Fullerton, California's The Slidebar has partnered with Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare to host the Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare Battle Of The Bands live local music showcase this September and October.
Unsigned talent will have a chance to compete for a chance to play the Monster Energy Main Stage on one night of Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare.
Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare — the ultimate Halloween music and horror event — will be held every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10 to November 2 at FEARPlex in Pomona, just outside Los Angeles.
The live music showcase nights for Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare Battle Of The Bands will begin with preliminaries at Slidebar on September 9, 16, 23, and 25, and will culminate with the four finalists competing on October 6. One winner will earn the honor of performing on the Monster Energy Main Stage at Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare. The performance date for the winning band will be announced at the final battle at Slidebar on October 6.
To enter the competition, bands should email slidebarvenuebooking@yahoo.com by September 13, 2013. Each entry should include: band name, genre, Facebook page, Twitter, contact name, and contact e-mail. Bands will be chosen from these entries to perform at the weekly battles, each featuring five bands. Also visit the SlideBLOG at SlidebarFullerton.com for more details.
Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare will feature 15 nights of music, culminating with a November 2 headlining performance by Rob Zombie himself. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in the realms of hard rock/metal, rock alternative, EDM, and Latin music. Each Thursday night will feature rock alternative music, Fridays EDM, most Saturdays will feature hard rock/metal, and most Sundays will be Latin music-focused. Visit GreatAmericanNightmare.com for the full list of music performances by date.
A creative collaboration between masters of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer Steve Kopelman, the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie's own horror films: "Lords Of Salem Total Black Out", "The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D" and "Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses".
"The Great American Nightmare's Bloody Boulevard" will offer outdoor screenings of classic horror films, a DJ, food vendors, beer, wine and spirits, and much more, with freak show characters roaming throughout the grounds each night.
Rob Zombie recently completed a summer trip across North America headlining the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The rocker filmed his set in Houston (Aug 3) and Dallas (Aug 4) for an upcoming live DVD release.
Released in April, Zombie’s “Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor” debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 34,000.
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