Warped Tour line-up quickly diminishing

This Warped Tour has been plagued by heat and 50 dates in 60 days but if this wasn't bad enough, they have also brewed up some good ol' catfights. New-punk vs. Old-punk, righteous vs. sinner, new-fame vs. old-classic, they've got it all which has resulted in several bands dropping from the tour, including From First to Last and Underoath.

Fat Mike of NOFX and Me First and the Gimmie Gimmie's had this to say, "From First to Last (who bailed three weeks in) came on the tour like total rock stars, and everyone alienated them," he said. "And they were gone in a week or two."

Thursday's Geoff Rickly was a little more objective, "I think there's, like, two sides to the tour, and those sides are tense with each other," he said. "There are the young, scream-y bands and the old punk-rock bands, and there are only a few bands that can float through both worlds, like us and Rise Against and Anti-Flag. I think, in general, the old guys are like, 'Dude, all these young punks think they know everything,' and all the young bands are like, 'Dude, all these old guys, all they care about is themselves, and they don't want to support anything new.' Each of them has a little bit of truth, and it's also a little bit overblown in their own heads. It just makes it a little tenser than it needs to be, I guess."

It sounds like a mess if you ask me. You would think all these bands would just take this as an opportunity. I think they forget why they are there and that for the most part, they aren't that huge of a band. Who knows...maybe this is just survival of the fittest and Warped Tour is weeding out the weak. MWHAHAHAHA

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