Best Cover and Issue In A While

[Drew Beringer]

Attached below is the cover for the June issue of Alternative Press (http://www.altpress.com) featuring Taking Back Sunday (http://www.takingbacksunday.com). This issue will also feature articles on Angels & Airwaves (http://www.angelsandairwaves.com), Thursday (http://www.thursday.net), and Less Than Jake (http://www.lessthanjake.com).

[golly_sandra]

I like it better than their previous one.

[Ibanezgsr200]

i might actually have to read this one for the first time in a few months.

and golly sandra is a sweet song.

[btbam > you]

sweet :)

[golly_sandra]

and golly sandra is a sweet song.
Ohhh it is indeed.

[yippee87]

as much I like TBS and yes they have a new cd coming out, I really feel that AP nees to put some bands on the cover that deserve one tbs has already had one. I want to see a different bands who have never gotten a cover, get one. for example a band like motion city.

[LPMagic]

Sweet <3

- Jeff

[TakingBackNolan]

as much I like TBS and yes they have a new cd coming out, I really feel that AP nees to put some bands on the cover that deserve one tbs has already had one. I want to see a different bands who have never gotten a cover, get one. for example a band like motion city.


I was just thinking that. It's like the same 12 bands have a cover once a year. I couldn't even imagine if The Format had their own cover. That would be amazing.

[Drew Beringer]

This is TBS third cover in 4 years.

[fluke182]

Not to mention the fact that AP is a publication based on selling magazines. Bands like FOB, TBS and MCR sell issues, and that is all that matters to them, which is what they should do. If they had an issue with the Format on it, they would not sell a ton of issues, not nearly as many as if they had one of the aforementioned bands on the cover. You have to look at them as a business, not as anything else.

[Rouse Diaz]

whens the mag come out

[Jason Tate]

Not to mention the fact that AP is a publication based on selling magazines. Bands like FOB, TBS and MCR sell issues, and that is all that matters to them, which is what they should do. If they had an issue with the Format on it, they would not sell a ton of issues, not nearly as many as if they had one of the aforementioned bands on the cover. You have to look at them as a business, not as anything else.
You could make that claim only if you had the numbers to back it up. Show me the # of subscribers (who are getting the magazine anyways) and the number of people buying off the rack. If you really have (and need) a huge number to buy it off the rack, then yes - that's probably true. But if you alienate your subscribers by giving them the same bands on the covers all the times .. you're not maximizing your profits either.

[TakingBackNolan]

Not to mention the fact that AP is a publication based on selling magazines. Bands like FOB, TBS and MCR sell issues, and that is all that matters to them, which is what they should do. If they had an issue with the Format on it, they would not sell a ton of issues, not nearly as many as if they had one of the aforementioned bands on the cover. You have to look at them as a business, not as anything else.


Oh I definitely understand where you are coming from. Personally, just sick of the same bands on the covers.

[Drew Beringer]

TBS deserves this cover anyway, they released a hell of an album. I wouldn't be surprised if the next 4 covers were Thursday, AFI, Underoath, and Brand New. If I get that right, I should get a prize.

[romantic rights]

and um, an article on pretty girls make grave... which i will like more than an ava or a tbs article.

[frommelyty]

ap magazine pretty much sucks, rather read filter.

[HiddenInNJ]

TBS deserves this cover anyway, they released a hell of an album. I wouldn't be surprised if the next 4 covers were Thursday, AFI, Underoath, and Brand New. If I get that right, I should get a prize.

agreed with the TBS album and i hope you're right with the following because then I would read them

[yutsmcgee]

You could make that claim only if you had the numbers to back it up. Show me the # of subscribers (who are getting the magazine anyways) and the number of people buying off the rack. If you really have (and need) a huge number to buy it off the rack, then yes - that's probably true. But if you alienate your subscribers by giving them the same bands on the covers all the times .. you're not maximizing your profits either.

They make about %350 more on rack sales though. so it's not inconceivable that his point is right. they would only have to sell around a third is much off the newstand as they do via subscribers.

[Spiffysthebest]

TBS deserves this cover anyway, they released a hell of an album. I wouldn't be surprised if the next 4 covers were Thursday, AFI, Underoath, and Brand New. If I get that right, I should get a prize.

Except if this is the June edition, usually July's cover is Warped Tour oriented. Underoath were on the cover not too long ago, but I'd like to see the other 3 on the next covers for sure. Even though, Thursday won't probably get more than a nod.

