Alright so ah, nothing new worth noticing at Van's warpped tour 2007. I had a descent time but I probably won't go again. I hoenstly felt like an old person there because it was mostly high school kids. During the actual punk bands (old school bad religion and pennywise), I did encounter the older crowd. SOme of the guys were stnading around drinking their beers saying, "i'm too old for this". Yeah.
Well regardless, I lvoed that Pennywise and Bad Religion played most of their old school songs because that's what people wanna hear! I was like YEAAH!!! "SOrrow", "Infected", "Punk Rock Song" by Bad Religion were my favorite. Pennywise did their classic "bro hym tribute" which was awesome! "Fuck Authority", and of course, "SOCIETY"!
Early on, Pepper a band from Hawaii, came on stage opening with, "this is for all of you out there who are wating to see the real punk bands Bad religion and Pennywise, and not this emo bullshit music of today!" So I was like, YEAH!!! They sounded a lot like Sublime so I dug them.
My Review of the Newer bands:
The Chariot - which is what my lil brother was going for, sucked. I didn't like them. THey were way tooooooo fucking hardcore metal for me to enjoy. It sounded more like noise than music. Don't get me wrong I enjoy metal but this just didn't sound like music. I think these kids needed to go back to their garage and practice more.
Killswitch Engage - Sounded like new metal to me, somethign I can't stand. The kids wen't crazy for this... my lil brother thinks their gaahy.
Hawthorne Heights - unfortunately I was stuck under a tent near the stage where this band was palying and they pretty much sucked ass. I didn't liek them at all.
Circa Survive - I didn't mind them too much. THey were pretty fun at performing. You could tell the lead singer was either drunk or high because he kept saying "MI-A-MIii" a million times in between songs.
Norma Jean - was blah. Nothing special in my book.
Coheed and Cambria - was alright. I was expecting much more energy from them. But I think the lead singer was hurt or soemthing because he couldn't hold his guitar too long. I think they were probably tired so their performance wasn't taht good... maybe next time I'll just see them when their touring on their own and not with Vans or soemthing. The final song was "In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3" which was epic, That rocked my wet socks off!
... and various other bands that I don't remember their names because I just thought they were nothing special.