| In addition to the mainstays on the festival bill, dozens of diamonds-in-the- rough will be dousing Warped Tour side-stages with their spit and sweat. Here are just a few to make a point of checking out:
· Valient Thorr – Psychedelic Viking rock quintet hailing from North Carolina or Burlatia, Venus depending on who you ask. With searing guitar riffs, balls-out drumming, hair-helicopters that would make your grandma weak in the knees and vocals that tickle your jugular, you’ll want to run to whatever stage these lads are tearing up.
· Plain White T’s – Scrumptiously-light, pop-punk outfit from Chicago. Infectious choruses, love-sick lyrics and harmonies that twig random Beatles memories, PWTs showcase their cohesion and youthful exuberance in all the right ways.
· Street Drum Corps – Creating a percussion symphony with everything from acoustic drum kits to buckets, kitchenware to a Moog Theremin, this Los Angeles trio of experimental punk rockers are like a speed bump on the festival’s bill, slowing you down just enough to notice what innovations spring from the genre.
· Gym Class Heroes – Light-hearted hip hop laced with samples of electronica, funk, ’80s R&B and backed by rock instruments, this Geneva, New York outfit effortlessly combine at-odds musical styles, social commentary, sexy grooves and tongue-in-cheek romantic notions.
· The Living End – Speedy punk, slightly tinged with ska, surf, and rockabilly with an extra dose of giddy-up the Australian trio serve up a mix of moody bass-drenched concoctions and political blue collar themed singalongs with tightly-wound growls, yelps and swelling guitars.
· The Classic Crime – Throbbing emo-core/posi-core from Seattle with everything from melodic love-sick ditties to aggressive, pulsating dissections of social issues. Catchy vocals, shout along harmonies with pro-active lyrics about fighting back. |
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