Just because you don’t like a band doesn’t mean they can’t have a good song, right? This video takes a look at 10 GOOD Songs By BAD Bands (Part 2).
10 GOOD Songs By BAD Bands (Part 2)
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“When exploring the realm of music, one cannot overlook the intriguing phenomenon of good songs by bands that may not always receive universal acclaim. “Popular Monster” by Falling In Reverse and “Blurry” by Puddle Of Mudd stand out as prime examples of this intriguing dynamic. Falling In Reverse’s “Popular Monster” captivates listeners with its intense energy and raw emotion, showcasing the band’s ability to blend genres seamlessly. On the other hand, Puddle Of Mudd’s “Blurry” resonates with audiences through its heartfelt lyrics and melodic composition, despite the band’s mixed reception in the music industry. These songs serve as a testament to the fact that even bands with varying levels of critical acclaim can produce music that strikes a chord with listeners on a profound level.” (Perplexity)
I PREVAIL + HALESTORM ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINE TOUR FOR SUMMER 2024 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD + FIT FOR A KING TO SUPPORT TOUR KICKS OFF ON JULY 9 IN RALEIGH AND RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 17 IN LAS VEGAS TICKETS GO SALE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 8 AT 10AM LOCAL TIME
Halestorm and I Prevail will embark on a massive co-headline tour this summer, produced by Live Nation. The tour kicks off on July 9 in Raleigh and runs through August 17 in Las Vegas.
Hollywood Undead and Fit For A King will serve as support, making this a powerhouse package that will be remembered as one of Summer 2024’s best lineups.
Various pre-sales start tomorrow. The general on-sale is set for Friday, March 8 at 10am local time. Get tickets here or here.
“We’re thrilled to join forces with Halestorm this summer,” states I Prevail’s Eric Vanlerberghe. “Touring with Halestorm is long overdue, as we admire their talent, energy, and dedication to rock music, and are thrilled to finally see it happen. This is going to be one of the best tours of the summer and one of the best we’ve ever done.”
“Freaks, we are so proud to announce that we are joining forces with I Prevail,” says Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale. “This isn’t your typical summer tour. This is two worlds colliding under one haven for our collective armies. And bringing you a show unlike any we’ve done before! We have a lot of surprises in store, so get your tickets now for an experience none of us will forget!”
Halestorm have partnered with mental health organization Sound Mind Live to engage fans to pledge support that will provide free-to-the-community mental health programming across the country for fans and the broader community.
HALESTORM AND I PREVAIL ON TOUR: WITH HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD + FIT FOR A KING: 7/9 — Raleigh, NC — Coastal Credit Union Music Park 7/11 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center 7/13 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre 7/15 — Gilford, NH — BankNH Pavilion 7/16 — Boston, MA — Leader Bank Pavilion 7/18 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage 7/21 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre 7/23 — Bridgeport, CT — Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater 7/24 — Scranton, PA — Pavilion @ Montage Mountain 7/26 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center 7/27 — York, PA — York Fair^ 7/30 — Mansfield, OH — Inkcarceration* 7/31 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre 8/1 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 8/3 — Charlotte, NC — PNC Music Pavilion 8/4 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater 8/7 — St. Louis, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 8/8 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP 8/10 — Woodlands, TX — The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented by Huntsman 8/11 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 8/13 — Denver, CO — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*^ 8/14 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheater 8/16 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theater 8/17 — Las Vegas, NV — Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Casino & Resort *Festival ^Non-Live Nation Date
ABOUT HALESTORM: Having amassed over 2.5 Billion streams globally, the Grammy-Award winning band Halestorm has grown from a childhood dream of siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale into one of the most celebrated rock bands of the last two decades. Most recently, the band released Back From The Dead, their fifth full-length studio album which has tallied over 100 Million streams worldwide. Rolling Stone called the title track “a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles,” and that song as well, as “The Steeple,” marked their fifth and sixth number ones at rock radio, respectively. Associated Press said the album “will definitely be in the running for best hard rock/metal album of the year.” Their previous album, Vicious, earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song “Uncomfortable,” the band’s fourth #1 at rock radio, and led Loudwire to name Halestorm “Rock Artist of the Decade” in 2019. Fronted by the incomparable Lzzy Hale with drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bass player Josh Smith, Halestorm’s music has earned multiple Platinum and Gold Certifications from the RIAA, and the band has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world, and sharing the stage with icons including Heaven & Hell, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, and Judas Priest. Additionally, Lzzy was named the first female brand ambassador for Gibson and served as host of AXS TV’s “A Year in Music.”
