Michelle Marie takes you behind the scenes on The All American Rejects music video shoot for “The Wind Blows.” She shows you what it’s like behind the scenes on a set shooting for YoungHollywood.com.

In the Ocean (and in Bed) With the All-American Rejects: Behind “The Wind Blows”
Sometimes rock stars suffer for their art, like All-American Rejects, who dove into 50-degree water while filming the video for their next single, the dreamy, synth-heavy “The Wind Blows.” Go inside the band’s shoot in this exclusive behind-the-scenes video that finds the band — fresh off the Number One success of hot single “Gives You Hell” — frolicking in the Pacific Ocean and worrying about their man-parts (frontman Tyson Ritter has a few concerns — watch the clip to see what’s up).

The Oklahoma pop-rockers recruited Rich Lee (Fergie’s “Clumsy”) for the clip, which finds Ritter playing romantic lead in what he calls “the sexiest video of our lives.” Ritter kindly demonstrates the power of a wind machine, hops in bed with his female co-star and braves the waves along with his equally frigid bandmates to tell the story of a “love story that doesn’t end bad, it just does.” And stay tuned for the full video, which premieres on April 27th.

Watch the video HERE.

Photo by Jonathan McNamara

By Kelly Wilson
Sunday, Apr. 5 2009 @ 1:14PM

Celebrity sightings, beautiful weather, an on-site Circle K and a stellar music roster were part of the fun Saturday for the Tempe Music Festival. Our annual fest brought out names such as Frankie Muniz from Malcolm in the Middle, who held hands with his girlfriend most of the afternoon backstage, Little Steven from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and TV personality Brad Perry, who was recently laid off from Channel 3.

And the fest was also packed with a variety of ages for the show, which featured Three Doors Down, All-American Rejects, Mute Math, Shiny Toy Guns, The Nightwatchman and Vayden.

We hit the fest as Vayden was taking the stage and watched our AZ rock favorites blast through a killer set of tracks from their disc Children of Our Mistakes. Highlights included “The One You Left Behind” and “Karma is a Professional Wrestler.”

“If they don’t pay tribute to the great rock and roll bands that came before them, take them down a little notch,” lead singer Curtis Casey warned the audience of local bands before breaking into a rockin’ cover of The Beatles “Come Together.”

Shiny Toy Guns and Mute Math played before the sun set to a large crowd. While Shiny Toy Guns performed a fun dance/rock show, Mute Math wowed the audience with an electro experimental rock performance that had lead singer Paul Meany heaving his body on a keyboard and bouncing around all over the stage.

And while Three Doors Down closed the night around 10:30 p.m., the stand-outs of the day were All-American Rejects, who followed up a rock set from Rage Against the Machine and ex-Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello’s act The Nightwatchman. Their set was short, but so very sweet and left me looking forward to a longer performance.

“What an eclectic show,” AAR lead singer Tyson Ritter, who was dressed in a shiny red jacket, tight red jeans and pink glittery Converse, said. “We just played after Tom Morello and a garage band. Pretty bad ass.”

The charismatic Ritter led the band through AAR hits such as “Swing, Swing,” “My Paper Heart,” “Dirty Little Secret,” and “Move Along,” which had most of the crowd singing and dancing along. Other favorites included “I Wanna,” “Wind Blows,” “Top of the World” and “Mona Lisa.”

The bulk of the group’s set was from When the World Comes Down, the band’s latest and greatest effort to date.

AAR concluded their performance with “Gives You Hell,” the kick-ass first single off their new album, and left many of the audience wanting more.

Critic’s Notebook:

Last Night: Tempe Music Festival at Tempe Beach Park (All-American Rejects, Three Doors Down, Mute Math, Shiny Toy Guns, The Nightwatchman, Vayden, etc.)

Better Than: KEDJ 103.9 FM’s annual Edgefest in the Q.C.

