With a bra hanging off his guitar, lead singer Tyson Ritter stood in front of an audience of thousands and made being a reject cool again.

The All-American Rejects fulfilled Ritter's promise to assault the audience's ears during their set last night at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Guitarist Nick Wheeler barely struck a chord of "Dirty Little Secret" before all of the girls with dreams of Ritter started hyper-ventilating.

The crowd's excitement was apparent even when the band took a break from performing. When Ritter started talking to the audience, the people standing in front of the stage started jumping up and down, singing "Zombie Nation."

The band couldn't quite figure out what was going on, but they did hear the "We are Penn State" portion of the song.

"Yes, you are Penn State," Ritter said, and the crowd went nuts.

Some of the band members left the main stage to give the viewers in the higher levels of seating a sense of involvement.

Before one of the songs, Ritter brought three girls wearing matching shirts from the audience onto the stage.

Then, he began surveying the audience, asking for people that fit other criteria to come on stage to "head-bang" during the band's next song. He requested audience members with crutches, those who were colorblind and people who were wearing airbrushed shirts or video game shirts.

A group of only about 10 ended up being lucky enough to stand among Ritter and the others. The last girl secured a spot on the stage because she had gum in her hair.

On three sets of screens, The Rejects used a variety of images, which ranged from fireworks to highways to cheeseburgers. What the symbolism was behind those, no one can be quite sure, but they were interesting to look at nonetheless.

The Rejects' performance was loaded with audience participation, and, like any good concert, was loud and obnoxious 90 percent of the time. All in all, it didn't disappoint.

Opening acts Gym Class Heroes, The Format and The Starting Line were also impressive. Some day in the future, any one of them could headline their own tour, even though their less elaborate stage setups and slightly weaker name recognition make them great as opening acts -- for now.