Kerrang! Magazine 18/04/12

Oli sykes a rockstar? Awh kerrang you so funny.

I think it's funnier that Andy Ballsack is on the cover. What is up with the music industry nowadays. Metal has gone pop, I swear.

'The Ultimate Guide To Being A Rockstar' fuck off! Hard work n' dedication.. there isn't a written manual! The ideas are slowing running out! Whats next 'How to get your favourite hairstyles?' ^ ^

Also this is probably the oddest magazine cover in existence. Oli,Andy,Slash,Gene & Chino? WTF.. XD Thanks for the laughs KERRANG!

'The Ultimate Guide To Being A Rockstar' fuck off! Hard work n' dedication.. there isn't a written manual! The ideas are slowing running out! Whats next 'How to get your favourite hairstyles?' ^ ^

Also this is probably the oddest magazine cover in existence. Oli,Andy,Slash,Gene & Chino? WTF.. XD Thanks for the laughs KERRANG!

"The Darkness reveal some secret metal gossip about their tour buddy Lady Gaga!" ... please tell me ur fucking joking??

The Darkness know fuck all about rock, let alone metal!!

Andy Ballsack is an ultimate rockstar? LMAO, the only 2 who deserve to be there are slash and Gene

Dont get me wrong i love you me at six but WTH are they doing in kerrang! its a rock mag and i wouldent class YM@6 as a rock band.

Is there a link for the mcr comp anywhere??

They should do a whole issue on Falling In Reverse! Or just Ronnie Radke! Do you understand how much money you guys would make?!

For all you Andy haters, it's Biersack, not Ballsack. I can't believe you're still soc hildish to twist round a surname into something stupid. Secondly, how is it pop? The genre is under heavy metal and glam rock. If you think it's pop, why don't you take a look at You Me At Six and 30 Seconds To Mars?

An interview with Lzzy Fuckin Hale!
Fuck Yeah! :D

Looking forward to this Issue ^^

Kerrang! You spelt Biersack wrong!

@Joe, what about Chino? Ignoramus!

@xTaliaSixBVBx, I agree wench, they aren't a pop band, they're a rock band. 30 Seconds to Mars aren't pop though dear, they too are a rock band, You Me At Six on the other hand are bland pop garbage.

Just a small correction.

@The Messiah, I thought Kerrang! blocked you. I haven't heard from you in a while. I would argue to you calling me a wench but I'm too tired to fight. I get that 30 Seconds To Mars aren't a pop band and neither are You Me At Six, I was just making the statement that BVB are more 'rock' than those other two. If they were pop, they wouldn't be in K! in the first place.

@xTaliaSixBVBx, Kerrang! absolutely adore me, they worship me, they would never permanently block me.

Wench.

@The Messiah, cool story bro.

@xTaliaSixBVBx, be original bro.

@The messiah, that doesn't even make sense.

@xTaliaSixBVBx, yes, accept defeat.

Away now and watch your stories, wench.

Okay, oh wow, I'm defeated. Happy now? Although I fail to see how not understanding you means defeat. Still, you seem happy and therefore I will leave you on good terms because I am a reasonable person. Goodbye.

@xTaliaSixBVBx, don't patronize me, you tart.

I hope you sprain your ankle today.

@The Messiah, have a nice day.

@xTaliaSixBVBx, reported for abuse.

@The Messiah, thank you.

Trivium make it into an issue for once! faith in humanity restored

My ultimate guide to be a rockstar. Just get a massive ego, to the point where you are a complete twat. Wear a lot of make up and wear black and all the fan girls will lap it up. Talk about being depressed and overcoming bullies. Once again this will bring in all the teens who claim to be depressed and suicidal. Basically just appeal to really thick people by calling the fan club army and people will think WOW so cool.
Don't worry about the music. We certainly didn't. Just focus on the image and that will draw in the fan girls. Remember image over music. Rockstar the BVB way.

I legitly wanted to read this, and then...

I found out K! subscriptions are in British Pounds. I live in the US of A.

