As if it wasn’t enough that Protest the Hero frontman Rody Walker came to Chico a month or so back and rocked an acoustic jam in Managing Editor Ryan Prado’s apartment, posed some tough questions for Paramore and sat down for his own Q&A sesh with Video Matt, he’s now acting as a roving correspondent for Synthesis.net at this year’s Warped Tour. Check out his interview with From First to Last above, and subscribe to our stupid YouTube channel so we can spam you with our shit ALL DAY!

Despite some lineup changes (the band welcomes new bass player Matt Manning to the fold, and group founder Matt Good reclaims his frontman duties) and some label drama, From First to Last are full speed ahead for 2008. On April 15th, the group will release its self-titled debut for their new label, Suretone Records. The album was produced by Josh Abraham, who has worked with bands such as Slayer, Velvet Revolver and 30 Seconds to Mars. The band will release exclusively to Hot Topic stores on Feb. 12th a two-song teaser CD that will feature “We All Turn Back To Dust” and “Once Was Lost But Now Profound,” both from the new album (those of you in Novi, MI, the group will play an in-store performance at the Hot Topic there on Feb. 13th). As for hitting the road in support, they’ll spend the summer traveling North America as a headlining act of the 2008 Warped Tour. In the meantime, however, you can check out From First to Last as a main act on the Take Action tour, which gets underway Feb. 14th in Detroit. FFTL will be on-board for all 34 dates. The whens and wheres of the Take Action tour can be found after the jump. (more…)

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