CANCELLED!!!
Due to family circumstances Dashboard Confessional has cancelled their tour with New Found Glory, Never Shout Never and Meg and Dia.
Our student press conferences with the above bands has been cancelled!
Still on:
November 18th with AFI at the Pompano Beach Civic Center at 4PM.
December 6th All American Rejects and Taking Back Sunday at The Fillmore Miami Beach 4pm.
email us info@therockstarstories.com for your invitation to both of these.
THANKS AND SEE YOU THERE on the 18th!
Zac interviewed Jason Castro (Atlantic Records-American Idol Season-7) today before his performance at the Sawgrass Mills Mall. More details and video are coming!
Photo credit: Sharona Feder
The book “Off the Bus and On the Record” includes “22 Candid Rock Interviews by the Teen Journalists of the Rock Star”. One of those interviews being with Rooney.
“The reader will be exposed to a very personal side of each artists and gain insight to what really goes on backstage of a concert; it is an opportunity to see artists in a new light,” said Zac.
Brittany noted that the interviews could not be compared to interviews that appear on MTV. According to Brittany, the musicians were more personable around “low-key teenagers” like the Rich siblings. She added that many of the interviews occurred “while the musicians were still living out of vans, before they were media trained.”
“The book includes old interviews from bands before they became huge such as Fallout Boy, Maroon 5, and My Chemical Romance,” said Zac.
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Popdose mentions that even though “most musicians are still crass, dull, selfabsorbed, and none too bright” Rooney comes of as “bright and funny, without being puerile”.
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It’s been nearly a decade since four Florida teenagers started interviewing musicians who came through town for their TV show, The Rock Star Stories. The budding Lester Bangs compiled 22 of their favorite interviews for Off The Bus And On The Record–featuring candid interviews with the likes of members of My Chemical Romance, the Academy Is…, Cobra Starship and, well, 19 more bands.
Check out their video intro below and an exclusive excerpt from the book, out in June on Zest Bookshere.
Off The Bus And On The Record (Altpress.com exclusive) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.
Zac interviewed Erin McCarley whose song is played in the new movie He’sjust not that into you, coming out in early February. They played at The Culture Room ion Fort Lauderdale on January17th.
Here’s Alison interviewing Brett Dennen who has toured with Dave Matthews and is signed to his ATO label.