Should WARPED TOUR Return? | 10 Warped Tour Allegations

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[@robertsparling917]

No! Kevin Lyman is a vile POS who needs to STOP GIVING PEDOS A SECOND CHANCE!

[@OfAGhost312]

The part that sucks about losing warped tour is that A LOT of young upcoming bands of all genres could get a spot on a tiny side stage and get some attention and notice, sell some demos and maybe some merch. Getting to see 20+ bands that YOU ACTUALLY LISTENED TO all at one place was amazing as well. That was why it was worth the ticket price. RIP warped tour. A handful of bad apples had to ruin it for the rest of us

[@dsxa918]

I heard a lot of 'punk' criticism in the 00's that Warped ruined local scenes and then it absconding has left 'alternative' live music in a turrible place Nice cat

[@streetxjammingdualxscreens9228]

Punk Rock Bowling is very similar, but only for a Memorial Day weekend lol

[@mikeythezero]

Dude that's how Paramore got huge, they just followed the tour in a van and played in the parking lot, next year Lyman had them on a stage, and they moved up stages during that year

[@LycheeCamp]

Prb gives off kinda a stuck up elitist old guy vibe, correct me if im wrong.​@@streetxjammingdualxscreens9228

[@GaffAttack09]

Tickets were like $25 a piece back then. They would be at least $100 nowadays

[@TenguTalks]

Warped 2003, like 2 months after my dad died. I was at the Yellowcard booth telling Ryan about how "Life of a Salesman" helped me cope with it. Dude gave me the biggest hug, two free shirts, and invited me up to sing that along with him. Fantastic guy. Probably my best Warped memory of all time.

[@Volkaroar]

I feel Luke's favourite memory of Sum 41 had a missed opportunity where he could have asked the medic to look at his cut and ask "Does this look infected?"

[@RockedNet]

Wow I never thought of that. Missed opportunity.

[@Volkaroar]

@@RockedNet to be fair, it's hard to think up of darkly comedic puns when your head was currently bleeding profusely lol

[@JCat-gr2no]

@@RockedNet your kitty is adorable

[@melodiousmooose5301]

I'll never forget my first warped tour. Someone from a band was selling CDs out of a cardboard box to people standing in line for $5. I liked what I heard and bought it. That dude was Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade 😂

[@RockedNet]

A lot of bands put in the work that way.

[@xJuhnFromAbovex777]

Yo! Same here! I legit heard so many up and coming bands and met them just by waiting in line!

[@projectno5]

so i kinda lost all respect for kevin during the whole "austin jones" thing. basically it was well know that he was going after underage girls before that and there were receipts that was sent to him. he tried to bury a lot of it until it became more well known. another artist on the tour (i think his name was something like d-fizzy) basically said they wouldn't do the tour if austin jones was still on it. kevin's response was to try guilt tripping and gaslighting this artist and trying to get them on phone calls with austin so d-fizzy could apologize...... and then 8 months later austin did it again. i think warped tour should stay in the past unless big changes are made.

[@frozyre7854]

I've not gone to a single Warped Tour in my life. But I remember how big of an impact it really was in the 2000s to have heard it everywhere. It was just one of THE best tours to go to at all, next to other yearly festivals like Ozzfest as well. But you know it's gone the way of like the E3 event, they've just had their time in the sun and thrived in a developing culture where people once did value community. Losing community and relevancy over time, will just doom you to the point where you're more known for the bad than you were for the good. There's just no going back. I don't think Warped Tour should return, because it'll just set itself to burn again and eventually the founder will just have to learn the lesson the hard way. Some things were just better in the past.

[@ElliYeetYT]

The Second Chance Rule is probably one of the stupidest choices ever made in the music world. Probably Just as stupid as Chris Fronzak deciding he wants to run for president. (No Really)

[@leow3696]

He fucking WHAT

[@002325]

I'm not sure what surprised me more: to see a member of Simple Plan or Billie Joe's kid mentioned here, or that Radke WASN'T. Then again, that putz could probably be like 3 videos in of itself.

[@QWERTYCommander]

Didn't Austin Jones perform there a few times too?

[@D3usExMachina]

Radke is too easy of a target now. Saying he is a POS is just redundant at this point, we all know.

