The All-American Rejects

Falling somewhere between pure power pop and commercially-driven emo rock, the All American Rejects help to define 21st century radio rock for the slightly alternative set. The melodies are immediate and passionate, while the lyrics deal with all manners of the night and how to hold on to it.

Proof that sometimes, no matter how hard you try to emulate early-Eighties hard-rock
bands like Def Leppard, you still end up sounding like Weezer doing Foreigner covers. On
the follow-up to their 2002 debut -- which included the sunny, harmony-laden hit "Swing,
Swing" -- the All-American Rejects make a real effort to butch up. For starters,
singer-bassist Tyson Ritter has learned to temper his habit of sliding into a straine... More >