HOMETOWN: Los Angeles / Chicago

WHY THEY MATTER: Bamboozle is the festival where pop punk's kings held court for the better part of a decade, among them Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. Now he's back (but far from the headliner slot) with Black Cards, his dub-inflected synth-pop outfit, fronted by singer Bebe Rexha, whom Wentz plucked from total obscurity — and from Staten Island, no less.

YOU SHOULD KNOW: The band calls their fans "enzymes," riffing off an idea suggested by ... an actual fan! "The idea is that enzymes are catalysts," Wentz told Buzznet. "They make things happen."

LISTEN: Black Cards, "Club Called Heaven"

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