STAPLES Center
Thursday, August 4
**NEW**: SX-10 with special guest Slash at 8:00 PM
SX-10 is the rap/rock creation of Cypress Hill’s Sen Dog and will feature special guest Slash of Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver fame. The band is scheduled to perform after the Moto X Best Trick final.
Friday, August 5
Friday, August 5
**NEW:**
11 a.m. - Bang Sugar Bang
11:45 a.m. - The Uprising
12:30 p.m. - The Beachside Stranglers
1:15 p.m. - Mad Caddies
3:00 p.m. - Atzlan Underground
3:45 p.m. - Nebula
Saturday, August 6th
Von Iva 10:30 a.m.San Francisco’s Von Iva features vocalist Jillian Iva, bassist Elizabeth Davis, organist/keyboardist Becky Kupersmith and drummer Kelly Harris. Prior to forming Von Iva, Davis spent seven years recording and touring with the band 7 Year Bitch. Borrowing their name from singer Iva’s great grandmother, the band formed in 2003 and introduced their soul-influenced disco-rock to San Francisco. Their self titled debut EP was released in spring of 2005 on Cochon Records.
Shepard Fairey 11 a.m.
From the streets of Los Angeles to the subways of London to the high rises of Tokyo, artist Shepard Fairey has long been haunting consumer culture with an ambitious mocking street campaign featuring an omnipresent Andre the Giant. In addition to creating the Obey Giant phenomenon, going on late night art missions and running his commercial design firm Studio Number One, Fairey also makes special DJ appearances, spinning his favorite punk rock and old school hip hop tunes that helped inspire his revolutionary art movement. He is currently working with Plan B skateboards designing pro models for X Games competitors Paul Rodriguez and Danny Way. He is also currently designing an album cover for DJ Z-Trip.
Dead Kennedys 12:15 p.m.
Called "one of the most popular and important American hardcore punk bands of the late seventies/early eighties" by the Rough Guide to Rock, Dead Kennedys band members currently include East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro along with Jeff Penalty. The band's latest release is Live From The Deaf Club, which was recorded in 1979. Touring extensively since they reformed in 2001, Dead Kennedys have played Tokyo, Moscow, throughout Europe and all over the United States in the past four years. The band's debut CD, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables will be re-released in late 2005 with a bonus DVD, previously unseen photographs, and new liner notes to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of this high water mark in punk rock.
Sunday, August 7th
Pennywise 11:20 a.m.Resting on laurels has never been an option for the men of Southern California’s punk rock powerhouse Pennywise. With The Fuse (Epitaph), an incendiary album from its first snare drum crack to its last molten guitar line, the legendary Hermosa Beach foursome plays with more tenacity and vigor than ever. With the determination to bring their game year after year, the members of Pennywise have made a career out of not merely embracing punk rock but playing it as if their lives depended on it. They have outlasting a myriad of other groups to become one of the biggest sellers and most beloved acts on the Epitaph roster. The Fuse hits stores on August 9th. Pennywise will perform right before the Skateboard Big Air competition, creating a perfect match of music and action for their fans.
Michael Franti and Spearhead with special guests Bob Burnquist and Danny Way 1:30 p.m.
Internationally renowned musician, filmmaker and human rights worker, Michael Franti with his band Spearhead bring a unique mix of socially conscious hip hop, rock and reggae. Amongst a rigorous world-wide touring schedule, Franti has recently recorded a follow up to Everyone Deserves Music in Kingston, Jamaica and produced and directed a documentary film, I Know I’m Not Alone. The band is joined on stage by X Games athletes and Spearhead fans Bob Burnquist and Danny Way. Franti and Spearhead’s music was featured in the forthcoming Burnquist documentary The Reality of Bob Burnquist, and Franti has been a long time supporter of action sports.
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