[@ExUSSailor]

One year I went to the Asbury Park date, and, The Vandals helped my friends, and, I sneak in. Best year, by far, featured Agnostic Front, Skarhead, H2O, and, 7 Seconds.

[@RanterInShades]

Didn’t Lyman also complain that Warped wasn’t attracting younger attendees and saying that they’d rather stay inside, play video games and listen to rap music? That’s why it wasn’t much of a shock to me when Warped ended considering he said similar things when he shut the door on Mayhem Fest. But if he can have a change of heart with Mayhem, then who knows what else is possible?

[@RockedNet]

It'll be interesting to see what happens next year with Mayhem Fest.

[@Lebronfan37876]

if the Mayhem Fest tour lineup is good then it will do great but if the lineup sucks then it will not do as good

[@PhyrigianFlame]

You're a lot less liable to be assaulted sitting at home playing video games and listening to music. It's sad but I kinda can't blame kids for not wanting to get out and do stuff with the culture the way it is

[@lynxlubbpeeps]

"Social media is bad because we can no longer hide SA and shove it under a rug" Is basically what lyman is saying

[@RockedNet]

That is unfortunately what many business owners believe.

[@TheChadTI]

Damn. Yeah, kinda. 😅

[@billyshouts7673]

Last Wapred I went to was 2010 after a 6 year break...there was a creepy vibe for sure. Seeing merch guys in there 20s and 30s gross flirting with high school girls made my skin crawl

[@RockedNet]

#barf

[@Ian_30]

I will never forgive them for robbing me 3 days of GCW Wrestling

[@RockedNet]

Did not even know that happened or something related happened.

[@Ian_30]

@@RockedNet yoooo that was a different festival… GCW was on a warped tour a few years before, I got the names mixed up… ops

[@bryce8718]

I made it Warped Tour in '04. Loved it, but i dont think it could ever come back like it was back in those days

[@RockedNet]

Early-Mid 2000s was a great era for Warped Tour.

[@ryanahr2267]

This stuff makes me sad. I only got to go to Warped once, in 2018, the very last tour. I spent most of my teenage years desperately wanting to go as I was balls deep into all flavors of punk, ska, hardcore, and so forth in those days, but couldn't because of a lack of funds and because my parents would have flayed me alive if I had. So, getting to go to the last one as a 32 year old was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I was staggered by the diversity and found it very moving that a bunch of kids knew the words to all these songs just as well as all the middle aged people like myself did. I didn't realize there were so many underlying issues (other than Radke, of course). I enjoyed the chaos but I can see how it lead to a lot of the unpleasant stuff you mentioned. I'll always remember two things from that day, though. The first happened while I was in line. A small band went around handing out demo discs. This in itself is certainly common at Warped, but these dudes were all shirtless with their band's name (can't remember it) written across their chests, and they were being lead by a white guy with dreads playing a massive tuba. The other thing was Reel Big Fish, which was the first band I saw that day. They were great, but a joke that Aaron cracked still makes me chuckle when I think of it. One of their best known songs is called "Beer". After they played it and were getting ready for the next song, Aaron plays a quick chord on his guitar and goes, "I call that chord 'Drunk Minor'...speaking of which, I see a few of those in the audience already." I stayed from open to close of the show, and this was late July in the south eastern US, so I was sunburnt and exhausted by the end of the day, but I'd sure as shit do it all over again.

[@Ellthom]

If I was in a band I would avoid Warped like the plague, I wouldn't like to be associated with that much negativity and grief... Thanks for the memories but i think its time to move on.

[@RockedNet]

I agree that it's time to move on.

[@jackaweplushpro]

@@RockedNet I’m planning to start a band and any executives who try to sign me up for the tour will get blocked immediately

[@xXHardCorrXx]

You can buy monster warped tour “tour water” at gas stations. Yeah that warm aluminum tasting water we got out of a can was really great back then…

[@The_KlaVra]

I think Vans Warped Tour should come back but not as a tour but as one festival. Just the Vans Warped Festival, one day in the middle of nowhere with some decent management and protection for the fans.

[@RockedNet]

The 2019 model of three cities, one weekend a city, could still work.

[@The_KlaVra]

@@RockedNet also yes, both ideas could work, either the festival with only one day of concerts or the 3 cities one weekend each model, and as long as it doesn't suck as blue ridge, I think it could work.

