|  Backstage Artist Lounge - Epicenter '09

The KROQ Epicenter Festival descended on the dusty plains of Pomona, California last Saturday for a heavy dose of white boy rock, and the pitch was dead center as the hordes of black-clad Inland Empire left their basements and bedrooms for a day in the sweltering SoCal sunshine. Tool, Linkin Park and Alice In Chains headlined the event, which is a rebranded offering of the long-running Inland Invasion festival L.A. radio station KROQ has put on over the past decade.


The famed Backstage Artist Lounge made tour dates in Pomona, CA and St. Louis, MO this weekend--hosting the backstage area for KROQ’s Epicenter and 105.7 the Point’s Pointfest. The Backstage Artist Lounge, presented by Christina Martin, integrates brands into a fun atmosphere for rock royalty backstage. Bands like Alice In Chains, Linkin Park, Tool and Wolfmother had the opportunity to enjoy the BAL’s presence on Saturday while Staind, Chevelle, Shinedown, Halestorm and Our Lady Peace hung out with the BAL all day Sunday. Hollywood Undead, Atreyu and Street Sweeper Social Club were able to get a double dose of the Lounge as they traveled from one to the other to play both festivals. Other bands inside the BAL this weekend included: Trapt, After Midnight Project, Sonny, Paper Tongues, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, All That Remains, Evansblue, Billy Boy on Poison, Living Things, Copperview, Burn Halo, Janus, Shaman’s Harvest, Red Line Chemistry, Veer Union, Meese, Allusive, Brook Royal, Aranda, Iron Fist Dillusion, Make Me Break Me, Life Among The Dead, STRATA-G, Final Drive, From Mars to Venus, Arythma, Persona Crown, Exit 714, and Saence.