The Vans Warped Tour 2011- Are You Going? (bands, hardcore, American)

[JordanJP]

Because I most definitely am.. all my favorite hardcore/screamo/metalcore bands are playing..


Are you going?

[ncopus99]

On the fence... the overall lineup isn't nearly as strong as previous years. Where's the pop-punk/punk music that helped build this tour in the past???

[JordanJP]

It's still there, but a lot of it has changed over to alt-rock/ hardcore pop-punk (lots more screaming and heavier riffs).

The music just evolved is all.

[ncopus99]

Seriously...
The only one on main stage is Less Than Jake.
Off main stage, you have Big D, Every Avenue, Relient K, Set Your Goals, Street Dogs, The Expendables, The Exposed, Wonder Years, and Veara.

Lets be for real. Here is the 2002 list (the first year I went)... now you do the comparison in the names...Alkaline Trio, Allister, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, the Casualities, Flogging Molly, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mellicollin, MxPx, New Found Glory, NOFX, Reel Big Fish, Thrice, Yellowcard... just to name a few.

Heck even last year had these groups...
All American Rejects, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, Big D, the Casualities, Forever the Sickest Kids, Hey Monday, Mayday Parade, Pennywise, Reel Big Fish, Sum 41, We the Kings...

Again, I ask where are the pop-punk/punk groups that made this tour...

To me all this year is a bunch of post-hardcore/metalcore groups... Don't get me wrong I like them but I go to Warped Tour for the variety. This is why I am on the fence.

If I was to go, these are the only ones I would probably see. Previous years my list was way longer. Knowing my luck, they would be performing at the same time.
- ADTR
- Asking Alexandria
- ISMFOF
- Of Mice & Men
- Set Your Goals
- There for Tomorrow
- We Came as Romans
- Yelawolf