Kerrang! Magazine 14/05/2008

Cancer Bats - The shape of punk to come!

In this week's Kerrang! magazine: Canadian punks Cancer Bats might not have two dollars to rub together, or a home to call their own, but with fans at their shows, a van to tour in and a five K-rated album under their belts, life couldn't get any better...

Plus: My Chemical Romance blasted by the right-wing British media as emo comes under fire, the return of Lamb Of God, Funeral For A Friend's Ryan Richards on his fave wrestlers of all time, Lit postpone UK tour, Mindless Self Indulgence rock Birmingham, Kids In Glass Houses' Aled Phillips tells us the songs that changed his life, Brigade on stepping out of Charlie Simpson's shadow, Introducing The Night Marchers and The Loved Ones, DevilDriver mainman Dez Fafara on jail, nu-metal, drugs and how music saved his life, drum and bass upstarts Pendulum on gate crashing their way into the rock world, Tom DeLonge answers YOUR questions, Ash's Tim Wheeler on the last person he snogged and Nine Inch Nails' new album gets the official K! verdict.

And: Give It A Name eight-page pull out special! All the action from this weekend's shows in Sheffield and London with 30 Seconds To Mars, Paramore, Alkaline Trio, Plain White T's, Chiodos, All Time Low, Finch, Glassjaw and more!


Posted by Dan at 08:42AM | May 14, 2008
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love/hate?

i hate it because it would pappear that there will be no posters but now ive just realised that last week it said at the back that there will be postersn i no coz i was excited coz it was a poster of a band i like n i was gonna put it on my wall.
so now i am confused.
hmmm...

Posted by Lizzie | May 13, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply to this
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love/hate?(please read this comment)

HATE!! this is what I've posted on the daily mail web-site hopefully it will be on there:I'm Amazed at the stupidity of some people, being a My Chemical Romance,Good Charlotte and Blink 182 fan myself I listen to their songs almost 24/7 but what parents don't understand is that songs of the newer age have deeper meanings then what they mention e.g Vampires will never hurt you(My Chemical Romance)is all about never let the girl you love (or someone else) being as dead as the society...Cemetery Drive(My Chemical Romance) is all about a close friend of Gerard Way's dying and grieving because of her death!So Idiotic parents you have nothing/no one to blame but your twisted children and anyway with the fan-base that My Chemical Romance have why aren't
kids killing themselves everyday!!? So just think before you even speak.

Posted by Hollie | May 15, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply to this
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why

why wouod an band be the cause of people killing them selfs ther are loades of other gd bands out ther like mcr and just coz she a fan doesnt mean its ther fult emo doesnt just mean self harming yr self it has a different meaning and i hjat how her being emo make people think that people hav to cut them self and i dnt see how mcr could cause that

Posted by alexandra | May 18, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply to this
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The problem isn't MCR OR emo... the problem is the media sensationalising it. The MEDIA glamourises death and tells kids that this is what they have to do to get attention. Emo is just their scapegoat so they don't have to own up to the fact it's their fault. What we need is the papers to realise and publish something TRUE about emo so kids don't just think they have to cut themselves and everything to fit in. They also need to stop going into detail about how to do it. If a kid's feeling depressed the worst thing you can do is give them ideas of how to kill themselves. MCR have done nothing but save lives and it's time the media realised that and left both MCR and emo alone.

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love/hate?

i hate it because it would
appear that there will be no posters but now ive just realised that last week it said at the back that there will be postersn i no coz i was excited coz it was a poster of a band i like n i was gonna put it on my wall.
so now i am confused.
hmmm...

Posted by Lizzie | May 13, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply to this
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mag

looks good to me

lets hope theres a GIAN poster special

hint hint

paramore :)

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GIAN SPECIAL

I HOPE THERE IS YM@6 POSTERS,
JOSH IS HAWT!

Posted by YM@6 FANSITE | May 13, 2008 3:03 PM | Reply to this
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GIAN SPECIAL

totally agree ;)

Posted by carrie | May 13, 2008 7:34 PM | Reply to this
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more a7x

I thiink you should put more Avenged Sevenfold in it; that's the only reason why i buy Kerrang! mag tbh; more posters of them too 'cause there's never enough! There's too much of other bands and that like there's been alot of my chem and tbh they're alright they just don't tickle my pickle like A7x do :) so more avenged pleeeease.

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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

grr i wish u cud delets comments its so annoying wen u click post n it dusnt do nything so u cliack it again n then u realise that it has posted but the page hasnt refreshed grrrr.
so more than i wish u cud delete comments, i wish the page wud refresh wen u poat them. grrr
im sorry everyone for doing two the same just now although they are actually different coz i deleted the p in appear before i posted it again coz i thort it didnt do it n i must have pressed enter too.
n sorry for this long annoying comment i just had to rant.

