Daughtry just dropped a new EP called Shock to the System: Part Two, a sequel to last year’s Part One. A standout track on the new EP is The Bottom,” a tune that had been several years in the making. “We just kind of put it on the back burner,” Chris Daughtry admitted during a […]
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Del Water Gap isn’t so much a band as it is the unfiltered psyche of Samuel Holden Jaffe—equal parts confession, comedy, and catharsis. His music feels tailor-made for late-night subway rides or hazy after-parties, where the lines between laughter and longing blur. Since recording his first songs in a high school closet, Jaffe has built
By the time the first show happens, Shavo Odadjian will have been waiting months for this moment — stepping out in front of tens of thousands of roaring fans, bass slung low, as System of a Down barrels into a two-hour set that spans their entire, unpredictable career. “It’s a lot of music, bro. A
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By the time The Funeral Portrait’s “Suffocate City” hit No. 1 on the rock radio charts, frontman Lee Jennings was still half in disbelief. “None of us thought the song was actually going to get there,” he explains to SNSMix. “We figured we’d be stuck under Linkin Park for another six weeks.” Instead, on a
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It’s been ten years since the Finger Eleven last released new music, but frontman Scott Anderson is quick to point out they never truly stopped. Family life, changing priorities, and a deliberately slow, democratic writing process kept them from rushing. By the time Anderson starts talking with SNSMix about Finger Eleven’s upcoming album, it’s clear
Warped Tour returns to Southern California this weekend for the Long Beach edition of the 2025 fest. The event – which already enjoyed a successful stop in Washington D.C. earlier this summer – is being hailed by fans and musicians alike. Of course, Warped tour’s long history goes back decades. In the ‘90s and 2000s,
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Tyson Ritter never expected his band to make a comeback. But here we are in 2025 and All American Rejects are enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity, highlighted by the band’s upcoming album – their first in over 13 years. “Honestly, man, we are the worst,” Ritter admits during a conversation with SNSMix. “We have
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When Ozzy Osbourne takes the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5 for what’s been announced as his final live performance alongside Black Sabbath, it won’t just be a farewell to the Prince of Darkness—it’ll mark the end of an era that shaped generations of rock and metal. For Jacoby Shaddix, frontman of
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In a career spanning more than 30 years, Nick Hexum has seen a lot of things. Among them, a crowd of his fans mercilessly booing one of the biggest pop stars in the world: Justin Timberlake. The incident took place in 2002 when Hexum’s band, 311, was part of the Liquid Mix tour. The lineup
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In the annals of rock music lore, few summer institutions held more sway than Warped Tour. It was sweaty, chaotic, and gloriously DIY—a punk rock summer camp that launched countless careers. For Jacoby Shaddix and Papa Roach, it was everything. “That’s where we got our big break,” Shaddix tells SNSMix.com, the gravel in his voice
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