Here’s the current lineup:
Friday 8/26
2:00pm Gates Open
2:15pm Great White
3:30pm Default
5:00pm Saliva
7:30pm Skillet
10:00pm Meat Loaf
Saturday 8/27
12:00pm Gates Open
1:00pm Adrenaline Mob
2:15pm The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
3:45pm Fuel
5:15pm Sebastian Bach
7:30pm Twisted Sister
10:00pm Godsmack
A little about the bands.
Great White
In 1978 Los Angeles, California produced an American rock band, Dante Fox, aka Great White. The name change came with acquiring their first manager and was coined from guitarist Mark Kendall’s white-blonde hair, white guitar, and white jumpsuit and shoes. The band had great success in the 80′s and 90′s but poor finances helped dissolve the band in 2000. Come 2002 the solo efforts of lead singer Jack Russell and Mark Kendall were not producing any interest so they set out to revisit the Great White hits. Tragedy hit in 2003 when Jack Russell’s Great White caused the infamous Station nightclub fire with a spray of sparks that left many injured and claimed 100 lives, one of which was band guitarist at the time Ty Longley. The band didn’t see the original line up again until 2006 when they set out to tour for their 25th/26th anniversary. The lineup to date has lost bass guitarist Sean McNabb who now plays for Dokken and Jack Russell is currently recovering from surgery due to a perforated bowel. Vocal reigns will be taken over by Terry Ilous from XYZ until Jack gets better.
Once Bitten Twice Shy / Rock Me / Stick It / Face The Day / Save Your Love / Lady Red Light / Mista Bone / The Angel Song / House of Broken Love / Call It Rock And Roll / Big Goodbye
Default
Canada and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger helped create the 1999 band, Default. They have a huge fan base in Canada hailing from Vancouver, BC with four cd’s to their name. Some may call them a post-grunge alternate rock band but most will just say they rock. Turns out Canada has more than hockey and bacon. They will definitely delight the ears of Rock Jam goers.
Wasting My Time / Deny / Live a Lie / Sick and Tired / Taking My Life Away / Throw It All Away / Count On Me / I Can’t Win / All Over Me / Little Too Late / Turn It On
Saliva
2007 brought a couple of hardcore fellas to Rock Jam. Well it must have went pretty good because the same guys are back for round two. Saliva, the band not the oral excrement, will be rocking your face off Friday evening. These Memphis boys formed back in 1996 and have seven albums and one greatest hits to their name. Their seventh album Under Your Skin just came out this year so run out and get it!
Click Click Boom / Your Disease / After Me / Always / Rest In Pieces / Raise Up / Survival Of The Sickest / Ladies and Gentlemen / Broken Sunday / How Could You? / Badass
Skillet
It seems that 1996 was a good year in Memphis, Tennessee. Another Memphis indigenous will be gracing the stage in the most literal sense as a Christian rock band called Skillet. The name Skillet came about as a joke because when the band first formed they were taking different music styles and throwing them in a “skillet” to see what they could produce. Throw in a dash of rock, a pinch of roll, and season with Christ, let simmer for 15 years and you get eight albums and two Grammy nominations. Who knew? Something tells me God did. As with any band they’ve had their lineup changes but the current inception seems pretty solid and is making some good music. Plus you can’t go wrong in a lineup when you have two talented sexy women playing guitar and drums.
Hero / Monster / Rebirthing / Awake and Alive / Comatose / Whispers In The Dark / The Older I Get / Alien Youth / I Can / Savior / The Last Night / Looking For Angels / More Faithful
Meat Loaf
Marvin Lee Aday, aka Michael Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf! That’s right rocker and actor Meat Loaf will be the headlining act for Friday at Rock Jam this year. Meat grew up in Dallas with an alcoholic father and a religious mother. After going to college he moved to Los Angeles and started making music going through various band names. He also did various acting gigs at the time. The early 70′s is when Meat Loaf started focusing more on music and started having greater success once people bought into his musical style. Also Meat still performed on Broadway shows here and there. One of Meat’s greatest successes is his album Bat Out of Hell which has sold more that 43 million copies and is still a top seller after 30 years.
I Would Do Anything For Love / Paradise By The Dashboard Light / Two Out Of Three Ain`t Bad / Bat Out Of Hell / Dead Ringer For Love / If You Really Want To / Razor’s Edge / Modern Girl / Piece Of The Action / Life is a Lemon (And I Want My Money Back) / Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through / Not A Dry Eye In The House / Runnin’ For The Red Light (I Gotta Life) / Couldn’t Have Said It Better / It’s All Coming Back To Me Now / Los Angeloser
Adrenaline Mob
What’s the cure to a hang over? Well besides more beer I’d have to say a dose of Adrenaline Mob. This is the new band formed from ex-Dream Theater drummer, Mike Portnoy. After leaving Dream Theater to tour as Avenged Sevenfold’s drummer he decided to form this band with Russell Allen from Symphony X on vocals, Mike Orlando from Sonic Stomp on guitar, Rich Ward from Stuck Mojo/Fozzy on guitar, and Paul DiLeo from Rage and Beyond on bass. So wash the sleep out with your choice of breakfast poison and get out there rockin’.