[@roberts9078]

I attended Warped Tour 2002, 2003 and 2004 in SLC. It definitely felt like it couldn't get better than that. I'm glad that they stopped it. Music doesn't function the same way it used to so something like the Warped Tour doesn't make sense today.

[@RockedNet]

Congrats on getting an NHL team in Utah.

[@BrokenRealityYT]

I really like what Hawthorne Heights is doing with Is For Lovers fest, I went to the one near me this year and last year and I've had so much fun. The tickets aren't too overpriced and I got to see a bunch of bands I've been wanting to see for a long time. Not to mention Hawthorne Heights actually called me up on stage to play Ohio Is for Lovers on guitar with them. Some of the greatest memories I've made at concerts were the Tahoe Is For Lovers fest this year and last year. Great bands, great organization, great festival.

[@staidenofanarchy]

A traveling rock tour is incredible in theory, but in practice I don't think it's sustainable, whether or not it's morally correct. It's kind of a shame cause Warped Tour broke so many bands over so many years, but unless you either trim down the lineup or reduce the total amount of shows, I don't see it happening. It's such a logistical catastrophe it'd be hard to pull off in the current environment where touring is already financially costly.

[@Gio102897]

I think sad summer festival could actually replace it if it gets bigger

[@RockedNet]

I remember that tour. If it could grow under that gimmick, then maybe.

[@almac5446]

I think they're a much better replacement because there's a community around it

[@XvXMONSTERXvX]

It could of been at one point. However the accusations of SA against all time low really killed the festival's momentum and the festival very heavily leans towards old school pop punk.

[@LycheeCamp]

I think sadly the name will get old fast.. they really ran with this emo revival thing 2 hard with the marketing and the "elder emo" trash it's just cringey. We should be celebrating great timeless music and not put this time sensitive age stigma on it.

[@XvXMONSTERXvX]

@@LycheeCamp agreed on celebrating timeless music though like you pointed out emo and i would say even large chunk of meal/rock/pop punk/etc is stuck in the nostalgia/ elder cringe mindset. This has contributed to the negative view of those genres as "safe music" or "parent music" also doesn't help the lack of newer acts able to headline in those genres either. rock and those genres are in a weird place, it will be interesting to see if a festival like sad summer or others are around in the next few years as the fanbase continues to get older and not younger since less kids are getting into rock or guitar music these days. the genre is not staying young or exciting

[@Falxifer95]

It shouldn't, but if it does (it sucks that it isn't our call), every band listed here, and any other that wasn't mentioned, and especially Ronald the Clown should be _banned_ from performing there. The tour is now synonymous with *predatory* and *abusive* misconduct, that's not something Kevin Lyman can get to sweep under the rug.

[@auraknight5767]

For a second I confused "Of Mice & Men" with "Of Monsters and Men"

[@RockedNet]

Of Monsters & Men are Icelandic angels.

[@marissawolff8491]

Yes, but only if Ronald the Clown isn't there.

[@RockedNet]

That would definitely help.

[@dsxa918]

Rich for my blood, or, laughreacts only

[@marissawolff8491]

@@dsxa918 Uhhh....huh? 🤨

[@jackburns3607]

Agreed to me falling in reverse is like limp Bizkit the music is good but the singer is the problem

[@talesxavier5752]

​​@@jackburns3607Expect that Fred Durst is a good person and he's not has the same attitude that he had 25 years ago (although the media was too harsh on him and back then he wasn't take himself seriously), while Ronnie Radke is a hypocrite and is involved in many allegations.

[@thedorkone1516]

Maybe it's the asexual in me speaking, but... a lot of bands could save themselves so much trouble by *not having sex with the groupies* and I don't understand why they do.

[@zackreyna182]

I feel now that people know they do not have to be afraid to speak up and that this behavior will not be tolerated anymore that this tour could come back safe for everyone and give the new bands a platform again.

