CIMX-FM
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CIMX-FM — branded 89X — is a commercial active-leaning
alternative rock
radio station
based in Windsor
, Ontario
. 89X serves both Essex County, Ontario
and Metro Detroit
; its 100,000-watt signal reaches most of southwestern Ontario, southeastern Michigan
, the Toledo
metro area and the western Lake Erie
shoreline of Ohio
.
CIMX-FM also broadcasts a soft rock music program continuously on its 92 kHz SCMO subcarrier. The program is not intended for public reception, but rather provides background music for businesses, similar to Muzak
.
programming in the fall of 1970. The following April, the station changed its calls to CJOM and the progressive format went full-time. "Om FM" distinguished itself from its Detroit competitors WRIF
, WWWW
and WABX
by emphasizing Canadian talent.
By 1976, the album rock sounds of Om FM had faded away and the station was again programming MOR music. However, in 1982, the station made an abrupt switch to a CHR
/Top 40 format. In the late 1980s, the station went by the moniker "Laser Rock," a reference to becoming one of the first, if not the first, radio stations in the Detroit area to program music solely from compact disc
s.
CJOM ran afoul of the CRTC in the summer of 1983 for its format change to contemporary hits. Then as now, all radio station format changes in Canada must be approved by the CRTC. CJOM had been approved for a "contemporary MOR" (a.k.a. adult contemporary) format, but analyses of the station's programming in May of 1983 showed that almost all of the music being played was rock-oriented, that the station was playing 78% "hit" music rather than the allowed <50%, and that the station was not meeting its licence commitments for "foreground", "mosaic", spoken word, or news programming. Owner Geoff Stirling maintained that the station was "experimenting" with its programming and that such a format was necessary in order to make the station competitive with Detroit-based broadcasters. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/PB84-23.HTM Stirling and the CRTC finally reached a compromise in August of 1985 whereas CJOM was granted an "experimental" licence which would enable the station to play more harder-edged rock and pop music with higher repetition, although a proposal to reduce the station's Canadian Content quotient to 5% from 15% was denied. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-666.HTM Under this experimental licence, CJOM remained a CHR-formatted radio station for most of the rest of the decade, although the station had little to no ratings impact in the Detroit market.
The station location changed a few times in the years; originally located in the Macabee's Building next to the Wandalyn Viscount Hotel on Ouellette Avenue between Erie Street and Giles Boulevard. In late 1982, the station moved to the Bob Pedler Building, along with her sister station CKWW, located on Cabana Road East near Howard Avenue in the southern part of Windsor.
Stirling Communications International, also the owners of CKGM radio in Montreal, was the station owner during these moves.
Eventually the station relocated to the former "Big 8" CKLW building, at the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Tecumseh Road West when CHUM Limited purchased the station.
and 99.5 The Fox
, and may have been at least partially responsible for WHYT's decision to switch to an alternative format a few years later.
since the late 1980s, but was sold along with the rest of CHUM's radio stations to CTVglobemedia in 2007. Its CIDR-FM
sister station adopted a more adult album alternative
sound again in 2006
, thus forcing CIMX-FM to add more active rock songs to the playlist and go up against WRIF
.
89x receives little interference from lower-powered stations broadcasting near its frequency. The station can be heard as far north as Caro, Michigan
, as far west as Greenville, Michigan
, and as far south as North Baltimore, Ohio
on a typical car radio. It can be regularly heard across Lake Erie at Sandusky, Ohio
, and southeast to the greater Norwalk, Ohio
area, where it is the only station available featuring an exclusively modern rock
format. CIMX also gets respectable ratings in Toledo
.
The station is broadcast live across the internet on their website. They also podcast their morning show "Dave and Chuck "The Freak"
" along with their rock interviews.
February 22, 2011, Real Detroit Weekly
rated 89X the best radio station in Detroit. Real Detroit Weekly
also crowned 89X own Jay Hudson best radio DJ in Detroit for the third consecutive year in a row.
