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The Warped Tour still strong after 15 years
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The legendary El Hefe, lead guitarist for NOFX. Photo c. Jeff Schad
It's hard to believe that the Warped Tour is in its fifteenth year of existence; after all, not even Lollapalooza lasted anywhere near that long, continously.
Founder Kevin Lyman has a great thing going, and he knows it. Just the sheer mass of booths, food, stages, bands and young punkers at their first big show with mom and dad waiting just outside the gate was astounding. You see, this Baltimore Band Examiner had never been to Warped Tour before, despite holding tickets to the first show 15 years ago. A surf trip came up and my sister got the tickets. I got barreled in Hatteras while she met Sublime.
Fast forward fifteen long years, and full photo and media access are mine. The whole thing has grown and changed over the years, and now deploys a lineup of several types of music, with a heavy tiilt toward punk and the newish hipster pop-punk that this original punker can't embrace.
Here's gallery number one; crowds, moshpits, Bad Religion, Shooter Jennings and NOFX. Lots of backstage interviews coming soon.
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