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Vans Warped Tour 2008

Saturday, Aug 2 12:00p

at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Matteson, IL

Phone: (708) 614-1616

Web: Event Website

Age Suitability: All Ages

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Doors open at 11 am, show starts at 12 pm

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Categories: Fairs & Festivals, Pop, Alternative

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Performers at this Event

Pennywise

Pennywise was one of the key bands of the punk-revival of the '90s. Using Californian hardcore as a foundation, the group incorporated funk-metal and skate-punk into their sound, developing a sound that functioned as edgy, post-punk frat rock -- it was speedy and occasionally stupidly...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Norma Jean

Not to be confused with Pretty Miss Norma Jean or Marilyn Monroe, Christian metalcore band Norma Jean from Douglasville, GA hits the road with the Vans Warped Tour for 2008 in anticipation of their upcoming release "The Anti Mother," to be released on Solid State Records in August '08.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the commercial success of No Doubt and Sublime. Like most of their peers, the band was distinguished by their hyperkinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of...

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Pop, Musicians / Bands

The Lordz

Stemming from the hip-hop group the Lordz of Brooklyn, founders and brothers MC Kaves (Mike McLeer) and producer ADM (Adam McLeer) decided, after the release of Graffiti Roc, an album that was already drifting away from straightforward rap, to focus more on the late-'70s/early-'80s...

Musicians / Bands > Rap, Musicians / Bands > Rock

Street Drum Corps Presents BANG!

Bang! is Street Drum Corps second unit. BANG! will be playing every Vans Warped Tour date this summer. Performing sets all over the venue. Inside and out. The punk rock street percussion group features Justin Imamura, Nikki G, and Chris Pounders.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Relient K

Canton, OH's Relient K formed in 1998 and joined the parade of Christian punk-pop artists (MxPx, Ghoti Hook, Slick Shoes, etc.) with their self-titled 2000 debut, mixing catchy melodies and snotty attitude with spiritual concerns.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Gospel

The Briggs

Following the path of early punk rock bands such as Cock Sparrer and the Clash, Los Angeles' the Briggs consist of brothers Joey and Jason LaRocca, drummer Chris X, and bassist Ryan Roberts (who replaced original bassist Duck Matthews).

Every Time I Die

Buffalo-based metalcore quintet Every Time I Die formed in the winter of 1998. Spearheaded by brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), the founding lineup also included guitarist Andrew Williams, bassist John McCarthy, and drummer Michael "Ratboy" Novak.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Evergreen Terrace

Presenting raging tunes of a brutal blended sound featuring reckless metal marks and punk rock-inspired strains, Evergreen Terrace delivers their own particular melodic vision of the hardcore style.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

All That Remains

Formed by guitarist Oli Herbert and ex-Shadows Fall vocalist Phil Labonte in 1998, Massachusetts' All That Remains debuted in 2002 with Behind Silence and Solitude on Metal Blade. Rounded out by drummer Michael Bartlett, guitarist Chris Bartlett, and bassist Danny Egan, the record...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Bronx

The Bronx isn't your atypical alt-metal group inspired by nasty '70s punk. They are in a sense, but there's more depth and desire than most involved in the emocore/post-grunge punk rock revival.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Anberlin

Orlando, FL's Anberlin formed out of various other area projects, including the Christian punk outfit SaGoh (Servants After God's Own Heart). Led by the soaring vocals of Stephen Christian, the positive-thinking Anberlin also included Joseph Milligan (guitar), Nathan Young (drums...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The A.K.A.s (Are Everywhere!)

Based out of New York City, the energetic and danceable punk of the A.K.A.s materialized around vocalist Mike Ski, the former frontman for influential Pennsylvania hardcore outfit Brother's Keeper.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Story of the Year

Story of the Year began as Big Blue Monkey in St. Louis, MO. At the time (the late '90s), the band's sound was much heavier (think Deftones), and the lineup that would become Story of the Year was not yet in place.

Street Dogs

Boston, MA, is a uniquely divided city, consisting not of amorphously defined neighborhoods like the ones that make up Manhattan, but small, semi-autonomous villages with names like Allston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain.

Against Me!

