Throwback :]

The band I am most looking forward to seeing at Warped Tour 2011 is Simple Plan. Nothing makes me happier than a little throwback.

At 2010 Warped Tour Indiana I saw The All American Rejects and Sum 41. It was thrilling to see them because when I was younger I was absolutely in love with their music.

Now that I have seen bands I previously loved, it makes me even more excited to see Simple Plan this year.

In 2004 I saw Good Charlotte at Warped Tour Michigan. I was completely obsessed with them at the time. I am talking, an entire wall full of posters, a scrapbook of their magazine clippings, over 10 band t-shirts and knowing all the lyrics to their CDs obsessed.

But since it was my first Warped Tour I did not know what to expect and it was actually a horrifying experience.

My cousin, who went with me, and I decided to wait at the stage they were going to play at, not knowing that crowds left because there are long breaks in between bands. The band Rise Against was actually the next band playing the stage. A crowd formed, the music started and my cousin and I were pressed against the rail with an unbearable force.

Of course, I live for that feeling now, but when I was thirteen and unprepared for it, it was the terrifying. We were being smothered. We could not breathe and could barely stand. Thankfully we were close enough that security could see we were struggling and grabbed us out of crowd.

Hours later, when it was time for Good Charlotte to play at the same stage, my cousin and I were so traumatized we stood all the way in the back of the crowd. I had to enjoy them from afar. The experience could have been a lot better.

This is why I am so thankful that now I am older, and I can handle the crowd, I can finally appreciate the music I once loved to the fullest.

Simple Plan caught my attention in 2002 with their album No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls. Their hit tracks off the album include, “I’d Do Anything,” “I’m Just A Kid,” “Addicted,” and “Perfect.”

Their upbeat songs about love and youth immediately appealed to me. As soon as I found out they were going to be at Warped I downloaded their old songs and the memories started flooding back to me.

Simple Plan’s most recent self-titled album came out in 2008. Honestly, I do not remember hearing any of their songs on the radio but I am still excited. But, like Sum 41 and The American Rejects, I imagine Simple Plan is going to play their most popular songs at the show.

Because I am at the age where I can remember bands from earlier years, I am so appreciative of these bands playing. Simple Plan is going to be the highlight of the day and I have never been more excited.

-AngAllOver

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