The Briggs at the 2008 Vans Warped Tour

While true punk bands are becoming the minority at the Warped Tour, Kevin Lyman continues to book some of the best out. This includes the Briggs, a street punk band from Los Angeles that play a brand of music that could just as easily be from Boston. With a mix of fist pumping anthems, pirate singalongs and in-your-face punk rock, the Briggs quickly turned the crowd into a sweaty seething circle pit.