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Incubus Captivate In Denver, CO 9-9-24 w/ Coheed and Cambria

Rafi ShlosmanRafi ShlosmanSeptember 18, 2024

What makes a great album? Is it something as trivial as whether it is the band’s first album, second, or perhaps sixth album that does the trick? Is it something more complicated like producers, recording studios, specific amps or mics? Or is it kind of ... Read More

Interview – Mike Einziger of Incubus

CrypticRockCrypticRockAugust 1, 2024

When starting a band, most have elaborate dreams of success, but only a few ever find it. Proving just how difficult it truly is to make it, the name Incubus may be known by nearly all at this point, but like others, they had humble ... Read More

Interview – Ivan Julian of Richard Hell and the Voidoids

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 16, 2023

Back in the late ’70s the New York City Rock-n-roll scene was blistering with unique new talent that begged to be different. Outside the arm of the corporate music world, and ignoring outside opinion, NYC artists like Blondie, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell and the ... Read More

My Life in Dire Straits (Book Review)

Day HeathDay HeathNovember 12, 2021

Through Diversion Books, John Illsey will reveal how his life was in dire straits. Who thought it was that bad? Being the bassist and founding member of- oh, right. It is not quite that grim. The title is just being punny. Released on November 9, ... Read More

Interview – Chris #2 of Anti-Flag

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueApril 21, 2020

You catch more flies with honey. So goes the old adage that inspired Anti-Flag’s twelfth LP, 20/20 Vision, which arrived in mid-January. To rewind, these Pennsylvanian Punks delivered their debut, Die for the Government, in 1996, and made it abundantly clear that they were politically-charged ... Read More

Interview – Kyle Sanders of HELLYEAH

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 17, 2019

While the public may have thought the formation of HELLYEAH was a one-off, side project, it has been anything but such. Over a decade strong in, the band entered the studio in 2018 to work on what would be their sixth studio album, but then ... Read More

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