The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL, beginning in 1997. The then 17-year-old Gabel performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have him, drawing much influence from early acoustic protest music.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Folk, Musicians / Bands

From First To Last

Based in Los Angeles (by way of Florida), From First to Last formed in 2002 with guitarists Travis Richter and Matt Good. With a rotating lineup early on, the post-hardcore/screamo outfit released the EP Aesthetic on New York-based Four Leaf Recordings in June 2003 before signing...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

HorrorPops

The seeds for Danish psychobilly sextet, the HorrorPops, were sewn in 1996 during a gig that found bassist/lead singer Patricia Day's indie-punk collective Peanut Pump Gun opening for guitarist Kim Nekroman's band Nekromantix at POPKOM in Cologne, Germany.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Randies

"Wedged into the seediest block of Highland Park there's a dilapidated bowling alley turned punk club where you're just as likely to slow dance with a toothless granny as swap tips on mohawk styling.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Greeley Estates

Phoenix screamo outfit Greeley Estates formed in late 2002. A year after starting, the quintet -- vocalist Ryan Zimmerman, guitarist Dallas Smith, guitarist Brandon Hackenson, drummer Brian Champ, and bassist Josh Applebach -- was already building a cultlike following in and around...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Academy Is...

Formerly in rival bands on the Chicago local scene, guitarist Mike Carden and vocalist William Beckett came together in 2002 to mark the beginning of indie-emo rock outfit the Academy Is.

Gym Class Heroes

Melding elements of rap, rock, R&B, and funk into one cohesive and melodic sound, upstate New York's Gym Class Heroes had diverse appeal based on their impressive musical dexterity.

Set Your Goals

Bringing to mind an amalgamation of bands like Lifetime, CIV, New Found Glory, the Movielife, and early Saves the Day, the Bay Area's Set Your Goals straddles the line between pop-punk and hardcore.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Be Your Own Pet

Blasting out of Nashville, TN, like a bottle rocket, the teenage garage-noise-pop band Be Your Own Pet makes music that's as frenzied as it is catchy. The band formed in 2003 out of the ashes of Night Shift Nurses, which was the project of drummer Jamin Orrall and his bassist brother Jeff.

The Aggrolites

Blame it on No Doubt or blame it on Sublime, but by the middle of the 1990s, very little of the pop music that was described as ska had anything to do with Jamaican dance music of the early '60s.

Musicians / Bands > World

The Audition

Drummer Ryan O'Connor and bassist Joe Lussa formed the core of punk-pop/emo hybridists the Audition in their hometown of Chicago in 2003, working with a revolving cast of early members to hone the band's sound and play shows.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Family Force 5

Family Force 5, who once went by the name the Phamily, came together outside Atlanta, GA, in 2004. The Olds brothers (Soloman or "Soul Glow Activatur" and twins Jacob and Joshua, "Crouton" and "Phatty," respectively) plus friends Nathan Currin ("Nadaddy"...

Gil Mantera's Party Dream

Taking the shiny textures of 1980s electronic pop and scuffing them up with a dash of garage rock attitude, plenty of "party down!" antics, and an inarguably remarkable retro fashion sense, Gil Mantera's Party Dream is the brainchild of two brothers from Youngstown, OH...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Pinker Tones

At a time when the Spanish indie pop scene tends to favor either retro power pop or Belle & Sebastian-style tweeness, Barcelona-based duo the Pinker Tones pursue their own uniquely rewarding path.

Musicians / Bands > Electronica

Protest the Hero

Combining technical metal and post-hardcore instincts, Whitby, Ontario's Protest the Hero comprised Rody Walker (vocals), Tim Millar (guitar/vocals), Luke Hoskin (guitar/vocals), Moe Carlson (drums), and Arif Mirabdolbaghi (bass/vocals).

The Fabulous Rudies

"The Fabulous Rudies are “on the crest of the next wave in alternative music,” says Kevin Lyman, founder and organizer of the Van’s Warped Tour, the longest running festival tour in history, now in its thirteenth year.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Angels & Airwaves

With the hiatus of pop-punk superstars blink-182 in full effect by the fall of 2005, singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge revealed the formation of his new band -- one he'd already been working with for six months -- Angels & Airwaves.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Classic Crime

Seattle rock quartet the Classic Crime feature vocalist Matt MacDonald, drummer Paul Erickson, bassist Alan Clark, and guitarists Justin Duque and Robbie Negin. First meeting in high school, all but Negrin were playing together in the band Orizon before the addition of said fifth...

Alesana

Beginning in Baltimore and solidifying its lineup in Raleigh, NC, Alesana formed in October 2004 around guitarist/vocalist Shawn Milke, guitarist Patrick Thompson, vocalist Dennis Lee, bassist Steven Tomany, and drummer Daniel Magnuson.

