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COVER STORY
RISE AGAINST
Kyle Ryan hooks up with the Chicago-based politically strident melodic-punk outfit at the tail end of Warped Tour to run down where they’ve been, where they are now and where they want to be.
SPECIALS
YOU GOT GAME: AP’S MUSIC AND VIDEO GAMES SPECIAL
Despite popular belief, video games are not just played by anti-social dorks stricken with acne and a pesky weight problem: Instead, they are enjoyed by arguably cool people everywhere. Hence, AP’s Music And Video Games Special, which features behind-the-scenes interviews with the people responsible for Guitar Hero, Madden ’07, Tony Hawk, NHL ’07 and much, much more!
EXCLUSIVE! GREEN DAY BOOK EXCERPT
In this exclusive excerpt from Mark Spitz’ authorized Green Day biography, Nobody Likes You, the Bay Area’s most beloved punk band are discovering their place in the pop culture continuum.
PRESS RECORD: AP’S PRODUCERS SPECIAL
Ever wonder who puts your favorite bands to tape? Here, we profile some of rock’s hottest producers, including Howard Benson, Matt Squire, Neal Avron and more, and get them to cough up tips on how you can get your own rig up and running. Plus, we check in with members of some of your favorite bands, from Yellowcard to Every Time I Die, to find out just what makes these producers so damn awesome.
THE ORAL HISTORY OF HOT WATER MUSIC
Beards, beer and broken guitar strings are just a scant few of the constants found in the legacy of these Gainesville, Florida scene vets. Jonah Bayer talks with the members of HWM about their accomplishments and the action surrounding their new projects.
FEATURES >>>
SENSES FAIL
Singer Buddy Nielsen’s crippling bouts with anxiety and depression seriously affected his band and his work-but nobody expected it to turn out the way it did.
CHIODOS
Leave it to a bunch of guys from Michigan to make the connection between My Fair Lady and the moshpits of America.
AIDEN
Hated by many and loved by more, Aiden’s love of the manic and the macabre makes for lively discussion on both sides of the stage
TRIVIUM
They weren’t even born when their influences were making signature recordings, but that won’t stop the young men of Trivium from protecting the world from false metal.
SAOSIN
Forget about competing with other bands: Newport Beach, California’s finest are trying to surpass their own aural accomplishments.
BLOOD BROTHERS
For close to 10 years, America’s finest avant-punks have had little time for anything outside their universe. Did you think a Fugazi member in their corner was going to change things?
SECTIONS >>>
INCOMING
LOVE LETTERS, HATE MAIL & SOUND ADVICE
OPINION
NYC punk mainstay George Tabb has more than a few reasons to be Furious with our government.
NEW RELEASES/IN THE STUDIO
We preview new albums from Deftones, Badly Drawn Boy and more; and In The Studio spies on Lifetime, Reggie And The Full Effect and Anberlin.
WIRETAPPING
Our AP: DIY section is an exclusive guide for budding musicians, complete with even more exclusive pointers from rockers who’ve been around the block. This month, we get up close and personal with members of Minus The Bear, Unearth, the Hush Sound, Copeland, Patent Pending, Angels & Airwaves and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as well as the techs, personal trainers and other experts who keep ‘em in shape, musically and otherwise. Elsewhere, we give the monthly Lowdown on He Is Legend, Escape The Fate, Misery Signals and others; Chalkboard Confessional talks inspiration with Blackpool Lights vocalist/guitarist Jim Suptic; get the story behind SJC Drums in Company Profile; Disclothesure is head-over-heels for the Black Apple; plus, we introduce our new page of gadgets galore with Geared Up; and Fuse VJ Steven talks about his ultimate on-air screwups in his AP-exclusive Untitled Rock Column.
SCREENING
Joseph Cross is a cut-up in Running With Scissors; Rory Culkin gives a pitch-perfect performance in Chasing 3000; plus, American Hardcore makes its way to the big screen; and Now Showing checks out what’s new in theaters and DVD players this month.
REVIEWS
The door to the AP Record Store is wide open for you to get the lowdown on new discs from My Chemical Romance, Converge, Sparta, the Decemberists, Copeland, These Arms Are Snakes, This Providence, I Am Ghost, Joseph Arthur and many others you’re gonna download illegally, anyway. Cobra Starship, Jeremy Enigk, the Hold Steady, Isis and RX Bandits, grace us with In-Store Sessions; Radio Birdman and Steely Dan are respectively vilified and vaporized in our classic-punk and classic-rock columns; plus assorted reissues, re-evaluations and the chance to determine which editor needs his or her head examined in Listening Station.
10 ESSENTIAL
Seeing as it’s October, we wanted to give you a shopping list of the 10 spookiest albums you can play to scare (or just scare off) trick-or-treaters on Halloween. And we promise none of them have a pumpkin on the cover, either.
