By Alex Dueben

Alan Robert is best known as a musician and singer/songwriter of the bands Life of Agony and Spoiler NYC, but he was first and foremost a comic guy. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he studied cartooning under Walt Simonson and others, the rock star is now in the midst of his second career as a comics artist and writer. At a time when celebrities will put their names on a comic but let others do all the work, Robert is creating comics that are written, drawn, colored and even lettered by him and include back page material taking readers through his process and workspace and have some fun along the way.

After the success of last year’s miniseries Wire Hangers, IDW is releasing a new miniseries from Robert starting this month. Crawl To Me is a strange dark tale that was created in just a matter of months and shows growth and experimentation over his work published just a year ago. Talking with the budding horror icon is a real inspiration and it’s clear that Robert is having the time of his life.

Read our exclusive interview with Alan Robert on SuicideGirls.com.

by Lily Suicide

On May 5, 1993, three young boys, Chris Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, were brutally murdered in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Grieving and looking for answers, the town allegedly bypassed evidence pointing at probable suspects. Instead, they prosecuted three teenage boys who were unconventional for the town of West Memphis. The boys, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Miskelly, wore black and listened to heavy metal music. They would later come to be known as the West Memphis Three.

There was what many critics call a coerced confession from Jessie Misskelly, who had a below average IQ. Jessie Miskelly recanted his statement the next day, stating that he had been put under extreme pressure and psychological warfare by the West Memphis police, but by then it was too late and the fate of three young men rested uneasily in the hands of the judicial system. They were convicted of murder in early ’’94. Jessie Miskelly got life plus 40, Jason Baldwin received life without parole and Damien Echols – at only 18 years of age – was sentenced to death by lethal injection.

Luckily, there were cameras in the courtroom, and they were used for the making of the HBO documentary Paradise Lost. Burk Sauls first saw Paradise Lost in August of ’96. He watched it and watched it again. At the end he was always left with the same feeling that many other people were left with: “with a lot of empty spaces, unanswered questions and doubts.” Many people became angry after watching Paradise Lost. Burk Sauls, Kathy Bakken, and Grove Pashley decided to do something about it. They launched the WM3.org website and the West Memphis Three support group, as well as eventually appearing in the sequel to the first HBO documentary, Paradise Lost 2.

I caught up with Burk to talk about the case, as well as Damien Echols’ memoir Almost Home, written on death row.

Read our exclusive interview with Burk Sauls Of The West Memphis Three Support Group on SuicideGirls.com.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

There are thousands of hip-hop fans out there who want to know how Ice-T is going to bring himself back to the kind of success and popularity he enjoyed in the late ’80’s and early ’90’s. Well, all your memories of Law & Order and Leprechaun in the Hood will fade away once you hear the new Body Count album, Murder 4 Hire. Though most of the original members of Body Count have passed away, Ice-T and Ernie C have brought together a new Count to show you what gangsta rap is all about.

Read our exclusive interview with Ice-T on SuicideGirls.com.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

In the ranks of great DJs worldwide we must acknowledge those brilliant artists who don’t speak any English. Any list of seminal DJs must include DJ Krush. Krush started his career in the 1980’s and by the early ’90’s he was already heralded as one of the greats.

His most recent project is Stepping Stones: The Self-Remixed Best, a two disc set. One disc called Lyricism and features collaborations with MCs. The second disc is called Soundscapes and contains remixes of instrumental pieces. This interview was conducted through a translator.

Read our exclusive interview with DJ Krush on SuicideGirls.com.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

Ima Robot is an excellent band whose music mixes a variety of genres. You can call them rock, you can even call them rap, but you must buy their new album, Monument to the Masses. I recently had a chance to speak with the band’s very prolific vocalist, Alex Ebert.

Read our exclusive interview with Alex Ebert of Ima Robot on SuicideGirls.com.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

I can’t help but be jokingly hostile with people like Joe Perry and Stewart Copeland. They’re just so damn rich and so damn famous that my anger comes out in my sarcastic questions. I got to speak to The Police’s drummer Stewart Copeland about his new movie Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out which has Copeland narrating over fantastic footage he shot over most of The Police’s career.

Read our exclusive interview with Stewart Copeland on SuicideGirls.com.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

Tom Holkenborg is best known for composing music for movies like Kingdom of Heaven and Resident Evil, but in the world of electronic music Tom is known as the world renowned Junkie XL. His latest album is Today and I had a chance to speak with him before he left for his European tour.

Read our exclusive interview with Junkie XL on SuicideGirls.com.