[@EchobreakMusic]

The Austin Carlile thing was wild! in my old band, our guitarist used to manage Attack Attack, he caught Austin sleeping with a minor and no one believed him. This was back in like 2007 too

[@GremlinBones]

I've always wondered if Billie Joe talked to his son about the allegations. I can't imagine he'd be cool with that kind of behavior

[@katmd03]

If anything BJ is probably just as scummy as his son - he’s probably got some skeletons regarding his history with women that we don’t know about. Where do you think the son learned that behavior, or that it was okay to treat women like that? I’m not surprised BJ’s son turned out like that, given what an entitled, arrogant prick BJ is

[@mikeburkhardt7893]

I wasn’t watching the video, just listening, and I thought the cat purring sound was Luke ripping a bong 😂

[@JaneDrolf]

Warped tour 2015 was a big eye opener for me for the “scene” era. It got me introduced to bands like Beartooth, blessthefall, and plenty others. It was also my first chance seeing bands like escape the fate, motionless in white, asking Alexandria (sadly the Dennis year) and more! Warped tour definitely helped me get into the bands I still listen to to this day and it sucks people are incapable of keeping it where it belongs… I’ll never forget my memories kicking back in 15 and 16 drinking monster and jamming out

[@JaneDrolf]

It was also the one time I got heavily complimented on my vocals when I’m singing along to bands. One comparing me to the late and great Mitch Lucker (RIP). That compliment meant so much to me and I kept pushing to become better. Learning proper techniques and now I’m dipping my toes into conventions while working to put my own stuff out there. It’s thanks to the metal community. And it’s thanks to warped tour. Again, sucks but i do believe it’s best to just keep the fond memories of an era once passed instead of trying to bring it back from beyond the grave

[@Pundit07]

13:50 Ah, I remember when there were plans for the 25th anniversary tour in Summer 2020, I was actually keen on going. Well, we all know how that turned out

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

I know you're not ranking all of the awful things band members have been accuse of but if you did we all know Lostprophets would be #1. IF it came back, there need to be rules about minors not being allowed around the bands without a guardian and strict carding rules for adults.

[@toyotaecw]

No. Only because I live about an hour from a really solid venue that has shows with every band that would be on a Warped Tour anyway.

[@ColtMagyar]

when you were listing off all the allegations against various bands I thought for sure that you were going to bring up Mike Fuentes the now former drummer of Pierce The Veil

[@ChaiElemental]

Same. It's for that reason that I don't listen to any Pierce the Veil from before he was kicked out.

[@brandon_crow1291]

Warped Tour should absolutely come back. There are always going to be shitty problematic people who have no place anywhere other than a cell. But there are also more bands that got their starts there and more people who have life long friendships or even relationships that were made at Warped that would have never happened. There's nothing like that where new up and coming bands can get their names out there. The later years of warped absolutely had a culture and community. Its the community and culture of Alt music. And the elitist issue wouldn't not be a thing even if they just kept it to the late 90s and early 2000s version, nor would the shitty people.

[@DMaggieMagee]

🔥Hell yeah! My entire Warped Tour experience was the last five years, 2015 through 2019, and I had an absolute blast at each one and also found community. One of the best things about Warped (besides the ticket price) was discovering SO MANY new bands and actually getting to interact with them. I'll never forget being right at the front of the tiny Full Sail stage for Movements in 2017 and then talking with each bandmember afterward...they signed our t-shirts and posed for pics...then in 2018 taking Pat's course on songwriting...literally only six of us signed up for it(!) followed by them closing out a packed Journey's Right Foot stage...and now look at them! I would say the cringiest thing for me during that period would have to be the KZbinrs tent (including Bryan Stars) in 2015...just ick.😖 I'd def be up for a return and btw the formula you propose (the one-off or a few weekends) has been done or is being done many times over. Just went to Pointfest in St Louis in May; Adjacent in Atlantic City in May 2023 (apparently a fabulous one-off); headed to Sad Summer Fest in NYC in a couple weeks (not a big fan of many of the bands but adore Knuckle Puck🤘); and this will be my third WWWY Fest...all great fun...all require travel and a much higher ticket price than Warped...so if your goal is to rule out underage kids being dropped off at the gate by a parent, then you'll likely achieve it, but that was never the point of Warped and there's already so much elitist crap in this world.

