The All-American Rejects Perform "Fast & Slow" on 'Guitar Center Sessions'

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This Friday, June 1, Guitar Center Sessions will launch its latest episode, featuring The All-American Rejects. The band will be on-hand to perform a handful of songs, as well as take questions on songwriting and the creative process.

GuitarWorld.com has been granted an exclusive preview of the upcoming episode, and you can check out a video of the band performing "Fast & Slow" off their new album, Kids in the Street, below.

This season of Guitar Center Sessions kicked off with Slash last week, and will continue with episodes featuring Megadeth, Colbie Caillat and Alanis Morissette.

This Friday's episode will air at 9 p.m. EST in 2D high definition on DIRECTV’s The Audience Network (channel 239) and in 3D on DIRECTV’s n3d.

Josh Hart
Josh Hart

Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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