With almost 2 million listens on myspace, appearances at all the best festivals, a session in Jo Whiley's Radio 1 Live Lounge and songs featured everywhere from Hollyoaks to Sky Movies, Frank Turner's CV is starting to look pretty impressive! Oh, there's also the small matter of a full American tour with The Offspring coming soon too. Smashing. If you've not heard Frank before - you're missing a treat. He's been a favourite of ours for some time now and as the missing link between Billy Bragg and Black Flag, we couldn't ask for a more engaging and entertaining act to headline our Sumo Rock stage.

"One of the best singer songwriters of our generation." Mike Davies (Radio 1)

Recent off stage highlights for the band include collecting a Kerrang! Award nomination and a place in Q Magazine's Top Five metal bands and then on stage, they've toured with the likes of Gallows, Cancer Bats and Alexisonfire to name but a few. Ideal.

"Audacious rock 'n' roll riffage offering further proof that we're looking at a British band capable of mixing it with the likes of The Bronx and F****d Up. KKKKK" Kerrang!

FUTURE OF THE LEFT
7.10pm - 7.50pm
myspace.com/futureoftheleft

Andrew "Falco" Falkous and Jack William Egglestone made up two thirds of cult Welsh rockers Mclusky and Kelson Louis Tregurtha Mathias was in fellow Welsh lunatics Jarcrew... got that? Everybody loves rock family trees. Anyway, Future Of The Left pick up where their aforementioned previous outfits left off and create a savage and visceral rock explosion, perhaps akin to a wonderful Welsh amalgamation of Les Savy Fav and Shellac. There are no false statements in their paradiddles.

"Cuts a bloody swathe through your cranium, leaving you reeling and gasping for more. The battle cries have been practiced, the troops are focussed and playtime is well and truly over. Here's to the future. 9/10" Drowned In Sound

"This three-piece already have enough good songs that should you catch them in concert, chances are you'll be humming one of them on the way home." Kerrang!

"Twin Atlantic are rather super" Kerrang!

HEAVENS BASEMENT
4.20pm - 4.55pm
myspace.com/heavensbasementofficial

Do you like ROCK music?! Of course you do. When we say rock music, we mean the good stuff - Motley Crue, Guns 'n' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath et al… If that's your bag, you're going to LOVE Heavens Basement. Downright dirty, sleazy and full of the kind of riffs that could - and should - see them being regarded just as highly as the list of legends that inspired them.

"A sound that grabs you by the throat and will leave your senses rocked for days! A sound simply titled Heavens Basement. Believe all you have heard, read and seen about this band. These rockers from the UK are BADD ASS!" All Access Magazine (Los Angeles, CA)

PULLED APART BY HORSES
3.25pm - 4.00pm
myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses

Pulled Apart By Horses are a thoroughly intriguing live proposition. Yeah, they've been getting more than their fair share of critical acclaim from the likes of NME and Artrocker, but rock mags like Metal Hammer and Kerrang! have also been singing their praises… which is no surprise 'cause these lads sure know how to rock! Riffs, riffs and more riffs. Just how we like it! Last seen in Boro on tour with Rolo Tomassi, PABH are one of the most exciting, enthralling and entertaining live bands we've seen in a long time!

"This Leeds four-piece are causing quite a stir with their manic art-punk convulsion, discover why Pulled Apart by Horses are the name on everyone's lips." Rock Sound

YOUR DEMISE
2.30pm - 3.05pm
myspace.com/yourdemise

St. Albans metal-core crew Your Demise have toured with everybody from Biohazard to Enter Shikari to Architects to Comeback Kid and along the way, they've managed to have their equipment stolen, have multiple van crashes (including the time when the side door of their tour van literally fell off in the fast lane of the M1!) and get arrested more times than they'd care to remember. Little wonder then that they write such angry music!

"This is thugly, brutal and misanthropic UK hardcore - and live it's simply exhilarating. In the crowded and claustrophobic world of modern hardcore, you have to mean it. Your Demise mean it, and then some." Metal Hammer

TURBOWOLF
1.35pm - 2.10pm
myspace.com/turbowolfband

It's hard to ignore a band with a name like Turbowolf isn't it? Well, a bit like a popular wood staining product - it does exactly what it says on the tin. We won't even begin to try and describe their sound to you, we'll leave that to the experts:

"Like Gallows if they'd been brought up in a circus. Get involved with the Wolf" Metal Hammer

"One of my top tips for 2009. They're gonna be massive!" Rob Da Bank

"The evil twin of The White Stripes or the disobedient child of The Stooges… Impossible to ignore." M1st

"None of this pussy footing around electric beats, Turbowolf are electro-RAWK. Riotous rock-tronic fun." NME

SAVING AIMEE
12.45pm - 1.20pm
myspace.com/savingaimee

Hertfordshire six piece Saving Aimee have toured with everybody from Enter Shikari to Mcfly, which is quite apt given that they sound like a mixture of the two! Their catchy, synth-driven, sing-a-long pop-punk has seen them become regulars on The Box, Scuzz and Kerrang TV! and Zane Lowe is a big fan. If you like You Me At Six, Elliott Minor and Kids In Glass Houses, you'll be in for a treat.

"Saving Aimee may, in the likes of 'High Fives All Round', be more 'pop' than anyone else on the bill, but they're heavy enough to contribute to this being the Shockwaves NME Awards Show least likely to be attended by the faint of heart." NME

SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
12noon- 12.30pm
myspace.com/suchgreatheightsrock

Female-fronted five piece Such Great Heights have been making quite a name for themselves over the past 12 months with their Paramore meets New Found Glory emo-pop-punk anthems. Debut single "Would I Still Have Friends If I Believed I Was A Wizard?" and explosive support slots alongside the likes of Anti-Flag, Tellison and Fighting With Wire have helped establish SGH as one of the North East's most exciting new bands.

"Who'd have thought Middlesbrough could be such a treasure trove of delights? The fantastic Such Great Heights are a youthful troupe of boys fronted by enigmatic non-boy Evelyn! Power-pop to the core, their sprawling brand of alt-indie is loaded with punchy vocals and killer hooks." Rock Sound