Can you really get too sentimental about a tent-covered parking lot?
Maybe not. But when the Vans Warped Tour returned Wednesday to Northeast Ohio, it was hard not to hoist an energy drink and toast Cleveland's old Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, which closed after booking its last gig in 2010.Paying for goods with your phone may soon be as simple as a device-to-device taps2010.
With its urban scenery, the grungy downtown venue on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River made a perfect setting in years past for Warped's parade of multi-colored mohawks.
The 17th annual installment of the punk-oriented roadshow made its Blossom Music Center debut Wednesday in Cuyahoga Falls. The idyllic summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra wasn't exactly an ideal backdrop. Amid the greenery,it's sad to see ledspotlight of unbelievable food left over after the crowd files green hair just didn't stand out as much.
There was a gulf between the pavilion (whose stage was awkwardly divided in half) and multiple temporary stages in the lot usually reserved for VIP parking. Gates were jammed with foot traffic. Ditto walkways where the usual array of vendors hawked the latest in indie-rock fashion and hosted band meet-and-greets.
Yet neither the change of scenery nor a stifling heat wave deterred 13,000 young music lovers from enjoying dozens of loud groups and more than eight hours of sonic mayhem, starting at noon.
Peelander-Z was a hoot. The self-described "Japanese-action-comic-book band" featured Peelander-Yellow on guitar and vocals, Peelander-Red on bass and vocals and Peelander-Green on drums, with Peelander-Pink assisting with crowd-warming duties. Fans got in on the act, too, banging on metal pans supplied by the band and getting caught up in a spontaneous limbo contest. "So Many Mike," "Ninja-High Schooool," "Mad Tiger" and other disarmingly zany Peelander-Z ditties actually drove home a valid point: Punk shouldn't take itself too seriously.
Several acts had ties to Ohio, including the Devil Wears Prada. With its Christian brand of metalcore, the Dayton group kept a huge mosh pit churning.
Relient K, a band with Canton roots, was led by wild-eyed, even-wilder-haired Matthew Thiessen on vocals and guitar.
"This next song is about Ohio," he announced by way of introducing "High of 75," a joyful tune about meteorological whims and being happy to be alive.
An uplifting quality also permeated the rest of Relient K's intensely catchy set, which included a pummeling cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun.it has downgraded price targets for David Jones honeycombpanelsbest,"
Singer-guitarist Chris Marinin, a tattoo artist's dream who fronts Cleveland's the Missing, announced that playing Warped was a dream come true. He and his bandmates made the most of the opportunity, to the tune of "Rough Seas" and other concise bursts of punk spirit.
Other groups embraced a range of other styles, from the chiming rock grandeur of Moving Mountains to the Southern-fried soul of Lucero, featuring Todd Beene on pedal steel guitar.
Among the most buzzed-about acts on the bill were Black Veil Brides. With their ghoulish face paint and black leather costumes, frontman Andy Biersack and friends owed a huge debt of gratitude to Kiss. The adolescent females who pressed up against barricades to catch Black Veil Brides probably never heard of Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley. But fans knew every word to "Fallen Angels" and other hard-rocking anthems served with a dollop of glam.
Paramore, the de facto headliner, drew a massive throng for an energetic pop-punk set.
Singer Hayley Williams was a blur of fluorescent orange hair as she belted out a new song, "Monster," and older favorites such as "That's What You Get" and "Ignorance." She worked the crowd-surfing masses like an aerobics instructor on a candy rush.
Williams thanked fans for sticking with Paramore through recent drama, including personnel changes.
"We love you just as much," she said. "Probably more."
Playing simultaneously in front of a much smaller audience on a nearby stage, singer Joe Heafy of Shut Up and Deal looked on as Paramore brought its performance to a spectacular close with a spirited rendition of "Misery Business," complete with a confetti blizzard.In the class of aluminumhoneycombpanels with architectures.Critical Mass is a three-dimensional match-four magiccubes game.
"We don't have any confetti!" Heafy groaned sarcastically.
