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Rise Against, Deftones, Coheed, Anberlin to play Rock On The Range

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 2/9/10 @ 10:58 AM - altpress.com

The lineup for the 2010 Rock On The Range festival has been announced. Taking place May 22 and 23 at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, the bill will feature Rise Against, Deftones, Coheed And Cambria, Anberlin, Escape The Fate, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage, Helmet, Bullet For My Valentine and others among the fest's more dubious and/or godawful headliners. (Limp Bizkit, Godsmack and Three Days Grace, anyone?)

Weekend passes are $99.50 with a pre-sale starting Feb. 16. The full lineup is below.

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Adelitas Way
Airbourne
Anberlin
Apocalyptica
Bullet for My Valentine
Coheed & Cambria
Cold
Deftones
Drowning Pool
Escape The Fate
Five Finger Death Punch
Godsmack
Halestorm
Helmet
Janus
Killswitch Engage
Like A Storm
Limp Bizkit
Mastodon
Mushroomhead
Noise Auction
Nonpoint
Papa Roach
Puddle Of Mudd
Rise Against
Rob Zombie
Seether
Sevendust
Shaman's Harvest
Skillet
Slash
Taddy Porter
Theory Of A Deadman
Three Days Grace
Violent Soho
Year Long Disaster

Something Corporate re-recording songs for greatest hits album

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/9/10 @ 10:27 AM - altpress.com

Something Corporate--who announced that they will reunite at the Bamboozle California--spent the past week in Santa Monica recording new versions of "Wait" and "Letters To Noelle"--two songs that originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, Galaxy Sessions.

Frontman Andrew McMahon told the OC Weekly, "We basically went back [into the studio] with this idea that we would kind of revisit a couple of demos that we never really ended up putting on the first two [Something Corporate] records but that we still loved and that we always wanted to do." McMahon went onto say, "We went back into the studio sort of with the idea that we wouldn't be bringing in brand new material so we could get it done quickly and not have to do a bunch of pre-production and stuff. We just hung out in the studio for a week. First time we had been in a studio together in, God, probably four or five years."

The Galaxy Sessions EP was given to members of Something Corporate's mailing list who sold more than five tickets to the band's May 11, 2001, show at the House Of Blues in Anaheim. The new versions of the song are slated to appear on a greatest hits compilation which will be released in April or May. McMahon says there will likely be three or four tracks on the album that are new recordings or mixes.

Get your own custom Say Anything song: Part 2

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/8/10 @ 6:12 PM - altpress.com

Just as he first did back in the summer of 2008, Say Anything's Max Bemis has announced that he will again be accepting fan submissions for personalized, full-length acoustic songs. Bemis will hand-select which buyers will receive songs based on the information they provide. If chosen, your song will cost $150. Check out all the details here.

Pete Wentz and Craig Owens to collaborate on new project

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/8/10 @ 3:30 PM - altpress.com

After months of not-so-subtle clues and performances together, Pete Wentz has revealed that he and ex-Chiodos frontman Craig Owens will be working on a project together that will be officially announced later this month. According to online reports, the new project will be signed to Wentz's label, Decaydance, and managed by Crush Management.

New Chiodos singer revealed

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/8/10 @ 2:01 PM - altpress.com

Although they had planned to reveal their new vocalist at the Bamboozle California in March and no official statement has been released by Equal Vision or the band, news of the new Chiodos frontman has leaked online: it's Yesterdays Rising singer Brandon Bolmer.

For those who caught the tail-end of this past summer's Warped Tour, this won't be the first time you've seen Bolmer step into another frontman's shoes--he filled in for Tyson Stevens when the singer parted ways mid-tour with Scary Kids Scaring Kids. Yesterdays Rising are a post-hardcore outfit from California, and Bolmer is still currently listed as a member, so it's unclear if he will remain with the band as he begins playing with Chiodos.

Bolmer will replace Chiodos' former vocalist, Craig Owens, who parted ways with the band in September.

Check out a video of Yesterdays Rising below and let us know if you think Bolmer will be a good fit!

Photo: Steven Jay

Stream the Audition's new single, "You Ruined This"

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/8/10 @ 1:14 PM - altpress.com

The Audition have revealed that the first single from their upcoming album, Great Danger, will be "You Ruined This." You can stream the song on the band's MySpace page. You can pre-order the album here.