ABOUT I PREVAIL: I Prevail have established themselves as the forerunners of the genre in the 21st century. Their latest release TRUE POWER, once again produced by Tyler Smyth, features the sort of stadium-sized riffs that will rattle your teeth loose from your gums and unforgettable, supremely catchy melodies that will camp out in your brain for weeks at a time. The band also alternately mixes screamed vocals that sound as though they crawled from the depths of hell with soaring, emotional vocals and heartfelt, intimate lyrics that go so deep, they hit marrow. The end result is an album that resonates with the listener in the most personal way. Rising to an arena level and receiving two Grammy nominations — Best Rock Album for Trauma and Best Metal Performance for crushing lead single “Bow Down” — I Prevail proved that they were built to last. To date, they’ve racked up more than 4.1 billion global streams, are approaching 716 million YouTube views, and saw both “Hurricane” and “Bad Things” singles top Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 2020 and 2022 respectively. A number of their singles and album Lifelines have now been certified Gold and Platinum, and they have been praised by press far and wide, including Forbes, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, and NPR. I Prevail have affirmed their position among the genre’s elite.
ABOUT HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: Formed in 2005, Hollywood Undead inched towards mainstream dominance under the radar with unprecedented success for a modern band. Preceding the current playlist-hopping genre-less boom, they defied stylistic boundaries from day one integrating rap, rock, and electronic. The band will be heading back out on the road in the Fall of 2023 with hip hop legend Tech N9ne co-head lining the HOLLYWOOD & N9NE Tour in support of their 8th studio album, Hotel Kalifornia.
ABOUT FIT FOR A KING: Fit For A King’s musical style is rooted in metal and hardcore and uplifted by hypnotic hooks. Following the breakout LP Creation/Destruction [2013], they earned four consecutive Top 5 debuts on the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart with Slave to Nothing [2014], Deathgrip [2016], Dark Skies [2018], and The Path [2020]. The latter marked their first Top 10 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart. Plus, the band collaborated with fellow heavy-hitters such as August Burns Red and We Came As Romans. They’ve generated nearly 435 million streams over the course of their career, have toured with Pierce the Veil, I Prevail, The Devil Wears Prada, Motionless in White, and many more. Their latest The Hell We Create is out now via Solid State Records.
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Dropkick Murphys are inviting fans worldwide to virtually join them in their hometown of Boston to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day together through the Dropkick MurphysSt. Patrick’s Day Livestream From MGM Music Hall at Fenwayin Boston on Sunday, March 17. Premier streaming platform Veeps will air the sold-out performance LIVE at 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT. Tickets are on sale for $24.99 at https://veeps.events/dropkick-murphys.
All ticket purchasers have access to unlimited repeat viewings of the Dropkick Murphys performance stream during the 7-day replay period, and Veeps All Access subscribers can access the show for free as part of their subscription and can rewatch as many times as they want for a full year.
Livestream viewers will also have the option of purchasing an exclusive Dropkick Murphys merch package.
2024 marks Dropkick Murphys’ 5th year in a row of livestreamed performances as part of their annual run of hometown Boston St. Patrick’s Day shows. In 2020, the livestream visionaries were one of the first to embrace streaming performances, starting with their Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick’s Day virtual performance and followed by their landmark Streaming Outta Fenway livestream, which held the #3 spot on Pollstar’s “Top 2020 Live Streams” chart. Dropkick MurphysSt. Patrick’s Day Stream 2021…Still Locked Down, was #1 on Pollstar’s Livestream chart. Overall, Dropkick Murphys’ widely-viewed and highly-acclaimed livestreamed performances have been watched over 20 million times by people around the world and were featured on CBS This Morning Saturday, CNN, NBC Nightly News, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more.
