 The bands in the ad for the "songwriter showdown" are The Skank  Honkies, Papa Vegas, The Suicide Machines, Vertical Horizon, Eve 6,  Verbena, Edwin McCain, Beth Hart, Excel, The Pietasters, Joy Drop,  Bis Train, and Pennywise. The ad also has the lines "to be  appearing: Violet Sanford" and "My Scarlet Life and Kottonmouth King  next week").