Warped Tour 1997 was the 3rd edition of the

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Warped Tour The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring ...

. The 26-date North American tour began on July 2, 1997, in

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and ended August 5, 1997, in

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. The tour featured one main stage, a side stage, and a "Locals Only" stage sponsored by

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on each date. The tour headliners included:

Blink-182 Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Their current lineup consists of bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though their ...

Descendents The Descendents are an American punk rock band formed in 1977 in Manhattan Beach, California, by guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson. In 1979, they enlisted Stevenson's school friend Milo Aukerman as a s ...

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (informally referred to as The Bosstones and often stylized as The Mighty Mighty BossToneS) were an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. From the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky ...

, Pennywise,

Reel Big Fish Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Orange County, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album ''Turn the Radio Off''. Soon af ...

Royal Crown Revue Royal Crown Revue was a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. They have been credited with starting the swing revival movement. Career The band contained Mark and Adam Stern. Other members included Daniel Glass, Scott Steen, James Acho ...

Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick ...

, and

Social Distortion Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness (lead vocals, lead guitar), Jonny Wickersham (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brent Harding (bass, backing voca ...

. This was the first edition to feature a European leg, which included Sick of It All,

Millencolin Millencolin is a Swedish punk rock band that was formed on 12 October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Millencolin is derived from t ...

, Pennywise,

Limp Bizkit Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Its lineup consists of lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, turntablist DJ Lethal and bassist Sam Rivers. The band's music is marked by D ...

Dance Hall Crashers Dance Hall Crashers (often abbreviated to DHC) was an American ska punk band formed in 1989 in Berkeley, California. Initially founded by former Operation Ivy members Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, the band has had a fluid lineup over its care ...

and

Bands

North America

All bands performed on the entire tour unless otherwise noted *

22 Jacks 22 Jacks is an American punk rock supergroup, consisting of members of Wax, The Breeders, The Adolescents and Royal Crown Revue. They were active from 1995 to 2001, and again from 2007 on. Career In late 1995, Joe Sib after the breakup of his ...

(7/2–7/18) *The Adversaries (7/11) * The Amazing Royal Crowns (7/29) *

The Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, is an American hip hop trio from Los Angeles, California, United States. Since the early 1990s they have produced party music with a hardcore hip hop edge, powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift ...

(7/3–7/13) *

The Aquabats The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer the MC Bat Commander and bassist Crash McLarson have remained the band's two constant fixtures. ...

(7/2–7/3, 7/23) *Billy Club (7/16) *

*Blue Bird (7/3) *The Blue Meanies (7/18) *

The Bouncing Souls The Bouncing Souls are an American punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1989. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-he ...

(7/21–8/4) *

Buck-O-Nine Buck-O-Nine is an American ska punk band which was formed in San Diego in 1991. The band has toured internationally and released several albums and EPs, as well as appearing on compilations and film soundtracks. During the mid-to-late 1990s, t ...

(7/9–7/16) * Calvin Krime (7/17) *

Cast Iron Hike Cast Iron Hike was an American punk rock band from Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. History Cast Iron Hike was formed after the breakup of Worcester hardcore band Backbone, and featured that group's drummer (Dave Green) and guitarist (Chr ...

(7/29) *Cause for Alarm (7/26) *Chuck Ren (7/18) *Chump (7/12) *Claw (7/22) *Crawl (8/1–8/5) *Creeper (7/6) *

Diesel Boy Diesel Boy is an American punk rock band from Santa Rosa, California, United States. They were formed in 1993 and were active until 2002. In 2022, they announced they would release a new album for SBÄM in 2023. They have a 7" on Fat Wreck Chord ...

(7/6) *Druel (7/17) * Face to Face (7/5–7/12) *Fat (7/19–7/23) * Field Day (7/9)Live Review: Warped Tour '97, PNE Forum, July 9, 1997
/ref> *Filabuster (7/5) *

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(7/22) *

The Get Up Kids The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Olathe, Kansas. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s Midwest emo scene, otherwise known as the " second wave" of emo music. Their second album ''Something to Write Home About' ...

