With the Warped Tour celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2025 and 2026, Modern Drummer thought that it would be nice to look at the past Warped Tours with Mighty Mighty Bosstones drummer Joe Sirois, and the present Warped Tours with Hoobastank drummer Chris Hesse. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones first played the Warped tour in 1996, again in ‘97, ‘98, they skipped ‘99, and did it again in 2000, and 2002. Hoobastank played the Warped Tour in 2026 for the first time. Photo courtesy of Yamaha MD: How did drumming begin for you? Joe Sirois: My big brother Dan found a drum set in the trash. It might have been a Slingerland set. There were no bottom rims, and he spray painted it red! He gave it to me for Christmas when I was nine years old. This was the best Christmas present EVER! I never took any lessons; I just […]

October 2026 Issue