The best Warped Tour I've ever been to was in '97.
Social Distortion with Chuck Biscuits on drums
the Descendents
Pennywise
Sick of it All
the Alkoholiks
Less Thank Jake
the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Suicide Machines
Lagwagon
Sugar Ray on the shitty stage where they belong
Limp Bizkit, this was the first I had hear them and the reason I started hating them
Back then, it seemed like everyone was just walking around. There were no huge lines or crowds to deal with to meet someone. I remember chatting with Dicky Barret of the Bosstones about how it looked like rain and he really didn't want to have to play in the rain. I saw Mark McGrath getting hassled by security when he tried to go into the backstage area before they played. I talked to Mike Ness and mentioned something about the mechanic's shirt he was wearing... we ended up waxing philosophical about the merits of keeping the old nailhead in his buick instead of swapping for a newer motor. One of my friends got onstage for the Alkoholiks beer chugging contest... AND WON! As much as it's been said and I hate to believe it, the glory days of Warped Tour have past and we're left with a pale comparison of what it used to be.
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