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Album Review: Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets to My Downfall
This one stands up there with the best pop punk albums of this generation.
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This one stands up there with the best pop punk albums of this generation.
Machine Gun Kelly has changed his artist moniker to mgk. Fans across his streaming and social media profiles noticed the switch to his three-letter name from his previous stage name. The rapper, whose real name is Colson Baker, started using the stage name Machine Gun Kelly in 2006. The origin of his alias is detailed on a St. Paul, MN. music venue’s site. “I got the name Machine Gun Kelly because of my rapid-fire delivery when I was 15 and started doing shows,” he explains. “ I got tired of getting beat up, so I started fighting people with my… Read more »
Machine Gun Kelly really knows how to make his hometown of Cleveland, OH, and his fans feel special. Yesterday, in a surprise move, as the Lake Erie snowstorm rolled into Cleveland and its neighboring suburbs, Kells, in collaboration with the iconic 400-cap venue, The Grog Shop, unveiled two back-to-back shows set for yesterday evening—one at 6:30 PM ET and the other at 10:30 PM ET. The announcement, previously kept under tight lock and key, generated a massive buzz throughout the city, with fans leaving work and school to try to secure tickets. Read more: 11 Alternative Holiday Songs That Won’t… Read more »
Nathan James is an extremely talented and well-known photographer in the alternative and rock world. He is the eye behind the lens on many popular album covers in recent years. This includes shooting the cover art for Tickets To My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly and Internet Killed The Rockstar by MOD SUN, both wildly popular albums in the scene. He has also shot iconic photos of artists like Post Malone, Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, and even Lil Wayne. If you like alternative music, you have 100% seen one of his photographs. He has the ability to connect with… Read more »
Nathan James chats about shooting iconic pictures of Post Malone & Machine Gun Kelly’s album cover and the side hustle that lead him down that path. Plus, the 2024 When We Were Young Fest lineup is here!
Machine Gun Kelly is taking things back to his roots with his new project, starting with the storytelling rap of “PRESSURE”.
Whether you like it or not, Machine Gun Kelly is an anomaly of the music industry, seemingly capable of anything he sets his mind to. After starting his career as a Cleveland rap sensation, the 32-year-old artist started to marry his rapper roots with pop-punk influences as evidenced by his 2019 full-length album Hotel Diablo before releasing two true-to-form pop-punk albums—2020’s Tickets To My Downfall and 2022’s mainstream sellout. Respectively, Tickets To My Downfall has been certified Platinum while mainstream sellout has been certified Gold, and both albums boast massive features including Halsey, blackbear, Bring Me The Horizon, WILLOW, and… Read more »
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