Rockapalooza Festival Adds Mushroomhead And Adam Gontier

The Monster Energy Drink ROCKAPALOOZA festival is celebrating its 6^th year this year! Presented by Experience Jackson, Revolver Electronic Cigarette, Kings of Rock Entertainment & Happy's Pizza, the fest recently added MUSHROOMHEAD and Adam Gontier (formerly of THREE DAYS GRACE) to the official festival mainstage line-up.

The festival has also added the Monster Energy Motorcross Team to the day’s activities on June 22^nd. 

This year’s festival weekend will kick off on June 21^st with a FREE pre-party, the main festival will take place on June 22^nd, and everything will close with CountryPalooza, ROCKAPALOOZA’s new sister festival.

This year’s festival will be hosted by Kristen Renton, best known for her roles on FX’s Sons of Anarchy and NBC’s Days of our Lives.

FEATURED ROCKAPALOOZA BAND OF THE MONTH – DISTANT DECEND

Distant Decend is a five piece groove metal band hailing from Jackson, MI.  The band formed in 2010 and has been making mid-Michigan noise for over 4 years.  Distant Decend has opened for Static X, Mushroomhead, Sevendust, Otep, Emmure, Ill Nino and many others.  Distant Decend has also performed at some of the premiere festivals in mid-Michigan w/ 3 Rockapalooza performances since 2010 and performing at the Carnival of Chaos w/ Hatebreed, Kittie, Dope in 2011.  The band has had a long four years but they are ready for a major push coming in 2014.  "We are working on new material and putting out a cd at the beginning of 2014" says singer Justin Knightmare vocalist of Distant Decend.  Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/DistantDecend

Members:

Justin Knightmare - Lead Vocals

J-Sin - Guitar

Joe White - Bass-Backing Vocals

Kyller Tyme - Guitar

Matt Brown - Drums

ROCKAPALOOZA is looking for volunteers. If you’re interested, please contact Hunter Keith hunterofkor@gmail.com.

For more information on how your business can advertise in the ROCKAPALOOZA program please contact timcorser@hotmail.com or kendall.rohrs@gmail.com. The rates are very affordable and the program will be distributed to over 20,000 people during ROCKAPALOOZA weekend!

See below for all details and line-up information for each day.

All events will take place at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Jackson, MI (200 W. Ganson St).

Friday, June 21^st:

*FREE ROCKAPALOOZA PRE-PARTY

Presented by Monster Energy, Experience Jackson, Revolver Cigarettes & Happy's Pizza

Doors: 5pm-11pm

All Ages

Line- up:

National Act Headliner: TBA

Surrender The Fall

Evans Russell Saffer

Distant Decend

Deveraux

Divided We Fall

Know Lyfe

Model Citizen

Silence The Fear

Condition; Critical

Killing Mistress

Saturday, June 22^nd:

*MONSTER ENERGY DRINK ROCKAPALOOZA FESTIVAL

Doors: 10am-11pm

Advance Price: $30

Day of Show: $35

VIP: $100 (Includes a meet & greet w/ Candlebox in the Jam Heads VIP tent at 5pm, access inside the Jam Heads VIP tent w/ half off beer, side stage access, shading and seating area, and a special VIP Rockapalooza laminate)

All Ages

Kids 10 and under in FREE

Line- up:

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE

Candlebox

Mushroomhead

Saliva

Adam Gontier (formerly of THREE DAYS GRACE)

Surrender the Fall

Deveraux

HURT

Rotation

Shockwave

DreamKiller

Lifeline Revolution

Martian Tea Party

Another Lost Year

Fire in the Sky

Sugar Phix

The Big Beige

REVOLVER ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES STAGE

Taproot

Hed PE

Through the Ashes

Cyanide Sunrise

Red Stone Souls

Distant Decend

Killjay

Smile Empty Soul

Defiant

Shotgun Rebellion

10 Gauge Rage

Sunset Junkies

Living the High Life

EXPERIENCE JACKSON STAGE

12 Stones

Diecast

Ventana (featuring members of Mushroomhead)

