My American Heart Blog and Journals

Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier tells us when he’s felt the most humbled, what he’s most grateful for, what he’d still most like to experience and if he’s ever wanted to quit.

The All-American Rejects’ Tyson Ritter tells us how it took a lot of effort to get ‘When The World Comes Down’ out of them, how he feels like a different person to the one he was two years ago, how their new backing singers are really rad and have great pitch and how it would be amazing to support Bon Jovi on a stadium tour in Europe.

You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi tells us how you can tell who is the real deal, how Matt Barnes drinks excessive amounts of alcohol, how there are always going to be people who don’t like you and how he’d most like to be in Jim Adkins’ shoes.

Stone Gods’ Richie Edwards talks about how ‘Silver Spoon And Broken Bones’ will always hold a special place in his heart, how British louts have messed up beautiful places, how you’re not more of a music fan in you’re technically minded and how ignorance is bliss.

My American Heart’s Larry Soliman discusses how he shouldn’t judge anyone, how ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay is one of the greatest songs ever written, how he wishes there was a camera in their van sometimes and how he gets picked on because he listens to music no-one else in the band listens to.

The Pink Spiders’ Matt Friction chats about how being a better guitarist means he can write better songs, how they get lumped into a genre that they don’t belong to, how the band feels like the unruly stepchild that’s out of control and how the band is in some ways being taken hostage.

Oh No Not Stereo’s Sky Nielsen and Mykul Lee talk about how they sold their soul for their band, how they feel like four peas in a pod with Airin Older and Jussi Karvinen on board, how addiction can be so powerful it’s almost impossible for inspiration to change your actions and how a near death experience gave Sky new appreciation for life.

Sherwood tell us how they won’t stop until the UK and Ireland are their servants and devoted diciples, how they want to show people that there’s more variety in music, how it’s off-putting when bands get political and how Nate is very visually talented.

Underride’s Rev talks about eating glass and drinking shots, how he’s a ‘fuck-tard from Cleveland’, how they play hair metal songs to raise money for animals and how he’s going to play music until he dies – or until he gets a chrome plated cod piece.

Heaps of concert reviews including Fall Out Boy/Boys Like Girls/You Me At Six, Kill Hannah, Hanoi Rocks, Disturbed/Shinedown, Go:Audio, Less Than Jake, Army Of Freshmen, Simple Plan, Funeral For A Friend, Attack Attack and Elliot Minor/Anberlin