3OH!3

Genre: Electronic, Rap/Hip-Hop

Members: Sean Foreman, Nathaniel Motte

Hometown: Boulder, CO

Buzz: seven songs on Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Top Artists of the Year in 2009 and 2010

Download this: “I’m Not Your Boyfriend”

 

Gym Class Heroes

Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop, Alternative

Members: Eric Roberts (bass, backup vocals) Travie McCoy (vocals), Matt McGinley (drums, percussion), Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo (guitar, backup vocals)

Hometown: Geneva, NY

Buzz: Billboard Top 200 Albums of the Year in 2007 for As Cruel As School Children

Download this: “Cookie Jar”

 

Less Than Jake

Genre: Punk, Ska

Members: Chris Demakes (vocals, guitar), Roger Manganelli (bass, guitar), Vinnie Fiorello (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), JR Wasilewski (saxophone)

Hometown: Gainesville, FL

Buzz: five albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums between 1998 and 2006

Download this: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short”

 

Against Me!

Genre: Rock

Members: Tom Gabel (guitar, vocals), Andrew Seward (bass), James Bowman (guitar, vocals), Jay Weinberg (drums)

Hometown: Gainesville, FL

Buzz: Billboard Top 200 Albums in June 2010 for White Crosses, Best Punk Band in Rolling Stone’s 2008 list “The 125-Plus People, Place and Things Ruling the Rock & Roll Universe”

Download this: “I Was A Teenage Anarchist”

 

Attack Attack!

Genre: Metalcore, Post Hardcore

Members: Andrew Wetzel (drums), Andrew Whiting (guitar), John Holgado (bass), Caleb Shomo (vocals, synthesizer, keyboard)

Hometown: Westerville, OH

Buzz: albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums in June 2010 and November 2008

Download this: “Smokahontas”

 

Paramore

Genre: Rock, Pop

Members: Hayley Williams (vocals, keyboard, piano), Jeremy Davis (bass), Taylor York (guitar)

Hometown: Franklin, TN

Buzz: Three time Grammy Awards nominee, Billboard Top Artists of the Year in 2010, Billboard 200 Albums of the Year in 2007, 2009 and 2010

Download this: “Brick By Boring Brick”

 

Pepper

Genre: Reggae, Rock

Members: Kaleo Wassman (vocals, guitar), Bret Bollinger (vocals, bass), Yesod Williams (drums)

Hometown: Kailua-Kona, HI

Buzz: Billboard Top 200 Albums in August 2008 for Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations

Download this: “Crazy Love”

 

A Day To Remember

Genre: Pop Punk, Hardcore

Members: Jeremy McKinnon (vocals), Alex Shelnutt (drums), Neil Westfall (guitar), Joshua Woodard (bass), Kevin Skaff (guitar)

Hometown: Ocala, FL

Buzz: third album Homesick placed #1 on Billboard Top Independent Albums and #21 in Rolling Stone’s “Top 40 Albums” in February 2009

Download this: “Have Faith In Me”

 

Jack’s Mannequin

Genre: Pop Rock, Rock

Members: Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Bobby Anderson (guitar, backup vocals), Jay McMillan (drums)

Hometown: Orange County, CA

Buzz: albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums in October 2008 and September 2005

Download this: “Bruised”

 

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (D.R.U.G.S.)

Genre: Rock, Alternative

Members: Craig Owens (vocals), Matt Good (vocals, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer), Nick Martin (vocals, rhythm guitar), Aaron Stern (bass), Adam Russell (drums, percussion)

Hometown: Detroit, MI

Buzz: Billboard Top 200 Albums in March 2011 for self-titled album D.R.U.G.S.

Download this:  “Sex Life”

 

Not all bands play at all venues.  Check listings online at http://www.vanswarpedtour.com/bands for the complete list of bands and their performance dates. Tickets can be purchased online at varying prices.

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