For about 15 years, this rag tag band of Venusians-by-way-of-North-Carolina have been laying waste to stages worldwide with their high octane brand of punk n roll, which comes off like the MC5 jamming with Thin Lizzy. In fact, lead singer Valient Himself has been named as one of the top modern metal frontmen in another… Continue reading Show Preview: VALIENT THORR, 7/10/16 at Cafe Nine in New Haven
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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
A Very Belated Concert Review
A couple weeks ago, I kind of lost my shit at work and decided it was time for an escape. Having wrangled one free ticket to the opening night of Corrosion of Conformity‘s spring tour, I headed to the Gramercy by myself to see them play alongside Torche, Valient Thorr, and A Storm of Light.… Continue reading A Very Belated Concert Review
Valient Thorr: On Earth to Help
In a world where rock music has devolved into coiffed dudes with tribal armbands crying about their girlfriends, Valient Thorr is a blast of Thin-Lizzy-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Motorhead kick-ass telling those dudes to wake the hell up. Since their Venusian spacecraft crashed in North Carolina in the early 2000s, they’ve been bringing true rock n roll to… Continue reading Valient Thorr: On Earth to Help