Fear Nuttin' Band

Live Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Reggae & hardcore riffs provide the foundation for singers Prowla & Roosta to perform their brand of Reggae Music. Fear Nuttin Band has created a new genre, which combines American & Jamaican music.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Human Abstract

When a band takes its name from one of the metaphysical British poet William Blake's most allegorical and impenetrable poems, they clearly aren't taking the easy route to fame and fortune.

All Time Low

Drawing heavy influence from Green Day and blink-182 early on, pop-punk quartet All Time Low formed in the suburbs of Baltimore, MD, in 2003 around singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat.

Revolution Mother

Mike Vallely is best known as a world-class skateboarder, but he's also been a serious music fan most of his life, and since 2002 he's been dividing his time between skating and singing.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Mayday Parade

Mayday Parade resulted from the merger of two popular Tallahassee local bands, Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment, which helped the newly minted melodic rock unit amass a quick buzz around its hometown scene upon forming in the mid-2000s.

Single File

Single File are Joe (bass/guitar), Sloan (vocals/guitar/bass), and Chris (drums), who have been writing music together since high school, mainly playing jazz until forming a punk-pop band.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Cobra Starship

As the legend of Cobra Starship would have it, frontman Gabe Saporta fled into the deserts of Arizona one day to find the true meaning of his existence away from his emo-rock band, Midtown.

The Devil Wears Prada

Mystifyingly taking their name from a recently popular chick lit bestseller that was made into a blockbuster movie -- because, apparently, nothing says punk rock like Meryl Streep -- the Devil Wears Prada is easily one of the most bizarrely named bands of their time.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Gospel

Bring Me The Horizon

Fronted by a floppy-haired clothing designer who looks quite a bit like an emo version of Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg and sings in an unusually high-pitched vocal style suggesting that the Darkness' Justin Hawkins was a key unacknowledged influence, Bring Me the Horizon aren't...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Between the Trees

Formed in early 2005 while most members were still in high school, Orlando, FL, emo rock quintet Between the Trees had its start with vocalist/guitarist Ryan Kirkland and brothers Josh and Jeremy Butler on drums and bass respectively.

The Saint Alvia Cartel

Named after a Canadian war hero, punk rock band the Saint Alvia Cartel formed in Burlington in 2005. In possession of a fairly solid punk pedigree (Guitarist and vocalist Rob Pasalic cut his teeth in Boys Night Out, Greg Taylor was a member of both Jersey and Victory Records' Grade...

Pierce the Veil

The heart of San Diego emo-inflected post-hardcore outfit Pierce the Veil lies in two brothers, vocalist/guitarist Victor Fuentes and drummer Mike Fuentes, who first started playing together as the band Before Today while students in high school.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Beat Union

Hailing from two dead-end towns on the outskirts of Birmingham UK, Beat Union – singer/guitarist Dave Warsop, drummer Luke Johnson, guitarist Dean Ashton and bassist Ade Preston – are the classic band made up of childhood friends.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Broadway Calls

Broadway Calls are a street-level punk-pop band from Rainier, OR, a tiny town on the Washington border. Although Broadway Calls properly formed in 2005, their key partnership of singer and guitarist Ty Vaughn and drummer Josh Baird had spent most of the previous decade with the hardcore...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

MC Chris

Few words describe this talented young artist. However... many acronyms do the job far better, "WTF", "OMG", and "LOL" come to mind when listening to the genius Christopher Brendan Ward sling out rhymes.

Musicians / Bands > Miscellaneous

Sky Eats Airplane

"The members of Sky Eats Airplane started their musical careers in two separate bands. Brack began playing guitar in Backseat Driver in 2003. It was a Punk/Post-Hardcore group which consistently drew a hundred people per show.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

We the Kings

We the Kings are an unapologetically commercial pop-punk band from Bradenton, FL, a small town on the west coast of the state notable primarily for being the home of Tropicana orange juice.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Danger Radio

Puerto Rico native Andrew de Torres (vocals) and Finland native Nico Hartikainen (drums, programming) met in 1999 while attending middle school in Everett, Washington, a city located just north of Seattle.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Ludo

Indie rock band Ludo was formed in Tulsa, OK, in 2003 by Andrew Volpe, Tim Ferrell, Tim Convy, Marshall Fanciullo, and Matt Palermo; the group subsequently based itself in St. Louis, MO.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Four Year Strong

