By Jim Clegg I’ve been listening to Motörhead for twenty years now. I have no idea what took so long but now I can say that I finally got to see them live, at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford CT. The Oakdale has regular theater seating. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea of… Continue reading They’ve Still Got Something to Say: Motörhead at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre (Wallingford, CT — 9/15/15)
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Burning In The Summer Heat: A Preview of the 2015 CT Summer Punk Fest
By Matt Mullarkey It’s that time of the year again in New England. Days where the temps hover between the 80s and 90s, the humidity sticks to your skin like napalm, and your electric bill is through the roof from cranking the AC day and night. So what better way to spend one of those… Continue reading Burning In The Summer Heat: A Preview of the 2015 CT Summer Punk Fest
RPM FEST 2015 Approaches!!!
By Jeff McCarthy Against All Odds Productions RPM Fest 2015 is an outdoor music festival hosted by Promotorhead Entertainment (operated by John Gulow) and PDP Productions (operated by Brian Westbrook). Supported directly by fans and local sponsors, this is the second year the event is to be held. This year’s RPM FEST is August 28, 29,… Continue reading RPM FEST 2015 Approaches!!!
Interview with Tony Asta of Battlecross – Summer of Doom Tour
Interview by Bill Klopfer Photos and transcription by Vegetarian Metalhead The Summer of Doom tour featuring Crowbar, Battlecross, and Lord Dying recently rolled through town taking out everything in its path. Alternative Control had the opportunity to interview Tony Asta of Battlecross before they took the stage at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on June… Continue reading Interview with Tony Asta of Battlecross – Summer of Doom Tour
Toilet Autographs and More Tales from the Road: An Interview with Ensiferum Bassist Sami Hinkka
Interview by Jessie May and Jillian Simpson Questions by Jessie, Jillian, Christopher Baldwin, Thomas Pizzola, and Doug Welch III On May 29th, Alternative Control had the opportunity to talk with Ensiferum’s Sami Hinkka at Irving Plaza in New York before the final show of the band’s North American tour. Hinkka, who has been playing bass and doing… Continue reading Toilet Autographs and More Tales from the Road: An Interview with Ensiferum Bassist Sami Hinkka
Educated Idiots: The False Hope and Crushing Reality of Student Loans
By Vegetarian Metalhead, The Headbanging Hostess, and Tal Good Who is to blame for the student loan crisis? Is it the students themselves? The economy? Predatory lending companies that get rich off pie-in-the-sky dreams of middle-class eighteen-year-olds? Below, two of Alternative Control’s regulars and guest writer Tal Good discuss their experiences handling the debt they… Continue reading Educated Idiots: The False Hope and Crushing Reality of Student Loans
Like A Mother-F*cker: Walter Lure To Play Stamford, CT
By Matt Mullarkey It’s not often us residents of lower Fairfield County Connecticut are graced with the presence and performance of a genuine living punk rock legend. Saturday April 11th, Walter Lure & The Waldos will be making an extremely rare Connecticut appearance at Seaside Tavern in Stamford. For those not familiar, Walter Lure joined… Continue reading Like A Mother-F*cker: Walter Lure To Play Stamford, CT