[@DR_DGAF]

I remember going to my first warped tour in 2004 with my dad… I was embarrassed because I didn’t want to be seen with my dad being a young kid at a festival but he ended up getting me back stage that day.. 😂 he was walking around while I was at one of the stages and he said he got hungry and saw tables of catering and a line of people getting plates so he just walked over and helped himself.. 😂 turned out that was the backstage catering for the artists and crew and one of the crew members thought it was hilarious so he allowed my dad to get food and gave him two backstage passes for me and him… needless to say I wasn’t ashamed of my pops after that, in fact he’s been with me to such amazing shows over the years even until recent, I’m taking him to see the stones in about two weeks.. but I’ll never forget warped tour.. meeting and discovering bands and making connections.. it wasn’t until years later where I realized that I saw some things I probably shouldn’t and more of that stuff came later after 2008 when the more pop punk bands came along.. there were a lot of good things happening in 2005! My chemical romance would make it clear every time they played to tell the audience full of underage girls that “If a band tells you to take your shirt off or flash them then tell them fuck you!!! 🖕” 👏🙏

[@daviddr115111]

I snuck backstage stage one year and met tiger army, back in the late 2000s at the slc date. Good times

[@A.I.Technology-h7o]

Fuck Yeah. I miss the Warped Tour and it was mostly affordable.

[@GoldNinjaTraxspot]

What's even worse with Simple Plan is that if I'm not mistaken, the touring bassist they replaced David with was also accused of doing essentially the same thing.

[@Pundit07]

Damn. I know it’s horrible that that happened and all, but a part of me finds the irony of that whole situation you described morbidly hilarious. Holy shit.

[@epicgam2317]

I’m a simple man. I see cat, I like.

[@hoops8663]

Would love to have this back under new management and restrict creepy artist. Would also love to have Riotfest back in Denver. Sucks that it's all just becoming memories of fun times we no longer have in our area :(

[@atreacherouspath]

That flyer for the Atlantic City Warped fest is…dicey. As I Lay Dying and Anti-Flag? Yikes. Looks like Warped really learned their lesson lol

[@koibarnes6314]

As someone who lives in the UK, I always wanted to go to Warped Tour back in the late '90's and early '00's. So many cool bands that I loved would play in what appeared to be an awesome atmosphere.

[@idrathernot8459]

Great video. I didn’t know any of this about Warped Tour’s later years.

[@stevenator7313]

I don’t think we need to bring warped tour back when we have WWWY Fest. That’s basically the new Warped Tour

[@SoulRemedyOrg]

I went 2002-2008 almost every year and it was the coolest then, but even by 2008 it was going downhill fast.... The lineups were getting less and less punk, more and more emo/pop, and there was already a weird predatory sex energy at the campgrounds especially. I loved every year I went and wish I could reexperience that, but most of the bands that could maybe bring it back in a good way are starting to retire and I doubt it will ever happen in a good way at this point.

[@tragedy6996]

God this makes me feel old. We went to warped tour in 2002!

[@Leoniscordis]

When I worked for Hot topic as a teen, I was paid to go to warped tour to interview band members and people and get what they called fashion reports for the company. I probably went to 5 years of warped tour in the 2010s and each and every year I was either sexually harassed or assaulted (as a minor)

[@RockedNet]

Awful, but I believe it.

[@StereoTherapyPodcast]

The thing is about the lineup is the target was always 18-24 so the issue was the times changed and although a lot of us didn’t like that lineup it did fit the age range . As for the allegations honestly Kevin turned a cheek to a lot including the front porch step stuff . It’s so sad what was allowed to go on back then

[@RockedNet]

The Front Porch Step stuff is still confusing how Lyman handled it.

[@dsxa918]

Brand New were such a good band, that reconciling this level of immaturity with them, is offensive for tge sake of the credit 'fans' could have extended to them, over the years. Arguable how many of those five albums are the best rock albums ever, but there is no excuse for the behaviours so fans and other bands members even, woooo we got it bad (taking back Sunday reference)

[@mikeythezero]

I went to my first Warped 26 years ago this weekend, camped in north Lake Tahoe because it was at Boreal. Then went most of the next 12 year. I saw legacy bands, bands that became legacy bands, and up and commers that are now great and well know. I miss it, but i dont miss being out in a massive parking lot at Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre in 110° weather for 8 hours

[@DaleHusband]

How about we scrap rock tours in general and have rock bands make movies out of their live shows that can be shown in theaters? It seems both movies (too expensive to make) and rock tours (too risky to attend) have problems appealing to the people. This way we solve two massive problems of the entertainment industry at once. WIN WIN for everyone!

