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Emphatic, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold & Buckcherry where the four bands that performed at the Heartland Event Center In Grand Island on April 3rd.

Emphatic - Emphatic is an active rock band from Omaha, Ne. After recording with producer Matt Noveskey bassist for Blue October they released their latest EP. Emphatic has sold over 10,000 cd's independantly and had a 17 week run on Billboards West North Central Heetseakers Chart, they were 1 for 7 weeks. Emphatic has airplay on several stations across the Midwest and they are a top request on all of them. Emphatic has tour experience and has played with bands such as Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch, 311, Puddle of Mud, Hollywood Undead and many others. http://www.myspace.com/emphaticonline
Papa Roach - Coby Dick - VocalsJerry - Guitar Tobin - BassDave - Drums
"In the small Northern California town of Vacaville, four high school friends, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Dave Buckner, and Will James, decided to start a band. In 1993, they became Papa Roach, a band whose influences included prominent Bay Area acts such as Faith No More and Primus. Papa Roach quickly rose to the top of the Vacaville music scene with their blending of hip-hop, groove-funk, and hardcore. After a couple of years of playing coffeehouses, pizza joints, and keg-parties, they were headlining such places as the Cactus Club in San Jose, the Cattle Club in Sacramento, and the Berkeley Square in Berkeley"http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Papa-Roach-Biography/F49200557167D3D248256915001FED85
Avenged Sevenfold-The members of metalcore outfit Avenged Sevenfold (or A7X) were still attending high school in Huntington Beach, CA, when they formed their band in 1999. Nevertheless, it didn't take long for M. Shadows (vocals), Zacky Vengeance (guitar), Synyster Gates (guitar), the Reverend (drums), and Johnny Christ (bass) to make an impression with their aggressive hybrid of metal and punk-pop. The band made its official debut in July 2001, releasing Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on the Good Life label before moving to the Hopeless roster for 2003's Waking the Fallen. Warner Bros. took interest in the band's aggressive sound and issued its breakthrough release, City of Evil, in June 2005. The album reached number 30 on Billboard's Top 200, propelled in part by the Top Ten success of the single "Bat Country." The accompany music video was heavily rotated on MTV and Fuse, where live appearances also helped boost Avenged's growing profile, and the band ultimately won the Best New Artist Award (though they were hardly newcomers) at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Avenged_Sevenfold/Biography/
BuckCherry- Josh Todd - Vocals Xavier Muriel - Drums Jimmy Ashhurst - Bass Keith Nelson - Guitar Stevie D. - Guitar Los Angeles hard rockers Buckcherry formed in mid-1995 after singer Joshua Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson were introduced through their tattoo artist; after cutting their earliest demos, the duo recruited bassist Jonathan "J.B." Brightman and drummer Devon Glenn and began performing live, quickly earning a major following on the L.A. club scene. Following the subsequent addition of second guitarist Yogi, Buckcherry signed to DreamWorks Records, issuing their self-titled debut LP in 1999. Singles such as "Check Your Head" and "For the Movies" were modern rock hits for Buckcherry, allowing them to raise their profile by summer 2000. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Buckcherry/Biography/

Although all this isn't going to go into my review I believe its good to have knowlege of the bands your talking about so I did some research to find out more info on the bands to help me get started.