Slam
Dunk Announces New Bands Such As Alkaline Trio .... Wednesday 10th March 2010
Alkaline Trio, Against Me, Rolo Tomassi, We are
the Ocean, Skindred, My Passion, Hit the Lights,
The Wonder Years and The Audition added to the
bill for SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL 2010 line up!
- These will join New Found Glory (UK 2010 festival
exclusive), Capdown (exclusive UK reunion show),
Four Year Strong, Set your Goals, Fireworks, Breathe
Carolina, The Rocket Summer, RX Bandits, Out of
Sight and Every Avenue
- SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL this year happening over
2 days at 2 sites in London and then Leeds - Dates
are Saturday 29th May (London) and Sunday 30th
May (Leeds)
- Over 10,000 capacity, the festivals highest
ever
- 40+ bands to play/be announced over 7 stages
The same bands will play both days, which are:
Saturday 29th May: ‘Slam Dunk Festival South’,
University of Hertfordshire
7 stages, 5000 capacity
Sunday 30th May: ‘Slam Dunk Festival North’,
Leeds University
7 stages, 5000 capacity
Over 40 bands will play both days
A little bit of SLAM DUNK history :
SLAM DUNK actually started as a rock club night
in 2001 at the legendary Cockpit in Leeds. It
specialised in the pop punk / emo / ska punk /
hardcore genres, and the brand also promoted shows
by some of the most popular of the bands in the
genres across Leeds. As these genres became more
popular over the years, the brand started to become
nationaly known as one of the original and best
associated with the music, branching out and starting
up the festival, as well as the record label that
launched You me at Six.
2008 saw the format change from a one stage festival
to the multi stage festival at Leeds University
it is today. With the increase of stages came
the increase in the number of bands, from international
and major UK bands to the smaller upcoming UK
bands. Being the only festival of its type to
do this, the awareness of the festival quickly
grew nationally. 2009 saw the festival grow even
more to a total of seven stages and with an overall
capacity of 5000 which sold out almost instantly.
Slam Dunk festival is now known for showcasing
new UK talent, picking up the likes of You Me
at Six in 2007 and Young Guns in 2009, as well
as bringing over the cream of US talent for a
UK audience. The list of previous bands includes
Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Thursday, The Academy
Is, Kids in Glass Houses, Hundred Reasons, Boys
like Girls, The Blackout, Twin Atlantic, The Ghost
of a Thousand, Devil sold his Soul, Attack! Attack!,
Zebrahead, Sonic Boom Six, Fightstar and many
more.
CodeJAK
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are a four piece band from Barrow in the North West
of England and they are a band in which Alternative
Vision will be watching closely throughout 2010
as they are simple outstanding and one of the best
new rock bands that England has to offer.
The band
started off with singer, songwriter and
founding member Dan Turner’s love
for music, he originally started his musical
career as a drummer, but then went on
to learn guitar and pen over 20 songs,
he then realise that no vocalist he tried
out could do the songs justice so stepped
out from behind his drums to play guitar
and take on the lead vocals, he then asked
his brother Dave who was nicely following
in his footsteps to drum to see if the
songs worked well in a live environment,
straight away they realised the songs
worked and then recruited Dan Fisher on
bass and Jonny Regan on vocals and guitar
to complete the line up.
Since the band found
their prefect line up they have been busy
playing local shows, building up a steady
local following as well as won support
slots around the North West which has
seen them share the stage which a diverse
line up of bands such as The Futureheads,
Buzzcocks, The Holloways and even the
Sugababes, you may laugh but it is very
true.
The sound and feel
that CodeJAK have is a massive tub-thumping
sound which features big catchy screeching
vocals, dirty guitar riffs, piercing drum
beats and a general sense of progressive
rock which is going to leave you with
a massive smile on your face, the sound
of the band is perfectly highlighted on
their debut EP release ‘Hell Yeah’.
‘Hell Yeah’
is not due for release until the 25th
January, so if I was you I would note
that down in your diary and make sure
that you pick up a copy or download a
copy from ITunes on that day as the opening
track ‘Hell Yeah’ is already
lined up to be the rock anthem of 2010
in my opinion and that is a big statement
considering that 2010 is barely days old.
The second track ‘Pull Out Your
Knife’ is a good song which features
squealing guitar riffs and repetitive
lyrics of “Pull out you knife, pull
out your knife, pull out your knife and
come with me’ which builds up nicely.
The third and final track on the EP ‘Little
Boy’ shows off the softer side of
CodeJAK in such an eerie way.
At the moment CodeJAK
are currently booking a co-headline tour
with The Rocket Dolls the tour will run
throughout part of February and March
and will see both bands travel all over
the UK clocking up at least 20 shows,
it is a tour we are well looking forward
to and I urge each and every single one
of you to try and make it to at least
one show as CodeJAK could quite possibly
become your new favourite band.
As if the upcoming tour was not enough
to get you excited, the band are already
working on their debut album which is
slated for a summer 2010 release and I
am sure nearer the time it will cause
a massive buzz in the industry.
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Rage Against The Machine 'Killing In The Name' and
helping them get the christmas number one beating
the X Factor's Joe Mcelderry with have decided to
feature the offical video of the classic song for
your streaming pleasure.
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