Personal Bias: I’ve always looked forward to Tempe Music Fest but felt really let down this year. I’ve had a blast the last two years, but found myself looking forward to leaving this year.

Random Detail: Frankie Muniz was rockin’ out while Shiny Toy Guns performed.

Further Listening: All of these bands have albums out, but we highly recommend AAR’s “When the World Comes Down.”

By the Way: New Times music editor Martin Cizmar was thrilled by the on-site Circle K and was excited he could order a Slurpee and Flaming Hot mix of Cheetos, Dorito’s, Sun Chips and Pretzels.

One More Thing: AAR lead singer Tyson Ritter is what I like to call sex on legs. The guy radiates this crazy sexual energy.

Source and more info: www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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“The TODAY” Show Concert Series 2009 Lineup Revealed!
The TODAY Show will host the hottest acts in music as part of its 14th Annual “Toyota Summer Concert Series,” the nation’s top-rated morning show announced on Thursday. This year’s summer of live sets on Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza kicks off with a special reunion performance by Grammy Award-winning rock band No Doubt on Friday, May 1.

The group, who recently reunited after a five year hiatus, will put on a live show in their first-ever performance on The TODAY Show.

JULY:
3 Rob Thomas
10 Rascal Flatts
17 The All American Rejects
24 Katy Perry
31 Kings of Leon

Source and more info click www.popcrunch.com

And… Perez Hilton?
There’s a video of Tyson at PerezHilton.com. Check it out by clicking here.

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Thanks, Emilka at www.allamericanrejects.pl for letting us know ;D

Here’s the biography of AAR at MTVAsia.com

The All-American Rejects
Welcome to the womb of creation where minds meld, riffs congeal, voices carry, lives alter, skin sheds and a modern rock multi-platinum success story swing, swing for the fences. But for The All-American Rejects, the road to When the World Comes Down, their third long form musical offering, has been anything but a straight line.
Read more…

More article of AAR at MTVAsia.com
» When The World Comes Down Review
» The All-American Rejects: Nobody’s Rejecting Them Now! (Interview)

There’s Been No Wrong Turns, There’s Just Been Detours: An Interview with the All-American Rejects
by Evan Sawdey
PopMatters Associate Interviews Editor

All-American Rejects guitarist Nick Wheeler doesn’t care about matching the success of his last album, what other people think of him, or what album covers he lands on. All he cares about is his music.

Maybe we’ve all been wrong about the All-American Rejects.

The Rejects, lead by songwriters Tyson Ritter (vocals) and Nick Wheeler (guitar), were always a bit hard to categorize. After all, though their emo-ready looks made them instant Alternative Press pinup stars, the sound of AAR was always closer to pop than rock, as if the band just couldn’t resist a good melody when it hit them. When recording their eponymous 2002 debut, Wheeler & Ritter often used tinny drum machines to flesh out their dual-guitar attacks, soon expanding into the full-band format with 2005’s mega-hit Move Along, a soaring guitar-pop disc that spawned hits like “ Dirty Little Secret” and the title track. Now, with their new album When the World Comes Down having come out in December of last year, the Rejects are ready to once again conquer the charts and possibly the world.

There’s only one problem: they don’t really care.

When interviewing guitarist Nick Wheeler, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. When I mentioned burgeoning alt-rock acts like AP-darlings Forever the Sickest Kids, Wheeler responded simply: “I was gonna say ‘Who?’ but then you said AP and I’m like ‘Oh—yeah, I don’t really give a fuck anymore.’” Instead, he got excited by the mention of sugar-pop maestros Fountains of Wayne, noting that FOW bassist Adam Schlesinger wrote the Oscar-nominated theme song to the 1996 Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do! Instead of trying to categorize himself into any particular genre, all Wheeler would admit to is that “I like upbeat rock music that you can sing along to: that’s it.” Even when I asked him if he felt like he was selling out given the Rejects’ multitude of cross-promotions with the likes of Pepsi and Honda, Wheeler said that he didn’t care what people thought, instead asking, “Who wouldn’t want to design a Pepsi can and get 500 million of ‘em out in fuckin’ every Wal-Mart across the country?” With his celebrity, he’s presented with opportunities that most of us will never have, and instead of worrying about his standing with the rock community, he instead seizes every once-in-a-lifetime moment that he can, never once looking back with regret. When you take all of this into account, the band’s acoustic cover of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” starts to make sense.

