No Room For Rockstars Documents The Vans Warped Tour

The Vans Warped Tour documentary NO ROOM FOR ROCKSTARS was released by Cinedigm in select theaters in an exclusive engagement on Thursday, March 1, 2012.  Filmmaker Parris Patton’s much-anticipated documentary chronicling the Vans Warped Tour, had its World Premiere at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival.

Director Kevin Lyman talks about the film

For 17 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been a punk rock juggernaut, a misfit circus crisscrossing North America every summer as a wandering minstrel show for youth culture.  Embracing a powerful, unifying ethic created by its founder Kevin Lyman, the Vans Warped Tour has grown and prospered as the music industry itself imploded and continues to sift through the rubble in search of a new way forward. Along the way, Warped has provided a launching pad for a dizzying array of talent, from Green Day and Blink 182 to Ice-T, Eminem and No Doubt, along with perennial punk legends such as Pennywise, All, Bouncing Souls and Bad Religion.

With more than 300 hours of film shot during the 2010 tour, No Room For Rockstars documents the true stories of modern era rock and roll from every possible angle. From the kids in the van playing parking lots to gain notice, to the veteran stage manager whose life was saved by the tour, to the musician who crosses over to mainstream success while on the road, No Room For Rockstars is  cinema vérité story-telling at its finest. A historical retrospective or concert film this is not. No Room For Rockstars is meaningful insight into current state of rock and roll and the zeitgeist of youth culture.

No Room For Rockstars web site

Schedule of showings for the film

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