-.-

It's not gene it's alice cooper LOL

GOSH! Black Veil Brides, Escape The Fate Ronnie Radke and Asking Alexandria in the same issue!!!!! <3

@Andy Biersack, evidently, you aren't who you claim to be, so I have no problem with setting you straight. Firstly, it's not all about the image. I loved BVB's music before I even saw any of their music videos. I fell in love with their sound without seeing what they looked like. Secondly, Andy doesn't have a huge ego. He appreciates his fans and he even says himself he is lucky to be in the position he is. Any true fan would know that he doesn't have a big ego. He doesn't even come close to havinga big ego. Thirdly, how can you talk crap about people who want to commit suicide?! It's people making comments like that that drive some people over the edge. Suicide is a subject not to be taken lightly and you shouldn't talk slack about it! Finally, it's not just girls who are fans. Most of my friends who are girls, hate BVB, and actually, majority of my guy friends love their music. And for the record, none of my guy friends are gay either. So stop talking so much shit about BVB. I'm sick of all the haters spending their time writing useless trash that does nothing but offend and upset people! Get a freaking life!

XTaliaSixBvbx also makes some good points. Recruit the fans who will believe any old bullshit. Also find the fans who claim to be fans for years before seeing our image (always the most important thing kids, the image). If only these claims were true we would already have headlined Wembley. These people help to feed my ego.

Feels good being the role model for the teen girls and thick people.

@Andy Biersack, Dude you are awesome. Definately a role model to me, as your music has gotten me through hard times. Thank you so much!

P.S. Tell everyone Shana (me, cool nickname eh?) said Hi!

@Andy Biersack, Dude you are awesome. Definately a role model to me, as your music has gotten me through hard times. Thank you so much!

P.S. Tell everyone Shana (me, cool nickname eh?) said Hi!

@Will

Thats Gene!

The idea of a magazine all about Falling In Reverse is an amazing one! I would buy 20 of them in a heart beat. They are a real band in the shadows of hundreds of other fake bands. Let the real bands shine please...

The idea of a magazine all about Falling In Reverse is an amazing one! I would buy 20 of them in a heart beat. They are a real band in the shadows of hundreds of other fake bands. Let the real bands shine please...

The idea of a magazine all about Falling In Reverse is an amazing one! I would buy 20 of them in a heart beat. They are a real band in the shadows of hundreds of other fake bands. Let the real bands shine please...

le chicky blood reason

buy that
and now u want it
?????

@Andy Biersack, actually, I have been a fan for years. My friend was playing their Sex & Hollywood EP when I first heard of them and that was way before they even released a video. Second, they haven't headlined Wembley because majority of the population don't like heavy metal, and out of the ones that do, only half of them like BVB. So, get your facts straight before you start critiscising people.

@MusicLover42 You do realize that that dude who claims to be 'Andy Biersack' actually isn't him, don't you?

Look, if teenage girls want to like stupid, vapid, pop garbage with "rock" lazily slapped on to fool the weak minded, let them. Those of us who know this stuff is shit are in the minority, we are the intellectual superiors & we should hold our heads highly above the 14 year old screaming masses, get on with our lives and enjoy real metal bands who make music to express themselves. The Messiah is a godsend on this website, I do not have time to troll little girls and their boybands and it is below me so I'll let him get on with it. I'd just like to say that what's the point in trolling because nothing you do will ever make these neanderthals wake up and see their beloved you me at six, all time low, BVB, BMTH & all the rest of them are commercial bands aimed solely at teenage girls' wallets and the cash inside, they do not give two shits about their fans which is evident from their music and image.

can all of you just shut the hell up? does it matter what is rock or what isnt rock? I love You Me At Six, they are 'pop-rock'. Have you even heard their first album? its full of punk rock and amazing songs. Let Kerrang! run their magazine and stop being grumpy all the fucking time and get over it. simples.

can all of you just shut the hell up? does it matter what is rock or what isnt rock? I love You Me At Six, they are 'pop-rock'. Have you even heard their first album? its full of punk rock and amazing songs. Let Kerrang! run their magazine and stop being grumpy all the fucking time and get over it. simples.

and for the comment above me, get a fucking life. Everyone has different views on music.

