Soon after, the most appropriate band to follow up came on the same stage — The Bouncing Souls, another original band (1987 and still going strong) keeping up with the punk rock roots. They performed classics and new songs off their album The Gold Record. Front row was the place to be, and every kick to the head and blow to the face by crowdsurfers was worth the most amazing show at Warped Tour. Michael McDermott, drummer, had the most adorable daughter, who would come out with Bouncing Souls headphones to block out the noise, and a super-soaker to spray the fans with much appreciated water.
Bands with the same values still remain, they're just harder to find. Anti-Flag held it down, The Buzzcocks weren't at the NY show (but they will always be punk rock grandfathers, no less), and The Casualties played like it was the punk rock peak of the '80s. Joan Jett had the hugest audience, and kept the essence of rock and roll alive with an amazing set. 47 years old and still rocking out strong. Against Me! is half there — if you look hard you can start to see the band becoming jaded ever since they signed on to a major record label. They performed a highly ironic song-- "Reinventing Axl Rose" — with lyrics as follows:
"We want a band that plays loud and hard every night / That doesn't care how many people are counted at the door / That would travel one million miles and ask for nothing more than a plate of food and a place to rest / They'd strike chords that cut like a knife / It would mean so much more than t-shirts or a ticket stub / They'd stop at nothing short of a massacre / Everyone would leave with the memory that there was no place else in the world / And this was where they always belonged / We would dance like no one was watching / With one fist in the air / Our arena just basements and bookstores across an underground America / With this fire we could light / Just gimme a scene where the music is free / And the beer is not the life of the party"
Article comments
1 - author sucks
hi. your punk. so is the warped tour.
fuck your god fuck your religion fuck jesus fuck the warped tour and fuck you posers. only good bands on the tour are buzzcocks, germs (not even the real band anymore w/o darby (r.i.p.), against me and nofx. warped tour is as commercial as fucking christmas now. and stop confuse the shit that passes off as punk today with the true 80's punk/emo.
2 - author sucks
oh and if you know anything rock you know that the warped tour is a piece of shit show filled with a bunch of 15 yr old losers who probably couldnt even tell you who the bad brains or DK were let alone leftover crack, crucifucks, reagan youth and Millions of Dead Cops.
3 - "Author"
wow. way to be an ignorant stereotype. i feel sorry for you and what you think is such a righteous "battle".
P.S. next time don't waste your time trying to school a vet. I'm no 15 year old and I'm no name-dropping "poseur" who needs to curse to justify myself.
THANKS FOR READING =)
4 - lovett
id just like to say...
i ersonally like nofx they are a great band even if they do offend christians but if you looed at other music of theirs they also critisize government such as president bush himself ect
also rise against being my favourite band are great...you said that they are screamo or to a certain extent, and i have to say they are not really that screamo if you listened to more than a few tracks you would realise that they are not screamo they are more rock/punk with a slight bit of screaming in it, if you want to hear screaming then go listen to bands such as soil!
however you are right in your reply before you do not need to curse and scream to justify yourself, and i am a 15 year old who trys to enjoy all the rock music they can get (for the person above)
at the end of the day each to themselves but thnx for the report tis nice to read others than the mainstream reports given by the official concert providers
5 - xinsanity
Actually just because ur 15 doesn't mean u dnt have great taste in music.
Leftover crack happens to be me nd my friends fav. Band.
We go to all of their shows.
And yes I know they aren't allowed to play in the city (n.y), but guess what. THEY STILL DO
U just have to know the right place to go to.
6 - stevie
WHT D F S D WARP TOOR
7 - joe armstrong
I love Jesus. You need to burn in hell "Author Sucks"