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Here Are Six Bands You Shouldn’t Miss At Today’s Mixtape Festival

East Coast Collective, famously known on Long Island for putting on massive amounts of great shows ranging from punk (Glassjaw recently played a surprise set during a Soda Bomb show) to hardcore (Bane played Spring Mixtape Fest) to hip-hop (Ja Rule headlined a show last summer), is also home to a beloved two-day festival: Today’s […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Andrew W.K. Continues To Spread Party Philosophy

For Andrew W.K., partying isn’t just a weekend pastime. It isn’t the thing he looks forward to during the day or the thing he regrets doing the next morning. For Andrew W.K., partying is life — and life is partying. The two go hand-in-hand, but also, for Andrew, partying means more than getting together with […]

Dream Riders: The Tour Desires of Your Favorite Artists (UTG Exclusive)

Wikipedia defines a rider as: a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance. Whether an act’s tour rider is ridiculously egocentric and/or overly materialistic, just plain outlandish in a fun way, a rock ‘n’ roll legend, or far more modest and unshowy than you might expect, nearly every touring […]

UTG TV: Marky Ramone And Andrew WK Talk Blitzkrieg On NYC Sidewalk

Under The Gun TV has been really fortunate lately, getting the chance to sit down with a lot of prominent artists and entertainers. We are especially proud to bring you this interview with Marky Ramone and Andrew WK. We sat down on a New York City sidewalk to discuss the guys’ project, Blitzkrieg, where Andrew […]

Raneri, Misfits and W.K. To Perform At Tattoo Convention This Weekend

If you live in New York and you’re into tattoos and rock music, you should check out the Westchester Tattoo Convention this weekend. It is being held at the Westchester County Center on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The inaugural event will feature over 300 tattoo artists. In addition to ink, you will also be able […]

UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is Your Middle School Dream Come True

Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary.  Riot Fest Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]

Andrew W.K. Announces Party Messiah Tour

Party Rock God Andrew WK has announced a aptly titled solo tour that is sure to help kickoff the fall concert season with a bang. Breaking via press release this morning, Andrew WK will embark on the Party Messiah Tour tour beginning this September. The tour kicks of in Portland, Oregon before wrapping from the […]

Riot Fest Chicago Updates Lineup And Adds Huge Bands

Riot Fest added huge names onto their Chicago dates that include the likes of Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew W.K. and many more. The rest can be found below, along with the names of groups that had to regrettably cancel due to unforeseen circumstances. The Chicago portion of Riot Fest will […]

Andrew W.K. Will Attempt To Break Drumming World Record

Andrew WK is going to attempt to break the drumming world record at this year’s O Music Awards. The party monster is going to be drumming in the Times Square Oakley store on June 19 for an entire 24-hours. This will be a part of the largest online and mobile-only music event in the world, […]

Skate And Surf Announce 2013 Lineup, Headliners Include Glassjaw, A Day To Remember, Macklemore, And RX Bandits

I have to go to Skate And Surf this year. While several other bands hinted at their inclusion at the festival and a few had confirmed, an e-mail sent out to subscribers early this morning dropped a lot of big names. I wanted to go for Saves The Day and Glassjaw, but now you throw […]

Every Time I Die

25 Days Of Metal 2012: #22 Every Time I Die – Ex Lives

Rather than counting down the days until we can celebrate Christmas, this year we’re bringing your a series of metal posts will be celebrating the countdown until we don’t have to be inundated with Christmas music and decorations everywhere. To coincide with this countdown We’ll be posting our top 25 metal (and metal-ish) albums of […]

HOLY SH!T: Andrew W.K Named Cultural Ambassador to Middle East By US Department of State

Just when you thought Andrew W.K. couldn’t get any more cool or awesome, he gets named a cultural ambassador by the United States government. Yes, you read that correctly. According to his website, Andrew in the coming months will be traveling over to the Middle Eastern country of Bahrain to share his music with and talk to […]