Warped Tour 2011!

I hadn't been to Warped Tour in a couple years, but I must say, this year at Warped Tour was an absolute blast! (aside from me getting horribly sun-burnt of course, but that's my own fault).  The line-up was fantastic this year!

The first band we caught was AskingAlexandria.  They are a band that combines hardcore music with European Trance.  I had only started hearing about these guys shortly before Warped Tour but I've been hearing more and more about them since!  They're on their way up for sure.  


The next band that we saw take stage was August Burns Red.  This hardcore band just released a new album back in June and did not disappoint at Warped Tour this year. 

We then headed over to the Nintendo Stage to see Dance, Gavin Dance.  I had never heard of these guys before I found the to be incredible!  Apparently they formed out of the remains of two bands; Unknown and Ghost Runner on Third.  I'm definitely a huge fan of their singer; Johnny Craig as well the whole new double vocal thing now.

Set Your Goals was a band that I was looking forward to see play.  I have become obsessed with their song, "The Few That Remain" where they pair up with Hayley Williams from Paramore that is on their most recent album called, "This Will Be The Death Of Us".  It's pretty awesome!  The band ran out on stage to start their set by spraying the crowd with super soaker water guns!  They were so high-energy throughout their entire set, even at times jumping down off the stage to climb onto the barricade to be right in with the fans!  I had so much fun watching them play.

 

We then caught a couple songs of Attack Attack's set.  Despite the large amounts of criticism this band has gotten, they've been featured at Warped Tour for two years in a row now, they've been credited with creating their own genre called "crabcore" and are definitely on their way up!

More Warped Tour updates to come!

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