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Palaye Royale—Sebastian Danzig, Remington Leith and Emerson Barrett—spent their preteen years as a highly groomed boy band. But then the tight-knit trio shifted gears and got woke to the multifaceted legacy of swaggering rock ’n’ roll to make their own rock/fashion/art convergence a reality. Building the band hasn’t been easy—the siblings have lived through homelessness, lack of money and respect and ignorant misconceptions—although it hasn’t fazed the boys and their devoted fans, the Soldiers of the Royal Council. Today, the Palaye Royale movement is gaining momentum, and the brothers are spending every waking moment manifesting their dream (and executing an ambitious five-year plan) with laser-guided focus. Get on board with the band’s modern rock ‘n’ roll circus or hop off now. Get the full scoop in our latest issue.

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From its early D.C. days all the way through the current crop of acts propping up the scene, the emo genre has been an ever-evolving, impossible-to-define art form for the past 30-some years. While detractors may use the e-word as a weapon against a movement unfairly marginalized as "whiny music for teenagers," those inside the scene proudly wear the label like a badge of honor. To that end, explore this handpicked list of new leaders of the 21st century eco revolution.

Written & Curated by Evan Lucy




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The Devil Wears Prada have been dishing out their unique breed of volatile and heady concept-centric metalcore for 13 years of stylistic shake-ups and member changes. In this exclusive, APTV Orlando Correspondent, Tori Kravitz, caught up with Prada frontman, Mike Hranica, backstage at the Orlando stop of their massive tour with A Day to Remember, Papa Roach and Falling In Reverse to divulge tips on band longevity, the finer points of touring with seasoned road vets ADTR and the current climate of the music industry and metalcore.

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A look through super-guitarist John 5’s resumé looks like an overview of contemporary rock history. Before he cemented his world-class abilities recording and touring with bona fide rock stars as Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and David Lee Roth, the artist formerly known as John Lowery crossed playing paths with everyone from Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander to k.d. lang to Madonna to members of KISS to Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, as well as writing and playing with some of your favorite bands (Halestorm, Escape The Fate, Hollywood Undead). So when he stopped by the AP office for a brief chat, we knew he had some stories to tell.

But the story Jason Pettigrew really wanted to hear for Cautionary Tales was about Loser, the band 5 formed in 2005 who were signed to Island Records. The guitarist was signed for a substantial deal with the label, with no expenses spared and unlimited support from high-level executives. (Jay-Z was an advocate for the band.) The deal was far enough along that a record was finished and the promotional machine was ready to go. And then 5 walked away from it to take up Rob Zombie’s invitation to play that year’s Ozzfest.

“We got along so well. Thank God, that six-week tour turned into 13 years,” 5 says. “With Loser, I put my minuses and pluses together and…chose the pluses?” he adds, laughing. “I just thought, ‘I’m gonna roll the dice.’ I’m very careful about what I choose and what I do and don’t do. It’s very calculated. It’s not like, ‘Oh man, what am I gonna do? Let’s rock!’ I had two great situations. I had complete control. But that’s how much respect I had for Rob Zombie—not even knowing him yet. And that’s the honest-to-God truth.”

The deadly, shreddily 5 also dished on his dropping out of high school his senior year in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to find fame and fortune as a session player; his first jobs, both professional and rent-paying (shades of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off); the first night he spent on tour with Manson (cringe-trigger alert) and how there’s absolutely nothing anybody can do to a guitar that will ever stop him from playing them. “When the turntable was the most popular product at Guitar Center, I was pretty terrified,” he says with a slight bit of urgency to his voice. “We need the guitar now more than ever!”




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It was around this date five years ago when post-emo, art-riot, hyphenate rockers MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE chose to call it a day. Do you know where you were then?

While the demise of one of the planet’s most loved bands was most certainly a drag, what a couple folks surmised back then has actually come true: Fans now have a stack of records to discover, ponder and cherish. Yes, the Danger Days protagonist character Dr. Death-Defying did lie to you: The aftermath was most certainly not secondary, but crucial to maintaining the mindset of MCR into the future. They’re not all in the same room making music anymore, but a sweet collected playlist of where the members are now is the next best thing.

Written and Curated by Jason Pettigrew

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Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Norma Jean frontman Cory Brandan, the idea of 'ruined music' has been a phenomenon he's tried to evade since a rough divorce almost turned his favorite record into an emotional casualty and became the lyrical focus on the band's 2006 glum banger "Songs Sound Much Sadder." In this episode of ALTPRESS' RUINED MUSIC, Brandan looks at his ruined music with some fresh perspective and gives tips on how to find the best in the music that reminds us of our worst.


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Admit it, we've all been there–standing in front of a mirror shredding wicked awesome air guitar with reckless abandon to a song that's got that one great riff that rips your face off and worms its way into your head forever. Those riffs are melded into the marrow of every music fan, possessing us to bang our heads and hum along with lightning-laced electric bliss.

In the latest edition of APTV's THE BEST EVER, we asked members of Set It Off, Anti-Flag, August Burns Red and more what stands out as the be-all and end-all riff that makes them pick up the nearest broom and play guitar-hero in their bedroom.




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