Warp tour—a time of punk rawk and rebellion has been transformed into teenybopper hell by the horrible people of the Vans shoe company. What started as a tour for those that spiked their hair into ridiculous mohawks, wear skinny black jeans and leather coats in 200 degree weather has been polluted with the addition of bands such as Millionaires and BrokeNCYDE.
I popped my warp tour cherry this year and made the trek with a friend to the gorgeous gorge with hopes of hearing some good music that I knew and finding some new music to blow my mind. But what emerged was a longing for the old days were hardcore and punk bands played good music not the music of the untalented, rejects known as BrokeNCYDE. These don’t know what they are individuals ruined what was to be a celebration of all things rebellious. The screaming masses of young girls through themselves at the band while the real fans stood around and wished a huge meteor would crash down upon them ending not only there set but the world.
This shift from a tour that was a celebration of punk rawk and all things hardcore into a bubble gum pop tour is a warning of things to come. As warp tour has sold out and is slowly swallowed whole by bands like the afore mentioned Millionaires and BrokeNCYDE it spells doom for those of us who just want some good old fashioned punches to the face. Gone will be the days of circle pits and crowd surfers and instead we will get the sign waving, high pitched squealing and swooning 15 year-olds as they think they are at a punk show (no punk show includes a keytar). I will mourn for the passing of warp tour, the last hope for an untainted punk rawk/hardcore tour has sold out.
