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J-14 is scouting out the hottest bands around... and this week's pick is Forever the Sickest Kids!

Here are five things you need to know about Forever the Sickest Kids, whose album, The Weekend: Friday, hits stores tomorrow!

1- The band got their start when five days after they officially formed, lead singer Jonathan Cook accidentally clicked his mouse on a button that cost them $350 to get front-page placement on Pure Volume. Problem? They didn't have a song! So in two days they came up with "Hey Brittany."

2- They're currently on their first American headlining tour through December 5 with The Rocket Summer, My Favorite Highway, and Sing It Loud.

3- This new album is the first of a three-part album series called The Weekend -- this one is Friday and Saturday and Sunday will each come out about a year and a half later.

4- The band is ALL about their fans! Jonathan recently tweeted from the road, "Just played catch w/ Nerf footballs w/ fans in Line at Boston HOB felt like I was on the Dallas Cowboys, now watching the game." And when they were in Paris, they even went sight-seeing with fans. "We walked out from a venue and asked the fans if they knew how to get to the Eiffel Tower and they're like, 'It's 30 minutes from here -- you want us to just go with you?' and we took basically 20 fans from the line and we just all hopped on the subway and went across town to the Eiffel Tower," Jonathan says. "It was really fun!"

5- The Texas band became fast friends with Selena Gomez when she missed their show and visited them in the studio. "One thing that I didn't know is how good of a singer she is," Jonathan tells J-14. "I told her, 'I can count the number of times that I've actually sat down and put in my iTunes gift card and bought a song this year and I just sat down and bought all of the Selena Gomez songs on iTunes.' I'm such a fan of her voice. She's such a good singer!"

But enough from us... let's let the band tell you about their new album in their own words:

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Forever the Sickest Kids are filming a new music video right NOW in New Jersey -- and lead singer Jonathan Cook just tweeted this photo from the set!

The band's new album The Weekend: Friday hits stores next Tuesday. If you want to go to their album release party on Monday in New York City, click here to RSVP.

They'll also be performing at the 2009 United Way Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show: A Motown 50th Anniversary Tribute, which will happen during halftime of the Detroit Lion/Green Bay Packers game on Thursday, November 26 at 12:30 PM ET on FOX.

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It was a total LOL-fest when we recently chatted with FTSK's singer Jonathan Cook. He dished to us about the band's new CD, his fave thing to do in Texas, and, of course his "little sister" Selena Gomez! Sel's duet with FTSK, "Whoa Oh!" is available on iTunes NOW! Click here to purchase it!

J-14: Why did you guys pick "Whoa Oh!" to be your duet with Selena?
Jonathan: It was her idea! Selena surprised me and sent me a version of the song, and I showed it to the other guys and it sounded really cool. We were like, "Why don't we do an official version where she sings on it?" So Selena came to the studio while we were in L.A. and it was really after a long days work. So it was really just relaxing to get in the studio and be able to do something really special.

J-14: So it was one of those late night jam sessions you always hear about?
Jonathan: Yeah, we just got pizza and we just hung out in the studio and everything was cool. It wasn't like we were working at all.

J-14: How did you deal with the rumors that you were dating Selena?
Jonathan: I didn't even know! I don't even pay attention to rumors. But I help Selena -- I try to help her stay off the internet where they talk bad. It's so hard to ignore it. Selena's like a little sister to me and we have a great friendship.

J-14: Do you give her brotherly advice about boys?
Jonathan: We don't talk about that stuff that much. We talk about more things like Texas and homesickness and new things in our careers that are exciting and happening and things like that.

J-14: What's your favorite thing to do in Texas?
Jonathan: There's this new day spa that opened in October. It's like 32,000 sq. foot and it's just a fabulous place that you would never expect. And there's only two. There's one in Chicago and there's one in Dallas. So the first thing I wanna do when I get home is go to the King Spa & Sauna.

J-14: So tell us about the deluxe edition of Underdog Alma Matter!
Jonathan: The deluxe edition of our album will be out this summer. It has 29 songs and 11 videos. It's gonna be super-packed. And it's gonna be basically all the stuff that maybe didn't make the album and early acoustic versions of songs that also did make the album. Our Taylor Swift "Love Story" cover is on there and some other fun songs. And then the whole cartoon series that we did for YouTube is gonna be on there including the fifth and final episode, which I haven't even seen yet!

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We wish that Bamboozle was every weekend! We got to rock out in the rain alongside our favorite musicians, and they even gave J-14 readers a shout out! Check out the video above to see what Demi Lovato, Push Play, Tiffany Giardina, and Honor Society had to say to you guys! And don't forget to read our exclusive Q&A with Forever the Sickest Kids and Tina Parol - (who are touring together now!)

Were any of you guys at Bamboozle? Do you have plans to see any of your favorite bands or singers on tour this summer? If not, what is your dream concert?

Getting a chance to hang with Forever the Sickest Kids and Tina Parol at Bamboozle was one part totally crazy (those guys have SO MUCH energy!) and every other part super fun. I got to see one of Tina's first big live performances (she rocks, by the way!) and even caught an acoustic FTSK set! Don't be jealous though - you can catch both of them on tour!

J-14: Tell us about The Rockin' Rodeo Tour!
Jonathan: The Bamboozle road tour just ended and then we started on our headliner (The Rockin' Rodeo Tour), which is White Tie Affair, Rocket to the Moon, The Audition, Cash Cash, Tina Parol, Friday Night Boys, Kelsey and the Chaos, Mercy Mercedes - Forever the Sickest Kids! It's going to be really good. We're trying to decide if we're going to add a Dallas date.
Tina: On my dates I am the only girl. I'm a huge tomboy, and I grew up a tomboy so I'm still a tomboy! Or, as my mom always says, "A tomboy in heels!"

J-14: What are the hazing rituals? Have you guys initiated Tina yet?
Jonathan: Not yet! One of our biggest jokes that we do for the girls that come out on tour is we cut their hair into a buzz cut.
Tina: That's so not nice. I'm a little bit petrified, but my band is very protective and brotherly. Oh yeah, they could all kick your butt!

J-14: Was it important for you guys to have a few girls on tour?
FTSK: It's fun to mix it up. It's interesting.
Tina: And my tour manager's a female! I was like, "I need someone else there!" She's really cool. And they have lots of lady fans, lots of them. I worked with a photographer who worked with you guys on your EP cover, and she was like "I had fans emailing me if I would sell my toilet seat because Jonathan might have peed on it."

J-14: Have you guys had any crazy fan encounters?
Jonathan: I go to a big church near Kent's house and a girl came up to me the last time I was home and she was like, "I figured out where Kent lives, like, I saw his grandparents sitting out in front of their house."
Tina: In New York, if someone says that to you, you move. Right away!
Caleb: I always have girls calling my parents, which is really creepy. They always call me like, "Caleb, so-and-so called for you?" But I don't know anyone who has my house number...

For tour schedules, Bamboozle videos, and more, check out the musicians' Myspace pages. Come back tomorrow for more of J-14's concert adventures from the past week!

You know summer is on the way when the Vans Warped Tour is announced! The concert kicks off June 26 and runs until August 23!
This year, bands include 3OH!3, Cash Cash, Forever the Sickest Kids, Saosin, The White Tie Affair, and many more! Click "read more" for the full list of dates and for the list of bands, visit warpedtour.com.



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