Vans Warped Tour 2006 – It’s Only Crime
Vans Warped Tour 2006 – D.O.R.K.
Vans Warped Tour 2006 – Bouncing Souls
Vans Warped Tour 2006 – Armor For Sleep
Shots Fired – Shots Fired
The Kansas City threesome is a touring machine, earning the title of “one of the hardest working bands” repeatedly by press articles. This year their efforts paid off as they landed expeditions on the Vans Warped tour and tours with Authority Zero. The post-grunge record begins with “Cocaine,” a hard paced indie punk feeling anthem. […]
Melee – Daring to Shirk the Easy Road…The Nerve of Some Bands
Chris Cron – vocals/keysRick Sanberg – guitar/keysRyan Malloy – bassMichael Nader – drums The term “mêlée” brings to mind bloody images of fisticuffs and sword-play. Never is it a word that one associates with sugar-pop hooks and Brian Wilson orchestrations. Yet, when applied to the music world, mêlée takes on a somewhat playful connotation. For […]
The F-Ups – Tame But F-ing Dedicated: – The Van’s Warped Tour
Travis Allen – lead vocals, guitar, songwritingAndy Collett – bass, backup vocalsChris deWard – guitar, backup vocalsTaylor Nogo – drums To understand The F-Ups is to recognize two important facts: 1. They’re 18 years old2. They’re straight out of high school To appreciate The F-Ups is to be their peers. We’re talking about a band […]
Letter Kills – Contortion Artists
Matt Shelton – vocalsTimothy Cordova – guitarsDustin Lovelis – guitarsKyle Duckworth – bassPaul Remund – drums Since forming in 2002, Letter Kills has managed to sign onto Island Records and swing two straight years performing in the Van’s Warped Tour—all without even releasing an album. They do have one, however, entitled The Bridge which is […]
Various Artists – Warped Tour 2004 – SideOneDummy
Some have referred to Warped Tour as skate-punk summer camp, and after listening to SideOneDummy Records’ Warped Tour compilation CD, I can’t argue. There’s a little bit of everything on here, from the poppy to the political, but something about this CD makes me think Warped Tour may be growing up. For one thing, several […]
Van’s Warped Tour 2003 – Sunday, June 22, 2003 – Invesco Field
Stop the Man on the Street and ask him for his impressions on this year’s Warped Tour, and chances are great that he’ll say it was more Woodstock than punk rock. Okay, so perhaps you’re not falling over in your chair from the shock of this pseudo-revelation. You’re a studious young fanboy, and you already […]