Crooked X Set To Rock Second Stage For Disturbed’s Music As A Weapon IV Festival

Oklahoma’s hard rock quartet, Crooked X will play on the second stage at Disturbed’s Music As A Weapon IV Tour-a music, tattoo, and lifestyle festival-presented by Samsung Mobile and powered by Sprint. Crooked X will rock The Ernie Ball Second Stage, which will be officially sponsored by multi-city battle of the bands organization Headbang For the Highway www.myspace.com/headbangforthehighway , a 38-city, nine-week trek, which kicks off March 20th in Madison, WI. “I would go to this show even if we weren’t playing. These are some of our favorite bands. What a great opportunity,” says Jesse Cooper, lead guitarist. “I’m so stoked to go on the Music As A Weapon Tour. I’m excited to see Killswitch Engage and Suicide Silence. It’s gonna be an experience for sure,” adds Forrest French, lead vocals.

For the last three years CX have been banging out their blend of kick-ass rock inspired by greats such as Metallica, AC/DC, Pantera and Led Zeppelin. They’ve opened for the likes of KISS as well as classic rock legends Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper. Recently, the15-year-old shredders appeared on their own mini MTV rockumentary, “Rock N Roll Dream,” which documented their real-life Cinderella story about four young boys catapulting from a Coweta, OK (population 7,000) garage band to opening for KISS in front of 35,000 screaming fans in Stockholm, Sweden. These events led to CX signing with EMI via McGhee Proffer Media (MPM) in August of 2008, all this within the span of nine months.

Their self-titled 10-song debut for EMI (in stores now), was helmed by hit producers Spencer Proffer (Tina Turner, Quiet Riot, WASP) and Michael Wagener (Metallica, Ozzy, Poison). Standout tracks on the new album include “Gone,” “Time Is Now,” “You Gotta Bleed,” and “Adrenaline.” The track “Nightmare,” was featured in the successful Rock Band video game while “Gone” and “Rock N Roll Dream” are available as downloadable content for the game. It doesn’t stop there. The success of their debut landed them their first national late night TV appearance on ABC’s JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, where they showcased new single “Gone” in addition to fan favorite “Rock N Roll Dream.”

CX is comprised of Forrest French (vocals, guitar), Jesse Cooper (lead guitar, vocals), Josh McDowell (bass) and Boomer Simpson (drums), who began playing in fifth grade. They cut their teeth in the Tulsa area, playing Cain’s Ballroom and at Coweta Junior High talent shows. The ambitious and mega-talented rockers sent a tape to a CBS Early Morning Show nationally televised competition and landed in an impressive second place.

Music As A Weapon IV Festival will begin at 2 P.M. daily in every city. Please visit www.musicasaweapon4.com for more information about venues, traveling tattoo artists, and sponsors. Below are all confirmed dates. Tickets are on-sale now, except for where date is noted in parentheses, through Ticketmaster and participating vendors.

March
20th Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
21st Waterloo, IA McCelroy Arena
23rd Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
25th Denver, CO The Fillmore
28th Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
29th Albuquerque, NM Tingley Auditorium
31st Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre

April
1st Wichita, KS Hartman Arena
3rd Bossier City, LA Centurytel Center (Feb 28t
4th Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre
5th New Orleans, LA Uno Lakefront Arena (Feb 28)
7th Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
8th Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena (Feb 21 @ 10 AM)
11th Orlando, FL Amway Arena
13th Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
14th Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena (Feb 20 @ 3 PM)
15th Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena (Feb 13 @ 3 PM)
17th State College, PA Bryce Jordan Arena
18th Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
20th Erie, PA Erie Civic Center (Feb 14 @ 10 AM)
21st Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
22nd East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center (Feb 13)
24th Fayetteville, NC Crown Coliseum
25th Reading, PA Sovereign Center
27th Glens Falls, NY Glens Falls Civic Center
28th Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Center (March 6 @ 3 PM)
30th Battle Creek, MI Kellogg Arena (Feb 27 @ 3PM)

May
2nd Detroit, MI Cobo Arena (Feb 13)
3rd Cleveland, OH The Wolstein Center (Feb 27 @ 3PM)
5th Columbus, OH Value City Arena (March 6 @ 3 PM)
6th Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
8th Minneapolis, MN Target Center
9th Des Moines, IA Balloon Classic Field (Feb 21)
10th Green Bay, WI Resch Center
12th Lacrosse, WI Lacrosse Center
13th Evansville, IL Roberts Stadium
15th Council Bluffs, IA Mid America Center (Feb 21 @ 10 AM)
16th Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion