Warped Tour -- Pomona, CA -- June 22nd, 2012

[XDoomsayerX]

Warped Tour? More like Pop Punk Mania!

A couple of things first. Online it said doors open at 11:30am well they opened prior to that and bands started at 11am. I missed Hyro Da Hero and came in to listen to the end of Polar Bear Clubs set. Also bands obviously played at same time so I missed the likes of ETID(chose Anti-Flag haven’t seen em in forever), Senses Fail, The Used, Man Overboard, part of Four Year Strong, etc. Well here are my thoughts of who I did see in the pit. I caught part of FYS and all of NFG from a distance cuz I was exhausted when they played.

Ghost Inside was the first band I saw and goddamn is this band amazing live, so much damn energy. There was constant moshing, crowd surfers, and jumping. Singer gave a speech about ridding the mentality of being afraid to fail and dedicated Greater Distance to LA Kings and started a Go Kings! chant. Also they played Destined!!! My fav song by them. Pretty cool, dedicated this song to his good friend and his wife cuz he missed their wedding due to constant touring. This was my fav band of the day.

Anti-Flag was the next band and they kicked ass. Huge circle pit during their set and during Die For Your Government I have never seen so much crowdsurfers in my life. During the last song of the set the drummer came into the crowd with part of his kit and played in the crowd. Fun catchy music here.

Title Fight was simply awesome live! I need to learn all the lyrics from them cuz I feel like I was the only person who wasn’t singing every word. No clue they had such a following but the crowd ate them up. Also Jeremy from Touche Amore came out during 27 and sang part of it.

Transit was a good change of pace. Not much movement but still fun to sing their catchy songs. During Please, Head North and Stay Home people did go crazy though. During Stay Home the singer said he was gonna join us for this song and he did. Sang half the song running left to right on the rail and the other half crowdsurfing with the mic putting into peeps faces.

I finished my day with Tacking Back Sunday. I really dug their set for how long it was. Crowd fucking loved this band. Movement such as mosh push and jumping throughout their whole set. Plenty of crowdsurfers as well. They weren’t one of the final headliners so I was able to beat traffic. Yay!

A couple of notes, all bands did signings but I didn’t go to any. I did however run into a couple of band members and just said hi. They were Keith Buckley( my friend got a hug!), Jordan Pundik, and bassist of NFG. Also the amount of tweens is ridiculous, them and their Pierce the Veil and Falling in Reverse tees. So much cool tees on sale like NFG had CM Punk like shirt that had the straight edge arms on front and Best in the World NFG on the back. All tees ran from $10-$20, not bad. Overall I had a great time singing my ass off and I’d give all the bands I saw in the pit a 10/10 cuz they were all a blast. AND if you’re a Pop Punk fan go to this year’s Warped Tour!!!

Sets are as follows:

Ghost Inside
Unspoken
Faith or Forgiveness
Outlive
Greater Distance
Chrono
Destined
Downbeat
Between the Lines

Anti-Flag (Possibly Partial)
Fuck Police Brutality
Broken Bones
The Press Corpse
This Is the End (for You My Friend)
Die for the Government
This Is The New Sound
Turncoat
Power to the Peaceful

Four Year Strong (Set from Irvine but I’m sure it’s similar, I came in during Heaven)
Tonight We Feel Alive (On a Saturday)
Stuck in the Middle
What the Hell is a Gigawatt?
Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die
Heaven Wasn't Built to Hold Me
Maniac (R.O.D.)
It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now
Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)

Title Fight
Symmetry
Loud And Clear
Flood of '72
Society
No One Stays At The Top Forever
Youreyeah
Evander
Memorial Field
Stab
Coxton Yard
Shed
27

New Found Glory
Hit or Miss
Understatement
All Downhill From Here
Truck Stop Blues
Anthem for the Unwanted
Something I Call Personality
Summer Fling, Don't Mean A Thing
Basket Case(Green Day cover)
My Friends Over You

Transit
1978
Listen & Forgive
Long Lost Friends
Asleep at the Wheel
Please, Head North
Skipping Stone
You Can’t Miss It(It’s Everywhere)
Stay Home

Tacking Back Sunday
El Paso
Error: Operator
This Photograph is Proof(I Know You Know)
Liar (It Takes One to Know One)
What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?
A Decade Under the Influence
Timberwolves at New Jersey
Faith (When I Let You Down)
Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
MakeDamnSure

[TheNobleFaceHumper]

Nice setlist from NFG and TGI!

I really hope to catch Senses Fail, ETID, Ater The Burial, NFG and Streetlight Manifesto.

[mankvill]

Missed all of Man Overboard and PBC? ;_;

edit: I'm super okay with that NFG set, although I'd love for them to pull out At Least I'm Known For Something or Failure's Not Flattering

[Steev]

I'm just happy TBS still do songs off Louder Now despite the original members coming back

[jd091]

Nice title fight set! Really wish I could go this year. Whatever.

[kalfitegrdan]

Cannot fucking wait for Anti-Flag!!