Similar to contemporaries Set Your Goals, the guys of Four Year Strong own an obvious love of bands like Lifetime, Gorilla Biscuits, and New Found Glory, which ultimately helped them bring to life an aggressive and melody-riddled combination of hardcore and pop-punk upon their formation...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

3OH!3

Buoyed by the popularity of their first single (and primarily the subsequent video) "Holler til you pass out", Boulder based hip-hop group 3OH!3 has developed a fervent fanbase throughout the western United States.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Forever The Sickest Kids

Success in the music business requires a magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity. The six young rockers in Dallas, Texas band Forever the Sickest Kids easily possess all this and more.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Pop

Charlotte Sometimes

New Jersey native Charlotte Sometimes may not have started as a singer/songwriter, but she's always been a performer. Involved in both dance and musical theater throughout her childhood, Charlotte eventually picked up the guitar when she was 14 and began writing and performing her own compositions.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Pop

Dr. Manhattan

Hailing from the Chicago area and taking their name from the Alan Moore-penned -Watchmen comic book series, indie rock group Dr. Manhattan formed in 2005. Matt Engers (vocals, guitar), Adam Engers (bass), Nick Vombrack (drums, vocals), and Andrew Morrison (keyboards, percussion...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Color Fred

Initially gaining fame as lead guitarist/singer for emo powerhouse Taking Back Sunday before striking out on his own as the Color Fred, Fred Mascherino was born on July 27, 1975, and grew up in Coatesville, PA, a part of metro Philadelphia.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Shwayze

"A melting-pot of laid-back melodies, hip-hop rhythms and acoustic guitars, Shwayze’s self-titled debut [Suretone/Geffen Records] pays homage to an all-day-and-into-the-night party lifestyle colored by the rolling tides of Malibu's [his hometown] beaches, and the rolling papers...

Musicians / Bands > Rap, Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Hip-Hop

The Morning Light

"It's been a fast ride for Pittsburgh based band The Morning Light. In no more than a year, the band formed, started touring, and signed a record deal. With the release of their highly anticipated debut EP The Sounds of Love in March 2008, the band shows no signs of slowing...

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Confide

Confide is a hardcore band out LaCrescenta/Sunland area. We have been together since August of 2004

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Katy Perry

Katy Perry's mix of sass and spunk combines the cheeky, club-ready pop music of Lily Allen with the commercial pop/rock of Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette. Born on October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, CA, Perry grew up in a Christian household as the daughter of two pastors.

Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Pop

Oreskaband

"Hailing from Osaka, Japan, the 19 years old Japanese ska-rock sextet Oreskaband, who are set to make their movie debut this year as the stars of a feature musical movie “Lock and Roll Forever”, 　Oreskaband will be one of the headlining acts on the Vans Warped Tour 2008.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Steve Steadham

"Steve Steadham is a Professional skateboarder and Music producer. Steve is a Singer, Drummer, Keyboardist and Recording engineer. He is sponsored by Steadham Skate Ind., Messiah, Hurley, Vans, Independent Trucks, Ignition, Powell, S-One Helmets, Pro-Tec, Bones Swiss Bearings...

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Musicians / Bands > Rock, Musicians / Bands > Jazz, Musicians / Bands > World, Sports Teams / Athletes > Professional

Alamance

Alamance is a very remarkable band. They are in the process of finishing their third release, titled "Moving On", which is due out 05-08. The first single off their new EP, “Waiting On You,” was released in early July 07.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Dead Legend

"Dead Legend is a four piece rock and roll band from Northern Connecticut. The band spent the last 2 years performing on several national tours, including the Van’s Warped Tour, as well as various regional tours building a loyal fan base nationwide.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

The Recovering

From their MySpace Page: Life is a constant cycle of recovering. Accept that we are not the walking wounded. We are the living soldiers waging our own private wars and gaining our victories.

Musicians / Bands > Rock

Vans Warped Tour 2008

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Location & Nearby Info

First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
19100 S. Ridgeland
Matteson, IL 60477
(708) 614-1616

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2 reviews

Jun 02, 2008 - krazedmika on Pierce the Veil

i love pierce the veil!!

i am so excited that they are going to be at the Warped Tour and that they are doing so many shows with other awesome bands. i found some really awesome interviews that they did too that people should check out.

http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/264-Pierce-The-Veil

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Nov 27, 2007 - AFarmer on Gym Class Heroes

They have GREAT music!

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