[@ergoth154]

That sounds very lame

[@TERMINATOR101-b8j]

Man, that reminds me of the Pantera and Sepultura dvds I had back in the day. Half backstage antics, half live and music videos

[@mikeymullins5305]

I mean, I think people are always going to want to see live performances but more proshoots are always welcome

[@GaffAttack09]

I do miss Warped Tour. I went for 8 outta 9 years before they stopped. It was great to see so many of favorite bands for $25 a ticket. Nowadays the tickets would be at least $100 a piece. At the time i didnt get it, but i think I now understand why it stopped.

[@johnchedsey1306]

My good Warped Tour memory is going in 1996 at Red Rocks in Denver. That was such a wacky place to see NoFX, Pennywise and others. Definitely a far different era from the later years.

[@thefunkphenom11]

Here i thought i would have my memory of atilla and blood on the dance floor blocked. Sadly not...

[@Wiggimus]

4:32 Why is there some guy with a plastic bag over his head?

[@GremlinBones]

I've never been a concert goer but I'd always known about Warped Tour. So when I found out my local library had some of the albums, I grabbed them over and over again. I found some of my favorite bands with those compilations. I still think some of those years had some of the best lineups, based solely on those compilations

[@m30wmixinz]

I went to warped tour for years. Probably 15-21. I think something weird that resonates with me is the guys who walk around with their CDs selling their music. I remember one of the guys was hot to me and I asked him to kiss me. I was 17. No idea how old he was. But like, can’t I also blame myself for that action? Anyway, we kissed yes. I’ve been down this rabbit hole all day. These are the allegations we just know about. Most women are victims of SA. that’s just the fact. I know I am. More than once. We need to advocate for ourselves. We need to put our foot down. We need to be empowered. These things will not stop. There’s too much cover up in the industry. It likely happens daily. Idk. Don’t bring back warped tour. I’m too old for that shit. I’m 31.

[@bluewhye8832]

Id be down for warped tour to come back. It shouldnt die with the actions of people. Warped meant more than that. Way nore. I would love for warled to come back but with those other bandds banned and under new management. Music rn needs the warped tour. Bands can barely survive rn. Warped would help a lot.

[@okami138]

I missed Warped Tour when it was all about Punk and Ska before the Emo days.

[@RockedNet]

In retrospect, that was a shorter window than everyone realizes.

[@shawnrekiel7186]

​@@RockedNetit pretty much the first six or seven years then there were a few years when it was half veteran bands like Pennywise, Less Than Jake and Nofx and half newer names like emery or whatever.

[@andu1854]

I saw the 98 Warp Tour, up in Tahoe (Boreal Resort), and the Deftones fans traveled up to see them, so it was a good turnout, but I got to see some great punk bands (Bad Religion was awesome)

[@thomaswilson8022]

That's what sucks though. Only three states. When tours would travel all over the music scene was everywhere. Every part of every state had clubs and shows. Now it's all shut down

[@ADAMBOMB83]

I have good memories of my only Warped Tour ‘09 in Toronto. Discovered quite a few bands there as well.

[@teslawizardvvv3]

I only saw wraped tour once to see Municipal Waste, Alestrom, and GWAR I missed Hatebreed due to work. It was fun being in a circle pitt in a parking lot.

[@kevinalexpeek4020]

So glad I went during 2002-2005, but by 2005 I could see the change begin with scene bands/emo bands showing up. Main stages were still primarily punk/ska of the 90s but the sound and feel of the second stages were starting to change and it wasn't all that fun. Lots of machismo were in those shows and as you can see, took over by 2010.

[@jackcrane5711]

I think they would have to add the new alternative rap SoundCloud rap artists if they want to keep it relevant