The 89X 18th Annual Birthday Bash featured Incubus
& The Duke Spirit
, and took place on July 26, 2009 at DTE Energy Music Theatre
in Clarkston, Michigan
. The 19th Annual Birthday Bash on July 16, 2010 featured Sublime With Rome
, The Dirty Heads
, Paper Tongues
, Neon Trees
, and Civil Twilight
at The Fillmore Detroit
.
In 1998, 89X started holding an annual Christmas concert each December called The Night 89X Stole Christmas. The 1998 show was MC'd by Kid Rock (special appearance by Joe C) and featured Garbage
, Placebo
, Beck
and Everlast
.
More recent editions of the Christmas show are as follows:
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 9 on December 14, 2006 featured My Chemical Romance
, Taking Back Sunday
, Angels & Airwaves
, OK Go
, and The Hard Lessons
(replacing Blue October
). The 89X Nutcracker, the night before on December 13, hosted Fall Out Boy
, New Found Glory
, and Cobra Starship
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 10 on December 17, 2007, featured Paramore
and Jimmy Eat World
, with special guest MUTEMATH. Coheed and Cambria
and Plain White T's
played an acoustic set.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 11 took place on December 14, 2008, at The Fillmore Detroit. It was headlined by Fall Out Boy
, and also featured performances by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
, The Academy Is...
, and Innerpartysystem
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 12 took place December 18, 2009. It was headlined by 30 Seconds to Mars
, and also featured Flyleaf
, Thousand Foot Krutch
, The Veer Union
, and After Midnight Project
with a free after-party show at the Hard Rock with Richy Nix
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 13 took place December 17. It was headlined by My Chemical Romance
, and also featured Sick Puppies
and Middle Class Rut
.
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
radio station
Radio station
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based in Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. 89X serves both Essex County, Ontario
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...
and Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...
; its 100,000-watt signal reaches most of southwestern Ontario, southeastern Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, the Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
metro area and the western Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
shoreline of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
.
CIMX-FM also broadcasts a soft rock music program continuously on its 92 kHz SCMO subcarrier. The program is not intended for public reception, but rather provides background music for businesses, similar to Muzak
Muzak
Muzak Holdings LLC is a company based in metro Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States, just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1934, Muzak Holdings is best known for distribution of background music to retail stores and other companies....
.
CKWW-FM/Ohm FM
What is now CIMX had its first stint as a progressive/alternative rock station long before the birth of 89X. The station signed on July 10, 1967, as CKWW-FM, with an MOR/easy listening format. CKWW-FM added evening progressive rockProgressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
programming in the fall of 1970. The following April, the station changed its calls to CJOM and the progressive format went full-time. "Om FM" distinguished itself from its Detroit competitors WRIF
WRIF
WRIF — branded 101 WRIF: The RIFF — is a commercial active rock radio station licensed by the FCC to operate in Detroit, Michigan serving surrounding Metro Detroit. The station is currently owned by Greater Boston Radio, Inc. WRIF is a grandfathered Class B station with a signal equivalent to...
, WWWW
WDTW-FM
WDTW-FM is a classic rock formatted radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WDTW-FM is licensed for HD Radio operations; its secondary channel carries Clear Channel's "Pride Radio" format, which features music geared toward the LGBT audience...
and WABX
WYCD
WYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...
by emphasizing Canadian talent.
By 1976, the album rock sounds of Om FM had faded away and the station was again programming MOR music. However, in 1982, the station made an abrupt switch to a CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Top 40 format. In the late 1980s, the station went by the moniker "Laser Rock," a reference to becoming one of the first, if not the first, radio stations in the Detroit area to program music solely from compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s.
