Fiesta Oyster Bake will serve up one other steaming pile of nu steel, '00s-era arduous rock

Vocalist and guitarist C.J. Pierce performs with Drowning Pool on the Drawsko Fight Coaching Middle, Poland. Credit score: U.S. Military 2ABCT-1AD by Spc. Trevares Johnson

Fiesta Oyster Bake has introduced the headliners for its 2026 installment, they usually’re a bunch of bands simply as related as final yr’s. That means, by no means.

The Fiesta San Antonio staple, which takes place April 17-18 at St. Mary’s College, introduced the lineup in a Monday morning Fb put up, doubling down on the nostalgia of final yr’s fest that includes Sugar Ray, Hoobastank, Vertical Horizon and Tonic.

Like a time capsule replete with iPods, Skoal and JNCO denims, the 2026 lineup is a reminder of an period greatest forgotten with bands prone to make you say “Who? Oh, proper.”

Might we curiosity you in some Drowning Pool, Saliva, Switchfoot or Candlebox? Positive, they’ve been rotating within the gasoline station show for a while, however additionally they style unhealthy and are filled with carcinogens.

Contemporary off a gig in Kyrgyzstan, some on line casino or maybe a state truthful in Idaho, nu-metal band Drowning Pool will play its hit track “Our bodies,” in addition to … erm … another songs.

Saliva, after all, is the band answerable for “Click on Click on Growth,” a tough-guy tune that continues to be ubiquitous at soccer video games, WWE occasions and different locations the place bros in backwards caps get blackout drunk, take their shirts off and yell “Woooo!” a lot to the embarrassment of their long-suffering wives.

Along with drowning in a pool of another person’s saliva, the pageant offers you an opportunity at redemption with a efficiency by Christian rock band Switchfoot, greatest remembered for songs “Dare You to Transfer,” “Meant to Dwell” and “Stars.” The group additionally gained a Grammy for Greatest Rap or Rock Gospel Album for the 2009 album Good day Hurricane. So, simply bear in mind if you’re head banging, you’re head banging with the Lord.

From a barely extra redeemable period, Candlebox will rep the ’90s — , when issues have been simply beginning to go to shit. We will monitor this descent with the emergence of the yarl — thanks, Eddie Vedder and Layne Staley — a vocal type later made malignant by early aughts frontmen akin to Creed’s Scott Stapp. Listening again to their 1993 hit “Far Behind,” one might argue Candlebox was responsible of the yarl too. However joke’s on us — that album went triple platinum.

To make certain, all of those bands have been a fairly large deal for a scorching second, as soon as upon a time. However do nu steel and Christian alt-rock have endurance?

Hell, possibly we’re those who’re out of contact, contemplating dishevelled JNCO pants — the style development beforehand thought of ugly sufficient to remain lifeless — have come again. The truth is, the early aughts have by no means totally gone out of fashion right here in San Antonio, the place emo holds specific sway.

So, pay attention, if that is your factor, don’t allow us to spit in your Monster Vitality drink.

We’re certain, from our frosted tricks to our Adidas sneakers, {that a} time will probably be had. There’ll copious quantities of oysters, because the identify suggests, and the occasion raises cash for pupil scholarships for St. Mary’s College, which is a worthy trigger.

Simply don’t say we didn’t warn you if you get the underside of your JNCOs all muddy while body-banging within the pit. And please, girls, cowl your drinks.

Presale tickets will probably be accessible beginning Feb. 2 at a worth of $25 for single day and $45 for two-day passes on the Fiesta Oyster Bake web site.