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Jonah Matranga

Jonah Matranga is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released a variety of solo material under both his own name and Onelinedrawing, and has previously been part of the bands Far, New End Original (an anagram of “onelinedrawing”) and Gratitude. Jonah Matranga grew up in and around Boston, Massachusetts. He left in 1987 to attend Pitzer College in Claremont, California, where he majored in English. After College, Jonah moved to Sacramento, where he lived for 8 years. Jonah married in April 1994, and his daughter was born that August.

Anberlin

Anberlin was formed in 2002 in Orlando, FL, USA. Their debut album, Blueprints For The Black Market, was quite successful. Spurred on by popular singles Readyfuels and Change the World, it sold over 60,000 copies and raised Anberlin's profile. They released their sophomore album, Never Take Friendship Personal, in February 2005. The album was praised by critics, garnering favourable reviews and winning the band new fans.

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Kids In Glass Houses

Kids In Glass Houses are a five-piece rock band from Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom. The band formed in 2003 and signed with Roadrunner Records in December 2007. Kids In Glass Houses currently comprises vocalist Aled Phillips, guitarists Joel Fisher and Iain Mahanty, bassist Andrew Shay, and drummer Philip Jenkins. The band’s debut EP, E-Pocalypse, was released during their time as an unsigned band in 2006.

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Little League

3 Bands: - Little League is 3 rowdy dudes from Tallahassee, FL. - Little League was an instrumental band from California. Members are now playing in pretend. - Little League hailing from philadelphia was established in 1999. In 2002 they
were forced to change their name after receiving a cease and desist order from Little League
Baseball Association. They are now called Kill Verona.

Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine are a metalcore band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar), Jason James (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums). They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released; two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine.

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Boys Like Girls

Boys Like Girls is a pop rock band which formed in Andover, Massachusetts, United States in 2005. The band currently consists of Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (guitar, vocals), Morgan Dorr (bass) and John Keefe (drums). The group's original bassist, Bryan Donahue, left the band in 2011. As of February 2011 the band announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus. Recently, on November 17th, 2011, Martin Johnson tweeted "...#boyslikegirlsisback", revealing that the group has not broken up, rather that the members are taking a rest and engaging in various side projects.

World at a Glance

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) (The) World At A Glance are an Australian 4-piece Screamo band based in Melbourne. With influences of Emo, Screamo, Post-Rock, Punk bands such as At The Drive-in, Fugazi, Rites Of Spring, Saetia, Merchant Ships, Make Me and Explosions in the Sky. They began playing together on the first day of December in 2008. after a few months of writing, they recorded a 3 song demo.

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Escape The Fate

Escape the Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed in Pahrump, Nevada in 2004. Their debut full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, was released on September 26, 2006. Their second full-length album, This War Is Ours was released on October 21, 2008. To date the band has released two full-length studio albums, three EPs, and six music videos and consists of , Craig Mabbitt (vocals), Max Green (bass), Bryan Money (guitars) and Robert Ortiz (drums).

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