CJOM ran afoul of the CRTC in the summer of 1983 for its format change to contemporary hits. Then as now, all radio station format changes in Canada must be approved by the CRTC. CJOM had been approved for a "contemporary MOR" (a.k.a. adult contemporary) format, but analyses of the station's programming in May of 1983 showed that almost all of the music being played was rock-oriented, that the station was playing 78% "hit" music rather than the allowed <50%, and that the station was not meeting its licence commitments for "foreground", "mosaic", spoken word, or news programming. Owner Geoff Stirling maintained that the station was "experimenting" with its programming and that such a format was necessary in order to make the station competitive with Detroit-based broadcasters. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/PB84-23.HTM Stirling and the CRTC finally reached a compromise in August of 1985 whereas CJOM was granted an "experimental" licence which would enable the station to play more harder-edged rock and pop music with higher repetition, although a proposal to reduce the station's Canadian Content quotient to 5% from 15% was denied. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-666.HTM Under this experimental licence, CJOM remained a CHR-formatted radio station for most of the rest of the decade, although the station had little to no ratings impact in the Detroit market.
The station location changed a few times in the years; originally located in the Macabee's Building next to the Wandalyn Viscount Hotel on Ouellette Avenue between Erie Street and Giles Boulevard. In late 1982, the station moved to the Bob Pedler Building, along with her sister station CKWW, located on Cabana Road East near Howard Avenue in the southern part of Windsor.
Stirling Communications International, also the owners of CKGM radio in Montreal, was the station owner during these moves.
Eventually the station relocated to the former "Big 8" CKLW building, at the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Tecumseh Road West when CHUM Limited purchased the station.
The Mix To 89x
CJOM became CIMX in 1990. CIMX was first known as "The Mix" with an adult contemporary format, but DJ Greg St. James began playing modern rock on his evening show (8:00 pm to midnight) beginning in September 1990, and in May 1991, the modern rock format went full time and "89X" was born. CIMX immediately took away many listeners from other youth-oriented stations in Detroit, particularly top 40 96.3 WHYTWDVD
WDVD is a hot adult contemporary radio station in Detroit, Michigan, broadcasting at 96.3 MHz on the FM dial. WDVD's studios and offices are located in the Fisher Building near downtown Detroit. WDVD's transmitter is located in Oakland County in Royal Oak Township at 8 Mile Road and Wyoming Avenue...
and 99.5 The Fox
WYCD
WYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...
, and may have been at least partially responsible for WHYT's decision to switch to an alternative format a few years later.
89x Today
CIMX had been owned by Canada's CHUM LimitedCHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
since the late 1980s, but was sold along with the rest of CHUM's radio stations to CTVglobemedia in 2007. Its CIDR-FM
CIDR-FM
CIDR-FM is the callsign for a radio station, broadcasting at 93.9 FM in Windsor, Ontario. The station broadcasts a adult album alternative format using the brand name 93-9 The River. It is owned and operated by Bell Media. It is one of the few commercial adult album alternative stations in Canada...
sister station adopted a more adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
sound again in 2006
2006 in radio
The year 2006 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.-Events:*January 3 - The BJ Shea Morning Experience switches to KISW in Seattle, Washington, from the former FM Talk station KKWF....
, thus forcing CIMX-FM to add more active rock songs to the playlist and go up against WRIF
WRIF
WRIF — branded 101 WRIF: The RIFF — is a commercial active rock radio station licensed by the FCC to operate in Detroit, Michigan serving surrounding Metro Detroit. The station is currently owned by Greater Boston Radio, Inc. WRIF is a grandfathered Class B station with a signal equivalent to...
.
89x receives little interference from lower-powered stations broadcasting near its frequency. The station can be heard as far north as Caro, Michigan
Caro, Michigan
Caro is a city in and the county seat of Tuscola County, Michigan, United States. The population was 4,229 at the 2010 census and 4,145 at the 2000 census ....
, as far west as Greenville, Michigan
Greenville, Michigan
Greenville is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. Portions of the county are associated with the Western region while others are more closely associated with the Central Michigan region. The population was 8,481 at the 2010 census...
, and as far south as North Baltimore, Ohio
North Baltimore, Ohio
North Baltimore is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,361 at the 2000 census.North Baltimore is south of Toledo.-Geography:North Baltimore is located at ....
on a typical car radio. It can be regularly heard across Lake Erie at Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....
, and southeast to the greater Norwalk, Ohio
Norwalk, Ohio
At the 2000 census, there were 16,238 people, 6,377 households and 4,234 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,950.3 per square mile . There were 6,687 housing units at an average density of 803.1 per square mile...
area, where it is the only station available featuring an exclusively modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
format. CIMX also gets respectable ratings in Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
.
