This battle of the bands went head to head with music genres from hip hop to electro, punk rock, hard-core and nu-wave! MTV Voices went inside and backstage to talk with every performer about the New York underground music scene, Occupy Protests, starting your own band and more.

Giulia is a lesbian and a catholic from a small “hick town” in Italy. Here she writes about reconciling her faith with her identity.

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MTV Voices caught up with Travie McCoy and Matt McGinley from Gym Class Heroes to get ‘Conversexual’ about their funniest sex myths…

On what S.E.B. didn’t say when she lost her virginity… and what she wished she had.