March 17 marks the final date of Dropkick Murphys’ in-progress U.S. St. Patrick’s Day tour with Pennywise, which includes a run of four sold out hometown shows in Boston: March 14 at House Of Blues and March 15-17 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
Leading up to the livestream, fans can catch Dropkick Murphys in-person on tour in the following cities:
Date
City
Venue
Tue., March 5
Lancaster, PA
Freedom Hall
Wed., March 6
Warren, OH
Packard Music Hall
Thu., March 7
Norfolk, VA
Chartway Arena
Fri, March 8
State College, PA
Bryce Jordan Center Theatre
Sat., March 9
Binghamton, NY
Visions Veterans Memorial Arena
Mon., March 11
Poughkeepsie, NY
MJN Convention Center
Tue., March 12
Portland, ME
Cross Insurance Arena
Thu., March 14
Boston, MA
House Of Blues (SOLD OUT)
Fri., March 15
Boston, MA
MGM Music Hall at Fenway (SOLD OUT)
Sat., March 16
Boston, MA
MGM Music Hall at Fenway (SOLD OUT)
Sun., March 17
Boston, MA
MGM Music Hall at Fenway (SOLD OUT)
All tour dates will feature punk legends Pennywise as special guests. The Scratch opens the shows through March 12, with Boston openers including: Death Before Dishonor (March 14), The Scratch (March 15), Big Bad Bollocks (March 16) and Kneecap (March 17). However, the March 17 livestream only includes Dropkick Murphys’ performance.
On March 20, Dropkick Murphys will perform at the Sinéad & Shane at Carnegie Hall event in New York City, celebrating the life and work of Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan, two late icons of music and freedom of speech.
Dropkick Murphys returned to fully electric performances in late 2023 following a pair of critically acclaimed acoustic albums – 2022’s This Machine Still Kills Fascists and 2023’s Okemah Rising – interpreting the work of Woody Guthrie for a new generation. The albums, recorded in Tulsa with trusted collaborator and producer Ted Hutt, exposed the band to new audiences through airplay on stations like SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country, coverage in outlets such as Rolling Stone Country, Paste, CNN, Americana Highways and SPIN, and via Dropkick Murphys’ first-ever acoustic, reserved-seating theater tour in 2022.
Dropkick Murphys are: Ken Casey (lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, tin whistle, accordion, piano, vocals), Jeff DaRosa (guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, percussion, and vocals), James Lynch (guitars and vocals), and Kevin Rheault (bass). Joining the band for their live shows is bagpiper and multi-instrumentalist Campbell Webster.
Sad Summer Festival is excited to announce their 2024 lineup today as the event looks to celebrate its 5-Year anniversary. Originally launched in 2019 by some of the artists and industry folks lamenting the loss of the long-running Vans Warped Tour, Sad Summer was the first major event to emerge in the wake of Vans Warped Tour’s end. Initially serving as a way for the community to continue to come together, Sad Summer has grown significantly each year becoming a scene staple and contributing to its reemergence over the past four years. The nationwide run features festival founders Mayday Parade and The Maine along with The Wonder Years, We The Kings, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, & Daisy Grenade on all dates with support coming from The Summer Set, Hot Milk, Diva Bleach, and Like Roses on select shows.