The station is broadcast live across the internet on their website. They also podcast their morning show "Dave and Chuck "The Freak"
Dave and Chuck "The Freak"
Dave and Chuck "The Freak" is the name of self-titled radio morning show that broadcasts on weekdays from 5am to 10am on CIMX-FM in Windsor, Ontario. The show is hosted by David Hunter, Charles Erkhart, and Lisa Way...
" along with their rock interviews.
February 22, 2011, Real Detroit Weekly
Real Detroit Weekly
Real Detroit Weekly is a weekly newspaper distributed free of charge every Wednesday, that focuses mainly on entertainment news from Hollywood and the metro Detroit nightclub scene...
rated 89X the best radio station in Detroit. Real Detroit Weekly
Real Detroit Weekly
Real Detroit Weekly is a weekly newspaper distributed free of charge every Wednesday, that focuses mainly on entertainment news from Hollywood and the metro Detroit nightclub scene...
also crowned 89X own Jay Hudson best radio DJ in Detroit for the third consecutive year in a row.
Annual sponsored shows
89X celebrated its first birthday in May 1992 by holding two X-Fest shows. Peter Murphy, the Nymphs, Senseless Things were a few of the bands that played X-Fest. Then in 1993, 89X held a birthday show at Chene Park featuring the Tragically Hip. The next year, 1994, 89X started throwing annual "Birthday Bash" shows. The Birthday Bash in 1994 was held at the Phoenix Plaza Amphitheater during the World Cup competitions in Pontiac. The Afghan Whigs, Beck, and the Odds were some of the bands that played.The 89X 18th Annual Birthday Bash featured Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
& The Duke Spirit
The Duke Spirit
The Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous rock n roll of bands such as The Gun Club and The...
, and took place on July 26, 2009 at DTE Energy Music Theatre
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Originally built by the Nederlander Organization in the early 1970s, the DTE Energy Music Theatre is a 15,274-seat amphitheater located in Clarkston, Michigan. It was originally known as the Pine Knob Music Theatre, due to its proximity to the nearby Pine Knob ski area and golf course...
in Clarkston, Michigan
Clarkston, Michigan
Clarkston, known officially by the name City of the Village of Clarkston, is a small city located within Independence Charter Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 882 at the 2010 census.-Overview:...
. The 19th Annual Birthday Bash on July 16, 2010 featured Sublime With Rome
Sublime with Rome
Sublime with Rome is a musical collaboration between Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, formerly of the band Sublime, and singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez. The group chiefly performed songs by Sublime, which was fronted by Bradley Nowell until his death in 1996...
, The Dirty Heads
The Dirty Heads
The Dirty Heads are a Reggae rock band from Southern California with a melodic style that includes hip hop and punk genres. Their debut album, Any Port in a Storm, was released on September 23, 2008, by Executive Music Group .-History:...
, Paper Tongues
Paper Tongues
Paper Tongues is an American rap rock band from Charlotte, North Carolina. The band consists of Aswan North , Devin Forbes , Joey Signa , Daniel Santell , Luke Anderson , Clayton Simon , and Cody Blackler...
, Neon Trees
Neon Trees
Neon Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, with origins in Murrieta, California. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when they opened several North American tour dates for the rock band The Killers. Not long after, the band was signed by Mercury Records and...
, and Civil Twilight
Civil Twilight (band)
Civil Twilight is a three-piece rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. They are signed to Wind-up Records, and have released their self-titled debut album, Civil Twilight.-Origin:...
at The Fillmore Detroit
The Fillmore Detroit
The Fillmore Detroit is a mixed-use entertainment venue operated by Live Nation. The Detroit Music Awards are held annually at The Fillmore Detroit in April. Built in 1925, the Fillmore Detroit was known for most of its history as the State Theatre, and prior to that as the Palms Theatre...
.