[TylerDurden911]

The whole point of the cover is to sell the issue. I would like to see different bands on the cover as much as the next guy, but if it gets people to check out different stuff (which I know AP is good at, at least for me), then it should be a-ok with everyone... Isn't there a totally cliché (and relevant) saying that goes "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover"?

[waggy]

You could make that claim only if you had the numbers to back it up. Show me the # of subscribers (who are getting the magazine anyways) and the number of people buying off the rack. If you really have (and need) a huge number to buy it off the rack, then yes - that's probably true. But if you alienate your subscribers by giving them the same bands on the covers all the times .. you're not maximizing your profits either.

covers are always designed to attract customers to the rack. subscribers have already paid for the magazine and will continue or discontinue to renew their subscriptions based on the inside content, not the cover. same principle applies to any publication. that's why wolverine is on the cover of practically every issue of x-men regardless of how large his role is to the actual story. hell, if anything you guys should be glad fall out boy hasn't been on the cover 5 times this year.

[Drew Beringer]

Except if this is the June edition, usually July's cover is Warped Tour oriented. Underoath were on the cover not too long ago, but I'd like to see the other 3 on the next covers for sure. Even though, Thursday won't probably get more than a nod.

I think this issue with TBS on it is their warped issue. I could see Thursday being the July cover, Brand New in August, and Underoath or Early November (which would be awesome, they deserve a cover) in September or October.

[meeotch]

so this is TBS's 2nd or 3rd cover? all i know for sure is in about 8 hours ill be purchasing louder now.

[burntheaction]

and um, an article on pretty girls make grave... which i will like more than an ava or a tbs article.
haha true dat.

ima be ordering this from interpunk i guess.

[ThatGirl]

being broke sucks. for more than one reason. damn the $3 gas prices. but yeah. if i scrape together the cash im buying this and that cd.

[jaboonta]

it would be awesome to see the early november get cover

[CLARIFY THIS]

Christ on a bike!, this magazine takes the worst fucking photos I have ever seen. I assume it's the make-up or the photography(I know sweet f' all about either) but they always look terrible

My local newsagent just started getting A.P a couple of months ago for no apparent reason, he only gets two in at a time and only sells the one to me.

[clandestinerdc]

Good issue overall. Thursday got a 5 out of 5 for their new album, and STD got a 4.

[sexualrobot]

I like that photo better than their previous one.

[Nate_RAWKS]

:O

i'm actually looking forward to this one...

[Shatter_Glass]

THANK GOD! the HH issue was TERRIBLE! Anti-Flag and Abs?! Whos gives a shite'!

[PatPPL]

sweet cover, sweet issue indeed

[RockVocalPower]

They haven't been on the cover in two years. They're releasing a new record. I think it's warranted.

[Paul Pelc]

Taking back sunday, Angels&Airwaves, Thursday, and Less Than Jake....... The combination of these 4 vocalists live equate to the sound of a pile of kittens being set ablaze.

[updownleftright]

the title says it all

[FASSWcore]

i've actually stopped reading alternative press for the past year or so... i need to get back into it, this issue could be promising

[like x sassy]

as much I like TBS and yes they have a new cd coming out, I really feel that AP nees to put some bands on the cover that deserve one tbs has already had one. I want to see a different bands who have never gotten a cover, get one. for example a band like motion city.


the only thing about that is motion city is not that good. I'd say a band more like Cute is what we aim for, Dave Melillo, but most of all. i think HelloGoodbye should have a cover.

[RockVocalPower]

the only thing about that is motion city is not that good. I'd say a band more like Cute is what we aim for, Dave Melillo, but most of all. i think HelloGoodbye should have a cover.

lolz on so many levels.

[fluke182]

You could make that claim only if you had the numbers to back it up. Show me the # of subscribers (who are getting the magazine anyways) and the number of people buying off the rack. If you really have (and need) a huge number to buy it off the rack, then yes - that's probably true. But if you alienate your subscribers by giving them the same bands on the covers all the times .. you're not maximizing your profits either.
I suppose that is true, but you also have to think of the demographic of people who likely subscribe to the magazine. I generally would say if you subscribe to a magazine, it's not because of the cover, it's because of the stories on the inside, the reviews, the articles, so on, so forth. For all intents and purposes, marketing wise, the cover is used to attract impulse buyers or general interest readers. As I was saying, these bands mentioned in my previous post, due to overall sales of music and general popularity or buzz, are the ideal artists to attract these general interest readers. That's all I was saying. If people stop subscribing because of what's on the cover and in the cover story, they are not that interested in the magazine anyways and probably are short time subscribers to begin with.

