Warped Tour Preview
Yes, I am going to Warped on Thursday. Yes, I listened to a song from every single one of these bands. I’ll use the same categories as last year. Snarky comments as needed.
Bands to See
Against Me!
Charlotte Sometimes
Gym Class Heroes
Horrorpops
Motion City Soundtrack
Rise Against
Say Anything
(I love Max Beemis and co. but I still haven’t seen them. It’s time to fix that.)
Story of the Year
(If only to hear “Anthem of our Dying Day” and “Until The Day I Die”)
Bands I am curious about:
Classic Crime
The Academy Is…
(A bit of power pop, but I could possibly enjoy that.)
The Bronx
Fear
(Electronica during the day? Maybe just to see the crowd.)
ORESKABAND
(Japanese ska. Kinda cute actually)
The Fabulous Rudies
(From covers to 99 Luftballoons to your more traditional ska. But with a chick on lead vox. And they claim to be from O-side. )
Bands I’ve seen that I am not going to worry about seeing again:
Aggrolites
Angels and Airwaves
Reel Big Fish
The Germs
The Vandals
If I was a 16 year old girl, I would go see:
Cobra Starship
(And all the tween girls said….swoon..)
Anberlin
(Typical comment on their myspace: “Thanks soooo much for signing my shirt at the Gorge! I took 46 pictures of you guys and sang every single word!")
Beat Union
(A little ska tinge to these guys)
Between The Trees
(Very Dashboard Confessional-like)
Dr. Manhattan
(The lead singer kinda has that Tom Delonge bratty pop vocal going on....)
Relient K
We the Kings
If I was a 16 year old guy, I would go see:
MC Chris
3oh!3
(What a trainwreck. Hip-hop meets euro pop meets emo. )
A Day to Remember
(Hello screamo with power pop choruses.)
Alesana
(More screamo but the lead vox is very reminiscent of Claudio of Coheed)
All That Remains
Big Drill Car
(OC punk, not poppy, so more for dudes.)
Confide
(Christian screamo?)
Evergreen Terrace
Everytime I Die
From First to Last
GBH
MIA
(This is the 80’s punk rock band not M.I.A.)
Norma Jean
Protest The Hero
Set Your Goals
Sky Eats Airplane
Street Dogs
T.S.O.L.
The Human Abstract
If you listened to the radio in a CC alt rock market, you’d go see:
The Audition
Ludo
Forever The Sickest Kids
Four Year Strong
Panima
Meh:
Katy Perry
(I don’t care if you kissed a girl. I especially don’t care that you liked it. )
Shwayze
Natives of the New Dawn
(Not my kind of hip-hop)
Who?
(Couldn’t find them on my first try and not willing to dig around further. )
Bring Me the Horizon
D.I.
H2O
Lordz
