new element to the festival this year. The band recently released their debut self-titled studio LP. The album’s lead single, “Pomona”, has been making it’s rounds on rock radio across the country. To...
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Winning the War – Interview with Jeanne Sagan of All That Remains at Carolina Rebellion 2013
All That Remains formed in 2000, and released their debut album, Behind Silence and Solitude, in 2002. The band’s third album, The Fall of Ideals, was released in 2006 via Prosthetic Records and gave the band their first mainstream hit, charting at #75 on the Billboard Top 200 and selling over 13,000 copies in it’s first week of...
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THE ZOMBIE BEAT – INTERVIEW WITH GINGER FISH OF ROB ZOMBIE AT MAYHEM FESTIVAL 2013
The heaviest and most chaotic time of year is here – the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The world’s largest touring heavy music event, Mayhem Festival is bringing the insanity to hundreds of thousands of fans across the country through the blistering summer heat. On one brutally hot day in Camden, NJ, I sat down...
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Young Guns rock with the big guns at Carolina Rebellion 2013
UK rockers Young Guns broke out in June 2009 with their debut EP, Mirrors. In August, they toured Europe with Lostprophets. With that momentum, Young Guns recorded and released their debut full-length LP, All Our Kings Are Dead, in 2010 via their own label, Live Forever. The album hit #43 on the UK Albums Chart, and #3 on the UK Rock Chart....