“For most of my adult life, I’ve associated the summer with music festivals; their open-air venues, the mix of tour bus exhaust and heat radiating off asphalt, and, of course, hearing my favorite music at twilight, lit by the flicker of fireflies – Sad Summer epitomizes this experience. It also serves as a unifying force in our music scene, a place for every emo kid to gather around, connect with fellow fans, and truly be themselves. With this in mind, it is a deep honor to close Sad Summer; the music we’ve poured our hearts and souls into becoming an indelible part of those warm summer nights, where friends and memories are made.” – Alex Garcia of Mayday Parade
“A lot can change in four summers. And for me, a lot has. But a constant throughout the peaks and valleys of the last four summers has been my love for playing music loudly, seeing old faces and making new amigos. This marks the 5th anniversary of the Sad Summer Festival, and I couldn’t dream up a better place to rip gigs and see smiling people lose their heads. But the real question at hand is…Corn dogs or nah?” – John O’Callaghan of The Maine
Unlike most major festivals that feature multiple stages and hundreds of bands each day, Sad Summer opted to create a more intimate experience with one stage and a smaller curated lineup each year. This intentional decision eliminates any competition and the need to decide which act you are going to watch, while simultaneously providing the smaller acts on the bill a real chance to be seen and heard. In addition, festival co-founders Mike Marquis, Josh Terry, and Tim Kirch, made it a goal with Sad Summer to create an environment that is inclusive and independent. This conscious choice has been well-received making them one of Pollstar’s “Top Grossing Tours of 2021” and seeing overall attendance nearly doubling in the last four years.
Another important theme of Sad Summer is its ongoing commitment to non-profit partnerships and involvement. As they look to celebrate their fifth-year anniversary in 2024, the festival will continue to build upon their dedication to giving exposure and access to a variety of causes the artists, founders, and community are passionate about. This year fans can expect to learn more about previously involved non-profits like HeadCount and Reverb, as well as learn about Sad Summer’s new partnership with Calling All Crows among others. Each organization will have an on-site presence, providing education and resources.
Sad Summer Festival started in 2019 with The Maine and Mayday Parade topping the bill and over the next four years the annual event has featured All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, PVRIS, Neck Deep, Waterparks, The Story So Far, and more. This year will be the first time The Maine and Mayday Parade have toured together since Sad Summer’s inaugural run. They will be joined for each show by The Wonder Years, We The Kings, Knuckle Puck, & Daisy Grenade. Like Roses can be caught July 12 through 19, Diva Bleach July 20 through August 9, The Summer Set is July 12, 13, and 19-21 and Hot Milk is playing July 23 through August 9. Reminder Pre-sale sign-ups start March 1, 2024, on-sale is March 8, 2024 and information for all fans can be found via SADSUMMERFEST.COM.
Sad Summer Festival Confirmed Dates Friday, July 12, 2024 Sacramento, CA The Backyard%$ Saturday, July 13, 2024 Santa Ana, CA Observatory Festival Grounds%$ Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom% Friday, July 19, 2024 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom%$ Saturday, July 20, 2024 Chicago, IL Salt Shed Outdoor+$ Sunday, July 21, 2024 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Festival Grounds+$ Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE Outdoor+^ Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! Outdoor+^ Friday, July 26, 2024 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy+^ Saturday, July 27, 2024 Clearwater, FL The Sound at Coachman Park+^ Monday, July 29, 2024 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion+^ Thursday, August 1, 2024 New York, NY The Rooftop at Pier 17+^ Saturday, August 3, 2024 Worcester, MA Palladium Outdoor+^ Sunday, August 4, 2024 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summer Stage+^ Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Buffalo, NY Terminal B at the Outer Harbor+^ Thursday, August 8, 2024 Philadelphia, PA Highmark Skyline Stage+^ Friday, August 9, 2024 Columbia, MD Chrysalis Stage+^ %Like Roses +Diva Bleach $The Summer Set ^Hot Milk
Russian deathcore destroyers, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL have dropped their latest display of unbridled, unapologetic and unrelenting brutality in the shape of thrash-tinged new single, “Conflict” today. Out now on Sumerian Records, the track can be streamed HERE and the official music video can be viewed HERE or bellow.
Slaughter To Prevail released their debut EP, ‘Chapters Of Misery‘ in 2016 and followed with their debut full-length album, ‘Misery Sermon‘ in 2017. They released stand alone singles “Agony” and “Demolisher” in 2019 and 2020 respectively, followed by their second full-length,Kostolom, released in 2021 to huge critical acclaim with Revolver describing the album as “one bloody deathcore barrage after another” when including it on their 25 Best Albums Of 2021 list and Metal Injection stating that “Kostolom proves that Slaughter to Prevail can get hooky without getting wimpy”. Kostolom spawned massive hit singles “Baba Yaga” and “Zavali Ebalo“.