Posted by Lizzie | May 13, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply to this
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mcr and emo thing.

k
i'm a fan of mcr and everything. well im a fan of most bands like machine head but thats not the point. the point is why the fuck is this emo thing going on.....again.
It is getting a bit too old now. Is lfe really that boring that the papers have to re-write their articles to get people to read them or are they just bored as hell and decide "oh ok ermmm. I know lets have a go at emo again - that was fun" well it wasn't fun because aload of peole got picked on because of it, including myself. And i'm not even frikin emo! thing is all this sterotyping is getting abit childish. as long as your a good person who cares what you like.
and as for mcr - well lets just say thanks to them, i'm never tuching alcohol again =] ta boys xxx

Posted by Emma-Louise | May 13, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply to this
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mcr and emo thing.

omg i totally agree! they need to back off the whole emo thing. people say i'm emo and i probably am but i'm not suicidal and i won't ever be. i don't believe in stereotypes, everyone is individual and just because you like a certain music and certain clothing doesn't mean you have to fit the stereotype. people only go suidcidal if they are really really depressed and even then normally they would go for help. having all the fuss based around the stereotype, if anything, makes people more depressed as it creates bullying and barriers between people. i hate it, we are all equal.
mcr are amazing and i have great respect for them all. all of them have been through so much shit and still carry on with life. if that doesnt send out a good message of hope then i dont know what does.
i have really stong veiws on this and have done for a while but reading the article has made me want to make my veiws public. thanks for the motivation kerrang!
meg xxx

Posted by Meg | May 14, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply to this
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mcr and emo thing.

i totally agree because just because someone is emo doesnt mean they are different. cuz, i'm emoish and i get picked on but what i say is like duzzent matter becuz we are all the same. so back off press! you think you are all smartys but you aint.

rest in peace hannah (i fink thats her name).

Posted by lola | May 15, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply to this
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mcr and emo thing.

I agree ! i get called emo alot 2 ! It really pathetic that people tag each other so much ! Everyones different , its sad that people are so stereotypical !

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mcr and emo thing.

Same! omg ppl r always sayin im emo an u no wat, i dont care anymore cos if thr soooo sad all they can do is lable ppl then i pitty them!

Posted by ME! | May 17, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply to this
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Kids In Glass Houses on the cover?

Can't you put KIGH on the cover soon? Just because they're not superbig it doesn't mean that they doesn't deserve it, and they are releasing their DEBUT ALBUM in the end of may. We want KIGH on the cover!

But thanks for the stuff in this mag, it's great! But KIGH on the cover thanks!

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doesnt sound particularly exciting tbh...
but yay tom de longe!

also will look forward to reading GIAN gossip and stuff :D
audizzle.

i know that mcr/emo/press thing is gonna annoy me quite a bit.

Posted by meee | May 13, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply to this
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=DD

I would buy anything with MCR in it so its awesome in my opinion!

Can't wait til it actually gets to Aus in like 2 months lmao ><

xxo

Posted by Jezka | May 13, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply to this
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ooh also

yes i agree with katie, more a7x!!

you know it's coming... they'll do press for the maiden tour in july :)
wooooo
love them <3

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I agree aswell! more avenged sevenfold!

also, how about some more slipknot, kse and atreyu x

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Well in my opinion there should be more Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, AOAA, Atreyu, BULLET!!, Evanscence...etc...
We need more of it
You Me At Six, KIGH etc....are crap
Bring back the METAL!

Posted by Stacey :D | May 13, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply to this
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BRIGADE IN K!

Yeah, I'll be buying this issue because Brigade are in it. But if you do interview them again which I hope you will do all of us a favour (the fans and the guys) and DONT mention Charlie Simpson. Just because they are brothers dosen't mean Will has to hear about Charlie everytime he is interviewed! Thanks.

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i LOVE it so far.
paramore posters wouldn't go a miss.
and if next week you could assure us that it's gunna be a metal issue with bullet, atreyu, a7x etcetc., 'cause that's obviously what we all want, then everything's great innittt (:
xxx

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hmm wtf?

Kerrang started off for metal and stuff like iron maiden and metalica and machine head... why do you put all this 'vanity-rock'... in front of legendary bands like children of bodom?
or is are the vain " R o c k e r s " just to pull in little 13-15 year old girls?

Vanity Rock like um@6 and Fob are crap... why do they deserve pride over bands like Darkest Hour.... or Refused? bet not many people heard of them... they're better than all that poser shit...

stop this fucking stereo typing too... Emo isnt even a word, its just short for discrimination if you think about it...

Posted by just... someone | May 13, 2008 4:19 PM | Reply to this
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MCR

I love My Chem !!!
Not been a poster of them in a while
Get another giant one :)
<3

Posted by Me | May 13, 2008 4:23 PM | Reply to this
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MCR

noo theres no room left on my wall 4 giant 1s..... lol
but if u r doin a giant mcr can it b ray toro? cause he wasnt in tht last 1 with maikey and gerard and I KNOW he was standin right beside them

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