We sent Mat Stokes to Warped Tour. He is 28 years old and hasn’t been to Warped in 10 years, so we though it would be fun for him to get down with the kids. He wasn’t even off the bus to Warped yet when one kid shouted at him that he was “FUCKING OLD” so we knew this was going to go well! He had a blast though and learnt a lot, like some bands have more t-shirts than songs. Here are some snaps of the bands he liked most that day and some of the people he met up with!
Warped Tour Chicago 2014
By Mat Stokes
We seem to always start every festival we go to in America with people dressed as food.
Seriously, do you all just own hot dog suits? Is it in the constitution?
Anberlin
Anberlin
Anberlin
Anberlin
This guy.. well.. yeah... he wore this. Maybe the less said about this the better.
PUNK RAWK LEMON Y'ALL
Bayside
Bayside
Bayside
Bayside
Uncle Jesse got a bit lost we think. Do kids at Warped even know who this guy is? They don't know what cassette tapes are...
This guy was working his extremely patriotic, plastic corset thing.. because that's comfortable Festival fashion right there.
We think they like Mayday Parade.
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die
TOUGH GUY THROW DOWN.
Hey look! It's Zorro!
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
This is one of the reasons why Mat felt old.
...Then he found various members of Gunners Daughter and felt better about himself again.
All the parents in the house sit down!
McChris
Some crazy hula hoop action.
Getting close to nap time.
Bring your dad to punk day.
Saves The Day
Saves The Day
Saves The Day
Saves The Day
We like this guy. We'd party with him.
And this guy, he can come to the party too.
This guy? A little bit scary. You go rethink that body costume.
REMEMBER SUNSCREEN.
Teenage BottleRocket
Teenage BottleRocket
Teenage BottleRocket
Teenage BottleRocket
Dads on tour.
Old punx, new punx, all punx.
A wild Toby from Red Scare appears...
We Are The In Crowd
We Are The In Crowd
We Are The In Crowd
We Are The In Crowd
DOGS. DOGS AT WARPED.
These kids clearly had too much fun, bless.
Shortly after this Mat bough this guy a drink for BEST TSHIRT EVER.
Yellowcard
Yellowcard
Yellowcard
Yellowcard
Yellowcard