Twenty Ten Vans Warped Tour

Twenty Ten Vans Warped Tour – The Gorge Amphitheater on Saturday, August 14^th

Running all over the place at the punk rock fair known as The Vans Warped Tour, sampling bands and hoping they stop by your town later on for club shows the day is busy and packed full of tunes. The Vans Warped Tour is now 16 and to celebrate here is our review of the Vans Warped Tour By the Numbers.

1. The number of Washboards broke by Breezy Peyton of Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band during their 2:30pm set on the AP/Advent Stage.

2. The number of complete sets that we saw at the Vans Warped Tour – The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band killed it during their ½ hour star filled set and we were very excited to see Agent Orange who was also fantastic and showed Warped what 80’s California punk rock is all about.

3. The number of people in Alkaline Trio. But you wouldn’t know that during their set because thousands of kids in the audience singing every word to every song.

4. The number of bands we saw destroy the Punk Rock Legends stage. Agent Orange, The Adolescents, Jack Grisham and The West Coast Dukes and Riverboat Gamblers. They were all great and I’m glad the Punk Rock Legends stage finally made it out to The Gorge this year.

5. 5$ for a CD featuring 75 band’s for sale when we were waiting to get into the venue. One kid yelled $5… I can download the songs off of Limewire for free! The CD’s were also name your price when we left the venue.

6. Number of minutes that we spent watching / taking photos of Mike Posner. Then we realized that yes, Mike Posner will be the biggest star in the world but, his music is not our cup of tea. He’s way cooler than us anyways.

7. The number of party hard songs performed by Andrew WK. He still kicked ass, was full of energy, sounded great and was the most fun of the day.

8. The number of stages on this year’s Warped Tour stop at the Gorge. We loved the Punk Rock Legends Stage but scratched our head as to why the hell the main stage was not in the Gorge Bowl that can hold up to 20,000 people. At times the main stage was very crowded.

9. Dollars for a Coors Light at the Gorge.

10. Suggested Price for a copy of The Science of Self-Realization book in the parking lot from a car to car sales man. Trucker Dave paid $1.

11. The Time the Warped Tour started. If you didn’t get there early you missed fantastic sets from Anti Flag and Andrew WK on the Mainstage and Funky Jah Punkys on the Kia Kevin Stage.

12. The number of people we counted on stage during Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s finale of their set. People on stage rocking out included members of Andrew WK, The Casualties and Fishbone.

13. The Number of people in the reverse daycare for adults when we stopped by to get some water and air conditioning. We even had the chance to watch a few minutes of the 80’s movie Overboard with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.

14. The number of Warped Tour Bands We saw – Andrew WK, Alkaline Trio, Face To Face, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dropkick Murphys, Shiragirl, Funky Jah Punkys, The Casualties, Mike Posner, Riverboat Gamblers, Jack Grisham and The West Coast Dukes, The Adolescents and Agent Orange.

15. The Number of times counted by Matt during the first three songs that The Dilinger Escape Plan jumped off the stage, speakers, monitors, drum risers and anything else the band could find. This was the most high energy set of the day.

16. The age of the Van’s Warped Tour this year. Also, the average age of the audience at Warped Tour Twenty Ten.

The Vans Warped Tour is now old enough to drive from city to city but not old enough to watch an R-Rated Movie. It’s always fun to bring your friends down to the Gorge for Warped Tour. Expensive beer regardless, the tickets are cheap! We love going and look forward to the new bands we’ll see next summer. Until then Warped Tour… don’t text and drive.