Platinum-selling Rock band Saving Abel will headline the inaugural “CLASS OF 2009” TOUR, with Grammy Nominated Red, Pop Evil and Taddy Porter along for the ride. The excursion will get underway on October 27th in San Antonio, TX and continue until the end of the year. The concept behind this new annual tour is to bring together rock artists who have achieved substantial TOP TEN hits at radio in the current calendar year. The concept behind this new annual tour is to bring together rock artists who have achieved substantial TOP TEN hits at radio in the …read more

The charges against Saving Abel guitar tech Brandon J. Danger and Guitarist Jason Null have been dropped after the video they spoke of last time I reported this exonerated them. Of course there was still that issue I had with the girl being 17. It looks as if she lead them to believe that she was older than 17, but these days you have to be careful, I don’t care who you are. You have to be more responsible and check ID. I’m sure they’ll probably be more careful next time. The Oakland tribune reports:
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According to the Oakland Tribune, one of Saving Abel’s guitar techs is being held on charges of “Forced Oral Copulation” for obviously forcing a girl to perform oral sex on him.  Guitar player Jason Null was also arrested the same evening but was released later. The girl was 17 years old and had just attended the concert the band had played. She was invited inside their tour bus after the concert.
Once inside the bus, Null pushed her face down into Danger’s exposed genitals, forcing her to perform oral sex, she told investigators.

Null has been released on a $90k …read more

Here is a new live performance video of Buckcherry playing “Rescue Me” in Japan. Rescue Me is from their latest release, Black Butterfly. They’re heading out on an upcoming arena tour with the likes of Papa Roach, Saving Abel and Avenged Sevenfold. Tour dates after the fold.
 

MTV2 have premiered Saving Abel’s new video “18 Days“. The clip was directed by Travis Kopach (Panic At The Disco, Black Tide) and features the band performing on the USS Hornet. The San Francisco based naval carrier won 9 battle stars for her service in WWII.
Saving Abel will be out on tour supporting Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold starting on November 4th. Check out the band’s MySpace profile page for all of the dates.
 

Saving Abel will be premiering their video for “18 Days” on MTV2, October 27th. The clip was directed by Travis Kopach (Thursday, Buckcherry) and filmed on the USS Hornet in San Francisco and follows a storyline about troops deploying for war. The song is the second single off Saving Abel’s self-titled album.
Check out an exclusive photo from the video shoot here and listen to the song here. Check out he embedded player after the fold.

The Hot Modern Rock Tracks for this past week.

The Bottom 5 are as follows:
6. Linkin Park – Given Up
7. Seether – Rise Above
8. Saving Abel – Addicted
9. Staind – Believe
10.Carolina Liar – I’m Not Over