As an introduction, allow us to debut a brand new feature for you. This piece ushers in eight straight days of Warped Tour 2010 coverage. As a result of all the outstanding bands we saw, spoke with or covered at this year’s festival we decided to put something special together. Preceding six interviews and our main festival coverage, here we have for you a special full-frame photo essay. This feature will show you in the fullest frame we can provide, photos and captions of what our team experienced at this year’s Warped Tour in Pomona California.
All photos by Pamela Lin
The Warped Tour is an all ages music and extreme sports festivals that stops all around the United States.
Festival attendees cooled off from the hot summer day by standing in front of fans with misting machines.
The Dillinger Escape Plan rocked the stage and played from their forthcoming album 'Option Paralysis'.
Hardcore Punk band The Dillinger Escape Plan playing an intense set at the Warped Tour
Warped Tour veterans, Reel Big Fish, giving interviews backstage.
Meeting the press backstage at the Warped Tour, Andrew WK discusses about life on the road and how to party hard.
With 43 stops in the span of two months, backstage at the Warped Tour becomes a community of caterers, rest areas, and even a free haircut stand for band members
Krysta Cameron of iwrestledabearonce takes a break for the press backstage
The After Midnight Project at the Warped Tour
Many bands at the Warped Tour have interesting costumes, but this costume from Green Jelly, was quite baffling.
Hailing from New York, another punk rock veteran of the Warped Tour, The Casualties.
Flattery by imitation, a Casualties superfan rocks the same hairstyle as the band
A huge crowd forms around the AP stage to see the Warped Tour veterans, The Casualties perform.
Another extreme sport at the Warped Tour, the Ring of Death, where a large open space forms in the middle of the crowd and then kids jump in and run in a giant circle together. Sometimes even drawing blood and causing injury.
Three-peice rock band from Florida, VersaEmerge, play from their debut album 'Fixed at Zeroes'
Sierra Kusterbeck, lead vocalist of VersaEmerges, take to the stage at the Warped Tour.
VersaEmerge backstage the Warped Tour
With the sun beating down, Warped Tour attendees, listen to music from the grassy fields at the Pomona Fairplex
There's nothing like a good old fashion waterslide to cool you down at the Warped Tour.
Aussie band Closure in Moscow, toured the US this year with the Warped Tour.
Automatic Loveletter's Juliet Simms leads on guitar and draws the crowd in with their emo-influenced rock set.
Automatic Loveletter play the Ernie Ball stage at the Warped Tour
Automatic Loveletter play the Ernie Ball stage at the Warped Tour
Andrew WK on the main stage at the Warped Tour
Andrew WK on the main stage at the Warped Tour
"Partying Hard" with Warped Tour, the crowd goes ectastic for Andrew WK
Warped Tour sponsor, Vans, set up a half pipe ramp for kids to skateboard throughout the day.
Anti-Flag on the main stage at Warped Tour
Anti-Flag on the main stage at Warped Tour
Anti-Flag taking on the main stage with their wild antics
Taylor Momsen, from the Pretty Reckless, leads the stage at the end of the day
Most know her from her show Gossip Girl, but Taylor Momsen shows that she is a rocking chick with the Pretty Reckless
Headliners Dropkick Murphys pump up the crowd with their Irish American Celtic Punk music
Lead Singer of Dropkick Murphys, Al Barr, gets intimate with the crowd
Irish American Celtic Punk Core band Dropkick Murphys headline the stage at the Warped Tour 2010
Al Barr of Dropkick Murphys at the Warped Tour
Al Barr, lead vocalist of Dropkick Murphys
Crowd Surfing is also a sport at the Warped Tour festivals.
Special Guest, Stephanie Dougherty of the Deadly Sins, joins the Dropkick Murphys to sing some rocking Celtic tunes.
Hailing from Louisiana, avant-garde metal band, iwrestledabearonce put on a high-voltage set
Lead Vocalist, Krysta Cameron, sings/screams from their re-released album "It's All Happening"
iwrestledabearonce makes you wonder who would win between the band and a bear, I think the band would win.
As the days draw to a close at the Warped Tour, bands get together and play freestyle while selling their records
All Photography by Pamela Lin
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