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January 2017 • Volume 43 , Number 03 • www . illinoisentertainer . com
COVER STORY : AFI
Davey Havok would like to take a vacation . He really would . But at this point – as the AFI bandleader and latter-day Renaissance man grapples with one of the busiest schedules in show business – he very well might have forgotten how . Rest and recreation are for other rockers – not him .
Havok , 41 , is preparing to head out on tour with his group ( which includes longtime members Jade Puget on guitar , drummer Adam Carson , and bassist Hunter Burgan ), backing their new tenth effort , AFI ( The Blood Album ), which Puget also produced . It taps into Mission-and-Sisters-of- Mercy-vintage basslines and even heavier philosophical musings . IE ' s Tom Lanham finds out that AFI itself is never easy to pigeonhole .
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HELLO MY NAME IS ... CHRISSIE
Tom Lanham asked Pretenders bandleader Chrissie Hynde what does punk signify in 2017 ? It could summarize the scrappy old-school spirit coursing through Alone , the latest garage-greasy riff-fest from Hynde ’ s group , or it could still refer to its original nebulous concept . “ The whole idea of punk was , you just had to be yourself ." Hynde told IE . Read our Q & A .
BASH & POP
Tommy Stinson ( ex-The Replacements ) spent over 15 years of his life in Guns N ' Roses . He ' s credited with playing bass on most of Chinese Democracy , even co-writing " Street Of Dreams " with Rose and Dizzy Reed . The 2014 live release Appetite For Democracy , culled from the pre-reunion band ' s 2012 Las Vegas residency , features an amalgam of Appetite For Destruction and Chinese Democracy favorites , including a Stinson solo cut . Mike Meyer talked to Tommy about his Bash & Pop comeback .
ALTER BRIDGE
After a decade of playing in Creed , guitarist Mark Tremonti , bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips formed Alter Bridge in 2004 with ex-The Mayfield Four singer Myles Kennedy . The band has gone onto create five albums , with its latest being The Last Hero . Having just wrapped up a six-week run in Europe , Alter Bridge is set for its first North American headline tour starting in January . The band is stoked for the new tour and is especially excited about playing some of its brand new material . Kelley Simms talked to Miles about the band as they prepare for their show in Chicago .
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
Florida ' s legendary Tedeschi Trucks Band , led by married blues guitar greats Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi , return to the Chicago Theater for a 3-night run in January . IE ' s Ed Spinelli talked to Derek as he readied his all-star band for their 3 day stay on State Street .
File
Best of 2016 .
Media
Remembering those we lost in 2016 .
Sweet Home
Ronnie Baker Brooks is blues royalty .
Spins
The Rolling Stones , Motley Crue , Rush and more .
Calendar
Over 1100 shows and 2000 bands in January .
Caught In A Mosh
U . D . O . is back and saying so long to Accept .
Classifieds
You dumped your boyfriend ' s vocalist , now you ' re looking for another .
Studiophile
What ' s going on at Rax Trax , Soundcape and Uptown Recording studios .
Gear
How low can you go ?
Cinema Scopes
Will return in February .
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Publisher John Vernon
Contributing Editors Curt Baran Mike Meyer Tom Lanham Lori Vernon
Design Team Notion Pool Dragon Design Vision Design Teknigram Graphics
Classified Advertising David Gedge
Founder Kenneth L . Voss
Publisher Emeritis David Roberts
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Senior Columnists
Rosalind Cummings-Yeates
- Sweet Home Rick Kaempfer - Media
Kelley Simms - Caught In A Mosh
David C . Eldredge Bruce Pilato
- East Coast
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