[@tazmon122]

forgot Lost Profits and As I Lay Dying in the list. they're def considered "warped tour" bands....and both far more legit than the Neck Deep dude, where the allegations led nowhere. hell....didn't even mention All Time Low. when it comes to "community" there are a lot of gatekeeping scenesters who see The Fest and PRB with nothing but a good time, but shit on Warped Tour because the major label corporate bands got the crowds, and it fucked with the more DIY bands. Warped Tour had it's own community, and now half hearted nostalgia-bait bands playing into the Warped Tour aesthetic are getting serious numbers on Tiktok to an audience who were too young to go to Warped Tour in the first place. it really is an age thing. when it comes to diversity, i don't really see too much difference between 1999 where blink-182, Eminem, No Doubt, NOFX, and GWAR played, and 10yrs later when Alkaline Trio, MGK, Less Than Jake, TSOL, and Ice Nine Kills played. what REALLY killed Warped Tour was it grew too big, and had no way to shrink. and the 2nd chance rule: that piece of shit literally walked into the venue surrounded by security, walked on stage, played his set, and left the venue, all surrounded by security. as much anger as i might have for that....at the end of the day, i can understand that decision to let it happen, and it was handled right. that dude is very sick, and built a life and career on the theraputic catharsis of art and music. he fucked up bad, and had that all ripped away without an encore...so to carve out a small section of time for him and make sure every single person was safe and he was in and out quickly was probably healthy. he played 1 set on 1 date of Warped Tour...so the people like me who were not ok with it could just watch another band playing the same time. i think Warped Tour should absolutely come back. it won't. if it did, i would expect it to be like the last one, 2-3 days in 1 venue space in 2-3 venue spaces. longer set times for bigger artists, and more side-show stuff. in essence Warped Tour was just a combination of Riot Fest, Punk Rock Bowling, and When We Were Young but cheaper ticket price and toured.

[@c87_archive]

I'm not sure that Lostprophets count as "allegations" since he was actually charged and convicted

[@ChaiElemental]

I am a simple rock-loving cat lady, I hear purrs, I click like

[@ChaiElemental]

That said, I am surprised Anti-Flag wasn't on this list, considering what a big name they are. I'm still planning to get my gunstar tattoo covered up.

[@jackaweplushpro]

Just make a tour without POS people, how hard is that?

[@RockedNet]

Sounds easy but Warped thought they were doing that before. Look how it worked out?

[@bluewhye8832]

​@@RockedNetstill possible. People are jumping on it to die. Warped needs to live for the sake that it would really help the music industry today. Many places music has dried up locally. Bring back warped without Lyman. That's how it needs to be done and have the other bands banned.

[@Rob_Cary]

I went to warped your in 09, 10, 11, 12 and 13 and the environment was great for all of them. There was never anything shady about any of them. I went in 99 too. I liked all of em.

[@maxonmendel5757]

I dont think Ronnie radke was guilty of his allegations

[@nohardcoredancinginthetrap6333]

Bring back warped. Just market it towards adults instead of teens. I fuckin miss that shit. The only "fest" type thing that ever came through my neck of the woods

[@mesousagaby740]

Weird fact: I actually thought Warped died when Fuse stopped covering it.

[@mathewspicer725]

Went to the Australian Warped tours in the 90s and early 2000s and did a Warped tour in the states was always a cracka day ..as I am nearly 50 years old now I don't do festivals anymore

[@346436]

I am reminded that of Guitar Hero 2 which had a Warped tour level where you perform songs by the Allman Brothers and Stray Cats. Not exactly Warped Tour music but can't go wrong with "Jessica".

[@user-id6po7lw2o]

Am I the only one that has a weird pause at 9:05? It works fine if I forward it a bit but it just stops at that 9:05 mark.

[@michaelhutchings8599]

Let it die. The band's care too much about who sponsor's festivals now. The Barclay's embarrassment is enough to show that "Scene" is full of activists that don't even write good music. At least 'Rage in Defence of The Machine' can write, and perform well.

[@A7X31610]

You clearly know nothing about hard-core or what the bands in the scene stand for. Creed still exists for you papa

[@michaelhutchings8599]

@@A7X31610 Hahaha avenged sevenfold? Hardcore dude! Go listen to Ceremony's 'You're All The Same.' Perfect description of you and all the pretenders. It's a 50 second song. Hope it goes down smooth and you don't choke!

[@trev827]

I'll never forget going to warped tour in 2014 watching Terror for the first time and trying to join in on a crazy circle pit and instantly getting shoved to the ground when I got in it and scraping the shit out of my arm on the concrete 🤣

[@relyksdjoser6429]

If they bring it back there would have to be a line to where the second chance rule can apply. And the first year would have to be mostly legacy acts with a bit lesser young blood bands. Nostalgia will bring it attention. Then the next year will bring more of the young bloods and bring in the younger crowd. But tickets will have to be cheap like they used to be otherwise it’s just not going to work.

