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ONTARIO: See photos from Merry Meltdown with Korn, Stone Temple Pilots

Staff Photographer Kurt Miller was on hand Saturday, Dec. 14 at Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena for X103.9’s Merry Meltdown and snapped some incredible photos from the show.

He put together two galleries from the concert with some great photos of the bands.

Click the photo below to visit the gallery with Localpalooza winner Assuming We Survive, Big B and Sick Puppies.

Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive gets close to the crowd at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

The show also had to big name acts to close the night–Stone Temple Pilots (with new singer Chester Bennington) and Korn.

Click the photo below to view Kurt’s photos of Korn and Stone Temple Pilots at Merry Meltdown.

Chester Bennington sings with Stone Temple Pilots at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

ONTARIO: Merry Meltdown rocks arena on Saturday, Dec. 14

Sick Puppies performs during the Merry Meltdown concert at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Dec. 2012. (2012/File Photo)

San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM is holding its annual Merry Meltdown concert at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14 with Korn, Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington), Sick Puppies, Big B and Assuming We Survive, who won this year’s Localpalooza competition.

There are VIP meet and greets and a special pre-party with Smile Empty Soul that the radio station is doing, too.

5:30 pm. Dec. 14, Citizens Business Bank Arena, 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario, 909-244-5500, $29.50-$59.50, available through www.axs.com and at the arena’s box office.

Visit www.x1039.com for more information.

Sick Puppies have been a regular visitor to the station’s holiday shows. Here’s a clip of “All the Same” from the 2012 Merry Meltdown.

BLACK FRIDAY: 5 holiday goodies for Inland Empire music lovers

If you have a music lover in your life and you’re eyeing some holiday finds, check out these items from the Inland Empire music scene, with love.

Alien Ant Farm is into ugly Christmas sweaters this holiday season. (Contributed Image)

Alien Ant Farm is into ugly Christmas sweaters this holiday season. (Alien Ant Farm/Contributed Image)

1. Alien Ant Farm’s Ugly Sweater
With Riverside’s own Alien Ant Farm still at work on forthcoming album “Always and Forever,” the band wanted to give its fans a little something of a holiday surprise. Enter the ugly holiday sweater.

Alien Ant Farm guitarist Terry Corso said that last year he saw bands such as Slayer and Every Time I Die offer up sweaters for sale and that it seemed to make sense for Alien Ant Farm.

Running $40-$45, the black sweatshirt is a limited run with the Ant Farm logo emblazoned on it in a holiday scene. Who needs a reindeer sweater when you can have an ant with antlers?

Growing up in Southern California, Corso said he didn’t have a favorite ugly sweater of his own, but he said he was able to score a sweet SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas shirt before an ugly sweater party a few years back.

If a sweater isn’t your thing, the band is also offering up Christmas ornaments for $10. The metal die-cut ant head

You can purchase the items online at www.alienantfarm.limitedrun.com.

Assuming We Survive performs at X103.9’s Localpalooza competition at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. The band went on to win the competition and will open the Merry Meltdown show Dec. 14 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario with Korn and Stone Temple Pilots. (Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)

2. Merry Meltdown tickets
San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM is holding its annual Merry Meltdown concert at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14 with Korn, Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington), Sick Puppies, Big B and Assuming We Survive.

If you purchase a ticket on Friday, Nov. 29 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena box office, you get a pair of tickets to one of three special acoustic shows at M15 in Corona that you can’t even purchase tickets for.

Your choices are the Airborne Toxic Event on Thursday, Dec. 5, Switchfoot on Friday, Dec. 6 or A Day ot Remember on Sunday, Dec. 15.

The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the buy one, get two deal is only good while supplies last.

Tickets are $29.50-$59.50. Visit www.x1039.com for more information.

Suicide Silence has a “Zombie Clause” sweatshirt for sale. (Contributed Image)

3. Suicide Suilence’s Zombie Clause
Metal band Suicide Silence, which started here in the Inland Empire, has a new singer, is working on a new album and now has a new sweatshirt in time for the holidays.

The band dubs the character on the sweatshirt “Zombie Claus” and the green-skinned character with a white beard is what happens when you send the Grinch to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Halloween maze. I can’t quite tell if he is holding the innards of his faithful satanic reindeer or if the reindeer is like the chupacabra, sucking out the holiday cheer.

Either way, there were only 100 of the sweatshirts made and it might be the perfect gift for your cousin who makes most of his status updates quotes from late Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker.

If it’s sold out, you can pick up the “Krampus Christmas” T-shirt for $14.99-$19.99 instead.