They released anti-war anthem ‘1984‘ in August of 2022 to oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine. The video for which has racked up 3.1 million views and over 13 million Spotify streams. They followed this with the release of track “Viking” in 2023 which was debuted on their US headline tour to much excitement and acclaim from fans. The video for the track currently has 5.8 milllion views and 10 million Spotify streams.
The band are one of the most popular and heavily featured bands within the YouTube ‘reacts’ community, on account of vocalist Alex Terrible‘s insane vocal abilities and his own YouTube channel which has over 1.16 million subscribers.
To date, the band have clocked up an impressive 971.1 million cross-platform streams.
Rock Coliseum takes a look at Best Debut Album through Coliseum Madness! Your suggestions put into the bracket, and we figure out who had the best debut album in rock/alt/metal/etc. This was the longest live stream we’ve done and couldn’t have done it without such a good audience.
“The Rock Coliseum live streams on YouTube are a music lover’s paradise, offering thrilling showdowns between @ARTV, @SpectrumPulse, and @CrashThompson. The format includes lively interactions, passionate exchanges, and dynamic discussions that keep viewers entertained for hours. Additionally, the hosts may give thumbs up or thumbs down to suggestions provided by the audience, adding an interactive element to the stream. Overall, the Rock Coliseum live streams offer a platform for music enthusiasts to discover new music, stay updated on rock music trends, and engage with other fans in a fun and interactive way. The recent Coliseum Madness stream, held just last night, showcased the battle for the title of Best Debut Album. This intense competition brought together music enthusiasts from around the globe to witness a clash of musical opinions and preferences in a lively and engaging format. Stay tuned to Rock Coliseum for more electrifying live streams that promise to keep you on the edge of your seat with their dynamic discussions and passionate debates about music’s best offerings.” (Perplexity)
Currently on its third consecutive, sold-out U.K./European headline tour, today Dirty Honey releases a brand new music video for “Coming Home (Ballad of the Shire)” from the band’s current album, Can’t Find The Brakes.
The “Coming Home” video offers an unexpected element from a band best known for its high-energy, sexy, bluesy rock’n’roll and reflects the song’s message about navigating through the peaks and valleys of life. With lyrics by vocalist Marc LaBelle, the song is a deeply personal, heartfelt tale of love and life’s everyday challenges: the insecurities, the misunderstandings, the words spoken that you wish you hadn’t, and the hurt inflicted that you can’t magically erase. But, in the end, the realization is that no matter the challenges, home is where your heart is, home is where you belong, and home is just a few more miles ahead.
Said LaBelle, “Being musicians that live on the road, ‘Home’ has become wherever it is that we’re playing music, rather than a particular place. We wanted to showcase our separate journeys, knowing full well that the music will always call us back home.”
Directed, shot, and edited by cinematographer Mark Christy, the “Coming Home” video was filmed in January, taking the band – LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Jaydon Bean – to various U.S. locations. Explained LaBelle, “We went to Snoquamish for the snow and to Durango and Flagstaff for the train scenes. And we knew Monument Valley was an epic, very American West-looking landscape symbolic of both America’s beauty and the struggle of and vastness of traveling through the American West.”
