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1 Day. 7 Stages. Over 60 bands. The 2017 Vans Warped Tour heads to Phoenix during its first full week of shows, and it is sure to be a banger. Although the heat of the southwestern desert will definitely be skin melting, throngs of fans – young and old – will be brought together for 10 hours to share their love for music. Big headliners for this year’s tour are: Neck Deep, Attila, CKY and Memphis May Fire. In addition to the artist from Warped Tour’s main genres Punk and Meta

Tour Press Force (TPF) catches up with Adrian Estrella, vocalist for the Pop-Punk-Alternative-Easycore band Assuming We Survive during their run with Icon For Hire's You Can't Kill Us Tour stop at Club Red in Mesa, AZ. | 5.16.17 We always look forward to visiting with Assuming We Survive when they roll through the Valley here in Phoenix, AZ! The band was not long out of the gate on their tour run with Icon For Hire and will be playing through June 25. Frontman Estrella never

Warped In Reverse Episode #23 This week's Warped In Reverse Wednesday features Whitechapel. The band recently celebrated its 35th year with Metal Blade Records. These photos were shot by our co-founder Nahnalah_G during Vans Warped Tour in San Diego, CA last summer. Whitechapel is an American Deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band is named after the Whitechapel district in East London, England, referencing the series of murders committed by Jack the Ripper. The gr

Warped Tour began in 1995, although it wasn’t just music. It included skate competitions and even wrestling. The genres have changed quite significantly throughout the years. Bands such as Sublime, No Doubt, NOFX, Blink 182 and Reel Big Fish were some of the very first headliners, eventually evolving into Eminem and Katy Perry and after that A Day to Remember and Bring Me the Horizon. The Original genres of the Festival included Ska and Ska-Punk. Today the genres include anyt

Warped In Reverse Episode #22 This week on Warped In Reverse Wednesday we are featuring photos of the New Jersey based Hardcore heavyweights Old Wounds. Photos were shot by our co-founder Nahnalah_G during Vans Warped Tour 2016 in San Diego, California. Tour Press Force (TPF) talked with bassist Michael Weintraub during the Warped Tour stop in San Diego. Weintraub. Here's what Weintraub had to say to aspiring musicians, “Start a fucking band. Go to shows. Be involved in what'

Warped In Reverse Episode #21 “I'm lost in make believe Why Oh God why are you doing this to me? I don't know who I am anymore These are my last days 'cause hell has been calling for me Why am I crazy, Why am I crazy!? I am a disease and hell has been calling for me Devour the darkness, light won't find me...” Dark Matter [Track no.11] The Word Alive, the American Metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona debuted their fourth full-length album just in time for Vans Warped

Warped in Reverse Episode #20 “Last summer, I had the opportunity to meet with a lot of fans on Warped Tour and have some very intense, personal, and deep discussions,” recalls Chris. “I walked away from these meetings feeling energized. Whether the conversations were dark or uplifting, I was ready to approach anything in my way with how I felt afterwards. Our current single, ‘LOUD,’ is a direct result of that energy. I wanted to encourage people to feel the same way. It’s de

Warped In Reverse Episode #19 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Regular Joe men from suburban Pennsylvania make up From Ashes to New, (signed to Better Noise Records) and with their genuine sound, it isn’t hard to believe that they have been through hardship to be where they are today. The band is made up of Matt Brandyberry on keyboard and the occasional rap; Branden Kreider on rhythm guitar and vocals; Lance Dowdle on lead guitar, and

Warped in Reverse Episode #18 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham More to Monroe is an underdog band and played Warped Tour for the first time last summer. The Maryland-based band is comprised of front man guitarist Chris D’Aquino, secondary guitarist and vocalist Sam Smisek, bassist Johnny Jamison, and drummer Jacob Maughan. This is Monica with Tour Press Force and I’m here with… Chris, Johnny, Sam and Jacob of More to Monroe So how is Wa

Warped in Reverse Episode #17 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Reckless Serenade has roots in Upstate New York, where the five men went to high school together. In 2012, Cory Brent on vocals, Mark Neidhardt on guitar, Matt Ruggiero on drums, Rob Crews on guitar, and Will Prinzi on bass, joined together to form the Pop Punk Indie band. Our founder Monica caught up with the band after their Vans Warped Tour set last summer. This is Monica

Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Photography & Videography by Nahnalah_G "If you haven't already retired by the time you're 35 years old, then you haven't done enough...", says Witt. At that moment I laughed, now as I reflect back on his statement and the visual of his raised brows, perhaps that statement was a depiction of the lyrical phrasing of “Fountain of Youth” and the indelible script across his throat. After all, I had just commented about a woman who had blo

Warped In Reverse Episode #16 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Spandex and heavy eyeliner is the first thing you see when you meet Mother Feather, a female-fronted “pop cock rock” band based in New York who played Vans Warped Tour last summer. The woman behind the madness is Ann Courtney, who does vocals and writing for the band, though she is far from a solo act. She is joined by vocalist, keyboardist and hype-woman Elizabeth Carena, b

Last month on Saturday March 11, 2017 The New Reign Tour stopped in Worcester, MA at the legendary Palladium on Main St. The tour package was stacked with talented Metal/Rock bands including Born Of Osiris, Volumes, Within The Ruins, Oceans Ate Alaska, and Fire From the Gods. This lineup drew in an enormous crowd of metal-heads from all over and they arrived ready to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Born Of Osiris' album The New Reign. Playing right before the tour packag

Warped In Reverse - Episode #14 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin | Photography by Taryn Poe Kentucky based Post-Hardcore band, Emarosa, was far away from home when Tour Press Force caught up with them at the Phoenix, Arizona tour date of Vans Warped Tour 2016. Emarosa is: Bradley Scott Walden, ER White, Jordan Stewart, and Matthew Marcellus. The band is signed to Hopeless Records and their latest release was their new music video “Sure” o

Tour Press Force (TPF) took a jaunt down south to the Rialto Theatre in Tucson on February 25 to review Attila’s Let’s Get Abducted Winter Tour 2017, with New Years Day, Bad Omens, Cane Hill, and local opening support band Before I Die rounding out the bill with strident Metal mayhem. Earlier that day, we did an interview with Cane Hill and that is when we discovered that due to a pre-tour injury, New Years Day had to drop from the lineup to heal for their run with The Van’s

Warped In Reverse - Episode #13 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Wage War is a young Metalcore band from Ocala, Florida who formed in 2013 and was signed soon after by Fearless Records. The band is comprised of Briton Bond on vocals, Cody Quistad on guitar and vocals, Seth Blake on guitar, Chris Gaylord on bass, and Stephen Kluesener on drums. Their debut album Blueprint came out in November of 2015 and more music is in the works. In 20

Warped In Reverse - Episode #12 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin West Coast Indie-Pop band The Heirs made their debut Warped Tour run in 2016. Tour Press Force caught up with the five-piece group just before the last week of the tour. The Heirs are: vocalist Savannah Hudson, vocalist and guitarist Brandon Hudson, guitarists, synth players, and vocalists Alex Flagstad and Eian McNeely, and drummer Brennan Benko. The Heirs were disappointed

Warped In Reverse - Episode #11 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Original photography by Jodie Cunningham Less Than Jake has been on the scene since the early 90’s, making them one of the most withstanding bands in the Ska and Punk genres. The Florida-raised band has grown from teenagers to adults and as they mature, so does their music. The band has continued to put out hits within their two decades of popularity, including their new E

Warped In Reverse - Episode #10 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin At the Vans Warped Tour 2016, Tour Press Force headed to the acoustic stage to catch up with SayWeCanFly. SayWeCanFly is the solo project of Canadian singer/songwriter Braden Barrie. Since he was 14, Barrie has been writing and compelling audiences with his soothing music. This not being Barrie’s first Warped rodeo, he played on the tour once before, the singer said that he

Warped In Reverse - Episode #9 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Tyler Peckham Five boys from Birmingham in the United Kingdom came together in 2011 to make Oceans Ate Alaska, a Metalcore band who in 2014, signed with Fearless Records. The band is made up of Jake Noakes on vocals, James “Jibs” Kennedy on rhythm guitar, Chris Turner on drums, Adam Zytkiewicz on lead guitar, and Mike Stanton on bass. They recently replaced their original vocalist James