Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat to host the event’s sophomore showing Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena
CLEVELAND -- For the second year in a row, northeast Ohio is still keeping its role as the alternative music capital of the world.
Quicken Loans Arena will be the site of the second annual Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards on Wednesday, hosted by Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat of the band All Time Low.
The awards show is set to have a large collection of performances from some of the biggest names to grace the front cover of Alternative Press. The lineup includes Weezer, Panic! At The Disco and Sum 41.
The night will consist of 15 categories in which bands in the alternative rock and pop punk genre can win awards. Awards are based on votes by fans.
The Cleveland Contemporary Youth Orchestra will provide accompaniment throughout the evening for the second straight year.
The show will also hand out two special awards to icons in the business. Legendary metal vocalist and horror film director Rob Zombie will be honored with the Vanguard Award, while punk rock band X will receive the Icon Award.
Wednesday’s awards show comes in the midst of the magazine’s 30th year anniversary celebration, commemorated by a special new exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
In 2014, the first ever APMAs were hosted by Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus. Last year, Pierce The Veil won more awards than any band with three, while All Time Low and Bring Me The Horizon each took home two.
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. The show will live stream on www.axs.tv.com
Best Vocalist
Tyler Carter (Issues)
Vic Fuentes (Pierce The Veil)
Lynn Gunn (PVRIS)
Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday)
Jeremy McKinnon (A Day To Remember)
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Best Live Band
A Day To Remember
letlive.
Panic! At The Disco
Paramore
twenty one pilots
The Wonder Years
Breakthrough Band
Beartooth
Echosmith
Modern Baseball
Neck Deep
PVRIS
This Wild Life
Best Bassist
Kyle Fasel (Real Friends)
Jeph Howard (The Used)
Ryan Jay Johnson (letlive.)
Zack Merrick (All Time Low)
Devin “Ghost” Sola (Motionless In White)
Dallon Weekes (Panic! At The Disco)
Best International Band
The 1975 (UK)
The Amity Affliction (Australia)
Marmozets (UK)
New Politics (Denmark)
Northlane (Australia)
Crossfaith (Japan)
Artist Philanthropic Award
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (Dear Jack Foundation)
Bayside (The Human Rights Campaign)
Koji (Doctors Without Borders)
Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red (HeartSupport)
Simple Plan (The Simple Plan Foundation)
Taking Back Sunday (American Cancer Society)
Best Guitarist
Arun Bali (Saves The Day)
Jordan Buckley (Every Time I Die)
Tony Perry (Pierce The Veil)
Kevin Skaff (A Day To Remember)
Will Swan (Dance Gavin Dance)
Jacky Vincent (Falling In Reverse)
Tumblr Fandom of the Year
All Time low
Fall Out Boy
5 Seconds of Summer
Panic! At The Disco
Twenty One Pilots
The 1975
Best Drummer
Cyrus Bolooki (New Found Glory)
Rian Dawson (All Time Low)
Jake Garland (Memphis May Fire)
Adam Gray (Texas In July)
Matt Greiner (August Burns Red)
Luke Holland (The Word Alive)
Best Underground Band
Being As An Ocean
The Hotelier
Knuckle Puck
Major League
State Champs
Tigers Jaw
Most Dedicated Fanbase
All Time Low (Hustlers)
Crown The Empire (The Runaways)
Fall Out Boy (Overcast Kids)
Motionless In White (Creatures)
Paramore (Parafamily)
twenty one pilots (Skeleton Clique)
Song of the Year
Beartooth: “Beaten In Lips”
Motionless In White: “Reincarnate”
Real Friends: “I Don’t Love You Anymore”
Set It Off: “Why Worry”
Sleeping With Sirens: “Kick Me”
PVRIS: “My House”
Album of the Year
Beartooth: Disgusting
Black Veil Brides: Black Veil Brides
Circa Survive: Descensus
Every Time I Die: From Parts Unknown
frnkiero andthe cellabration: Stomachaches
Gerard Way: Hesitant Alien
Issues: Issues
La Dispute: Rooms of the House
Linkin Park: The Hunting Party
Real Friends: Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing
Artist of the Year
Against Me!
Black Veil Brides
Crown The Empire
Issues
Motionless In White
New Found Glory
Of Mice & Men
Slipknot
Taking Back Sunday
Weezer
Best Music Video
Bring Me The Horizon: “Drown”
A Day To Remember: “End of Me”
Fall Out Boy: “Centuries”
Modern Baseball: “Your Graduation”
PVRIS: “St. Patrick”
Set It Off: “Why Worry”
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