TASTE OF CHAOS STARTS WITH AVENGED, ATREYU AND BULLET FOR MY

2008’S Taste of Chaos tour hits the road with a lineup of Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet and plenty more for rock fans

After over 200 worldwide dates in the past three years, playing in over 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy among others, Rockstar Taste of Chaos has started their 2008 tour with Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine and Blessthefall. The North American Tour is scheduled to hit arenas in 43 cities in the U.S. and Canada and this year Taste of Chaos will bring audiences the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States, with JRock, which will feature Mucc, D’Espairsray and The Underneath.

We caught up with Bullet for My Valentine just before starting the Taste of Chaos Tour, to get their thoughts on what they expect on their first Taste of Chaos run.

“I don’t know what to expect really. It’s not going to be like Warped because that was really hard. That’s a hard a hard tour to be part of because you don’t really know when you’re playing until half ten that morning and then we were on stage usually about half eleven that morning, so. It was so hot. It was so hot and our crew had to lug all the gear miles everyday to the second stages and stuff. So, it’s a very, very hard tour but looking back it was a really, really enjoyable one. So this is going to be a lot easier than that one. We’re really looking forward to spending some time with Avenged and Atreyu you know and just have a really good time.”

So is Bullet for My Valentine excited for Taste of Chaos so they can get out on the road with friends and fellow tour mates Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu?

“That was the clinching point in us wanting to be a part of it you know. We didn’t want to be a part of it, I don’t think, if it was the punky thing that it usually is. It’s definitely more rock and metal based this year so we were like ‘Alright, let’s do it.”

Rockstar Energy Drink will once again be the main tour sponsor and tour dates will extend until April 25th in Seattle, Washington. Tour co-founders Kevin Lyman, Darryl Eaton and John Reese state, “We are very excited about the great bands and concourse activities planned for the 2008 North American Tour, as in years past we want to bring music fans a big show at a very reasonable price. The Rockstar Taste of Chaos has become an important event on music fans’ calendars in the long, cold winter in the U.S. and Canada.”