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 * Premilinary Research - Mike Ortiz**

History of Alternative Rock
 * Alternative rock** (also called **alternative music**, **alt-rock** or simply **alternative**) is a genre of [|rock music] that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the [|independent music] scene since the 1980s, such as [|grunge], [|Britpop], [|gothic rock], and [|indie pop]. These genres are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of [|punk rock], which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the 1970s.[|[3]] At times alternative rock has been used as a catch-all phrase for rock music from [|underground] artists in the 1980s, and all music descended from punk rock (including punk itself, [|New Wave], and [|post-punk]).

(wikipedia.org)

10 years, Breaking Benjamin, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, Linkin Park, Chevelle, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace
 * Alternative Bands**

Actually this new sound has several new names. Punk, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Alternative, Thrash and Rock en espanol can all be heard in the city of Compton. It is very likely you might hear MC Eight bumping in someone’s jeep but now you can also hear Metallica, Korn, The Deftones, Faith No More and The Dead Kennedys blaring out of someone’s back yard. This picture alone does not begin to tell the whole story. Compton, Lynwood, South Gate and South Central have become the homes of a new Punk Rock/Alternative movement. Back yard parties are had with local bands playing for a very low price. Pools are emptied and turned into make shift amphitheatres for bands to play on Saturdays. Many of the faces that make up this new inner-city alternative nation are Latino but their are African American kids who have also joined the mosh pit, truly changing the face of alternative music and Compton.
 * Demographics of Rock Fans**

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Alternative Rock bands usually play in big stadiums to fit all of their fans. Although they tour with other bands that are less popular, it is almost a guarantee that the show will sellout.
 * Venues**

Our bands name is "Abstract Art"
 * Assignment 1 - Mike Ortiz**

Our logo is:

"Abstract Art" is an alternative-rock band from Houston, TX, formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Rise Records. The bands members consist of Irving Cobix (lead guitar), Omar Rodriguez (drums), Alex DeLeon (bass guitar), and Mike Ortiz (Vox, rhythm guitar). To this day, Abstract Art has released 2 albums, their first album "Epidemic," and their most recent, "Unbreakable."
 * Assignment 2 - Mike Ortiz**

The band all met during their high school years and made the band when they were about 15 or 16 years old. They began playing local shows with other local bands while they relleased their EP that had 5 songs. A man from the record label "Ferret Records" saw them perform at a local venue and signed them. Abstract Art moved from playing local shows, to sold-out concerts with other popular bands they never thought they would perform with. Ferret Records was the first to produce Abstract Art's first album "Epidemic." Ever since their debut album, Abstract Art has been very popular in the alternative scene along with other bands such as Three Days Grace. Abstract Art has toured with many popular bands such as Linkin Park, 10 years, Senses Fail, Seether, Paramore, Breaking Benjamin and much more.

The band had many problems around 2006, the band members were not getting along with each other while they were touring and many arguments stirred, so they canceled the current tour they were on and were replaced by a local band named "Drink for Tony." They went into a 1 year hiatus and returned to release the "Unbreakable" album, which raised their popularity immensely. After that release, a better record label named "Rise Records" was fairly impressed with their sound and offered them to sign a contract with them. Abstract Art accepted their offer and the bands popularity sky rocketed. They have made two new music videos since their return and have over one-million views on YouTube.

Abstract Art is now on tour with A Day To Remember, Cage the Elephant, Linkin Park and Sum 41. They're co-headlining.

=Monster Presents-The "Unbreakable" Tour=
 * Assignment 3**


 * Assignment 5**

Event Location Date Price 10 years Verizon Wireless Theater Tue, 12/07/10 $ 42.21 Houston ,Tx 8;00pm

Xl 1067 Xl-entymas 2010 House Of Blue Orlando Sun,12/12/10 $51.75 Featuring Paramore Orlando,FL 5;00pm

Linking Park Xcel Energy Center Fri.01/28/11 $50.00 saint Paul, Mn 7:00pm

X1029 Presents The Big Jacksonville metro Park Fri. 12/03/10 $ 32.00 Tickets Feat.The Block Keys Jacksonville.Fl 2:00pm ,Chevelle, Anberlin

A day to Remember Eagles Club/The Rare/Eagles Tues. 11/16/10 $ 31.10 With Underoath Ballroom Milwaskee 7:00pm


 * Assignment 6**
 * Tour Bus Design**
 * Assigment 7 Cd cover**
 * Assignment 8 - Irving Cobix**


 * ssignment 9 - Irving Cobix**
 * Assignment 11**
 * Backstage Pass Design**