A Dose of Real LA Music Erupts During Van's Warped Tour

1AD7's bass player James Santisteban grew up with Salem-News.com's Tim King in south east Los Angeles.

Images courtesy: 1AD7

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - One of LA's hottest bands, 1AD7, is hitting the road for Van's Warped Tour. I take pleasure in sharing this information about the tour as the band's bass player is an old high school friend of mine, James Santisteban. These guys rock hardcore and their music falls naturally into the R & V category, Rhythm & Violence.

1AD7's James Santisteban

It is always good to hear from an old friend, and it isn't every day that I learn one of my buddies is part of an act like this. 1AD7 personifies the part of LA that we grew up in; it is heavily laden with gang activity and police sirens, but also with people who go all the way and work to be the best at what they do.

1AD7 hits hard with lyrics from Frank "Big Lyrik" and Tony. They fall into sync with James' wicked bass, backed by a solid beat from the band's drummer Chris, who always plays a 5 piece drum kit with lot’s of cymbals. Other band members include Mavis who is a multi-instrumentalist and Dustin on guitar.

The band has performed live with national acts like Alien Ant Farm, KottonMouth Kings, Hed P.E., One Side Zero, The Reyes Brothers & Cypress Hill.

1AD7 has sold out major venues like the House of Blues Sunset, the Key Club & The Viper Room. The band has also spent time on the road where they have performed on the "Bring the Noise Tour" (SubUrban Noise Records) and The Pangea Music Festival. 1AD7 provided all the live music for Pure Combat MMA fights, and they headlined shows in Lake Havasu, Arizona for Labor Day Weekend & Spring Break week.

As part of the Vans Warped Tour this Summer 2008, 1AD7 will be on the on the entire West Coast leg of the tour. 1AD7's music has also begun to see spins in multiple forms of media. These include Hollywood Music TV, BUZZ Radio, KWSS 106.7 Tempe, Az and 104.1 Fresno, Ca, 103.9 Riverside, Ca, Internet radio stations, Time Warner Cable Tv stations as well as hundreds of hits daily on their web sites.

1AD7 songs Have also made their way into extreme sports DVD’s. Glamis Gone Wild III features 2 songs from 1AD7, Suicidal Motorsports, a drifting, motorcycle stunt DVD features the song Fight Back and Pure Combat MMA fighting Features 9 Songs and video footage from the event.

1AD7's first self-titled album continues to receive rave reviews from a cast of critics across the globe. The group was also crowned The Best New Hip Hop Artists of the Year 2006 at the Los Angeles Music Awards and also landed on Skinnie Magazines 25 Best Unsigned Bands list in 2006.

Along with the album 1AD7 has made 2 music videos. First video was made for Fight Back in 2007 and the second video for their song Worldwide in 2008.

They say it is all about blending rhymes from the streets with hard rock music reminiscent of the Hollywood heyday with an updated twist.

Their list of influences range from Cypress Hill to Rage, and from TuPac to Slayer. 1AD7 has assembled through their passion and hard work, a musical mosaic of quality musicianship and pure passion.

They channel this raw emotion into explosive numbers like "Why" and "Fight Back", creating what the band described as, "A driving force of fury that hits its audience like a musical juggernaut."

Visit 1AD7 at these sites:

1AD7 on MySpace

1AD7 Website

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HERE IS 1AD7 WITH "BIG BAD" COURTESY OF YOUTUBE:

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Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. Today, in addition to his role as a war correspondent in Afghanistan where he spent the winter of 2006/07, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website, affiliated with Google News and several other major search engines and news aggregators. Tim's coverage from Iraq that was set to begin in April has been delayed and may not take place until August, 2008. You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com