Though this interview was conducted a few weeks prior to the release of When the World Comes Down, it didn’t stop Wheeler from discussing how the band is terrible at picking out singles, how little he cares about matching the commercial success of his past albums, and how he’s only now overcoming his sudden and inexplicable two-year loss of love for music.

Click here for the interview.

Source: www.popmatters.com

Rockers The All-American Rejects had a taste of Kiwi this week and it inspired them to start work on their next album.

The four-piece were in the country to play their first New Zealand show, hitting the stage in support of Fall Out Boy.
And they were so overwhelmed by the response of the crowd, they not only pledged to return before the end of the year, frontman Tyson Ritter said they were spurred into planning fresh material.

“We actually had our first conversation about new stuff, Tyson brought it up,” said lead guitarist Nick Wheeler. “I guess being here made him think about it.”
They had only a couple of days in Auckland, and while keen to skydive and visit mud pools, contented themselves with some local booze.

“I’m a big fan of New Zealand wines I like the reds, and it was great to taste a few here where they were made,” said Nick.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

The All-American Rejects say they don’t want to be a support act for other bands anymore.

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for the alternative pop-rock band who have just played their final gig supporting Fall Out Boy on their world tour.
The band’s latest single Gives You Hell is riding high in the New Zealand Charts.

But despite having fun on tour lead singer Tyson Ritter says they’d like to headline their own gig.
“I don’t like playing a 40 minute set. I like owning the crowd – not just getting them riled up and then handing them off,” he told Stuff.co.nz.

“It’s a bit like going into a bank, holding it up, robbing it, putting all the money in bags and then just giving it to someone to take. Here, I bagged this shit up, did all the work, now you can just go ahead and take the money.”

“I don’t like that. I like keeping the booty.”
So who would the guys want opening for them on tour?
“The Gaslight Anthem – they’re getting really big in the UK. They’re good dudes, a great band and we enjoy their music,” said guitarist Mike Kennerty.

Kennerty said he was impressed with fans at Monday’s show at Vector Arena.
“When we played Give You Hell, they were definitely the loudest chants we’ve ever had,” he said.
Ritter said the band’s next album is likely to make fans sit up and listen.

“We’ve already proven we can write good pop songs, we need to challenge our listeners even more with our next record,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to coming out with something that’s completely unorthodox.”

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Thanks to Listen_Loudly at __AAR__ for the info =)

Nick did an interview with ilikemusic.com, he talked about the new record, recording, touring, and many more!

When The World Comes Down is the third studio album from The All American Rejects. Formed in 2001 by lead singer Tyson Ritter and lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, this four piece went on to sell over three and a half million albums worldwide, spawn hit singles such as Swing Swing, Dirty Little Secret, Move Along and It Ends Tonight, and achieve Gold status for their second album Move Along in the UK.

Having toured the States relentlessly for nearly a decade, as well as crossing the seas to play numerous gigs across the globe, The All American Rejects are a hardworking band who blend their form of punk rock into a more mainstream bracket with catchy riffs and sing a long lyrics. After spending the majority of 2008 working on their third studio album, When The World Comes Down, ilikemusic caught up with guitarist Nick Wheeler to chat about putting the album together, music he likes, playing live shows and his first tiny, three-stringed red guitar.

“I Like Music because… it doesn’t only pay the bills, I enjoy the hell outta doing it.” NICK, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS (Nicely said, Nick ;D)

Click here to read the full interview. This interview soon to be added to the ‘Interview’ section.