TACO BELL® FEED THE BEAT™ READY TO ROCK & ROLL WITH
100 OF THE NATION’S HOTTEST UP-AND-COMING
ROCK BANDS
Taco Bell Feeding
Bands Free Fourthmeal While Out on the Road
IRVINE,CALIF., November 18, 2009 –
Taco Bell® continues to Feed the Beat™
for up-and-coming rock acts and announced today the 100 bands that made the
2009 Feed the Beat lineup. Celebrating its fourth year, Feed the Beat provides free
food and marketing support to America’s
up-and-coming rock acts. This year, touring bands from across the nation,
including The All-American Rejects, Boys
Like Girls, Forever The Sickest Kids, We The Kings, Atreyu, Owl City, Dr. Dog and
more, will receive $500 in Taco Bell Bucks for free Fourthmeal, the late night
meal between dinner and breakfast. More than just free food, bands also receive
important marketing support for their music.
Music fans will be able to
discover each Feed the Beat band on
Taco Bell’s Virtual Music Festival Web site (www.feedthebeat.com)
which showcases their music and exclusive content created for the site. Once
there, fans can listen to bands they know or discover new tunes as they stream
music via the Feed the Beat Music
Player. If they discover a band they like and want to purchase music, they are
directed to the band’s Web site where they can purchase the song.
“Feed
the Beat began as a simple way to
show how much we love and support independent music, but it’s grown to become a
benchmark for how Taco Bell supports bands and artists,” said David
Ovens, Chief Marketing Officer, Taco Bell Corp. “Our Feed the Beat bands have been showcased via our partnerships with
MTV and ESPN, as we work hard to highlight their talent and music. Whether
helping to extend the spotlight on their nominations for Video Music Awards,
getting them to play at the VMAs, or creating live concerts and soundtrack
opportunities during the X Games, the work never stops in support of our bands.
We want to help our 2009 lineup to realize at least the same type of success
and hopefully more.”
Taco Bell is proud to congratulate all of the 2009 Feed
the Beat bands:
Northeast:
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Rocket To The Moon (Braintree, MA),
Alberta Cross (Brooklyn, NY), American Speedway (Philadelphia, PA),
As Tall As Lions (New York, NY), Black Gold (Brooklyn, NY), Boys
Like Girls (Boston, MA), Brian Bonz & The Dot Hongs (Brooklyn,
NY), Cash Cash (Roseland, NJ), Comic Book Heroes (Reading, PA), Defeater
(Boston, MA), Dr. Dog (Philadelphia, PA), Fun. (New York,
NY), Good Old War (Langhorne, PA), Hotspur (Rockville, MD),
Jet Lag Gemini (Mahwah, NJ), Just Surrender (Dover Plains, NY),
Kelsey and the Chaos! (New York, NY), Math the Band (Providence,
RI), Secret Secret Dino Club (Saratoga Springs, NY), Shayna Zaid
& The Catch (New York, NY), Stereo Skyline (Long Island, NY), The
Acacia Strain (Chicopee,
MA), The Bouncing Souls (New York, NY),The
Dares (Burlington, VT), The Dig (New York, NY), The Gay Blades (New
York, NY), This Condition (Long Island, NY), TV/TV (New York, NY),
Vanna (Boston, MA)
Midwest: All the Day Holiday (Cincinnati, OH), AM Taxi (Chicago,
IL), Cheap Girls (Lansing, MI), Electronic Six (Detroit, MI), Foxy
Shazam (Cincinnati, OH), Ha Ha Tonka (Springfield, MO), Haste the
Day (Indianapolis, IN), New Medicine (Minneapolis, MN), Now, Now
Every Children (Minneapolis, MN), Owl City (Owatonna, MN), Story
of the Year (St. Louis, MO), The Ready Set (Fort Wayne, IN), THE
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Chicago, IL), We All Have Hooks For Hands (Sioux Falls, SD), William Elliott Whitmore (Montrose, IA)
Southeast: Dead Confederate (Athens, GA), E for Explosion (Guthrie,
KY), Emarosa (Lexington, KY), Fake Problems (Naples, FL), Hey
Monday (West Palm Beach, FL), Hot Chelle Rae (Nashville, TN), Iwrestledabearonce
(Shreveport, LA), Jonas Sees In
Color (Greensboro, NC), Katie
Kerkhover (Nashville, TN), Less Than Jake (Gainesville, FL), Mae (Virginia
Beach, VA), Mansions (Louisville, KY), Municipal Waste (Fairfax,
VA), NeedToBreathe (Charleston, SC),
Red Collar (Durham, NC), Roman Candle (Chapel Hill, NC), Schoolboy
Humor (Little Rock, AR), The
Almost (Tampa, FL), The Chariot (Douglasville, GA), The Constellations (Atlanta,
GA), The Features (Nashville,
TN), The Friday Night Boys (Fairfax, VA), Those Darlins (Murfreesboro,
TN), VersaEmerge (Port St. Lucie, FL), We the Kings (Bradenton,
FL), Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN) ....