The Resounding Truth In The Midst Of Swine, let me make my earlier point clear: I am one of the few girls out of my friends who like BVB, but most of my friends who are fans of BVB are guys, and none of them are gay either. Secondly, who says I'm even 14? For the record I'm 16 and I will continue to be a fan of BVB up until I'm dead. BVB are not a "commercial band aimed solely at teenage girls' wallets and their cash inside". Actually, they don't care about the goddamn money. They do care about the fans. If they didn't then why are they always saying that they do. Most of what BVB say are messages to their fans telling them to stand up for what's right and to never be afraid to make a stand. And yeah, I'm not afraid to lose my shit over this because BVB were the ones who helped me out of the dark hole called depression when I was 13. And before you say "it wasn't depression", tell that to my phsychiatrist. And how can you say it isn't rock? iTunes classes BVB as 'glam rock' and 'heavy metal'. I don't remember the makers of iTunes being teenage girls. And what do you even care if we like BVB? It's hardly affecting you is it? You can't talk about people trolling bands because this is exactly what you're doing now, so stop being such a hypocrite. Who cares about the image? I didn't like when Andy cut his hair because I didn't think it suited him, but have I stopped listening to BVB? No, I haven't. So I honestly couldn't give a flying damn whether they shaved off their hair and started wearing bright pink, as long as they continued to write good music. Now, why don't you, and the rest of your stupid little troll army go fuck off and go bother someone who is actually your age.

Talia is right I do care about my fans (not nearly as much as my image and my hair). I realise that they are a bit simple and need all the support they can to properly function in society. There is nothing wrong with making middle of the road music that is only aimed for teen girls who all claim to have had depression (another example in the comment above). I have no problem standing up to the haters because they will always stand behind me as being the reason they are not depressed and they have listened to my band for YEARS. Forget about my music, what was I thinking when I cut my hair. That is right BVB army, feed my ego.

@Andy Biersack fuck you dude. depression is a real fuckin' thing and little fucks like you who sit on their computers all day and rant on how their musical tastes are superior to everyone elses just need to leave. you think you're clever by restating what someone said in a negative connotation, but you're not. why don't you go start a band and work for years on trying to be heard and then finally get heard and just come to find comments like yours on these websites. the bands dont give a fuck about the bad things you have to say about them because they have fans that love and appreciate who they are and thats all they need...
btw, go fuck a goat you prick.

MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
MORE NIRVANA MORE NIRVANA
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw, they were much better then my chemical romance ( which is like in every single magazine!!!) THEY DESERVE TO BE IN THIS MAGAZINE MORE OFTEN!

@The Resounding Truth, you kind sir, are a ball goblin.

I'm not a troll, I simply say what needs to be said, usually for a cheap laugh. I very rarely mean a word I say. I'm a cunt, there's a big difference, stooge.

@Jess, there is absolutely nothing "punk" about that garbage, never has been, never will be.

Leave.

The Messiah, "I simply say what needs to be said, usually for a cheap laugh. I very rarely mean a word I say."

Though I thoroughly enjoy your work, that is being a troll.

@Lieutenant Dan, http://tinyurl.com/cpkvl49

The Messiah, that... doesn't make sense!

@The Messiah @Lieutenant Dan, you're both so horrible, I'm so depressed now, I'm going to cut my wrists extra hard tonight!

:'(

@Andy Biersack
Dude.
You are a complete arsehole.
That will be all.

@zakk2395

Of course depression is a real thing and it is not depression that is slated by the haters. It is in fact all of the BVB army, who are all 13 or 14 year olds who claim to have suffered depression. Depression of these comments page has been completely galmourised. Most of the people on these forums won't know what real depression is. The BVB army will have had a fight with parents or friends and will be like "oh the world is against me, I am so depressed".

Watch as the comments coming flooding in about suffering depression and BVB saved them. Grow up and get some daylight.

@ The Messiah
Welcome back, these pages have missed you recently.

Excuse the spelling error
*glamourised

Every 13 year old these days suffers from depression! It's in the 'in thing' don't you know.

Kiddies need to wake up and quit saying 'oh I'm sooo depressed, I wear black and like youmeatshit and noone understands me' and get a fucking life. If you genuinely suffering from severe depression, shitty pop bands won't save you, however a registered phychiatrist might (with some added happy pills)! Attention seeking isn't the answer kids!

I'd wager only 2% of the people who claim to be depressed these days actually are, they only claim to be so that they can write on their blogs that BVB "saved them" & go down the skate park with all their friends in their skinny jeans and drop dead shirts, it makes me fucking sick, you know NOTHING about being a rock fan or depression.

