Warped Tour

Warped Tour came to Ventura County, CA this weekend and I must say it was absolutely fantastic. InnerPartySystem totally stole the show. The amount of raw energy and feeling these guys put into their music and performance was staggering. Every line, lyric, and note was delivered perfectly and with feeling which is a rare thing to see not only out of a band these days but especially an electro-rock band. But to be fair to the rest of the bands there I must say that Scary Kids Scaring Kids did put on a fantastic set. Personally I think they should have had more time to perform since they were one of the more popular and talented bands there. The crowd was going wild for SKSK and we all wanted more but due to the fact that they were on a secondary stage and they had another band on after them made them cut their set short. They covered the basics of their music and threw in a more obscure track for the true fans. Streetlight Manifesto put on a pretty good set, but it was lackluster for some reason. Maybe it was the almost apathetic attitude of the singer or maybe it was the lack of a massive pit of people chanting and skanking. Either way they could have had a better show. 3OH!3 was terrible. No energy in their performance, no feeling, no nothing. I'll stick to their albums until they learn how to put on a show. There wasn't much else worth mentioning that I saw. Good Warped Tour this year though. I may go back to Carson when they come back around with Chiodos and He Is Legend in tow.