Byline: Melissa Ruggieri

Aug. 3--For the fourth time since 2002, Linkin Park is leading a procession of misfit rockers straight to the mall crowd that idolizes their every tortured yowl.

Projekt Revolution'07, which kicked off last week in Auburn, Wash., is the industry's lone multiact tour with massive multiplatinum names attached (unlike the Vans Warped Tour) that caters to younger headbangers (as opposed to Ozzfest) and doesn't require sleeping in a tent overnight (see Bonnaroo).

Take a glance at the lineup, and you'll find Linkin Park being joined by the suddenly hot My Chemical Romance, which released its career-defining "The Black Parade" last fall, as well ...