Warped Tour - Definition and Overview

Warped Tour is a touring punk/ska music and extreme sports festival. The skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans sponsors the tour, so it is often referred to as the Vans Warped Tour.

The tour is well known for unearthing new musical talent. Bands such as Blink 182, Limp Bizkit, No Doubt, The Suicide Machines, Local H, Blueprint 76 and NOFX took part in the tour before becoming well known.

The Warped Tour was created in 1995 by Kevin Lyman. Lyman got the idea while working on skateboarding shows such as the Vision Skate Escape and Holiday Havoc, which included music with skateboarding contests.

In 1998, the tour went international including venues in Australia, Japan and Europe as well as the United States.

The 1999 tour started off in New Zealand and Australia in the New Year. Then starting up again in the USA for the northern hemisphere summer before ending up in Europe.

As well as music, this tour brings many attractions including half pipes and ramps for skating and bikers as well as booths with free merch and other activities.

Bands

• Anti-Flag
• Bad Religion
• The Damned
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• MxPx
• NOFX
• Reel Big Fish
• The Unseen
• UP SyNDROME
• The F-Ups (http://www.thefups.com/)

Further reference

• Warped Book: Tales of Freedom & Psychotic Ambition by Heidi Siegmund Cuda ISBN 0972112707

External links

• Warped Tour (http://www.warpedtour.com/)
• Unofficial Warped Tour Page (http://warpedtour.tripod.com/)
• Unofficial 2004 Warped Tour Page (http://www.warped2004.com/)
• Unofficial Parent's Guide to Warped Tour (http://warpedtour.atspace.com/)