In 1998, 89X started holding an annual Christmas concert each December called The Night 89X Stole Christmas. The 1998 show was MC'd by Kid Rock (special appearance by Joe C) and featured Garbage
Garbage (band)
Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
, Placebo
Placebo (band)
Placebo are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Brian Molko and bass guitarist Stefan Olsdal. The band was joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was later replaced by Steve Hewitt after conflicts with Molko. Hewitt left the band in October 2007 and...
, Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
and Everlast
Everlast (musician)
Erik Francis Schrody , better known by his stage name Everlast, is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper and songwriter, known for his solo hit "What It's Like" and as the front-man for rap group House of Pain. He is also part of the hip-hop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which consists of members of...
.
More recent editions of the Christmas show are as follows:
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 9 on December 14, 2006 featured My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...
, Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is a rock band from Long Island, NY, formed in 1999 by guitarist Eddie Reyes. Current members of the band are Adam Lazzara , John Nolan , Eddie Reyes , Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell ....
, Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
, OK Go
OK Go
OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...
, and The Hard Lessons
The Hard Lessons
The Hard Lessons are a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, known for their high-energy live appearances and innovative sound. The band has toured extensively in the United States and Europe...
(replacing Blue October
Blue October
Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld , Jeremy Furstenfeld , Ryan Delahoussaye , Matt Noveskey , and Julian Mandrake .-History:Blue October was formed by lead...
). The 89X Nutcracker, the night before on December 13, hosted Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
, New Found Glory
New Found Glory
New Found Glory is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida. Formed in the summer of 1997, founding members were lead vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert and Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Joe Marino...
, and Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship is an American synthpop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York...
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 10 on December 17, 2007, featured Paramore
Paramore
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
and Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....
, with special guest MUTEMATH. Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York. Formed in 1995, the group incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, metal and post-hardcore....
and Plain White T's
Plain White T's
Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
played an acoustic set.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 11 took place on December 14, 2008, at The Fillmore Detroit. It was headlined by Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
, and also featured performances by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is an American rock band that formed in Middleburg, Florida.-Early years :Originating in Florida, childhood friends Ronnie Winter, Thomas Amason, and Duke Kitchens started the band while attending an AP music theory class, in 2003...
, The Academy Is...
The Academy Is...
The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other...
, and Innerpartysystem
InnerPartySystem
Innerpartysystem is an American electronic rock band. The group consists of Patrick Nissley, Jared Piccone and Kris Barman. The band is also well known for their live performance lighting largely by Andrew Nissley and videos directed by Stephen Penta....
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 12 took place December 18, 2009. It was headlined by 30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has consisted of actor Jared Leto , Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević...
, and also featured Flyleaf
Flyleaf
Flyleaf is an American alternative metal band, formed in the Belton and Temple, Texas regions in 2000. The band has charted on mainstream rock, Christian pop and Christian metal genres. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005....
, Thousand Foot Krutch
Thousand Foot Krutch
Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
, The Veer Union
The Veer Union
The Veer Union is a Canadian post-grunge band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Formation, as "Veer" :The band was formed in 2004 by founders Crispin Earl, and Eric Schraeder, under the original name of "Veer". The band released one independent album, Time to Break the Spell, in 2006...
, and After Midnight Project
After Midnight Project
After Midnight Project is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, currently signed to Universal Motown.-History:...
with a free after-party show at the Hard Rock with Richy Nix
Richy Nix
Richy Nix was born in Windsor, Ontario on December 11, 1985. He learned to play piano at age five. Throughout his childhood he had many problems with family and the law. These factors are a direct influence for many of the songs he has written. In his high school days , he met Kannibalistik , who...
.
The Night 89X Stole Christmas 13 took place December 17. It was headlined by My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...
, and also featured Sick Puppies
Sick Puppies
Sick Puppies is an Australian rock band, formed in 1997. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Shimon Moore, bassist Emma Anzai and drummer Mark Goodwin....
and Middle Class Rut
Middle Class Rut
Middle Class Rut, also known as MC Rut, is an American alternative rock band consisting of vocalist/guitarist Zack Lopez and vocalist/drummer Sean Stockham. They were formed in Sacramento, California in December 2006...
.