big purple party

Here's the band we were hoping to have play what used to be known as the FMX Big Purple Party this year and why the show didn't happen.

We are at the very least postponing this year's Big Purple Party until Fall or possibly 2017.

Planning is underway for both The FMX Birthday Bash and The FMX Big Purple Party. Why not let the promoters know who you really want to see? Who knows, it may influence who will actually come to town, if not for these events then maybe for some future events.

I don't know why this struck me the other day. I guess I had just played a song by the band or something.  Anyways, especially around festival season you get many different possible lineups. The band in question in this blog was the very first we began talking to, but their tour ended up going a different way.

Jacoby Shaddix promised it would happen, and it did. At this year's FMX Big Purple Party, Papa Roach was joined onstage by In This Moment singer Maria Brink for a powerful performance of "Gravity."

At the Big Purple Party, my bro Danny Worsnop took some time to talk with me about We Are Harlot and what fans can expect when they see We Are Harlot live.

At this year's Big Purple Party, Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix took some time to talk with me about performing with a female on stage for the first time, along with referring to We Are Harlot as the gift that keeps on giving and what performing live means to Papa Roach.

I caught Maria between In The Moment's performance at the Big Purple Party and her jumping up on stage with Papa Roach for the duet of "Gravity." She was an absolute sweetheart. Yes guys, she was between costume changes, in a bathrobe and it was THE BEST THING EVER!

I had the most amazing conversation with Phil Labonte on his band All That Remains backstage at the Big Purple Party. I am fascinated by the band's incredible use of acoustic and electric guitars and their ability to embrace both the soft and the heavy, the light and the dark.

While we were helping the crowd get purple at this year's Big Purple Party, we ran into Becca, AKA the most purple girl from our show in 2014. Thankfully, she was down to get even more purple - this time with a friend.

All That Remains is on the road in support of their seventh release The Order of Things, and they did not disappoint at the FMX Big Purple Party.

From people rocking out in purple paint to some of Lubbock's finest ladies, check out some crowd photos we captured at the Big Purple Party.