Having kicked off in Glasgow, Scotland on February 7, heading to Australia in March for their first-ever “down under” concerts, and performing at two major summer U.S. festivals in May, Dirty Honey’s upcoming U.K./European/Australian/U.S. dates are below:
FEBRUARY
28 Hybrydy, Warsaw, Poland
29 Columbia Theater, Berlin, Germany
MARCH
1 Futurum Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Analog, Budapest, Hungary
4 Simm City, Vienna, Vienna
5 Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany
7 Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland
8 Alcatraz, Milan, Milan
9 Dynamo Zürich (Dynamo), Zürich, Switzerland
11 Apollo 2, Barcelona, Spain
12 LA Paqui, Madrid, Spain
13 Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao, Spain
15 La Machine Du Moulin Rouge, Paris, France
March 28 – April 1 Bluesfest Byron Bay 2024, Byron Bay, Australia
MAY
9 Welcome to Rockville, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
17 Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, Columbus, OH
It’s happening! Beloved early 2000s pop-punk band Something Corporate has announced the Out Of Office Tour 2024, marking the first official tour featuring the band’s five original members in over 20 years. The 16-date outing finds Something Corporate crossing the country throughout the summer and fall, kicking off June 21st in New York City at The Rooftop at Pier 17. The five-piece, with special guests to be announced, will be stopping in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, Asbury Park, Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, and Salt Lake City before wrapping back home inCalifornia at LA’s Hollywood Palladium on October 11th and The Warfield in San Francisco on October 12th. PRESS HERE to watch the tour promo video and PRESS HERE to read an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone about the tour.
Fan-club presale begins Tuesday, February 27th at 10am local time with Spotify and local presales available Wednesday, February 28th and Thursday, February 29th. The general on-sale will commence Friday, March 1st at 10am local time. See below for full list of upcoming tour dates and visit www.somethingcorporate.com for ticketing details and to purchase. The tour will be using a Face Value Exchange where, if needed, fans can resell their ticket to other fans at the original price paid. To help protect the Exchange, tickets for this tour will be mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows except those in Illinois, Colorado, New York, and Utah where Face Value Exchange cannot be mandated.
“The band and I couldn’t be more excited for these upcoming dates,” shares front man AndrewMcMahon. “We’re having more fun together than ever and the generosity of the fans, both online and at last year’s shows, made it impossible not to come back and do a few more. We hope to see you there!”
The core members of the Orange County, California quintet– Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Josh Partington (guitar), Kevin “Clutch” Page (bass), Brian Ireland (drums), and WilliamTell (guitar) – reunited in 2023 for main stage performances at the When We Were Young festival and three sold-out headlining shows in Las Vegas and Anaheim. These five special gigs, their first official shows together in 20 years, left their dedicated fanbase clamoring for more. The reunion performances also saw McMahon debut a one-of-a-kind upright piano fully wrapped in Christie MicroTiles LED displaying images and lyrics from throughout the band’s catalog, slated to be front and center once again on the Out Of Office Tour.
Something Corporate first formed in 1998 when its members were in high school and in a short period of time created quite the stir before going on hiatus in 2005. During its tenure, the highly adored SoCal band released multiple albums, including their major label debut, Leaving Through The Window, in 2002 via MCA Records/Drive-Thru Records, which premiered at the top of the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, and 2003’s North, which entered the Billboard 200 at #24. During its heyday, the band toured extensively worldwide, including a summer on the Vans Warped Tour, graced the cover of Alternative Press magazine, and performed on late-night TV including an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Collectively, Something Corporate – hailed as “one of the most respected groups in the scene with their incredible hooks and emotionally transparent music” (Alternative Press) –has sold over 1 million total records.
SOMETHING CORPORATE TOUR DATES
Out Of Office Tour
Friday, June 21 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
Saturday, June 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
Sunday, June 23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Four Chord Music Festival
Thursday, August 22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Friday, August 23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony Summer Stage
Saturday, August 24 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
Thursday, September 12 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Friday, September 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Saturday, September 14 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Thursday, September 19 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Friday, September 20 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Sunday, September 22 – TBA
Friday, September 27 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
Saturday, September 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Friday, October 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Saturday, October 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN SPRING TOUR – TICKETS HERE MOST SHOWS SOLD OUT, INCLUDING NYC’S T5, BROOKLYN STEEL, THE SHRINE LA, AUSTIN’S STUBB’S AMPHITHEATER & MORE
On You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, Knocked Loose have honed in on a diverse, cohesive and savagely aggressive album that sums up the massive strides they’ve taken during their decade as a band, and asserts their boundless potential going forward. Internally, there was the need to challenge themselves as songwriters while retaining the merciless intensity and unflinching honesty that have always been their calling cards. Externally, there was a whole new set of eyes on the hard-touring Louisville quintet, following a banner year on the road, during which they’d brought their underground-seasoned sound to some of the world’s biggest stages.