Southwest: Barely Blind (Groves, TX), blessthefall (Phoenix, AZ),
Cross Canadian Ragweed (Yukon, OK), Eyes Set To Kill (Tempe, AZ), Forever
the Sickest Kids (Dallas, TX), Miniature Tigers (Phoenix,
AZ), The All-American
Rejects (Stillwater, OK), The
Summer Set (Scottsdale, AZ), The Uglysuit (Oklahoma City, OK), Upon
A Burning Body (San Antonio, TX)....
West: After Midnight Project (Los Angeles, CA), Atreyu (Yorba
Linda, CA), Barcelona (Seattle,
WA), Broadway Calls (Rainier, OR), Carolina Liar (Stockholm, CA), Dance Gavin Dance (Sacramento, CA), Earthless (San Diego, CA), Evan Taubenfeld (Los Angeles, CA), In This Moment (North Hollywood, CA), Mozella (Los Angeles, CA), MC Lars (San Francisco, CA), Nathen Maxwell and the Original Bunny Gang (Los
Angeles, CA), Nations Afire (Los
Angeles, CA), Red Fang (Portland,
OR), Resident Hero (Los Angeles, CA), Runner Runner (Huntington Beach, CA), Sherwood (San Luis Obispo, CA), Single File (Denver, CO), The Parson Red Heads (Los Angeles, CA), Wallpaper.(Oakland, CA)....
Feed the Beat bands
were chosen by a panel of judges based on performance and musicianship,
originality and material selection, and overall appeal and personality. Bands
also had the opportunity to express their passion for Taco Bell and share
stories about eating Fourthmeal while touring.
"I worked at a Taco
Bell in Edmond, Okla. for over three years and still eat Taco Bell every week.
Even when we're out of the country, I have friends on army bases who bring me
Taco Bell,” said Mike Kennerty, guitarist for The All-American Rejects.
“Getting to be a part of the Feed the
Beat family is sweet to say the least. Thanks, Taco Bell!”
To get the most up-to-date
information and announcements, follow @FeedTheBeat on Twitter or go to
the Feed The Beat Facebook page.
About
Fourthmeal
Fourthmeal is the late night
meal between dinner and breakfast that includes four signature tastes and textures
found only at Taco Bell. Consumers seeking late night choices will find crunchy, spicy, melty and grilled
taste experiences during Fourthmeal at participating Taco Bell locations.....
About Taco Bell Corp.
Taco Bell Corp. (“Taco Bell”), a
subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM), is the nation’s leading
Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain. Taco Bell serves tacos, burritos,
signature quesadillas, Grilled Stuft Burritos, nachos, and other specialty
items such as Crunchwrap Supreme®, in addition to the 79-89-99 Why Pay More® Value
Menu. Taco Bell serves more than 36.8
million consumers each week in nearly 5,600 restaurants in the U.S.
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