The Mob Rules (Cover) / Album Teaser
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
What do bored band kids do in Middleton, FL? They form a band. Childhood friends got together in 2003 and formed The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Named via voting on random words on a wall… A huge local fan base finally got this new rock band the needed attention to secure a record deal. Those childhood friends have since went separate ways but the lead singer remains the same. They have two albums out and are expecting the third to hit selves August 30th.
Face Down / False Pretense / Your Guardian Angel / Damn Regret / You Better Pray / Pen and Paper / Represent / Choke / Reap
Fuel
Tennessee and 1989 brought together Small the Joy, later to be known as Fuel. The band moved to Pennsylvania in the 90′s which also brought about the name change and started making some noise at local spots. Their popularity and sound got them a record deal and they started dishing them out until 2004. The next couple of years saw some shaky ground with line-up changes one of which was a new lead singer. American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry was offered the job but turned it down. They finally got Toryn Green in the singer spot but after a while he bailed due to the experience not being what he thought it would be. The world of Fuel got a little stagnant after that until original lead singer Brett Scallions and guitarist Jeff Abercrombie formed Re-Fueled and toured playing the old Fuel hits. Years have passed with some more changes and what we are left with to date is Fuel fronted by the only original member Brett Scallions.
Shimmer / Hemorrhage (In My Hands) / Falls On Me / Bad Day / Innocent / Won’t Back Down / Wasted Time / Sunburn / Jesus Or A Gun / Bittersweet / Last Time / Million Miles / Gone
Sebastian Bach
When you think of rock ‘n’ roll, Bahamas is not your first thought, but that’s where Sebastian Philip Bierk hails. Sebastian was raised in Peterborugh, Ontario, Canada so he’s more of a Canadian. His background is pretty diverse containing Norwegian, French Canadian, and Native American descent. None of this sounds like the makings of an 80′s rocker but sure enough it led to the formation of Skid Row. At some point Bierk became Bach and in 1996 he got fired from Skid Row. Bach tried out a few bands, did some shows on Broadway, and some appearances on TV. In 2007 Bach made his solo band and produced a CD. He’s recently been touring with the likes of Poison, Dokken, and Guns N’ Roses.
Battle with the Bottle / You Don’t Understand / Back In The Saddle / (Love Is) A Bitchslap / Negative Light / Angel Down / Kicking And Screaming
Twisted Sister
Back in 1972 a little glam rock band was formed under the name Silverstar in Long Island. Then along came Dee Snider 4 years later to sprinkle in some heavy metal and some creativity. Keeping the glam rock look, changing the name to Twisted Sister, and delivering a heavier sound they started making waves. People started calling themselves S.M.F.F.O.T.S., Sick Motherfucking Friends Of Twisted Sister, later changing that mouthful to S.M.F. for Sick Mother Fuckers. Come 1979 they were selling out big venues with no album or radio play. Shortly after they released four songs on their own since no record label would take them. In 1980 the band solidified a lineup and started making records. They finally were able to find a label in the UK. Around ’82 the band became a little more grotesque with their feminine style by adding some leather and chains. Their UK label went out of business but they had finally made enough noise to get noticed but the big guys and continued to put out albums. MTV came along and played their music videos constantly gaining them even more popularity and even the Senate took notice complaining about their anti parent and teacher lyrics. The down fall of the band came about with MTV banning one of their music videos, poor record sales, poor concert attendance, and the removal of their make up. Officially the band broke up in 1988. During the down time nothing great was produced by any of the members. Along came 1997 with some reissued albums slowly reminding everyone of the greats, Twisted Sister. The first time in 14 years the bad played again was for a benefit concert after 9/11 and there was a great demand to see the band play more. They have slowly played more and more mostly hitting festivals sporting makeup again. A fun fact to look out for is before they hit the road they do practice gigs sans makeup under the name Bent Brother. Recently Snider said that 2009 was the last time they would be sporting makeup. We will see if this holds true come Saturday night.
You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll / We’re Not Gonna Take It / I Wanna Rock / The Price / Leader of the Pack / Be Chrool to Your Scuel / Hot Love / Oh Come All Ye Faithful / Silver Bells / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / 30 / I Am (I’m Me) / Heavy Metal Christmas / The Kids Are Back
Godsmack
Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1995, and a cold sore. Things that led to the formation of Godsmack? Correct! Sully Erna, a 23 year veteran drummer, decided he wanted a go at the vocals so he formed a new band. This eventually became known as Godsmack and they swept the nation in no time. Every album they produced has been bought up and loved. Since their inception they’ve been touring and producing hits like a sweat shop. They only took a small break around their 10th anniversary but they recharged and came back stronger than ever. They will be putting on an amazing show come Saturday night.
Whatever / Keep Away / Bad Religion / Voodoo / Awake / Bad Magick / Greed / I Stand Alone / Straight Out Of Line / Serenity / Re-Align / Running Blind / Touché / Speak / Good Times Bad Times / Whiskey Hangover / Cryin’ Like a Bitch / Love-Hate-Sex-Pain
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