The Best Images Of Warped Tour 2017

July 7, 2017

A few things are synonymous with Warped Tour, hot pavement, tattoos, rebellious teens, piercings, punk rock and most importantly fun! We had a chance to take in the sounds of last weeks Warped Tour that took place on the grounds of the Pepsi Center, normally we like to write a review of the event but with so much different style and diversity at our disposal we wanted to give you some eye candy for your viewing pleasure. The bands were amazing, the images will tell you the story. Enjoy!

American Authors (Photo Credit: Alyson McClaran)

Courage My Love (Photo Credit: Alyson McClaran)

William Control (Photo Credit: Alyson McClaran)

Memphis May Fire (Photo Credit: Alyson McClaran)

The Vans Warped Tour 17' Presented By Journeys Is Ready To Invade Denver This Weekend

June 21, 2017

You can't have a Summer without the traveling festival known as The Vans Warped Tour. Lucky for you we will be out and about scouring the grounds of the Pepsi Center to bring you all the craziness from this years Denver stop. Now in its 23rd year, the Vans Warped Tour continues to solidify itself as the must attend festival over summer for rock and music lovers alike. In the tradition of celebrating the tour's musical roots, the lineup includes bands such as CKY, Municipal Waste, T.S.O.L, Save Ferris, Hatebreed, Streetlight Manifesto, Street Dogs, and others, who are legends in the punk, hardcore and metal core world.

Returning this year is the Mutant Party Zone, which will provide festival-goers with two stages dedicated to heavy music from bands such as The Acacia Strain, Being As An Ocean, Blessthefall, Carnifex, Fit For A King, Fire From The Gods and many more.

The Vans Warped Tour has always been a place of music discovery and this year is no exception - the Full Sail Stage has up and comers like Boston Manor, Creeper, The Gospel Youth, Knocked Loose, Movements, and Trophy Eyes positioned to break this summer.

Overall, the tour continues to offer something for every fan, showcasing the best in pop punk, rock, hard core, hip-hop, dance and indie. To view the full lineup, please visit: vanswarpedtour.com/bands

The Vans Warped Tour is the largest traveling music festival in the United States, and the longest-running touring music festival in North America. Originally conceived by founder Kevin Lyman in 1995 as an eclectic alternative rock festival, with a focus on punk rock, over the years the tour has grown to include a multitude of genres, including metal, hip hop, reggae, pop and more. It remains one of the best tours to attend to discover emerging acts, to learn more about wonderful non-profits and companies who are working to make a positive impact on the world that surround them, and to meet like-minded friends.

The Entertainment Institute will return to the 2017 tour as well, hosting educational workshops and Q+A's hosted by the industry's most successful writers, artists, and photographers. A full listing of the guru's hosting each workshop is available at http://www.thinktei.com/warpedtour

The 41-date tour will commence June 16th in Seattle, WA and end on August 6th in Pomona, CA. Tickets for this year's tour on are sale now and can be purchased at vanswarpedtour.com

Warped Tour | Sports Authority Field at Mile High | June 30

July 12, 2013

Vans Warped Tour 2013 stayed mostly true to the incredible experience that it always seems to offer. With a line up of first rate bands, the Denver stop of Warped attracted a mass of music-lovers from across the state. A star-studded cast of bands including Sleeping with Sirens, Memphis May Fire, The Wonder Years, The Ataris, 3OH!3, and Reel Big Fish graced the stages and completely melted faces.

Regardless of the temperature and discomfort that I know all of the bands are enduring, they all seemed to pour their hearts out into their sets. In other words, we got more than what we paid for.

A few of my favorite acts of the day were The Ataris and The Wonder Years. I might be writing a love letter to pop punk music right now, but they honestly put on the best performances that I saw all day.

The Ataris started off with one of their most famous songs called “In This Diary.” Fans new and old were crowd surfing and singing along. There was jumping and rocking out beyond my wildest dreams. They were clearly passionate. And clearly amazing performers. Pop punk isn’t dead, folks. I swear.

The words “Being grown up / Isn’t half as good as growing up / These are the best days of our lives / The only thing that matters is / Just following your heart / and eventually you’ll finally get it right” were resonating with everyone in the audience. Poppy, yet heavy guitar riffs were kept simple but powerful. The sound was just as crisp and on point as the album. Their famous cover of Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” literally almost brought me to tears. It was glorious. That is all.

The Wonder Years on the other hand - say hello to the new princes of pop punk. Guitarist Casey Cavaliere and drummer Mike Kennedy are... well... hot. So that helps. Besides that, these guys absolutely rock.

They brought fiery energy to the stage and the singer, Dan Campbell was engaged with the audience. I always love to see an interactive performance. They played songs off of their new and old albums. Oldies - but goodies! They were a real treat to watch. I can say that they were one of the top 5 best performances I saw all day.

While the bands I loved absolutely killed it, I was somewhat disappointed overall in Warped Tour as a whole. Having attended for 10 years now, I have seen the deterioration of what used to be the Woodstock of punk rock. Sure - bring in other genres. Don’t forget about the core of the tour, though. Warped used to be filled with bands that people would kill to see - Bad Religion, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, etc. While the new era of post-hardcore bands ruled the lineup this year, it would have been nice to see some of the classic faces. Furthermore, there were less sponsors there than ever before. Girl’s Garage, Save A Breast, Sk8 4 Cancer - these are the brands that fans loved to engage with. They always had marketing materials and ways for people to help. Some of these brands were missed this year.

Motion City Soundtrack (Photo Credit: Maddie Casey)

Also - tell the merch people to chin up. Chatting with merch guys used to be fun and interesting. Hardly any of them spoke to me. I can imagine it’s tough to get people to support the bands with deadbeat merch people.

Maybe Kevin Lyman will see this someday and take this to heart. I’m not sure why a lot of the bands drop the tour. Could it be the tough conditions of Warped? Sure - but Lyman and the crew should take care of these guys, or else many of the familiar faces that support Warped’s decaying tradition will phase out for good.

Enjoy the photos, though! Hopefully next year, Lyman will find a way to revive the rock n’ roll tradition of Warped Tour. Less DJ’s, please. That’s my final outcry.

-Autumn