4.03.2008

Projekt Revolution Bands Announced

So, I went to Projekt Revolution for the first time last year, and enjoyed it so much that I went twice. This, therefore, brought the number of times I saw Linkin Park up to three, My Chemical Romance up to four (even though I have tickets to two cancelled shows, so it should really be six) and Taking Back Sunday up to four.

I guess you could say that I'm addicted to live music, but I don't see that really being an issue. My wallet does, but I tend to ignore it's whimpers.

I'm really psyched now because the line-up for Projekt Revolution 2008 has just been announced, and it's pretty amazing.

Main Stage: Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide
Revolution Stage: Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor for Sleep, Street Drum Corps

While I'm thrilled that Projekt Revolution is coming around yet again, I'm not entirely sure that I want to go to see the main stage, but the Revolution Stage is a pretty wicked line-up:

I saw Atreyu at the Rochester stop of Taste of Chaos, and I have to say that they're awesome, so I'm looking forward to watching them from the very front (yes, I am that person who shows up really early to elbow my way up to the barrier).

10 Years is rocking some pretty awesome new tunes on KROQ, so even though I haven't listened to the new record yet, the fact that they've rocked the stages of the Family Values Tour in previous summers leaves me with good feelings.

Hawthorne Heights?! A member of the band died and they're still fighting with Victory Records about their record deal... they probably have some sort of good music floating around, and the new song posted on their Myspace, "Come Back Home" is refreshingly less... The Silence In Black and White.

Armor for Sleep is essentially stepping into the emo slot that Saosin left open, and they've delivered at Warped Tour, so it's hard to go wrong.

Street Drum Corps I don't know a lot about, but then again, I didn't know much of anything about The Bled before going to last year's PR and enjoyed them enormously.

I'm not sure, I may sit through the show to see Linkin Park who are rumored to have new material in the works (to be released by this summer??).... the plot thickens.