Vans Warped Tour
This founder of the Vans Warped Tour recently began teaching at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music as an associate adjunct professor in fall 2018.
Who is Kevin Lyman?
Blink-182, 1999
What is Enema of the State?
My Chemical Romance announced their return to the music industry on this holiday in 2019, which also happened to fall on their rhythm guitarist's birthday.
What is Halloween?
Generally considered by many to be the "pioneers of pop-punk," this 70s punk rock band have a plethora of hit singles including "Blitzkrieg Bop," "I Wanna Be Sedated" and "Sheena is a Punk Rocker."
Who are The Ramones?
This 2009 hit by the All-American Rejects was the last recorded pop-punk song to top the charts in the 2000s, and is currently the band's most successful song to date.
What is "Gives You Hell"?
The Vans Warped Tour launched in this year, the same year that blink-182 released their debut studio album, Cheshire Cat, and Green Day won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
What is 1995?
Sum 41, 2001
What is All Killer No Filler?
This second studio album by Panic! at the Disco is the only album to feature former bassist Jon Walker, and the last to feature former vocalist and lead guitarist Ryan Ross.
What is Pretty. Odd.?
In 2010, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams had her first solo feature on this hit rap song, which soared to number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
What is "Airplanes"?
In 2016, this band released their eponymous tenth and final studio album before calling it quits the following year... they let the waves crash down and take them away!
What is Yellowcard?
This pop singer made her festival debut during the tour's 2008 run, but was notably missing from the bill in the following years after she was booed off stage.
Who is Katy Perry?
Green Day, 1997
What is Nimrod?
The beginning of My Chemical Romance's hit song, "Welcome to the Black Parade," starts with this note on a piano, which is now recognized worldwide.
What is a G note?
The first issue of this magazine was simply a photocopied punk rock fanzine, distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning in June 1985 by its founder, Mike Shea.
What is Alternative Press?
This second single off of My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade is, coincidentally, the last song on the album.
What is "Famous Last Words"?
Over the course of its run, the Vans Warped Tour gained this honorific nickname, due in part to the time of year it ran and its general friendly atmosphere.
What is "Punk Rock Summer Camp"?
Good Charlotte, 2007
What is Good Morning Revival?
For their 2019 song, "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)," Fall Out Boy collaborated with this rapper and musician, best known as a former member of the hip hop group, The Fugees.
Who is Wyclef Jean?
Canadian pop-punk outfit Simple Plan gained their first platinum hit with this song in 2003, off of their debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls.
What is "Perfect"?
Despite playing their final, sold-out show at the Metro in Chicago in 2016, this band later regrouped to announce their "Don't Call It a Comeback Tour" for 2020.
What is Motion City Soundtrack?
This music journalist was the Monster Energy Pit reporter from 2015 to 2018 and is currently an APTV correspondent for Alternative Press... surprisingly, she has no relation to Lenny!
Who is Tori Kravitz?
New Found Glory, 2009
What is Not Without a Fight?
The music video for Panic! at the Disco's "LA Devotee" features the acting talents of Noah Schnapp, who portrays Will Byers on this hit Netflix show.
What is Stranger Things?
In 1994, The Offspring released this first single off of their third studio album, Smash, which went on to achieve platinum certification through the Australian Recording Industry Association.
What is "Come Out and Play"?
This 2012 EP by Blink-182 was the sole recording the band self-released after their departure from Interscope/DGC, as well as their last recorded material with Tom DeLonge before his departure in 2015.
What is Dogs Eating Dogs?