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8 unusual facts about Warped Tour


Aggie Memorial Stadium

Artists that have performed at the stadium include Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Faith No More, The Eagles, Vans Warped Tour & Paul McCartney, among others.

Five Star Affair

They gained exposure outside of their hometown when they performed on the "Shiragirl" side stage of 2005,2006,2007 Warped Tour.

Neal Hendrix

Career highlights include five X Games medals, earning titles in 2005 at the Skatepark of Tampa Pro Vert Contest and Shanghai Showdown, ranking 2nd in the 2007 World Cup of Skateboarding Vert World Rankings, 11 years skating on the Vans Warped Tour, and skating with Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huckjam.

No Pigeons

In 2007 California indie band Brighten covered the song for a Warped Tour compilation album entitled "Yo! Indie Rocks Raps," which was never released via retail outlets but was available for purchase at tour stops.

Nooka

The creation of Team Nooka followed the success of partnering with Red Bull during their Red Bull BC One competition in New York as well as their sponsorship of the Vans Warped Tour.

Steven's Untitled Rock Show

Over the years, SURS was invited to many tours and festivals, most frequently The Bamboozle, The Warped Tour, and Taste of Chaos.

The Vans Warped Tour was a yearly fixture on the program, while it also featured Taste of Chaos, South by Southwest, and the Nintendo Fusion Tour.

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman, who got the idea while working on skateboarding shows such as the Vision Skate Escape and Holiday Havoc which included music with skateboarding contests.


Action Item

The band spent the summer of 2008 doing various east coast tours, and played the NJ date of Warped Tour on the Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands stage.

Crunkcore

For instance, Warped Tour co-creator and CEO Kevin Lyman calls the group 3OH!3 as "the real tipping point for scrunk", and said that "though 3OH!3 doesn't incorporate the blood-curdling screams of many scrunk acts, they were the first emo-influenced act to depart from traditional instruments in favor of pre-programmed beats", while still retaining many of the stylistic elements of emo.

Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman is creator of touring music and extreme sports festivals called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos and the Mayhem tours.

Maris the Great

Paul Koehler, drummer for the Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein, had Maris the Great removed from Warped Tour due to his belief that death is not a laughing matter.

New Surrender

Anberlin was showcasing their new material on the main stage for the entire tour, with the pre-order coming with a USB device on a wristband.

Shanti Wintergate

"This Moment" was a spark of an album with catchy 3-4 chord pop/rock tunes that caught the attention of famed Warped Tour promoter Kevin Lyman and let to performances on 2006/2008 Vans Warped Tours.

Taste of Chaos

Taste of Chaos (or "TOC") was a live music tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese.

Taste of Chaos 2010

Taste of Chaos 2010 is the sixth installment of the Taste of Chaos tours created by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.

The Amity Affliction

In 2013 The Amity Affliction was part of Warped Tour in the United States with Chad Hasty (Glass Cloud) on drums, percussion due to Ryan Burt severely damaging his cornea during a set in Portland, Oregon.

The Summer Tic EP

The Summer Tic is an EP by American rock band Paramore that was sold during the 2006 Warped Tour and the tour supporting their previously released album All We Know Is Falling.


see also

Aux Records

Honor Bright, a pop-punk band from Syracuse, was selected to play on the Warped Tour in 2008 and played live on MTV's program TRL.

Brandon Bolmer

The band was considered to possibly be the youngest to go through Warped Tour, and garnered similarities to Rage Against the Machine and Deftones.

Counterfit

Their first full-length album, Super Amusement Machine for Your Exciting Heart, followed in 2002, along with a second stint on that year's Warped Tour.

IllScarlett

Kevin Lyman, the Warped Tour organizer and co-owner of Warcon Enterprises, noticed them and invited them to play at his personal barbecue.

Kristan Harris

Subdue performed on Van's Warped Tour in 2004 hand picked by Kevin Lyman for the Ernie Ball Stage performing alongside Story of the Year, Bowling For Soup, and Big D & The Kids Table.

Punk Rock Holocaust

The backstory to this film is that Warped Tour head Kevin Lyman once allowed a hideously bad band called Brutal Enigma on the tour since they submitted a phony demo tape.

So Long Davey!

In 2011, So Long Davey! was invited again to play Vans Warped Tour this time on the Ernie Ball Stage.

Warped Tour Session

Warped Tour Session is a four song acoustic EP by pop-punk band Cartel.