Stand Confounded

Absinthe Junk

Paisty Jenny

Red Calling

Psychostick

Blackened Earth

Blue Felix

We Ended In Disaster

A Memory Down

Screaming for Silence

MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD STAGE

Mr Denton on Doomsday

Ruler Music Group

Boy Hits Car

Throwing Gravity

Obie Trice

Prodical Kings

The World Square

Prosevere

Cyk Cylinder

Brobot

CLOVERLAND TATTOO STAGE

Nine Mile Drive

Super Bob

Reign of One

Silence The Fear

Model Citizen

Trample the Weak

Bloody Spades

Skyline Divide

Torn Apart

Tisk Tisk

Deadlite Redemption

Altered Paradime

Oeno

JAM HEADS STAGE 

Infamous

Mary Janes Pride

Fatally Yours

Good Question

 Lit Up

Nation of Wealth

Bet Me I'm Lying

Evan Russell Saffer

Tropic Bombs

Expired Empire

Civil Action

PRETTY FACE, TRASHY MOUTH STAGE

Deleted By God

Wings of Apollo

Elude Fearra

Calming Hannibal

Given Six

Amerikaz Knightmare

Shudder

Illumira

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Kent OH)

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Kent OH)

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Detroit MI)

MICHIGAN MAINSTREAM STAGE

Who's This We?

Maybe Whitney

Six Seconds to Oblivion

To The Devil A Martyr

Monument 6

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Jackson MI)

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Jackson MI)

Road to Rockapalooza Battle of the Band Winner (Detroit MI)

Sunday, June 23^rd:

*COUNTRYPALOOZA (All Country & Classic Rock Day)

3 stages! Over 40 acts featuring Jacob Martin from (RCA/Sony Records) & HELLBOUND GLORY (on tour w/ Kid Rock)

More acts to be announced!

Local acts: Calming Hannibal, Tracy Chapman Tribute Artist w/ Layle Weatherford, The Keri Lynch Band

Advance Price: $10

Day of Show: $20

Kids 10 and under in free

All Ages

Doors: 12pm

Purchase tickets online at: http://local-acts.com/deal/rockapaloozagoescountry/

For more information on the Monster Energy Drink ROCKAPALOOZA festival, please visit:

www.rockapalooza.net
www.facebook.com/RockapaloozaFestival
www.twitter.com/RockapaloozaMI  
www.facebook.com/pages/Kings-of-Rock-Entertainment/24138009279?fref=ts

Pop Evil Reveal More Album Details

POP EVIL have revealed the album cover, track listing and pre-order bundle info this morning in preparation for the release of their forthcoming LP "Onyx" due out May 14, 2013.

The bands newest single "Trenches" has seen a quick rise up the active rock radio charts since its debut only 3 weeks ago. It is currently sitting at #15 after being the #1 most added track this week.

POP EVIL will be in usual form this spring and hitting the road harder than ever. Dates are confirmed across the US with THREE DAYS GRACE in April and SEVENDUST in May with highlighted stops at Rock on the Range Festival, Carolina Rebellion Festival, Fort Rock Festival and Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville.

A handful of pre-order bundles are available as of today.

Track Listing:

1. Goodbye My Friend
2. Deal with the Devil
3. Trenches
4. Torn to Pieces
5. Divide
6. Beautiful
7. Silence & Scars
8. Sick Sense
9. Fly Away
10. Behind Closed Doors
11. Welcome to Reality
12. Flawed

TOUR DATES

4/14/13 Ft. Myers, FL
Fort Rock Music Festival

4/17/13 Portland, ME
State Theatre

4/18/13 Pennellville, NY
Monirae's

4/19/13 Stroudsburg, PA
Sherman Theater

4/21/13 Atlantic City, NJ
House of Blues

4/23/13 Huntington, NY
The Paramount

4/24/13 Greencastle, PA
Green Grove Gardens Event Ctr

4/26/13 Lynchburg, VA
Phase 2

4/27/13 Jacksonville, FL
Metropolitan Park

4/28/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Revolution

4/30/13 Monroe, LA
Live Oaks Bar & Ballroom

5/1/13 Atlanta, GA
The Masquerade

5/5/13 Concord, NC
Carolina Rebellion

5/8/13 Waterloo, IA
Spicoli's

5/9/13 Kearney, NE
Shooters

5/10/13 Springfield, IL
The Ramada Oasis Inn

5/13/13 Rapid City, SC
Rushmore Plaza Civic Ctr

5/14/13 Bismarck, ND
Civic Center Exhibit

5/15/13 Duluth, MN
Clyde Iron Works

5/17/13 Grand Rapids, MI
The Orbit Room

5/18/13 Columbus, OH
Rock On The Range Fest

6/1/13 Uncasville, CT
Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den

http://www.facebook.com/popevil

Pop Evil Reveal In The Studio Clip

Michigan rock radio champions POP EVIL have revealed a new studio update surrounding their new single "Trenches."

