Big B?

Six new bands have been added since we last spoke:

A Skylit Drive

Big B

Moving Mountains

New Years Day

Passafire

Places and Numbers

Under usual circumstances, I am excited when there are new bands added to the band list, but this time, I am a bit uneasy.

What concerns me about this list is that there is an artist named Big B on it. Underneath his information it says hip hop/ rap. I would like to know why there is any room for Big B, or hip hop in general, at Warped Tour.

Either the submissions on bands have been significantly low or the people who are choosing the bands have gone crazy.

In the spirit of giving Warped Tour the benefit of the doubt, I am going to research exactly who Big B is in hope of trying to see what the people of Warped Tour see in him.

When Googling Big B, it appears that his most popular CD is titled White Trash Renegade. Not only is this disturbing, but it’s also a disgrace to the fans of Warped Tour. If they think this kind of music appeals to the people who attend Warped they are highly underestimating and insulting us.

But let’s further investigate Big B, just for fun. Tracks on the CD include, “Whiteboys,” “Hit That,” “Outlaw,” “Shut the F*ck Up” and “Hooligan.”

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I do not understand how from this evidence, the people of Warped Tour found it fitting for him to be an acceptable candidate for playing the tour.

The sad part is, as I previously stated in another blog, I feel Warped is straying away from the original concept of why it began.

I ask my fellow Warped Tour attendees to avoid Big B at all costs. It isn’t that I have anything personally against him, I just am against what he represents at Warped Tour, and that is, of course, rap music. I do not hope Big B does not do well in general but I hope he does not do well at Warped. Maybe then Warped will get the point and stick to a stricter criteria in deciding which bands have the honor (while Warped still has its good name) of playing the stages.

For those who are not discouraged by the lack of selectiveness from Warped Tour, there is still a chance to submit to the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. For more information visit: http://www.battleofthebands.com/   

-AngAllOver