![]() We even created these PowerPoint presentations with big CKs on the ramp. My ex-partner convinced me Calvin Klein would be a good sponsor so he went to New York to meet with them. People in the punk rock community embraced the tour, however it was a tough situation financially and we needed funding. That first year, we had groups like NOFX and Pennywise who wanted to come on tour with me. It’s like being the county fair of this culture and it comes to your city once a year. It’s a little more complex now, but if you’re a kid and you wander in the Warped Tour, it’s kind of like a giant playground. Growing up in Southern California culture, you would go to parties where a band would play in the garage, and then you’d lean a piece of plywood up against the wall and guys would be skating off of it. My idea with the Warped Tour was to make it feel like a big backyard party. These events made him realize that having live music drew more fans to action sports events. ![]() He put together events like Board Aid, the Swatch Impact Tour and the Vision Skate Escape – events that combined snowboarding and skateboarding with music. Growing up in Southern California, he was also a fan of action sports. When the beer ran out and things got chaotic, he’d call the cops on his own events. ![]() In college he would rent out frat houses and hire local bands to play the party. The Warped Tour’s founder and mastermind is Kevin Lyman, a man with limitless ambition who began his promotional entrepreneurship by putting on huge parties for his friends. Up and coming bands on the bill with groups like the Circle Jerks, NOFX, Bad Religion, and Pennywise – bands with more roots and yearsin punk rock than average age of the audience – are just part of why the Warped Tour is the longest running music tour in US history. In the past, Sum 41, Blink 182, No Doubt and Good Charlotte who were all on tour on the cusp of fame. There is always the new wonder band about to explode onto the scene. Authentic punk bands provide the main course, with hip-hop, reggae, ska and more recently, even pop bands sprinkled liberally throughout the tour. The Warped Tour is Punk Rock Camp and it lasts all summer long.Įvery summer for the past 14 years, the doors have opened and thousands of kids rush in, heading straight for a giant blow up set list to see when and where their favorite bands will play, furiously scribbling stage names and show times on hands, arms, and each other. It’s a backstage pass, a taste of punk rock, and the freedom to just be yourself. It’s learning about social and environmental causes, going against the norm or re-defining what normal is, being inspired to start your own band, and meeting other fans just like you. It’s getting in the middle of a moshpit, dying your hair with Kool-Aid the night before, meeting your crush, and shaking the hands of your favorite band members. It’s running around in dirt fields, listening to eighty bands in eight hours, and watching skateboarders, motocross riders and BMX athletes perform amazing tricks. ![]() AMERICA’S LONGEST RUNNING MUSIC TOUR, THE VANS WARPED TOUR HAS TURNED THE FORMULA OF LARGE-SCALE ROCK SHOWS ON ITS HEAD WITH FAN ACCESS TO BANDS, REVERSE DAY CARE FOR KIDS WHO BRING THEIR PARENTS, AND A DOSE OF SKATEBOARDING AMID THE CHAOS ![]()
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