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

"Trenches" has seen a quick rise up the active rock radio charts since its debut only 2 weeks ago. It is currently sitting at #25 after being the #1 most added track this week.

POP EVIL will be in usual form this spring and hitting the road harder than ever. Dates are confirmed across the US with THREE DAYS GRACE in April and SEVENDUST in may with highlighted stops at Rock on the Range Festival, Carolina Rebellion Festival, Fort Rock Festival and Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville.

The band has been hard at work on their upcoming full length freshly titled "Onyx" due out on May 14, 2013. The message of “Trenches” applies to the world of art as well as the world of sports, the military or anyone struggling with the economic downturn, like Pop Evil’s home state of Michigan.

“It's about our battles,” says frontman Leigh Kakaty. “Not focusing on the things we can't control, if we really want to be a band that stands the test of time we have to write the music that connects. We have to dig our way out of the trenches.”

During a slump in the music industry, Pop Evil is living proof that you can still make a living following your dreams. “It's a matter of time before rock and roll is in the forefront again and we want to be part of that.”

After three Top 5 songs at Rock Radio, a fourth in the Top 10, a half million digital singles sold and over 1,000 shows a few short years into their impressive career, Pop Evil’s return with "Onyx" is a swaggering, fist­pumping, ball­busting ride through American rock. The grandiose melody of the ‘70s, the danger of the ‘80s, the emotion of the ‘90s and the loudest of modern riffs all have a home in Pop Evil, who fashion a fresh sound that looks to the future through the prism of rock’s past. "Onyx" will be available Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

LISTEN TO "TRENCHES"

POP EVIL IS: Leigh Kakaty (Lead Vocals)
, Nick Fuelling (Lead Guitar), 
Dave Grahs (Rhythm Guitar), Matt DiRito (Bass), 
Chachi Riot (Drums)

Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville Expands To Two Days

This year, the third annual Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville expands to two days--April 27 & 28, 2013--at Jacksonville’s scenic Metropolitan Park along the beautiful St. Johns River.

The region’s biggest rock event will feature headlining performances from Alice In Chains and Limp Bizkit (marking the band’s first hometown show in over a decade), as well as Jacksonville legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. The power-packed lineup for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville also includes: 3 Doors Down, Shinedown,Stone Sour, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Bullet For My Valentine, Halestorm, Buckcherry, Hollywood Undead, Skillet, All  That  Remains,  Device  (featuring  David  Draiman  from  Disturbed),  Asking Alexandria, Escape The Fate, Filter, In This Moment, Steel Panther, Motionless In White, Pop Evil, Otherwise, Saving Abel, Nonpoint, Red, Young Guns, Thousand Foot Krutch, Gemini Syndrome, Girl On Fire, and more.

A special Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville ticket presale will take place on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30 at select Metro PCS stores. No ticket service fees will be charged during the presale. The regular ticket onsale begins Friday, February 1 at 10am EST at www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com, all Ticketmaster locations and select Metro PCS stores.

Two-day General Admission tickets will be just $99.50 plus service fees and single day General Admission tickets will be $54.50 plus service fees. A limited number of two-day VIP tickets and hotel packages will also be available. For full details, visit: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com

"After selling out the last two years of Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, I now see that the city is ready to bring a full-fledged two-day rock festival to downtown Jacksonville and make it a staple in North Florida music for years to come,” says Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents. “We have great radio partners at ROCK 104.5 and X102.9 providing amazing support to the city and event which will make this year’s festival more massive than ever."

Metropolitan Park offers a scenic, spacious site for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville that’s just a few hours drive from cities including Orlando, Tampa, Gainesville, Savannah and Tallahassee, and is easily accessible by plane from around the country. Metropolitan Park is a premier 27-acre recreational facility along the beautiful St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Florida at 1410 Gator Bowl Blvd.

Monster  Energy’s  Welcome  To  Rockville  is  produced  by  Jacksonville  native Danny Wimmer (one of the partners in the massively successful Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion festivals) of Danny Wimmer Presents. The festival is fueled by Monster Energy. Additional sponsors for the event include F.Y.E.,Metro PCS, Beacon Audio andRevolver Magazine.

