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Since its debut as a photocopied fanzine handed out at a punk show in 1985, AP has been the publication where the honest word, the correct word, the authoritative word has been spoken on new music and youth culture.




Features, articles, and more from this issue:

In REVIEWS:

• John Vanderslice strands sharp stories in smooth settings.
• Alcohol-obsessed artist needs an intervention.
• Anticon gone ambient.
• For Hail Social, new wave is no costume party.
• East and West in perfect punk unity.
• SoCal staple refuse to lighten up.
• Lone highlight: A confessional ode to a dashboard.
• Yeah, it’s MC Pee Pants from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
• Comeback of the decade.
• Times may change, but the silly outfits remain the same.
• Your antidote for apathy.
• Kid-tested, Juggalo-approved.
• A dog-eared snapshot of life on the road.
• Classic-sounding metal futurists storm out of the gates (pun intended).

In LOW PROFILES:

• Evergreen Terrace
• The Weakend
• The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
• The Horde

In ASK THAT GUY:

• Don’t blame GANG OF FOUR for the glut of dance-punk redundancy-feel free to blame their imitators, though.
• Armageddon will be initiated by Thomas Alva Edison, hellishly incensed that his beloved invention, the phonograph, was used to help promulgate something heinous, bloated and devoid of artistic, spiritual or creative value-i.e., JOURNEY.

In FEATURES:

• The Academy Is...: Center Of Attention
• Boys Night Out: Just Once, Let's Do Something DIfferent
• Limbeck: Welcome Home
• Hellfest 2005: Give ‘em hell, kid.
• Minus The Bear: A Body In Motion