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He Survived GG Allin’s Last Show (And He Was Only 13)
GG Allin, that most troubled of troubadours, gave his last concert on June 27th, 1993, inasmuch as you can call a two song performance and subsequent…
This Special Education Teacher Made a Metalcore Album About Life’s Endless Pain
Zombie Apocalypse is a thrashy, brutal metalcore band from the Northeastern U.S. best known as the side project of guitarist Matt Fox, the mainstay behind Florida…
The Conquest Came and the Noise Died Down: An Interview with Gospel
If you try to google the band Gospel, or even “gospel hardcore band,” you’re going to be so completely shit out of luck⎯⎯ unless you’re looking…
THE TRULY BELIEVABLE STORY OF WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE SECRET KISS ALBUM
The early ‘80s were a rough stretch for Kiss. They opened the decade with one of their worst-selling albums, Unmasked, which was only rescued by its…
Dante’s Inferno Meets Davey Havok: Tim Armstrong’s Lost Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical
The internet houses decades of genre- and medium-traversing art from Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, including paintings and drawings, collaborations with legendary musicians, and an animated reggae-punk band.…
Resolving The Riot Fest Schedule’s Greatest Conflicts
Planning a trip to a festival is one of the most exciting and fulfilling things any music nerd can do. You book your flights, find your…
Meet Car Seat Headrest’s Comedic Side Project 1 Trait Danger
I don’t think I can do it anymore…Every morning I wake up in a new city, and I don’t even know what fuckin’ city I’m in.…
Miku Created Minecraft: How queer Vocaloid fandom brought a parody account to infamy
In late March, an international virtual pop star dethroned a billionaire and declared herself creator of Minecraft. Before that declaration, the face of Minecraft was still…