It was 14 years ago that Linkin Park managed to follow up their groundbreaking and successful debut album Hybrid Theory, with their sophomore album, Meteora. Instead of possibly relegating the band to flash in the pan status, it sold millions of copies worldwide and cemented the band as an arena-sized act from the outset. The…
In the mid to late 2000’s, a new group of varied pop-punk and alternative rock musicians emerged into the music scene. It may be true that certain bands reached greater commercial heights than others (Mayday Parade was certainly a big one), but Baltimore’s The Dangerous Summer was a veritable phenomenon when they burst onto the…
Claiming to be “not your average hip-hop” is in itself a bold statement. Providence, RI alternative hip-hop group Toad and the Stooligans are anything but ordinary. Combining multiple subgenres and essentially blurring the lines between hip-hop convention is a difficult thing to do, but they are certainly adept at it. The first volley comes from…
Somewhat recently, we made a lengthy post about moshing, crowdkilling, and stagediving. The one overarching rule? Essentially, don’t be a dick. But given some serious nasty injuries that Janelle Dunnaway, a fan attending a Spite show recently incurred in Denver, Colorado, it’s time to revisit this subject again. The girl in question, Janelle Dunnaway, has…