You should have grown up in the early ninties like I did, where I'd sit in school listening to deftones on my walkman & I'd get beaten up simply for that, being called a gaylord because I wore iron maiden t-shirts, having chewing gum thrown in my hair simply because it was long.

I repeat again, these stupid 14 year old girls who glamourize depression have NO FUCKING CLUE what standing up for your music tastes is like when everyone else hates you, rock/metal is the morn these days, go back ten or so years and it wasn't.

Please, for the love of God, could everyone please stop arguing! All of a sudden, the K! message board has become a battle ground. Just because someone like Black Veil Brides, or BMTH doesn't mean that they're bad people. You guys judge eachother too much - you don't even know eachother! I thought you guys were better than this... So, please... For the sake of Ronnie James Dio... Stop the fighting.

A MCR/BVB/A7X fan

@Love Boat, it's good to be back! Fellow truth-spreader, and musical genius.

I decided to descend to Scotland not that long ago, and became addicted to the television show 'Still Game'.

For the last time, I'm 16. Not "13 or 14", and I am not glamorising depression at all. I hated it. In fact, I know some girls who aren't depressed at all and they slash their wrist because they think it's cool. I think they're idiots. I had depression without having to self harm, and it wasn't from a fall-out with my parents. My dad raped my mom if you must know. And I'm not making it up. It happened whan I was six and I never had couselling for it so I never flly recovered which is why I started with depression in the first place. Since then, I'v ehad counselling and that helped, but BVB contributed towards setting me on the right path, that is all. I'm sick of idiots thinking I'm and attention seeking brat because I'm not. In all honesty, the ones that do, I think they're idiots.

For the last time, I'm 16. Not "13 or 14", and I am not glamorising depression at all. I hated it. In fact, I know some girls who aren't depressed at all and they slash their wrist because they think it's cool. I think they're idiots. I had depression without having to self harm, and it wasn't from a fall-out with my parents. My dad raped my mom if you must know. And I'm not making it up. It happened whan I was six and I never had couselling for it so I never flly recovered which is why I started with depression in the first place. Since then, I'v ehad counselling and that helped, but BVB contributed towards setting me on the right path, that is all. I'm sick of idiots thinking I'm and attention seeking brat because I'm not. In all honesty, the ones that do, I think they're idiots.

The great Skrillex debate.....
So i read a small article about this and one comment in particular concerning the hate for skrillex and that he should not be allowed in kerrang! The first line includes "this is a ROCK mag, not some shitty dance for chavs"! It's nice to see that idiots like you still label people as "chavs" and "Grebs" etc just because of the music they choose to listen to. Kerrang has always been known for "Alternative" music....not just Rock. you need to get a grip people and allow for new music to be appreciated, and to be honest if you don't like it, just read on yeah?! There's more than 1 page in the Mag, and in my opinion Skrillex has made some of the best dubstep i've heard to date. Pull your head out your arse and experiment with new sounds please! It's a shame i cant embed the shit out of this comment with dirty Skrillex beats just to piss off all you narrow minded loosers, seriously how can you not like music that sounds like optimus primes workout music????? that is all :)

Bringmethebearonce!! Well said. I loved the "Optimus Prime's workout music" part. That made my day xD

@Emma It's Biersack, not Ballsack. The music industry is better nowadays. Third, how is Black Veil Brides pop? Explain that logic to me...

WOW. First off, you spelled BIERSACK wrong. Second, don't hate. It's not cool, you REALLY shouldn't. It's annoying. & besides, how on EARTH is Black Veil Brides POP? In no way at all does it sound like that radio music. Therefore, your argument is invalid. 'Nuff Said.

=.=

you fucking asshole. Its andy b-i-e-r-s-a-c-k, and your not slightly funny calling him Andy ballsack. Your mums a ballsack. Don't be jelouse because youll never, ever in your sad fucking life be as successfull as andy of Bvbs members. Go suck a dick.

thank you.some people are dumbass jealous mother fuckers cuz they'll never be successful like him

Motionless in White are amazing! They need to win an award and I have tickets to see them in Birmingham in september :D

Motionless in White are amazing! They need to win an award and I have tickets to see them in Birmingham in september :D

since when was black veil brides pop?

since when was black veil brides pop?

since when was black veil brides pop?

To all the people who are saying crap about Andy just stop! he has never done anything to you so just stop acting as though you are all so much better than him! Andy Biersack is amazing! :)