Interview with Porcupine Tree: Filling In The Blanks JJ Koczan May 9, 2007 Interviews Centered around the 17-minute opus, “Anesthetize,” and structured to flow as a continuous piece of music, Fear Of A Blank Planet, the latest in a string of stellar albums from lush UK prog-metal stalwarts Porcu... Read More...
Interview with Thrice: Sonnets, Alchemy And The Lash Jen Guyre May 2, 2007 Interviews Southern California quartet Thrice have zigzagged all over the map of musical styles in their nine year career, starting out as a post-hardcore hybrid in 1998 and landing most recently in atmospheric rock with ... Read More...
Interview with Linkin Park: Reanimation One Step Further: Reinvention Divya Gunasekaran April 25, 2007 Interviews As a band whose music shows no reverence for the lines dividing genres, Linkin Park have not just blurred those lines, but have mercilessly annihilated them by merging rock, rap, alternative and metal and by... Read More...
Interview with Lordi: The Arockalypse Is Upon Us Jen Guyre April 18, 2007 Interviews If the days of Arena Rock are over, then pyro enthusiasts Lordi are here to resurrect the past. Playing their monster mash with monster masks, Finland’s own costumed crusaders Lordi— vocalist Mr. Lordi, guita... Read More...
Interview with Hellyeah: Say It Loud Amy Sciarretto April 11, 2007 Interviews Hellyeah marks the return of Vinnie Paul—a legend who needs absolutely no introduction, but in case you’re not a rock fan and don’t know him, he was the drummer for one of the most influential metal bands of al... Read More...
Interview with Type O Negative: The Everdying JJ Koczan March 28, 2007 Interviews Released just a scant two weeks ago, Type O Negative’s Dead Again marks the culmination of about four years of tumult, despair and emotional upheaval. So, needless to say, the band were right in their element. ... Read More...
Interview with The Used: Shy Away From The Sun Amy Sciarretto March 21, 2007 Interviews In 2005, The Used headlined the first installment of the now-annual Taste Of Chaos Tour. Back then, My Chemical Romance were on the verge of exploding, and Underoath and Killswitch Engage had just released grou... Read More...
Interview with The Stooges: Everything In Between Christine DiPaolo March 14, 2007 Interviews It is one thing to be at the forefront of the musical frontier of one’s time, and it is a totally different thing to create the frontier that other musicians spend their careers settling. Even rarer is for one ... Read More...
Big Business: Interview with Coady Willis Jen Guyre March 7, 2007 Interviews I won’t even attempt to throw Big Business in a category because chances are, you won’t understand the words I would have to make up to do so. Incorporating sounds from a plethora of influences all over the ... Read More...
Interview with Fu Manchu: You Must Obey JJ Koczan February 21, 2007 Interviews It’s hard to believe, but upon issuing We Must Obey this week through Century Media’s rock imprint, Liquor & Poker Music, SoCal hard rock quartet Fu Manchu have reached the milestone of their 10th album. Th... Read More...