(7/15) *The Glenmont Popes (7/27) *Gusto (7/11) * H₂O (7/18–7/23, 7/25 and 7/27–7/29) *Häd (7/2) * Handsome (7/24–7/30) * Hepcat (7/2–7/26) * Humble Gods (7/3) * The Independents (7/29) *

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(7/22) *

The Interpreters The Interpreters were a power pop band formed in Philadelphia in 1996. They were composed of singer and bassist Herschel Gaer, guitarist Patsy (Paul) Palladino and drummer Branko Jakominich. History The band was formed in 1996 and signed with Vo ...

(7/27) *The Investigators (7/9) *J.W.T. (7/2) *Kid Corduroy (7/11) *Killer Skabies (7/11) *

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(7/3–7/5) *Lagoon (7/6) *

Lagwagon Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, California, just outside Santa Barbara. They formed in 1989, went on hiatus in 2000, and reunited several times over the years. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which can ...

(7/18–8/5) *

Less Than Jake Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxoph ...

(7/16–8/5) * LGS (7/5) *

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(7/6) *

* Lo Presher *

Mad Caddies The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a ska punk band from Solvang, California, United States. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs. To date, Mad Caddies have sold over 500,000 albums wo ...

(8/1–8/5) * The Malchiks (7/9) *Man Will Surrender (7/3) *

The Marshes The Marshes are an American punk band, from Northampton, Massachusetts, that originally included Colin Sears (drums), Emil Busi (bass, vocals) and Steven Wardlaw (guitar). Career Drummer Colin Sears, who was best known for playing with Dag Nasty ...

(7/29) *

*Mog Stunt Team 555 (7/23) *Mosquitones (7/11) *

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(7/26) *

MxPx MxPx () is an American pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington, founded in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. As of 2016, current members include Mike Herrera on lead vocals and bass guitar, Yuri Ruley on drums and percussion, Tom Wisniewski on lead gui ...

(8/1–8/5) *NIL8 (7/18) *

No Knife No Knife was a band from San Diego, California. They played an innovative form of rock that combined aspects of math rock, post-hardcore, and other indie rock. The band's original lineup was Mitch Wilson (vocals/guitar), Brian Desjean (bass), Aar ...

(7/2–7/3) *

The Offspring The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, lead guita ...

(7/20) * Pennywise *Pet (7/27, 7/30–8/5) * Pimp a delic (8/5) *

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(7/2) *Porn Flakes (7/22) *

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(7/2–7/6) *

(Except 7/22–7/23) * Reset (7/20) *RoomFulaNipsey (7/2) *

*Salmon (7/6) *

(Except 7/5–7/6) *The Smooths (7/27) *

Snapcase Snapcase was an American hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records were released on the Chicago record label Victory Records. During the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before ...

(7/21 and 7/24–7/25) * Snot (7/5) *

(Except 7/15) *Spank (7/3) *Spider Virus (8/1–8/5) *

Sprung Monkey Sprung Monkey is an American band that originated in San Diego, California, United States, initially active from 1991 to 2002, and again since 2005. Sprung Monkey consisted of five members, Steve Summers (vocals), Mike Summers and William Riley ...

(7/24–7/29) * Stick Men (7/24–7/30) *

Strung Out Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

(7/5–7/6) *

Sugar Ray Sugar Ray is an American rock band formed in Newport Beach, California, in 1986. Originally playing heavier funk metal and nu metal style music, the band achieved mainstream popularity in 1997 with their more pop-influenced single " Fly". T ...

(7/2–7/23) *

The Suicide Machines The Suicide Machines are an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. During the course of their career, the band has released seven full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records, Side One Dummy Records and ...

(7/16–8/5) *Sun Child *Ten Day Late (7/9) * Traitors (7/18) *Tree (7/29) *

The Vandals The Vandals are an American punk rock band, established in 1980 in Orange County, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums, two live albums, and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped ...

(7/2–7/17) *

Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...

(7/25) * Warzone (7/27 and 7/30) *

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(7/13–7/18) *White Caps (7/3) *The Wives (7/25) *Xtra Large (7/20)

Europe

(cancelled after 8/22) *

* Pennywise *

Tour dates

References

{{reflist 1997 concert tours Warped Tours