From the start, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To plunges listeners into a cauldron of mental and spiritual anguish. But the album’s title contains a note of reassurance amid the turmoil. The phrase originates from an experience that frontman Bryan Garris, who suffers from what he calls a “borderline phobia of flying,” had during a particularly trying flight. As he battled his nerves during takeoff, the vocalist found himself talking to a woman seated next to him. When he confided in her about his anxiety, she assured, “You won’t go before you’re supposed to.”
But glossing over negative emotions isn’t what Knocked Loose are about. The new songs find them plumbing through new depths of loathing — directed both inward and outward. The Knocked Loose raging lead single “Blinding Faith” skillfully wields whiplash tempo changes in service of a scathing indictment of religious groupthink, and the hypocrisy that can sometimes accompany an outwardly pious life.
“It was just hilarious how many people showed up to church that I knew were rude, horrible, selfish people,”guitarist Isaac Hale reflects of attending church with his mother in his younger years. “They knew that it made them seem like a better person — or if they said the words, it would redeem them of any negative quality just because they showed face.”
“Blinding Faith” is available today alongside a video directed by Kevin Lombardo. Watch below.
Knocked Loose “Blinding Faith”
Across 10 tracks and 27 gripping minutes, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To leans into Knocked Loose’s most extreme impulses, from blastbeat-driven fury, chaotic turbulence and seismic breakdowns, while seasoning the mix with ear-catching auxiliary percussion, evocative samples and shout-along hooks, all interwoven to perfection by Grammy-nominated, pop-savy producer Drew “WZRD BLD” Fulk.
You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To is filled with boundary-pushing textures and samples the band has collected over the years. On “Suffocate,” Garris teams up with pop-meets-metal trailblazer Poppy, for an effort that contrasts an oppressive heaviness befitting the title with a dance-y, syncopated groove and the most concussive reggaeton rhythm you’ve ever heard. Samples of what sounds like meditative singing bowls open the album to “Take Me Home,” with its spoken-word intro, ear-catching auxiliary percussion and brief yet evocative concluding country-song snippet. Elements like these only make the breakneck blur of a track like “Moss Covers All,” a song that Garris says deals with his ever-present longing for the comfort of home, feel that much more urgent.
“On this album, we go the fastest we’ve ever gone; we go the scariest we’ve ever gone. We also go the catchiest and the most melodic that we’ve ever gone, and that’s the point,” Hale says. “Instead of branching off into a specific direction, we want to encompass ALL directions.”
There’s no ceiling for hardcore in 2024 — even an outfit as uncompromising as Knocked Loose can turn up in mainstream-adjacent spaces and win over new fans (see 2023’s viral Coachella and Bonnaroo sets). But there’s a center to what they do that will never change: uncompromising heaviness, both sonically and thematically. What is evolving is their drive to find new ways to convey that heaviness, and add tasteful variety that only highlights their undiminished ferocity. Everywhere Knocked Loose have been is here on this record — but so is everywhere they may yet go.
Knocked Loose are currently wrapping a sold out EU/UK run and hit the road again late April on a headlining North American tour. The run hits both coasts and includes two sold out nights in New York City at Brooklyn Steel and Terminal 5 plus sold out shows at Austin’s Stubb’s Amphitheater, The Shrine in Los Angeles and more. Show Me The Body, Loathe and Speed will support. See below for a full list of dates. Tickets are available here.
