Lauren, GlassJaw’s tour manager, took me from the Warped Tour parking lot into GlassJaw’s tour bus. Inside is the usual touring paraphernalia: Playstation 2, Southern Comfort, and cases of Yoo-hoo. The band is roaming the sweaty grounds of the LA…
“People used to ask us all the time to describe our sound and we used to say we’re like two catholic schoolgirls in mid knife-fight,” explains Alexisonfire guitarist Wade Preston. “When it was time to come up with the cover…
Head Automatica is not Glassjaw. If you’re looking for a Glassjaw sound, then just keep on walking as Head Automatica is not for you. It’s way different then anything you’ve heard recently, that’s assured, as vocalist Daryl Palumbo spends most…
Short band interviews often suck because a short interview doesn’t allow for the kind of give and take required to flesh out someone’s personality, if you actually do find someone who has that much personality to offer. Its either the…
Getting a jumpstart in the music business has never come easy for Montreal’s Slaves On Dope. Countless hours of drive time between gigs, labels folding, business partners who lied and the search for a home have plagued the band through…
Germans know a few things. Metal is one of them. Few countries have carried the flag of metal so consistently and proudly as the Deutchland. Heaven Shall Burn attack with old school thrash roots adding that touch of melody so…
Like most kids my age, I was raised on a steady diet of soggy sack lunch sandwiches, Saturday morning cartoons, and the 8-bit Nintendo game system. Everyday after school, I would spend hours rubbing my thumb raw playing Commando, avoiding…
If the latest Unearth record were a real storm, you’d better have an underground bomb shelter if you’re not hauling ass out of town. “The Oncoming Storm” is the latest full length from one of New England’s finest contributions to…
“Right now I need to get away from it,” says an exhausted Brann Dailor. Brann is exhausted because his band, Mastadon, is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to “Remission”, which was critically acclaimed by fan and press alike.
(this interview originally appeared as the cover feature for issue #42 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2004). Imagine a world where disco doesn’t suck and indie rockers went to shows to dance. This is the world of Chk Chk Chk.…