(out of five)
On Friday, July 24, 1998, Chaira-Anne and I went to the Warped Tour. First i gotta explain what happened before and why we just ended up goin by ourselves. well, CHair was supposed to buy her ticket off of bieniasz, but as it turns out, that stupid bitch was never home and we never got to her. so, like, at two o'clock me and chair are goin down to tower to get tix cuz she doesnt have any and the show started like at 12, geeze. Second of all, we didn't go with jenny and slutface and them, cuz of one word, "POSER". I'm not calling her. Ok, get this, Jen and I are at Earth Crisis and we're like talking and the chick asks me "Do you like ska because i can't tell the difference between ska and punk, hardcore, whatever?" NOw, is that not fucked?? anyway, so, it was just me and her, and we ended up there like at 3 pm.
SO, we arrived at three, at least there was no line up, so we were partly happy. I was pretty mad because they didn't let us keep our ticket stubs and I like to keep em as a token...ah well. As soon as we got in we found Marisha, or whatever her name is, everyone seems to hate her and stuff, but i don't think she's that bad, anyway. SO her friends and her updated us about what we had missed, whos playing, etc. We had missed No Use For A Name, Voodoo Glow SKulls, who we had wanted to see badly cuz we fucking hate those bastards and wanted to boo them, darn, we also missed Civ, Save Ferris(shit, Ferris Buellers Day Off kicks ass!!!) and some other bands, I'll get them later. I guess the venue was pretty good, except fo the fact that there was gravel and shit, which made all this dust when people walked in it, but the end of the day my hair was like hay and chair had like grey hair...teehee.
OK, so it was set up like this. WHen you entered it was like all emtpy and then to the side there was like the designated drinking area, the line was probably like 1000 metres long. but anyway, and then there was the side stage, when you walked north you came to two stages, which was a wicked idea because as soon as a band finished on one stage, another band was ready on the other stage and started automatically. And then on one side there was the bmx area and the other the skater/roller blade place and your miscallaneous shops selling shit and your usual propaganda crap...teehee. ANd there was food everywhere, well pizza and hot dogs, one hot dog cost like 3 bucks, fuck. but anyway.
The first band we saw was, I dont even remember, but it was at the side stage and then we walked over to the main stages and someone was playing, but i dont really know...fuck, you know what, i dont know anything...hahaha. All I know is that the best band there, well not the band with the most talent, but the ones who put on the best performance was Rancid, we were dancing like mad...singing the lyrics, and I dont even know them. The Specials started us off. We were watching Snapcase, they were like really good, and then Chair wanted to see The Specials so I'm like ok, so we went and they were fucking great, but hey, why wouldn't they be, theyre The Specials.
SO, these are the bands that played at Warped Tour '98 in Toronto.
The Bands I actually saw play were:
I guess the bands were ok...ok, time for a break down for each band, as far as i can remember.
Well, that's the bands and stuff, and then there was the skating and shit. Whoa!! That shit was crazy, i was watching the skaters/bladers and it was wicked , the stunts and shit what a rush!! and we also saw the bmxers...damn, i wannabe a bmxer, but i would probably kill myself first, and the motorcycle shit was good too
REPORT ON TOILETS:I guess they were up to your usual festival standards. There was like 25 or something, i ended up with the vomit infested one. I had to like roll up my pants cuz there was like piss all over the floor...i thank god for not fallin in. I was freaked to use the toilet near the bike thing cuz i was afriad like a bike would fly into the toilets...you never know..shit happens
THE WATER SITUATION:Well, right after Rancid, we stormed the water stand.. bucks. SO we go and it was pack..we wait patiently, i noticed that one of the guys serving the water is this semi cut guy from my old summer school, so, im like"john, can i get a cold one" and this bastard mumbles some shit under his breath and does nothin, and by the time he reaches for my water, there was non left. This started an uproar, its like 50 degrees celsius, were in the sweltering sun , in the middle of nowhere (sounds like hanson) and theres no water. The mob around the drink place is gettin bigger, whoa, i felt a riot coming on.. The funniest guy had to be behing us. He starts yellin at that dude john from my summer school, John was wearing some shirt that said totally spiced and the guy behind us was like "yo, totally spiced, its all your fault theres no water, you cock sucker" and on and on, i swear i waspissing my pants..serious..so anyway, the water came and there was no riot...or none that i know of.
The funniest part had to be when chair and i saw Jenny and we're both like "whoa...why does she look like a black man??" Then, we see her again and this was during The Specials, she like comse up to us wearing these pants that are rolled, some tank top, boots, and her hair is like cut and its totally biting beats' "spikey style" and i'm like, "ok Poser" and shes like"well, they're not even my clothes" and im like "whatever", biggest poser alive folks, read it and weep, you must sense quite a lot of animosity in the relationship,,...and you're totally right, i just don't get it when people go to shows just to pick up guys...i dunno, i just think its wrong...maybe i'm just an idiot....
Phew, well, the show ended at 9:00pm, after the power had turned off during the Deftones, we managed to get a bus, for 1 buck, which was a totally wicked idea, and then we like scarfed down mickeyd's fries or someshit...overall, it was a pretty good show.
I give it:
(out of five)