Interview with Mike Livingston of Ear One Productions and Bonded Through Hate

  Mike Livingston has been around the block and then some.  After traveling the world with hardcore bands 100 Demons and 25 Ta Life, he’s now back in Connecticut playing guitar in Bonded Through Hate and running his own record label, Ear One Productions.  In an email interview this weekend, Livingston talked with Alternative Control… Continue reading Interview with Mike Livingston of Ear One Productions and Bonded Through Hate

LSG on the CT Music Awards “Best Metal” Nominees

By Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez of Local Band Review Photos by LSG except where otherwise noted. I bet you think sleepy Connecticut doesn’t know jack about metal music.  But we do; and we’ve got it here, in abundance.  We’ve even got an awards show to crown the best of the best!  The 2nd annual Connecticut Music… Continue reading LSG on the CT Music Awards “Best Metal” Nominees

Working Together: The Drummers Weigh In

A reader posed an interesting question to Alternative Control last week: what should the role of successful, established bands be in guiding younger bands that are coming onto the scene?  And honestly, I didn’t know how to answer.  First, what makes a band “successful” or “established”?  Success for my own bands means that our friends… Continue reading Working Together: The Drummers Weigh In

Nomadic Frontman Soon to be ‘Dead by Wednesday’

  On one recently gorgeous day of spring attempting to break through the barracks of this crazy winter season, I found myself sitting down at a table outside of Delaney’s in New Haven. Sitting in the chair opposite mine was someone I know from my high school years, and it’s great to know that such… Continue reading Nomadic Frontman Soon to be ‘Dead by Wednesday’