Today on the program, I got to sit down and chat with Mr. Kevin Lyman! Kevin was the mastermind behind Warped Tour.

If you listen to this podcast regularly…you know how much Warped Tour means to me. I cut my teeth on that tour…playing literally every stage from the baby stages to the Main stage.

I met Kevin back in 2002 when I was tour managing an awesome Canadian band called Sewing With Nancie, who later became The Reason.

Our mutual friend Rory from No Use For A Name introduced us. I gave Kevin a CD of my band at the time, Chronic Chaos. After persistently emailing him…he agreed to give us a month on the tour.

Then after that, every time I was on the tour with the different bands I’ve played on it with…Kevin was always such a positive influence in my life.

He always remembered me and made it a point to chat with me. Believe me, there are way more important people on that tour…but Kevin always had a way of making even the smallest band feel special.

It was an honor getting to chat with him after all these years and let him know how much Warped meant to me and all the ways he helped me out just being him.

He has an amazing new podcast called My Warped Life that you need to check out. If you ever played on the tour or just attended your local date…this podcast will scratch all your music itches.

• Chris

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Their new singles, "Dark Hearts" & “Mercy Brown” are currently available everywhere….
On all the regular music streaming platforms, YouTube, Much Music, MTV, your local public library (*possibly), backstreet speak easies, that one cool record store your town had that actually closed a year ago but you didn’t notice because no one goes out and buys music anymore they just talk about how much they support it, blasting from all your idols, heroes, mentors and gods driving your dream car giving you the finger as they cut you off, several copies have been sent out into other galaxies( -prove it didn’t happen..), greeting cards no one knows what to do with after they’ve been given because they look expensive, Napster, limewire, Myspace, independently run angelfire and geocities fan pages, rare import bootlegs, dark ally dive bars, the BBC, CBC, FOX News, boats, hostage negotiation loud speakers, build-a-bears, barn yards, backyards coast to coast across this beautiful nation you call “____”, malls, anywhere the cool kids who are in the “know” are….
EV
RY
WHERE.

Basically, if you haven’t been listening to and following Fire Sale you’ve been living under a rock (not the cool kind) and mustn’t have any friends…..which is sad although just another reason to go check them out now. Then you’ll have something to talk about once you find (*abduct) some.

Worst case scenario, it’s the perfect soundtrack to crying yourself to sleep in the dark alone because no one cares about your feelings.,

And how about Chris's old bands on Spotify…

Chronic Chaos:

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