Monster  Energy’s  Welcome  To  Rockville  kicks  off  the  2013  World’s  Loudest Month. Created in partnership by AEG Live, Right Arm Entertainment and Danny Wimmer Presents, the World’s Loudest Month features the biggest names inrock music performing in five distinct U.S. concert atmospheres: Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Rockfest, Rock On The Range, and Rocklahoma. In 2012, the World’s Loudest Month featured over 100 artists playing for more than 200,000 rock music fans across the country on five consecutive weekends, confirming that rock music is as vital as ever.

As part of the 2013 Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville expansion, the festival will feature a large media and radio tent to accommodate local and national radio and press outlets from around the country.

For more information on Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, visit: Website: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/welcometorockville Twitter: @RockvilleFest

Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville is made possible through the support of sponsors including Monster Energy, F.Y.E., Metro PCS,

ROCK 104.5, X102.9, Beacon Audio and Revolver Magazine.

Uproar Festival Wrap Party Set For November 17

Conquering hurricanes, floods and other inclement weather, the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival stormed its way across North America during its 32-date trek. Packing houses along the way, UPROAR boasted over 324,800 in total attendance – including a peak crowd of more than 23,000 at the September 17 show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Indianapolis.

 

The touring music and lifestyle festival featured multi-platinum headliner Avenged Sevenfold, along with main stage artists Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine and Escape The Fate. The Best Buy Music Gear Stage included headliners Sevendust, as well as Black Tide, Art Of Dying and Hell Or Highwater. The tour’s festival area also offered a variety of activities, vendors and contests. Fans who arrived early had the chance to meet some of their favorite bands at the Best Buy Music Gear Tent and Rockstar Energy Drink Tent.

Each UPROAR show also hosted the Sullen Art Collective’s Miss UPROAR 2011 Model Search competition.  From November 1-9, fans can vote for their favorite Miss UPROAR tour market finalist through the Miss UPROAR Finalist Fan Vote Gallery on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150337390281829.343583.42303941828&type=3) by "liking" or commenting on the model of their choice. The top three finalists chosen by fans, Sullen Art Collective and the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will be flown to Los Angeles to compete for the grand prize at a special red carpet UPROAR wrap party co-hosted by Daisy de la Hoya from VH1's Daisy of Love and Sullen Angel Bernadette Macias at the House Of Blues Sunset Strip in Los Angeles on November 17. In addition, finalists will participate in a photo and video shoot with photographers David Heilser and Nicole Caldwell, stylist Sarah Ellis and hair and makeup artist Elizabeth LaGue. Sullen Art Collective’s Miss UPROAR 2011 will become a Sullen Angel and will be featured in ad campaigns for Sullen Art Collective, Rockstar Energy Drink and Jägermeister Canada. The winner will also receive Sullen clothing, a year supply of Rockstar Energy Drinks and more.

The November 17 UPROAR wrap party will also feature a special performance from 2011 UPROAR band Escape The Fate; Mindset Evolution--the winner of the 2011 Best Buy Music Gear Battle Of The Bands Powered by Ernie Ball; Daisy de la Hoya and special guests. Tickets for the UPROAR wrap party go on sale Friday, November 4 at 10am PST.

Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival co-producer John Oakes reflects on this year’s tour: “We encountered some obstacles with the weather this year, but the UPROAR bands, crew and fans overcame these challenges together to make 2011 another amazing tour for the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival. We’re already making plans for 2012! We were excited to join forces with Sullen Art Collective for the first annual Miss UPROAR competition and look forward to crowning a winner later this month. This year also marked the first Best Buy Music Gear Battle Of The Bands Powered by Ernie Ball and brought out some amazing talent. This year’s winner—Mindset Evolution—will join us on the entire 2012 tour as part of their prize package.”

