Kevin Lyman is creator of a touring music and extreme sports festival called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos, and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. He owns 4FINI which annually produces the above-mentioned tours as well as produced past tours such as the Down From the Mountain Tour, The Watcha Tour, and Sprite Liquid Mix Tour. 4Fini is based out of Pasadena, California with 4 employees, to include Kevin. The operations manager for 4fini is Keri Lee, who worked in radio for many years. One of Kevin's most recent success' is the Coachella and Stagecoach Festival campgrounds. He was contracted by the promoter Goldenvoice to consult on the Campgrounds. In 2007 it was reported that campground attendance was in upwards of 17,000.[1]
[edit] Tours & Festivals
[edit] Active tours
[edit] Previous tours
- Down From the Mountain Tour
- The Watcha Tour
- Sprite Liquid Mix Tour
- This is Why Wurr Hot Tour
- Taste of Chaos
[edit] Filmography
Kevin Lyman has appeared in two films:
[edit] Warped Tour
Kevin Lyman - Warped 2009
In 1994, Warped Tour started out as Kevin Lyman, a 3-year Lollapalooza veteran, took a handful of his favorite SoCal Punk & Ska bands, including Sublime and No Doubt, shoved them on a bus and embarked on what was inevitably a financially unsuccessful, but life-affirming tour. Debating calling the whole thing off for the upcoming 1995 summer, Lyman was approached by the Vans Shoe Company to put together a skating fest. Seeing the obvious connection, Kevin jumped on the chance to incorporate their idea into his Warped Tour, and the longest-running annual tour in North America was born: The Vans Warped Tour. By 1997, the crowd was twice as large than the one in 1996 due to the fact that bands such as Blink-182 and Social Distortion were there all year long. This still continues, and that is why it is known as "The Tour That Won't Die". Kevin also included Warped Recycling in recent Warped Tours to help get all the trash left at the shows recycled. The incentive is that if you bring the most trash to the "recycling tent" at any show out of all participants, you win $100. He also worked with Shelleylyn (owner of Tada Catering), who is the annual tour caterer, to include EarthWare as the dishware used everyday. He also started to use a mix of diesel and bio-diesel in the production buses on the tour. Kevin has openly admitted that the concept of the Warped tour was inspired by Perry Farrell, founder of Lollapalooza. Lyman was also a judge for the 7th, 9th, and 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.[3] In an interview with Punknews.org Lyman said, "If it was the just the “Kevin Lyman Tour,” it’d be Bad Religion, NOFX, Flogging Molly, and the Bouncing Souls all the time." [4]
[edit] References
- ^ www.coachella.com
- ^ Alan Sculley. "Throwdown In Yo Town". http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-20665-throwdown-in-yo-town.html.
- ^ Independent Music Awards - 7th Annual Judges
- ^ Punknews.org
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