2012: A Year in Review

2012 was a great year for Alternative Control.  Here are some of the highlights! We grew our readership A LOT — 33,000 pageviews this year, up from about 5,000 in 2011.  So thank YOU for visiting our site! The most popular article, however, was written in 2011: Nicole Monroe’s “A Naked Day at the Beach.” … Continue reading 2012: A Year in Review

Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View

  Twenty-seven years ago, a Kansas farm kid named Richard heard Van Halen’s new song “Hot for Teacher” and begged his parents to buy him a drum set.  Today you know that boy as Richard Christy, former drummer for Death, Iced Earth, and many more bands – and currently the drummer and primary composer for… Continue reading Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View