Interviews
Over the past decade, AltWire writers have conducted over 200 interviews with some of the biggest names in music. Read them all right here.
Cobra Starship Interview: “We Didn’t Know If We Were Going To Continue…”
Altwire Staff
For a band, losing an original member can be extremely difficult. Losing two original members, however, can prove to be catastrophic and become every band’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately for Cobra Starship‘s lead vocalist Gabe Saporta, ...
[AltWire Interview] Pierce The Veil
Altwire Staff
Post-hardcore rock band Pierce The Veil are slowly working their way to the top of the rock world, one album at a time. In 2012, their album ‘Collide With The Sky’ was released and was met ...
Mike Shinoda Video Interview: “If You Really Wanna Be A Purist…”
Altwire Staff
When over 12,000 people sing along to a mixture of rap, rock, and dance, it must be Linkin Park performing at a large arena somewhere in Europe. Their show in Oberhausen, Germany at the ...
Funeral For A Friend Interview: Chapter And Verse
Altwire Staff
As one of the last remaining bastions of the British hardcore scene, Funeral for a Friend keeps re-inventing itself from record to record. Their next opus Chapter And Verse will be released through Distiller ...
Vinyl Theatre Interview: ‘It’s A Dream Come True For All Of Us…’
Derek Oswald
One of the hottest new signings to the Warner Bros. subsidiary Fueled By Ramen; Vinyl Theatre is a band whose fame grew exponentially over the last few months and almost in many ways overnight. ...
You Me At Six Interview: “We Wanted To Sound Like a Big Rock Band”
Altwire Staff
Celebrating their tenth official year as a band, You Me At Six just finished their North American tour in support of their latest release, Cavalier Youth. Released earlier this year, the British quintet’s fourth studio album has encountered ...
Amaranthe: Intense Power Metal From Sweden
Derek Oswald
Fresh off of a very successful US tour and the release of their brand new album, Massive Addictive, Amaranthe is proving that they are one of the most exciting and unique bands to come out of ...
[Altwire Interview] Wild Party: “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Go To a Wild Party?”
Altwire Staff
Wild Party is definitely one group that is living up to their adventurous moniker. Founded in 2011, and riding high off the release of their debut record Phantom Pop (October 7th – Old Friends), ...
[AltWire Interview] Magic Man: “We’ve Been Doing It For a Long Time..”
Altwire Staff
Longtime friends, Alex and Sam grew up together but split paths after high school to attend separate universities. The summer following their freshman year, the two decided to volunteer in France for the summer ...
[AltWire Interview] Young Kato: “We Feel It’s Our Given To Make People Happy…”
Derek Oswald
Who doesn’t love the 80’s? A fantastic period for both music and artistic creativity, the decade witnessed many classic artists like Tears For Fears, U2, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and Journey leave their permanent ...
[AltWire Interview] Thank You Scientist: “You Can Really Do Whatever You Want Musically”
Derek Oswald
The New Jersey rock scene has always been the birthplace of some incredible talent. Credited as the origin state for many highly talented artists such as My Chemical Romance, The Misfits, and Bruce Springsteen ...
[Altwire Interview] Sameer Bhattacharya of Flyleaf
Derek Oswald
For most of their twelve years together as a band, the rock group Flyleaf has written and created songs that deal with the topic of rebirth, perseverance, and overcoming adversity from the everyday forces ...
Watsky Interview: “I Wanted The Album To Feel Eclectic Musically”
Altwire Staff
While being best known as a rapper, Watsky is not afraid to branch out and touch upon other genres of music to help enrich his one-of-a-kind sound. Check out our interview with him below! ...
AJR Interview (2014): “Finding Something New Is Really Important To Us.”
Altwire Staff
It is extremely rare to find an artist on the radio today that stands out from the others and combines the perfect instrumentals, lyrics, and rhythm to make the ears 100% satisfied. AJR would be the ...
SomeKindaWonderful: 1 Incredible Hour With Jordy Towers
Derek Oswald
Jordy Towers of SomeKindaWonderful wears his heart on his sleeve in our incredible interview. Check it out below, and be sure to support SomeKindaWonderful on Spotify and all streaming services! Since the dawn of ...
Interview – Enter Shikari: “We’ll Be Busting Out One New Song”
Altwire Staff
What would definitely rock the entire alternative community right now? A new album from Enter Shikari! Their previous album, “A Flash Flood of Colour”, was extremely well received by both critics and fans alike. ...
Melissa Burnos Interview: A Q&A With BURNOS
Derek Oswald
For those of you who have tuned in to SiriusXM’s Big-Uns countdown recently, your ears may be familiar with a highly explosive and extremely energetic new rock band titled BURNOS. If you haven’t, you ...
Interview – Birth of Joy: “Our Goal Is To Lose Ourselves…”
Derek Oswald
Hailing from the Netherlands, and recently signed for worldwide distribution via Long Branch Records, Birth of Joy are a band that we are finding ourselves very excited about. Pulling from a list of underground ...
Interview – Crobot: “We Find It Easy to Come to Solid Ground…”
Altwire Staff
Crobot is pure, unadulterated rock’n’roll. If you like hints of classic rock but with a heavier flow but also maybe something with a little bit of a groove, you’re going to want to hop ...
Filter Interview: A Chat With Richard Patrick
Derek Oswald
The year was 1995. A shocked nation watched as OJ Simpson was put on trial for murder, Forrest Gump had just won Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards and in Los Angeles, a ...
