So, yeah, Warped was fucking amazing.
It wasn't all roses, the weather was brutally hot and I got sunburned as shit, plus the second stage ran about 20 minutes late the entire day so I only got to see about 4 or 5 songs of Hatebreed and Parkway Drive and the sound on that stage was a bit ordinary so the heavy bands kept distorting a bit but I still had an absolutely amazing time.
I ended up seeing Tonight Alive, Reel Big Fish, The Used, New Found Glory, Hatebreed, Millencolin, The Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive and The Offspring and not one of them was anything short of fucking mindblowing.
Reel Big Fish played probably the best setlist I've ever seen in the half dozen times I've seen them now, Millencolin closing their set with an encore of No Cigar and Mr Clean was brilliant, what little I did see of Hatebreed and Parkway absolutely destroyed, Offspring kicked off their set with All I Want and Bad Habit and their set was right up there with Metallica and Bad Religion at the last 2 Soundwave Festivals as the best festival set I've ever seen.
The smaller scale compared to Soundwave was also fucking amazing. Never having to line up for more than a couple of minutes to get a drink was brilliant.
Now I have Steel Panther/Buckcherry/Fozzy Friday night to look forward to! Fuck yeah!
Enjoy some shitty quality iPhone pics!
The Offspring
Hatebreed
New Found Glory
Reel Big Fish
Millencolin