Critical praise from the media for the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival was widespread, as evidenced below:

“A hurricane of pure metal sweeps across America…”

                                    --Rod Wilba, Kerrang!, September 17, 2011

“…a dream lineup for hard rock fans…”

                                    --Paige Montgomery, Denver Post, October 6, 2011

“…an all-day heavy-music orgy…”

                                    --Tim Finn, Kansas City Star, September 22, 2011

“The impressive size of Saturday’s audience — about 13,000 fans spanning several generations — reflected the sound’s perennial popularity…The festival ran like clockwork…”

                                    --Bill Brownlee, Kansas City Star, September 24, 2011

“…the summer concert series heated up and saved its best for last when the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival hit Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Saturday, Oct. 8…”

                                    --Jim Louvau, Arizona Republic, October 9, 2011

 “…a virtual music marathon…”

--Joe Belcastro, Tampa Tribune, September 2, 2011

“The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival stormed its way into town Saturday, bringing with it 10 bands and eight hours of hard-hitting rock and heavy metal…it was a well-oiled machine…the large crowd got a lot of bang for its buck…”

                                    --Brad Patton, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, August 28, 2011

“…a day of ear-shattering bliss…thousands of hard rock fans descended on Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain for the second Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, featuring a number of the genre's luminaries…”

                                    --Josh McAuliffe, Scranton Times-Tribune, August 29, 2011

“Not even a hurricane could stop dedicated heavy metal fans from ascending Montage Mountain on Saturday, Aug. 27 for the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival, which offered over nine hours of hard rock…”

--Rich Howells, Times Leader/Go Lackawanna, September 4, 2011

“Hard rock, slamming drums and screaming vocals were the rule rather than the exception this past weekend as the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival rolled into town packed with a full bill of great bands and more tattoos than you could count…This festival offered the best of the genre and the THOUSANDS of fans packed Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and were ready to rock.”

                                    --J. Boyd, InsideSTL.com, September 29, 2011

“Virginia has been shaken this month, we had a 5.8 magnitude earthquake on August 23rd, Hurricane Irene on August 27th, but we were thoroughly rocked and brought to our knees on August 31st as the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour came to Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia. Nine hours (yes, nine) of total Rock. Two stages, 10 total bands. It was an unbelievable afternoon and night of music and entertainment, the likes of which I had never experienced…”

                                    --Melissa Gibson, AllAccessMagazine.com, September 22, 2011

“Hurricane Irene may have roared in to New England like a lion but it was the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival that left chaos in its wake. The one day mega-rock extravaganza…an all-you-could-eat-buffet of riffs, licks, and devil horns. Doubling your rock ‘n’ roll pleasure with two stages, the music kicked off early in the day with side stage action on the Best Buy Music Gear Stage…With bands that are worthy main stage acts in their own right, the second stage action lived up to the hype and provided some of the best music of the day giving fans more than a good reason to get there early.”

                                    --Mary Ouellette, Loudwire.com, September 1, 2011

The Sullen Art Collective Miss UPROAR 2011 finalists by market are as follows:

-Camden, NJ: Kristie Waltman

-Scranton, PA: Marissa Young

-Boston, MA: Aileen Garvin

-Washington, DC: Lindsay Rizzo

-Virginia Beach, VA: Sarah Matthews

-Tampa, FL: Stephanie Phillips

-Biloxi, MS: Ashley Sites

-Houston, TX: Paulina Kashina

-Detroit, MI: Danielle Anderson

-Buffalo, NY: Gina Alexanderson

-Hartford, CT: Gianna Rovezzi

-Montreal, QC: Christine Mai

-Toronto, ON: Sarah Posthumus

-Pittsburg, PA: Nirvana Frisko

-Indianapolis , IN: Christy Mack

-Chicago, IL: Kristi Michelle Sidor

-Grand Rapids , MI: Jodi Bialk

-Cleveland, OH: Sierra Caldwell

-Kansas City, MO: Lauren Wilcox

-St. Louis, MO: Candice Harper

-Calgary, AB: Cat Cameron

-Edmonton, AB: Kate Legassie

-Auburn, WA: Candice Oftebro

-Spokane, WA: Brooke Roberts

-Salt Lake City, UT: Sarah Palmer

-Denver, CO: Ashley Torres

-Albuquerque, NM: Rachel Petrikat

-Phoenix, AZ: Stephanie Pietz

-San Diego, CA: Ashley Pagliuso

-Sacramento, CA: Jennifer Rossa

-Mountain View, CA: Toni Zeber

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is made possible through the support of sponsors including Rockstar Energy Drink, Best Buy Music Gear, Ernie Ball, Zoom, Schecter Guitars, KRANK Amps, Zippo, KICKER Performance Audio, Castiv, Guitar Player Magazine, Jägermeister Canada, Vertical-Xtreme, Air Force Reserve, Army Reserves, The Marines, BOSS, Sullen, Fearless Music, NoCover.com and No Cover Event Guide, and others.

www.RockstarUPROAR.com