Buckcherry, P.O.D., Lit and Alien Ant Farm coming to Nixa

Fans of late-1990s rock: rejoice.

Four bands — Buckcherry, P.O.D., Lit and Alien Ant Farm — are coming to Nixa on Sunday, Aug. 12, as part of the first-ever Gen-X Summer Tour.

They're playing from 1:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Summers at the River, at 2142 N. Sports Complex Lane. Ticket information can be found at www.genxsummer.com.

The tour's presenter, Loudwire, said the Gen-X Summer Tour will be more fun than any other tour this summer.

Buckcherry's frontman Josh Todd told Loudwire, "I love these bands. We all came out around the same time exploding onto the scene with great summertime hits and an awesome live show...let's get wild and loose!"

All four bands have their roots firmly in the '90s, and they're all apparently still rocking.

Each band has had at least one mainstream hit that people between the ages of 30 to 45 have probably burned onto a CD at one point.

Buckcherry had "Crazy B----," P.O.D. had "Alive," Lit had "My Own Worst Enemy," and Alien Ant Farm had a cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal."

How to prepare for this all-day, blast-from-the-past rock fest? We suggest burning a rad mix CD, watching "American Pie" on VHS and freaking out about Y2K.

Also, practice headbanging. Lots of headbanging.

Want to play alongside these rock stars? The winner of a July 14 battle of the bands at the Outland Ballroom in Springfield will also be on stage, according to Eventbrite.