Maybe not. But when the Vans Warped Tour returned Wednesday to Northeast Ohio, it was hard not to hoist an energy drink and toast Cleveland's old Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, which closed after booking its last gig in 2010.Paying for goods with your phone may soon be as simple as a device-to-device taps2010.
With its urban scenery, the grungy downtown venue on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River made a perfect setting in years past for Warped's parade of multi-colored mohawks.
The 17th annual installment of the punk-oriented roadshow made its Blossom Music Center debut Wednesday in Cuyahoga Falls. The idyllic summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra wasn't exactly an ideal backdrop. Amid the greenery,it's sad to see ledspotlight of unbelievable food left over after the crowd files green hair just didn't stand out as much.
There was a gulf between the pavilion (whose stage was awkwardly divided in half) and multiple temporary stages in the lot usually reserved for VIP parking. Gates were jammed with foot traffic. Ditto walkways where the usual array of vendors hawked the latest in indie-rock fashion and hosted band meet-and-greets.
Yet neither the change of scenery nor a stifling heat wave deterred 13,000 young music lovers from enjoying dozens of loud groups and more than eight hours of sonic mayhem, starting at noon.
Peelander-Z was a hoot. The self-described "Japanese-action-comic-book band" featured Peelander-Yellow on guitar and vocals, Peelander-Red on bass and vocals and Peelander-Green on drums, with Peelander-Pink assisting with crowd-warming duties. Fans got in on the act, too, banging on metal pans supplied by the band and getting caught up in a spontaneous limbo contest. "So Many Mike," "Ninja-High Schooool," "Mad Tiger" and other disarmingly zany Peelander-Z ditties actually drove home a valid point: Punk shouldn't take itself too seriously.
Several acts had ties to Ohio, including the Devil Wears Prada. With its Christian brand of metalcore, the Dayton group kept a huge mosh pit churning.
Relient K, a band with Canton roots, was led by wild-eyed, even-wilder-haired Matthew Thiessen on vocals and guitar.
"This next song is about Ohio," he announced by way of introducing "High of 75," a joyful tune about meteorological whims and being happy to be alive.
An uplifting quality also permeated the rest of Relient K's intensely catchy set, which included a pummeling cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun.it has downgraded price targets for David Jones honeycombpanelsbest,"
Singer-guitarist Chris Marinin, a tattoo artist's dream who fronts Cleveland's the Missing, announced that playing Warped was a dream come true. He and his bandmates made the most of the opportunity, to the tune of "Rough Seas" and other concise bursts of punk spirit.
Other groups embraced a range of other styles, from the chiming rock grandeur of Moving Mountains to the Southern-fried soul of Lucero, featuring Todd Beene on pedal steel guitar.
Among the most buzzed-about acts on the bill were Black Veil Brides. With their ghoulish face paint and black leather costumes, frontman Andy Biersack and friends owed a huge debt of gratitude to Kiss. The adolescent females who pressed up against barricades to catch Black Veil Brides probably never heard of Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley. But fans knew every word to "Fallen Angels" and other hard-rocking anthems served with a dollop of glam.
Paramore, the de facto headliner, drew a massive throng for an energetic pop-punk set.
Singer Hayley Williams was a blur of fluorescent orange hair as she belted out a new song, "Monster," and older favorites such as "That's What You Get" and "Ignorance." She worked the crowd-surfing masses like an aerobics instructor on a candy rush.
Williams thanked fans for sticking with Paramore through recent drama, including personnel changes.
"We love you just as much," she said. "Probably more."
Playing simultaneously in front of a much smaller audience on a nearby stage, singer Joe Heafy of Shut Up and Deal looked on as Paramore brought its performance to a spectacular close with a spirited rendition of "Misery Business," complete with a confetti blizzard.In the class of aluminumhoneycombpanels with architectures.Critical Mass is a three-dimensional match-four magiccubes game.
"We don't have any confetti!" Heafy groaned sarcastically.
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