StrungOut

Grade and Somehow Hollow guitarist Kent Abbott died Jan. 7 although there's no word as to the cause of death. He was 32. Abbott joined the band in the early 2000s and told publication The Appalachian he was thrilled to have the opportunity...

Create Avoid; say it out loud and fast a few times and you'll 'get' the puns implicit in the name- are making music in the vein of classic, DIY hardcore with their debut release, 'Heart Remains.' While that ethic has certainly waned in the hardcore scene in recent years, Create Avoid keep the flame burning and pass the genre's torch to a new breed and generation of kids in the crowds and on the s

Fans of melodic hardcore and punk are in for a world of hurt on September 29th when Strung Out releases their new album, 'Agents of the Underground.' The California veterans are celebrating their 20th year of operation, but the record shows no signs of the band slowing down...

Strung Out are celebrating their 20th year together, but they still have more fans in the punk and hardcore world than they do in the metal community. That doesn't mean their high-energy hybrid of both genres doesn't deserve the Noisecreep seal of approval...

Death by Stereo nabbed their name from the classic 1987 Corey Haim/Corey Feldman vampire flick Lost Boys. Although it was Haim who spoke the phrase 'death by stereo' after a vampire is shot with a crossbow and falls into a stereo – only to be electrocuted – it was Feldman who had a bit of a run in with an intoxicated Death by Stereo vocalist Efrem Schulz a while back. "You know t...