Yellowcard Steals the Show
The Vans Warped Tour has been touring the country for over a month now, visiting the largest cities America has to offer. But on Tuesday, the gave us here in Louisville a chance to check out the famous Warped Tour. The idea behind this mini Warped was to see if Louisville could get the real deal in the next few years. Warped Jr., as it was appropritely named, still featured some great bands and a whole day of exctitment at the Belvedere. In the end,
Yellowcard stole the show.
Bands looking for their big break started out the activities. I could tell that some were never goning to get this break. Others put on good shows though many people did not know who they were. I was introduced to many new bands whose music I had not heard before. Silverstein was probably the best band there I saw or heard for the first time.
The first big band to come on was
Sugarcult. They put on a good show. They were very good at keeping the crowd into their set and between songs. I especially enjoyed their lastest song, "Memory." Later,
Flogging Molly hit the stage. I hadn't heard of them before the concert, but lets jsut say they are an interesting group. They some Irish/punk rock thing going. Very odd. They were followed by
Simple Plan who I don't really like. The rest of the crowd didn't seem to either. They seemed to be the only band all day who everyone disliked a lot.
Finally, after hours of patient waiting,
Yellowcard took the stage. The whole crowd had come to see them and they did not disappoint. Their high energy act and the upbeat music got the crowd going. It really helps out when you know the lyrics to the bands song and everyone in the crowd seemed to know
Yellowcard's lyrics. The crowd was singing along to every song. To no one surprise they finished off their seven song set with
Ocean Avenue. I love
Yellowcard's sound. It jsut so easy to get into and sing along with. Not to mention, they are the only band I know with an electric viloin thrown into the mix. Their performance alone was worth the price of admission.
Hopefully, Warped will come back next year with an even better line up.
Yellowcard by themselves would be even better. Overall the day was a whole lot of fun and the music was awesome. Let's go to Cincy on the 16th. They got 65 bands there.
