Illinois-based band Vanattica, which has been featured at the 2008 Vans Warped Tour and in the video game "Rock Band 3," will be performed at RAGEFEST.

Vanattica is made up of four musicians: Travis Leonard on lead vocals, Drake Gravely on drums, Jaron Lancaster on bass and Brendan Summers on lead guitar and backup vocals.

The band formed in 2005 and recorded its first album in Leonard's mom's basement. It has been a part of a few record labels, including Clean State Records in Australia and Ignite Records in the United States.

"Our most recent record label was Ignite Records, who we are done with now," Leonard said. "We had Clean State Records for distribution help and we sent in CDs to them and they really liked what we had."

Appearing on the Vans Warped Tour was a big step for the band in getting its name out.

"It was sick," Leonard said. "We were just a baby band at that point and we passed out about 700 free CDs, and I just remember it being really hot and I knew at that point our band had something."

The band's song "Ready, Set, Go!" was in the game "Rock Band 3" and music was featured in the ESPN promotional commercials for the X-Games.

Vanattica's recent album titled "The King or Me," which consisted of four songs, was released on March 15, 2011, making it the bands third album. The band members made a point to make sure each song had different meaning and dealt with real-life situations.

"All our songs are about life experiences, but they are all different because we don't like to just write breakup songs or songs about falling in love," Leonard said.

After building a fan base, and creating the album "The King or Me," the band will relocate to a new label to further its success.

"We are moving out to Los Angeles, Calif. to sign with a huge label and hopefully this will be a new start for us and our success," Leonard said.

Sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State University student radio station Rage 103.7, Vanattica will be playing at a free concert called RAGEFEST.

"Vanattica played last year as a headline band and everyone seemed to really like them, and we play their music a lot on the RAGE station," station music director Sean Kenney said.

RAGEFEST is a concert that showcases bands in the local spotlight.

"The event is a lot of fun, and there is no excuse not to go," Kenney said.

"We try to do local bands from the Cape or St. Louis area, or anyone who is available, and we try to have a wide variety."

Along with Vanattica, RAGEFEST will also include Josh Lynn with the Monstars, Guy Morgan and the FT crew, the Big Idea and Samuriot.

"We are excited about the new songs and we plan on our set to be a lot stronger than last year, and the audience can expect for a super high-energy show and to be entertained," Leonard said.

RAGEFEST will be from noon to 6 p.m. April 28 at the Academic Terraces.