Disturbed: Inside Their Explosive “Immortalized”
Derek Oswald
AltWire discusses Disturbed’s surprise album announcement with Mike Wengren of Disturbed. Check it out below: With the advent of technology making it easier than ever before for fame-seekers to leak exclusive media to the ...
Finger Eleven Interview: “I Still Feel Like a F*cking Clueless Teenager!”
Derek Oswald
Looking to capture the magic of their favorite classic rock albums, Finger Eleven is back after five long years with their sixth studio album, Five Crooked Lines. Recording their album in an astonishing eleven ...
Fort Minor’s Return: Mike Shinoda on ‘Welcome’
Derek Oswald
To anyone looking from the outside, 2005 would have seemed to be a wonderful time to be Mike Shinoda. Riding on the wave of two very successful blockbuster Linkin Park Records, and a critically acclaimed ...
Bullet For My Valentine Announce 5th Studio Album “Venom”
Derek Oswald
UK metal act Bullet For My Valentine have officially announced details about their highly anticipated fifth studio album “Venom“, due for release on August 14th via RCA Records. Announced yesterday via the reveal of ...
Mike Shinoda Q&A: Darker Than Blood
Derek Oswald
Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda are no strangers to the world of EDM. With two electronic influenced remix albums under their belt, and two mega collaborations with a superstar EDM artist, Steve Aoki, Linkin ...
Essential Playlist: Mike Shinoda’s Legendary Influences
Derek Oswald
Listen to a curated playlist of artists that inspired Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, submitted to us by Mike Shinoda himself. When we first spoke to Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots’ Chester Bennington ...
My Goodness Announce Spring + Summer Tour Dates
Derek Oswald
Fresh off of their latest record ‘Shiver + Shake’, the Seattle-based rock band My Goodness have announced a slew of new tour dates as part of an upcoming Spring and Summer US Tour. The ...
Muse’s Matt Bellamy On Drones LP: “It’s Quite Personal”
Derek Oswald
As fans wait eagerly for Muse’s latest record “Drones” to hit stores on June 9th; vocalist Matt Bellamy and his band-mates have been doing the rounds as of late, unveiling precious details involving the ...
The Crossing Interview – “We Love Pizza…”
Derek Oswald
Founded in 2012 and hailing out of Fresno, California; The Crossing are a four-piece alternative indie rock band that are on the rise thanks in no small part to their high-quality lyrics, energetic instrumentation, ...
Chester Bennington Playlist: Musical Influences
Derek Oswald
In our recent interview with Linkin Park/Stone Temple Pilots lead vocalist Chester Bennington, we asked the singer to name off some of his greatest and biggest influences, and to let us know who truly ...
Chester Bennington Interview: Stone Temple Pilots
Derek Oswald
When you’re as energetic and animated as the world-famous singer/songwriter Chester Bennington, broken ankles can prove to be a real bitch. Tasked with fronting one of the biggest rock bands on the planet (Linkin ...
The Spark 03/07/15: Tracks From Our Twitter Followers
Derek Oswald
The Spark: March 7th, 2015 Welcome to The Spark, a feature on AltWire where we put the spotlight on fun, exciting and lesser known bands that we feel deserve your undivided attention (although we ...
Meredith Graves Launches ‘Honor Press’, Signs “So Stressed”
Derek Oswald
After serving duties as lead vocalist for one of the most refreshing and musically important noise-rock groups to come out of the New York punk scene in the last few years, Meredith Graves of ...
[AltWire Video Interview] Rick DeJesus of Adelitas Way
Derek Oswald
The music industry is a volatile place. Fraught with horror stories of bands owing millions in advances, not receiving royalties, and having their music modified from the original product, many musicians are finding out ...
Flyleaf Video Interview: Kristen & Sameer
Derek Oswald
When we first caught up with Flyleaf guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya back in September, the band was on the verge of releasing their crowdfunded record Between The Stars, which would also be their first full ...
Marmozets – The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets (CD)
Derek Oswald
First and foremost, it’s time to disregard the cheapening and blatantly false comparisons to Paramore you may have heard about this band. Marmozets are in a league of their own and in a completely different ...
Don’t Try This At Home: Tim Commerford Goes on Fire For New Band ‘Future User’
Derek Oswald
What do you get when you combine Lance Armstrong, a lit flame and Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford? You get the exciting new video for “Mountain Lion”, the latest single by Commerford’s ...
[AltWire Interview] Jonathan Wessel of Anakin: “When I Found Anakin My Head Exploded…”
Derek Oswald
With early alternative influences that harken back to Blue-Era Weezer and a layered atmospheric sound that occasionally pays homage to Phil Spector’s ‘Wall Of Sound’ ideals, Anakin is a band on the rise that ...
Linkin Park The Hunting Party Tour Press Conference Transcript 01/09/15
Derek Oswald
This past Friday (01/09/2015), AltWire.net, along with several other online and print publications, were invited to take part in a telephone press conference featuring Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, Rise Against’s Tim McIllrath and Of ...
Nothing More On Their Explosive 2014: Altwire Interview
Derek Oswald
With their meteoric rise over the last twelve months, and smash-hit #1 Active Rock single ‘This Is The Time (Ballast)’, Nothing More is a band finally getting the attention they’ve deserved for well over ...