[@Kaospojken94]

I disliked Fronz after seeing Attila perform live along with AVIANA and Born of Osiris, he gave me the absolute creeps. This just cemented that feeling even more...

[@GeorgieB1965]

I'm left utterly speechless to all of this 🤮🤮🤮

[@NickCC23]

The Alarm? I saw them opening for the Pretenders... In 1984.

[@NightmareLyra]

Let this awful festival stay dead, my god

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

Personally if you ask me, I think it should stay dead as it was a product of it's time and perfect for capturing the time schedules. Honestly, this video shows proof why I hate Metalcore from 2008-2013 and find it one was one of the worst eras of Metalcore

[@puckrocker854]

I remember when Guttermouth left the Warped Tour, although not necessarily voluntarily. They were going to get booted for making fun of bands like Yellowcard and Anti-Flag from the stage. (coincidentally, Justin Sane from AF also has SA allegations against him) So just to recap, SA allegations gets you a second chance, but shit talking about other bands for their stage clothes or screaming rants about George Bush gets you booted from the tour.

[@Barrett619]

I’m too old. Even if it did come back with the ultimate lineup, I’m not going. I live in central Florida now and I’m not standing outside in Florida heat all day in July/august. Not that Minneapolis was super cool weather but it’s brutal out here.

[@Peppers19781978]

I saw many great bands at Warped Tour, my first was 1996 and a few years later did street team work for Dropkick Murphys so got backstage, met many amazing bands. I also got to see which bands and artists were huge jerks. Kid Rock slightly before he got big was like Jamie Kennedy from Malibu's Most Wanted aka in he tried hard to be black. Further proving how fake he is now...and then. He acted like a rock star and it pissed others off. The guy from The Used refused to leave his bus but did when young groupies were around it. The guys from Good Charlotte were one of the only bands I ever saw with security with them and an entourage. By the final Warped Tours I attended, a bunch of the older bands were actually staying in different backstage areas away from the younger bands. I think they started to see a change as well. Coolest person I met...Andrew WK. The guy hung with us after all the bands left. He even jumped in a car with some fans and went to 7-11 and his manager had no idea where he was. Should it return...It was going way downhill when it ended and it would be way too overpriced now if it did happen. NOW if it were a lineup similar to the No Values show with many legendary bands, hell yes, well worth it. Warped lost its way, became too corporate. It would never be the same. I doubt though unless run by the right people for the right reasons you would ever see Warped Tour like it once was and like it was originally meant to be.

[@danframpt0n]

great coverage, dude

[@liloreoinya]

I loved warped tour. I was like 17 for the first one i went to and like 28 on the last one. I was too old during the last one. Absolutely no way I'd be able to survive it in my 40s. 😂

[@nickw.9716]

I've been to 8 Warped Tour fests in one city and 2 in another, which were good times. If The Fronz wants to bring back WT, count me out. There are better smaller festivals out there with fresher bands. Who needs Warped Tour in this day and age?

[@Lebronfan37876]

i have a feeling Mayhem Fest will not do good hopefully the tour is a better lineup

[@RockedNet]

I'm curious what the 2025 tour will be. Hoping for something good.

[@JeromeHeard-p6i]

I still remember when MGK came to Portland Oregon at the warped tour he kick ass

[@LadybugMeghan]

If this was a ranked list I think BOTD would have been #1. I never got to go to Warped Tour but i was so jealous of those who did

[@SconnerStudios]

Blood on the dance floor dude SA'd Jesse Slaughter, aka the "ya dun goof'd" girl. She was only like 11 at the time. While I'm sure some of the accusations are overblown or even false for some of these musicians, blood on the dance floor guy was definitely one of the *really* bad ones.

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Great content as always.

[@EmberMcLain87]

i remember i had 1 chance to see warped tour when it came to my area because i really wanted to see protest the hero. welp sad to say i somehow chose to go see drowning pool w/ silent civilian. still kicking myself for that one. want to say it was 2005 area i think.

[@nine5661]

Oh, man. Really makes me think of that one The Lawrence Arms song :)

[@TheDavidCopafeel]

Am I the only one lurking on this channel waiting to hear what he has to say about Falling in Reverse and Jelly Roll??