You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To Track Listing: 1 – Thirst 2 – Piece By Piece 3 – Suffocate (ft. Poppy) 4 – Don’t Reach For Me 5 – Moss Covers All 6 – Take Me Home 7 – Slaughterhouse 2 (ft. Chris Motionless) 8 – The Calm That Keeps You Awake 9 – Blinding Faith 10 – Sit & Mourn
Knocked Loose Live Dates:Tickets Here Feb 27: Hamburg , Germany – Grosse Freiheit 36 Feb 28: Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Feb 29: Leipzig, Germany – Conne Island (SOLD OUT) Mar 02: Antwerp, Belgium – Trix (SOLD OUT) Mar 04: Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute Mar 05: Glasgow, UK – SWG3 (SOLD OUT) Mar 06: Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy (SOLD OUT) Mar 07: Bristol, UK – SWX (SOLD OUT) Mar 09: Leeds, UK – Project House (SOLD OUT) Mar 10: London, UK – O2 Forum Apr 27: Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World Apr 29: Detroit, MI – Russell Industrial Center May 01: Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (SOLD OUT) May 03: Lawrence, KS – Granada May 04: Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion May 05: Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum May 06: Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater (SOLD OUT) May 07: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (SOLD OUT) May 10: Phoenix, AZ – The Marquee May 11: Los Angeles, CA – The Shrine (SOLD OUT) May 12: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield May 14: Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo (SOLD OUT) May 15: Portland, OR – Roseland Theater (SOLD OUT) May 17: Boise, ID – Knitting Factory (SOLD OUT) May 18: Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex May 19: Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom May 21: St. Louis, MO – The Pageant May 22: Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore (SOLD OUT) May 23: Chicago, IL – Salt Shed (SOLD OUT) May 24: Newport, KY – Megacorp Pavilion May 25: Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater (SOLD OUT) May 28: Pittsburgh, PA – Stage Age May 29: Silver Spring, MD – The FIllmore (SOLD OUT) May 30: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel (SOLD OUT) May 31: New York, NY – Terminal 5 (SOLD OUT) Jun 01: Boston, MA – Roadrunner (SOLD OUT) Jun 03: Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall Jun 04: Montreal, QC – Olympia Jun 05: Toronto, ON – History (SOLD OUT) Jun 07: Raleigh, NC – The Ritz (SOLD OUT) Jun 08: Atlanta, GA – The Eastern (SOLD OUT) Jun 09: St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live (SOLD OUT) Apr 29 – Jun 9 / Show Me The Body, Loathe and Speed
Get your tickets now for the 2024 edition of the Four Chord Music Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary! Secure your spot at FOURCHORDMUSICFESTIVAL.COM.
This year’s lineup features stellar acts such as A Day To Remember, The All-American Rejects, The Story So Far, Something Corporate, State Champs, Motion City Soundtrack, Four Year Strong, The Get Up Kids, and many more. Check out the complete lineup below.
Join us for one of the country’s most successful, fully independent music festivals, on June 22 and 23 at the historic Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh, PA. Nestled within the remnants of the iconic U.S. Steel Homestead Steel Works, the Carrie Blast Furnaces showcase Pittsburgh’s industrial prowess from the 20th century, providing a unique backdrop to the festival’s decade-long legacy.
Choose from General Admission and VIP tickets, with the addition of a new Deluxe VIP tier. Elevate your experience with exclusive access to a spacious elevated viewing lounge, private bathrooms, a partially open bar, and more. Don’t miss out on enhancing your overall festival experience!
Originating in 2014 as a modest punk rock festival within a 1500-capacity club, Four Chord Music Fest has evolved into an expansive two-day destination event which showcases the pinnacle of the punk scene, while still maintaining its independent and DIY origins.
Festival founder Rishi Bahl said, “10 years is a long time. Most things that you were into 10 years ago have not survived, so to reach the 10th anniversary of Four Chord Music Fest is something we are very proud of. We really tried to make this one the biggest and best one yet and are stoked to spend the weekend with all of you at our brand new, historical landmark of a location, The Carrie Furnace. Get out the sunscreen and bring the Advil, it is going to be a party.”
This year, Four Chord Fest welcomes the nonprofit partner Biggies Bullies. Established in 2011, this Pittsburgh-centered organization is dedicated to the rescue and rehoming of pitbull-type dogs in both Pittsburgh and its neighboring regions.
Additional sponsors include Monster Energy Drink, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Captain Morgan.
