Every so often, the stars align and along comes a band poised to make a big impact. Enter The Gutter Daisies. A fearsome 3-piece from Los Angeles, California. The band is spearheaded by award-winning songwriter Doug Rockwell, who has penned songs for major label pop and rock acts as well as hit TV shows. TThe band […]
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ANOTHER DAY DAWNS: Frontman Dakota Sean On Their Ferocious New EP and Bright Future!
Another Day Dawns is a high-energy hard rock band hailing from Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Led by Lead Singer and frontman Dakota Sean, Guitarist Tyler Ritter, and Drummer Nick McGeehan, been fearlessly forging their own path in the ever-turbulent waters of the music industry. A chance encounter in 2016 at a local music conference introduced the band […]
SAY NOTHING: Bassist Dean Back On Breathing Life Into THEORY’s Ambitious New Album!
Over the course of nearly two decades, THEORY earned several platinum and gold singles, a platinum album, two Top 10 album debuts on the Billboard Top 200, and eight Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart. A tightly-knit unit, Tyler Connolly [lead vocals, guitar], Dave Brenner [guitar, backing vocals], Dean Back [bass], […]
IDOL TRUTH: Leif Garrett On Bringing His Wildly Captivating Autobiography To The Masses!
Leif Garrett burst onto the scene in 1966 at the tender age of 5, debuting as an actor in the quintessential period film, “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.” It wasn’t long before he became a red-hot commodity in Hollywood. He starred in more than 60 hit television shows, such as being a semi-regular on […]
Follow Your Stupid F*cking Dreams: The Soska Twins On Life Lessons, Taking Risks and Re-Imagining A Cronenberg Classic!
The Soskas are the baddest bitches in the game. The identical twin sister writing and directing duo of Jen and Sylvia Soska have been lighting the world of genre film on fire for the past decade! Known as the Twisted Twins, the duo broke onto the scene with their DIY love letter to Grindhouse filmmaking, […]
UNSTOPPABLE: Ashlie Atkinson On Her Unique Career, Creative Process and Delightfully Villainous Role On ‘Mr. Robot’
Over the past decade-and-a-half, Ashlie Atkinson has established herself as a force with which to be reckoned. She continues to challenge herself with the array of complex roles she fearlessly explores. She lit up the screen as Theresa in the debut season of FX’s critically acclaimed “Rescue Me” series and stole scenes as the toxic […]
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SURVIVOR: John Allen On Life, Baltimore and The Return of Charm City Devils!
CHARM CITY DEVILS–John Allen (lead vocals), Ted Merrill (guitar), Jason Heiser (drums) and Rick Reynolds (bass)–are proud of their native hometown of Baltimore, MD, and they’re not afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. They even named themselves (at the suggestion of then-Eleven Seven Music label President Nikki Sixx) after Baltimore’s nickname, of which […]
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL TURNS 40! — Director Allan Arkush On Bringing His A Cult Classic To Life!
Allan Arkush’s lifetime passion for rock music and film, have led him to some incredible places. His musical education was forged by the New York City airwaves. A position at Fillmore East from 1968 to the early ’70s, allowed him to soak in the magic of the nearly every legendary rock act of the time. […]
UNFILTERED: Marshal Hilton On His Epic Career, Challenging Roles and ‘Echoes of Fear’
Highly regarded by his peers for his emotionally complex and nuanced characters, Marshal Hilton has been a consistent presence in the independent film world offering his unique brand of powerful, intellectual, and manipulating characters, or his salt-of-the-earth and rural country souls, having appeared in sixty plus feature films over his career to date, and a […]