Prints on Wood has a few iconic Coachella images for sale this holiday season. (Prints on Wood/Contributed Image)

4. Prints on Wood’s Coachella Festival art
If you have a friend in your life who makes the pilgrimage out to the Empire Polo Club in Indio every year, check out the offerings from Prints on Wood.

The Riverside-based company does a lot of the amazing art in the Coachella boutique every spring, but there are a couple of items available in time for the holidays, too.

The most iconic includes the Ferris Wheel and the rainbow of neon trees surrounding the polo field. The prices range from $24 for 4-inch by 6-inch piece up to $245 for a 2-foot by 3-foot poster size item.

Better yet, make a print of that picture of you and your friends raging in the Sahara Tent.

The BellRays have a Christmas album! (The BellRays/Contributed Image)

5. “Merry Xmas” from The BellRays
I am still working on my favorite music from 2013 (boy did we have an amazing amount of high-quality music this year), but in the meantime, pick up a holiday gem from an iconic Inland band.

The BellRays put out a Christmas album a few years back. The CD will set you back $15 and you’re supporting local music. It’s something to listen to if you prefer rocking out while decking your halls.

Here’s a taste of “Rocket Ship Santa.”

LOCAL MUSIC: Enter X103.9’s Localpalooza contest

Dose of Adolescence performs at X1039’s Localpalooza at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The group competed with nine other Southern California bands, winning a spot to play at the radio station’s Merry Meltdown concert in December. (2012/File Photo)

This one is for the local musicians and the supporters of local music out there–X103.9 FM is holding the Localpalooza contest again.

The bands face off in a battle to land a spot opening X103.9’s Merry Meltdown headlined by Stone Temple Pilots and Korn. (By the way, the announcement of the Merry Meltdown lineup, tickets and more are posted at the Audio File blog.) I was one of the judges last year and was once again amazed by the talent from the Inland Empire.

To enter Localpalooza, your band must be based in Southern California. There will be 12 finalists selected who will perform at Localpalooza on Nov. 2, at M15 in Corona, where a panel of judges will select the winner. The winner will open the Merry Meltdown on Dec. 14.

Here’s what X103.9 needs from you if you’re entering:
1. 2-song demo CD. Flash drives, full-lengths, etc. will NOT be accepted.
2. 1-page band BIO, including city of origin, recent past gigs, draw, etc.

(Don’t throw in anything else, they’re serious about it.)

You can send your materials (or drop them off) on or before Friday, Oct. 11 to X1039’s LOCALPALOOZA 242 Airport Drive #106, San Bernardino, CA, 92408.

Visit www.x1039.com for more information.

ONTARIO: X103.9’s Merry Meltdown to feature Korn, Stone Temple Pilots

Korn will perform at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown on Dec. 14. (Sebastien Paquet/Contributed Image)

The Merry Meltdown is back and San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM is bringing a huge show this year.

It will take place at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Saturday, Dec. 14 and the headliners are Korn and Stone Temple Pilots. The other performers include Sick Puppies, Big B and the winner of the X103.9 Localpalooza contest.

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Tickets go on sale Saturday, Oct. 5 at www.axs.com and at the Citizens Business Bank Arena box office. They are priced at $10.39 to $59.50, before fees. You can also win tickets by listening to the station and win your way into the VIP pre-show party. (FYI, to get the $10.39 tickets you HAVE to purchase them in person at the arena’s box office and they are only available to the first 500 people.)

Now, let’s talk about the bands–I think this is the biggest holiday show the Inland station has had yet.

If you haven’t been following the drama in the Stone Temple Pilots world, Scott Weiland is out (again) and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is in and receiving high praise for his vocals. Bennington is no stranger to the Inland region, either. He stopped by X103.9’s San Bernardino studios earlier this year. Stone Temple Pilots, with Bennington on vocals, will release a new EP, “High Rise,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

You can listen to the new STP song, “Black Heart” below.

In the meantime, for the rock fans who have more of an affinity for nu-metal rather than grunge, Korn is also releasing a new album on Oct. 8, called “The Paradigm Shift.” Plus, the band has been reunited with guitarist Brian “Head” Welch. They’re also traveling back in time and making the Family Values Tour happen for one night only in Denver this weekend. Seriously, don’t we all miss 1999?

Sick Puppies are big fans of X103.9 and I think they’ve done every one of the station’s Christmas shows. Their new album, “Connect,” is their best yet. I had an interview with Shim Moore from Sick Puppies a while back when “Connect” was about to be released.

Big B will be back in the Inland area, plus the winner of the X103.9 Localpalooza competition. Last year, Dose of Adolescence won the title (after a really close competition).

If you’re a local band, you can enter for a chance to participate in the competition.