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Jett Plane - Warped Tour 2006 bands put festival into overdrive
from: dailybreeze.com
by Sam Gnerre
Sensory overload ran rampant at this year's Warped Tour. Friday's stop at the infield of the Fairplex racetrack in Pomona had it all: searing heat, the occasional whiff of horse from the nearby stables, thousands of mosh-happy fans, and, everywhere, music coming at you nonstop. Friday's festival stop at the infield of the Fairplex racetrack in Pomona crammed more than 80 bands playing half-hour sets into its eight hours. There's no way to see it all, so attendees must plan out their own custom list of bands to see.
Mine began with Saves the Day, whose set turned out to be one of the day's high points. The New Jersey band reeled off punchy power chords in support of magenta-haired singer Chris Conley's soaring vocals on "Head for the Hills," "At Your Funeral" and "As Your Ghost Takes Flight."
Chicago's Plain White T's delivered their unfashionably direct power-pop on one of the venue's smaller stages, presenting a crisp set featuring "Breakdown," "All That We Needed," and not one, but two sentimental love songs, "Fireworks" and "Hey There Delilah," the latter performed solo by singer Tim Higgenson.
The Academy Is also deviated from the Warped mold with its quirky collection of tunes. "The Phrase That Pays" and "Slow Down" sported nimble melodies, complex vocal harmonies and a decided lack of mosh-inducing frenzy, but were entrancing nonetheless.
"This next song is No. 1 in Ecuador," announced Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail before the band launched into "Buried A Lie." The New Jersey quintet teeters on the edge of metal, hard-core and screamo, but its well-crafted songs, including the new "Crash Your Plane Into a Barn," and the powerhouse band's ability to pull up just short of sonic overkill made for intriguing listening.
Motion City Soundtrack's lead singer Justin Pierre's offbeat stage patter ("Next, we're going to do a song about math and enzymes") fit his band's oddball but totally irresistible pop-rock, with Jesse Johnson's wheezy fun house keyboards pumping furiously through "Better Open the Door" and "Capital H."
Judging by the number of crowd surfers and flying water bottles, Thursday played one of the day's most intense and well-received sets. Like fellow Jerseyites Senses Fail, it took its dense, driving sound to the edge of excess without tumbling over. By singing instead of screaming, peripatetic vocalist Geoff Rickley avoided the fate of the bands From First to Last and It Dies Today, both of whom had to leave the tour early because of vocal cord injuries sustained by their singers.
At 47, JOAN JETT could just as easily be wagging her finger and clucking her tongue at these upstart Warped Tour ragamuffins. Instead, the catlike, incredibly fit Jett and the BLACKHEARTS pounded out pile-driving versions of "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and the Sweet's "AC/DC" with crunching authority.
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