Oh Warped Tour how I love you. Your silly little logo, you’re sweat weekend hooligans and tattoo covered roadies scream SUMMER at the top of its lungs. Every animal rights group with a pamphlet to pass out and every garage band with headphone right up in your grill beckoning you to pay them attention. And attention they get, from fan girls with big hair to ‘dudes’ in tank tops the ‘Rock and Roll Summer Camp” is an event like no other.
Warped Tours of years gone by have been jaw dropping, with bands like Bad Religion and Four Year Strong…took the stage and hawked their wares and well.. things aren’t going so good now. Problem is Warped started doing dumb shit like featuring its roadies on Warped Roadies a lame ass MTV series of set ups and breakdowns. Warped went from punk rock alternative TRUE alternative to some mass produced blather of sponsorship and advertising. A cash cow like no other and despite my eternal love for the entire concept, I’m feeling sorta squirmy about the direction the event is taking.
Will I support Warped? Hell yes I will. They need a mom on board but now when I attend it’s with the jaded eye of a skeptic, what will they do next to sour my romanticized version of the event? I can’t even imagine but I have faith in Kevin Lyman and his band of masterminds to not make this Disneyworld and keep it gritty, keep it pure and get the bullshit out. As for the bands the announcements have just begun and they always start out with ‘who the fuck are they’ groups and this year is no different. Keep in mind this is what Warped was all about. So if you’re sitting their crying cuz Attila or whomever isn’t on board yet- well sit the hell down, shut up and wait. And there is a whole lot of buzz about how Warped it opting for shitty bands.. hey morons- it’s supposed to fluctuate, I mean how many Black Veil Brides dates do you need? Calm down and enjoy the ride…and don’t fuck it up.
Here’s your first dose of Warped 2015 performers:
Neck Deep
Palisades
Front Porch Step
Handguns
Kosha Dillz