[fluke182]

covers are always designed to attract customers to the rack. subscribers have already paid for the magazine and will continue or discontinue to renew their subscriptions based on the inside content, not the cover. same principle applies to any publication. that's why wolverine is on the cover of practically every issue of x-men regardless of how large his role is to the actual story. hell, if anything you guys should be glad fall out boy hasn't been on the cover 5 times this year.
You made my point way earlier than I did. Thanks for saying what I didn't until now.

[xabadstarrx]

im confused. i thought Altpress subscirbers get a special cover for this june. thats why i made sure to renew my subscription.

[Keegan]

If any of you guys had bothered to read the AP history that they used to have in it you would know that they don't put random artists on the cover because they wont sell any off the rack, otherwise every month would be a random band. Also anyone else not getting their subscription to ap that got it from warped tour for $5? My brother hasn't gotten his for 3 months and I haven't gotten mine for 2 months now.

Alt press needs to get back to covering music not what the singer of Aiden does to make sure he doesn't break out in acne. I agree that the photography has also been shitty lately, the lacuna coil pictures looked like they were taken with a sidekick camera and I really don't want to see some guys brains or guts with hawthorne heights looking in on it.

I'm also very disapointed with AVA, sounds exactly like blink 182 not this revolutionary band that Tom has made it seem.

[screamoutmyname]

I kinda agree...

The cover is the best cover I've seen in a really long time... But I dunno about the content... It seems that they just slapped together a lot of short stories about the bands, rather than a main story. But I haven't actually read anything from it yet because it just arrived... So I may be wrong... anyways... That's my input.

=)

[underthetalking]

Early November should get a cover.

[underthetalking]

Actually nevermind. Hawthorne Heights and My Chemical Romance should all get covers twice in one year.

[Jason Tate]

They make about %350 more on rack sales though. so it's not inconceivable that his point is right. they would only have to sell around a third is much off the newstand as they do via subscribers.

Probably true. But if I am trying to keep my rep as a credible magazine to the consumer and my long term readers, I'd find a way to balance everything out.

covers are always designed to attract customers to the rack. subscribers have already paid for the magazine and will continue or discontinue to renew their subscriptions based on the inside content, not the cover. same principle applies to any publication. that's why wolverine is on the cover of practically every issue of x-men regardless of how large his role is to the actual story. hell, if anything you guys should be glad fall out boy hasn't been on the cover 5 times this year.

In the end, I couldn't care less. AP.net is mentioned in this TBS article though, so I am glad they're on the cover because it's great publicity for us!

[ishotthepilot]

whens the mag come out
i already got mine. last night. and yeah its has a 'summer preview' but its not like, THE warped tour issue.
its the June issue though, so it should come in May... beware a huge, disgustingly ugly page-sized photo of Aiden, i threw up in my mouth a little i think.

yeah it's a good issue, you guys will like the 'instant band' feature this month, heh.


if anyone from altpress is reading this..... STOP PHOTOSHOPPING PEOPLE'S EYES!!! agh

[chemical_kiss]

I doubt that Thursday will be on the cover at the moment. For some reason I got my AP quite early and they have a lengthy story on Thursday in there. I'm sure they wouldn't have done that if they planned on making them on the cover.

[the rog]

why does AP make the bands look like such assholes?

[zizou1790]

This is TBS third cover in 4 years.

haha fob has had like 3/4 in the past 2 years

[LPMagic]

haha fob has had like 3/4 in the past 2 years
Fall Out Boy has not had 4 covers ever. They've had 2 and Pete Wentz was on one of last year's Warped Tour covers, I think.

- Jeff

[XPrettyXWasteX]

I like it. I still like the Fight Clubish cover of them the most though.

[katietothemax]

as much I like TBS and yes they have a new cd coming out, I really feel that AP nees to put some bands on the cover that deserve one tbs has already had one. I want to see a different bands who have never gotten a cover, get one. for example a band like motion city.


justin is on the warped issue out this summer.

[GunsXgoBang]

I just got my issue, and the Article on tbs was really good.