Issue 72 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:

The following interviews:

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale tells us how she was an extremely shy child, how brother Arejay had a rotating upside down drum kit when he was 15/16 (manually cranked usually by their mother), how she admires Lady Gaga and strives to get to the point where she can stand on her own and make her own decisions similarly, and how after falling in love she wanted more songs on the guy’s side on ‘The Strange Case Of…’.

All Time Low’s Jack Barakat tells us how All Time Low are a well oiled machine, how they didn’t know what they were doing with ‘So Wrong, It’s Right’, how he’s spent the last couple of years trying to be a better person and how bands that nurture their fanbase last longer.

Shinedown’s Brent Smith tells Black Velvet how the band consider themselves to be visionaries in a lot of ways, how his dad put boxing gloves on him at the age of ten and taught him how to fight in case he was bullied, how he wants his son to be a respectful, strong gentleman that thinks for himself, and how he won’t let the well run dry for himself or Shinedown.

Sixx:A.M.’s James Michael tells us how he and Nikki Sixx feel tortured, how he thinks the people Nikki photographed for his book have more strength than he’ll ever have, how the 3 day fast he did for Darfur in 2009 was amazing and how the reaction from Sixx:A.M. fans is worth going through the pain it takes to write a record for.

Seether’s Shaun Morgan tells us how he’s learned that ice is a valuable commodity in the UK, how he can feel self-conscious on stage, how the UK and Europe are more open-minded to remixes than in the States, and how he’d like the band to do a three-disc album where each member did their own album.

InMe’s Dave McPherson tells Black Velvet how he took six months to develop the Pledge Music list for ‘The Pride’, how handwriting lyrics sheets for fans is like being back at school again, how it’s frustrating when people think the band hasn’t changed since ‘Overgrown Eden’ and how he’s proud of the band for sticking with what they believe in.

Boyce Avenue’s Fabian Manzano tells us how Alejandro is the pioneer and leader when it comes to the band’s YouTube covers, how Adele has brought a lot of emotion and sensibility to the pop scene, how Fabian is a little self-deprecating and hard on himself when it comes to music and how Paramore almost felt like a brother or sister band to them.

LostAlone tell us why it’s important to check your trash folder in your inbox (Hello My Chem support slot!), how Steven has ‘self-dream plagiarism’, how hell for Mark would be doing a swimwear shoot and how a band is ultimately on stage to entertain people.

Sulpher’s Rob Holliday tells us how the end pay off has made all the effort and hard work worth it, how he has the scars to prove the Prodigy are one of the best and most energetic live bands on the planet, how he started hyperventilating when Marilyn Manson shaved his (Rob’s) eyebrows off and how the scariest thing about himself is the mess his hair looks in the morning.
 
A Day Overdue tell us how they once thought the crowd was cheering them at Wetherspoons when it was Andy Murray at Wimbledon in the background, how being in a band teaches you the value of true friends, how writing ‘Scarecrows’ through instant messenger gave it a special place in their hearts and how dream days are also called tours.

Matthew Koma tells us he thinks it’s interesting to see how much you can stretch the confines of a pop song, how Elvis Costello plays with your head, lyrically and melodically, how he thinks he’s made a record more representative of him than anything before, and how there are people in every audience that can dig his music.

Concert reviews including All Time Low, Steel Panther, Shinedown/Halestorm, Theory Of A Deadman, Kill Hannah, Zico Chain, Octane Ok and StakeOut.

Tons of album, single and EP reviews such as Brigade, Crash Street Kids, Oh No Not Stereo, Mayday Parade, The All-American Rejects, Lostprophets, Summerlin, Dear Superstar, InMe, Shinedown, Halestorm, Twelve Clay Feet, D*A*D, 7 Day Weekend, Zico Chain, and This Is Freedom.

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' - the section where someone in the music industry tells us what they do and why they do it. This issue we feature Tom Bingham, Luthier.

Paul Frost of Zico Chain writes a tour diary in this issue's 'A (Musical) Note From...' column.

All the usuals such as Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Daedalus' Right Eye, The Detours and Soulicit) & DVD reviews.

Advertisers this issue are: Oh No Not Stereo, Estrella, Dirtswitch, Sunset Riot, Skarlett Riot & Dirt Box Disco.

Take a virtual flick through the pages of issue 72 of Black Velvet below...

 

 

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Above: All Time Low's Jack Barakat with Black Velvet 71 & 68

Above: Shinedown's Brent Smith with Black Velvet 71

Above: Seether's Shaun Morgan with Black Velvet 71 and 60

Above: Matthew Koma with Black Velvet 71

 

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