Rock Sound

April 2008

Features:

• GALLOWS Watford oiks Gallows take great displeasure in answering your questions ..
• TOM DELONGE Tom DeLonge reckons he might just save the music industry. Not bad for a skater who got kicked out of school for getting pissed. .
• SICK OF IT A LL From vandalising construction sites to terrorising the neighbours’ eardrums, Sick Of It All’s legendary Koller brothers tell ROCK SOUND about their punk rock beginnings. .
• THE SWORD Guns, weapons and gods; ROCK SOUND catches up with The Sword for a history lesson and a chat about the gentlemanly sport of slaying. .
• IN FLA MES Global warming, murder and mastering the military: Swedish metal stalwarts In Flames share their worldview with ROCK SOUND. .
• PANIC AT THE DISCO Back from the turmoil of family bereavement, infighting, and a scrapped concept album, ROCK SOUND meets Panic At The Disco, the noughties’ reinvented Fab Four. .
• CHILDREN OF BODOM ROCK SOUND joins Children Of Bodom for a night on the Baltic Sea and hopes the only thing to sink will be the booze!
• FRANK TURNER ROCK SOUND meets folk-punk hero Frank Turner to discuss love, loss, and why ‘maturity’ isn’t such a bad word. .
• 44 65DAYSOFSTATIC ON THE RECORD
• 46 JON BEASLEY GRAND DESIGNS
• 48 REUBEN BULLSHIT DETECTOR
• 50 AT THE GATES REVOLUTIONARIES
• 52 BORIS Q&A
• 54 AIDEN SOUND ADVICE
• 7 2 THE GUTTER TWINS
• 78 OXBOW
• 131 CITY AND COLOUR THE LAST WORD
• 6 RSVP Got something to say? We’re listening. .
• 8 ROUND UP News and interviews featuring: The Automatic, Walls Of Jericho, The Subways, Corey’s Column and heaps more. .
• 18 STUDIO REPORTS Studio stories from Funeral For A Friend and The Mirimar Disaster, plus recording news from around the world.
• 20 SMASH & GRAB Win! Download VIP weekend tickets; Underground England swag; Pete Wentz- d esigned Clandestine clothing; Children Of Bodom chainsaw and ESP guitar goodies
• 23 EXPOSURE The latest and greatest new acts including Outl4w, Kill Hannah, The Rocket Sum mer, Slaves To G ravity, Blood Red Shoes, and many more. .
• 58 OFF THE PEG Rock Sound’s guide to the coolest new togs...
• 85 REVIEWS Rock Sound reviews and rates more than 150 new releases in music, films, games and books. Featuring interviews with 5ive, Jucifer, Burning Skies, Millencolin, Bury Your Dead, and The Plight sticking the singles up their bums. .
• 112 LIVES The hottest gigs from around the world reviewed, including Dubai Desert Rock Festival, Jimmy Eat World, Megadeth, Turisas, and more. .
• 122 GIG GUIDE / ON THE ROAD Your A-Z of the best upcoming gigs, plus This Will Destroy You, Year Long Disaster, and This Is Hell give us the goss about life on the road..