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Tonight Alive, I Am The Avalanche and More Join 2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup

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February 1, 2012

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The 2012 Vans Warped Tour announced six more additions today to get you over the mid-week hump. Tonight Alive (pictured above), I Am The Avalanche, For Today, The Constellations, Bangups and Ballyhoo! were the lucky six announced today, bringing the roster to a healthy 44 bands. Enjoy RAGGED faves Tonight Alive‘s announcement video below and let us know what you think of the lineup thus far!

2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup (Thus Far, in Alphabetical Order)
A Loss For Words
After The Burial
Ballyhoo!
Bangups
Bayside
blessthefall
Chelsea Grin
The Constellations
Dead Sara
Echo Movement
Every Time I Die
For Today
Funeral Party
The Ghost Inside
The Green
Hyro Da Hero
I Am The Avalanche
I Fight Dragons
Impending Doom
It Boys!
Living With Lions
Lost In Society
Machine Gun Kelly
Make Do and Mend
Man Overboard
Mayday Parade
Memphis May Fire
Mighty Mongo
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Senses Fail
Sick of Sarah
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
The Silver Comet
Skip The Foreplay
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Tonight Alive
Twin Atlantic
Vampires Everywhere!
Vanna

From the RAGGED Archives: The All-American Rejects Welcome the Unknown

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January 31, 2012

Like many of you, we were thrilled when Bamboozle announced the addition of The All-American Rejects to the 2012 lineup. As we look ahead to that glorious New Jersey weekend, we couldn’t help but think of our cover story featuring the Stillwater gang for the 2010 Vans Warped Tour special edition of RAGGED. Enjoy the archived story below as the band was gearing up to release their third album, When The World Comes Down, and be sure to download the full issue of RAGGED here featuring more photos with the band.


STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF RAGGED…

 

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Going from hit singles to platinum albums and from playing friends’ garages to headlining international tours, The All-American Rejects have lived the all-American dream. What began as a collaboration between two friends (lead vocalist and bassist Tyson Ritter and lead guitarist Nick Wheeler) has since led to countless nights on the road, numerous awards and three incredibly successful LPs. And to think that the fairy tale all started when an employee at Doghouse Records found their demo in the trash—talk about rags to riches.

With their third and most anticipated album behind them and having wrapped up a tour at the end of last year, the Rejects—Ritter and Wheeler along with Mike Kennerty (rhythm guitar) and Chris Gaylor (drums)—have been busy working with the likes of Rihanna and Weezer, contributing to the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack, and writing another album. Even though the guys have had their musical plates full, they found time to move halfway across North America: After having publicly talked about relocating to Los Angeles for years, Ritter and his Oklahoma-based band mates have finally made the move to the West Coast.

“When I was 21, I thought, ‘Well, I can probably move to L.A. now but I would probably end up getting eaten alive,’” Ritter says. “Now I’m 25 and I’ve put it off long enough.”

But relocating is not the only change the guys are making. For their fourth album, The All-American Rejects are paving a different path. “It’s a huge departure for us—I think we might be burning some bridges and building some new ones on this one,” Ritter says. “I figured instead of doing the Tango; why not try the Pasodoble? I feel like in order to continue on as a band we need to change the music. If you liked where we were going on the last three trips—they were just baby steps. This next one is going to be our daddy-pants step. They’re going to be strides instead of steps from now on.”

Ritter is not quick to reveal just how far these strides are going to take the group’s sound; however, he does drop a few ambiguous hints. “If I could describe our music in terms of fashion it would have to be red Chucks, black suits and spray-on glitter—there’s going to be glitter all over this next record.”

 

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Reminder: LAST DAY to Enter to Win Florence + the Machine Album and Numark Turntable!

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January 30, 2012

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Don’t forget, RAGGED readers! Today is your LAST DAY to enter to win a brand new Numark TTUSB Turntable along with the amazing new Florence + the Machine LP, Ceremonials (available now on iTunes)!

 

Enter on the contest page now!


Mayday Parade, Sick of Sarah and More Join 2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup

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January 25, 2012

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The 2012 Vans Warped Tour lineup is shaping up quite nicely, if we do say so ourselves! RAGGED faves Mayday Parade and Issue #13 alum Sick of Sarah were among the acts announced today to be joining the roster, now clocking in at 38 bands. Also added today include Make Do and Mend, Skip The Foreplay, The Green, Twin Atlantic and Vanna. As always, check out the full updated listing of confirmed bands below and stay tuned here for the next round of bands to be announced.

2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup (Thus Far, in Alphabetical Order)
A Loss For Words
After The Burial
Bayside
blessthefall
Chelsea Grin
Dead Sara
Echo Movement
Every Time I Die
Funeral Party
The Ghost Inside
The Green
Hyro Da Hero
I Fight Dragons
Impending Doom
It Boys!
Living With Lions
Lost In Society
Machine Gun Kelly
Make Do and Mend
Man Overboard
Mayday Parade
Memphis May Fire
Mighty Mongo
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Senses Fail
Sick of Sarah
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
The Silver Comet
Skip The Foreplay
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Twin Atlantic
Vampires Everywhere!
Vanna

From the RAGGED Archives: Hellogoodbye Past Pleasures and Future Sounds

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January 24, 2012

As we’re experiencing an unseasonably warm January day in New York City (currently a balmy 52 degrees!), we couldn’t help but think about summer and crank out our favorite sunny-day jams, including the incomparable Hellogoodbye! It’s only fitting that today’s “From the Archives” feature takes us back to last summer’s Vans Warped Tour, where we got plenty of quality time with the SoCal indie pop band. Be sure to download the complete issue as a free PDF here, including several more photos from our shoot with the band. Enjoy!

STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF RAGGED…

 

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“A friend was in Travis’s car, sitting shotgun. One of us went back into the trunk getting some bags and, for some reason, he made the assumption that we were going through his CDs,” Hellogoodbye frontman Forrest Kline laughs as he recounts a summer trip with pals to a family-owned cabin in Big Bear. “And because of that, he started banging at the windshield yelling at us, and he cracked the windshield open! That may be one of my best memories of summer.”

The Long Beach, California-based band (which also includes keyboardist Joseph Marro, drummer Michael Nielsen, guitarist Andrew Richards and the aforementioned bassist Travis Head) are no strangers to fun in the sun. Their infectious, ennui-laced indie pop feels custom-made to soundtrack a lifetime worth of summers. This June, the band are set to help fans create more memories as they take to the road with Warped Tour—which Hellogoodbye haven’t been a part of since 2006.

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