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waxcrash · Apr 22, 2005, 06:03 PM

The Lineup

Pixies - cool
Widespread Panic - cool
Weezer
The Killers
Dinosaur Jr. - cool
Cake
Dashboard Confessinal - suck
The Arcade Fire
Billy Idol - cool
Death Cab For Cutie
Digable Planets - cool
Liz Phair - cool
G. Love & Special Sauce - cool
Blonde Redhead
The Black Keys
Kasabian
Kaiser Chiefs
The Bravery
The Walkmen
Louis XIV
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Z-Trip
Los Amigos Invisibles - cool
M83
The Dandy Warhols
Tegan and Sara
VHS or Beta
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Soulive
Ambulance LTD
Shout Out Louds
Blue Merle
The Warlocks
deSol
World Leader Pretend
The Redwalls
The Changes

http://www.lollapalooza.com

Skip Breakfast · Apr 22, 2005, 06:44 PM

Haven't they cancelled the last three tours because of low ticket sales?

TailsToo · Apr 22, 2005, 07:29 PM

Ain't going.

Captain Obvious · Apr 22, 2005, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by TailsToo

Ain't going.

Amen, it is in Grant Park here. Too much trash is going to show up.
I wonder how many shootings will happen that night.

olePigeon · Apr 22, 2005, 08:26 PM

Billy Idol. Well, at least they have ONE good act there.

Demonhood · Apr 22, 2005, 08:41 PM

i went in 96.
Snoop Dogg, Tricky, Prodigy, Tool.
i didn't even know the show was still happening.

Destonius · Apr 22, 2005, 10:49 PM

They still have it!? Whoa!! I thought it died in 90's.

What memories!! I went to one in 1992 with RHCP in Boston.
(Unfortunately, no John Fruciante...)
I was a high school kid in summer session at Harvard, hanging out with punks
and skin heads in Harvard Square.

We all jampacked ourselves in a Volvo station wagon and go to the show,
without tickets, of course. We just climbed the fence in the back at the show.
Very easy. No problemo.

I smoked up Cheech 'n Chong style and took tons of acid. (I was never into drugs,
but it was free!!) Guess what, it was a bit too much and I just lost it.

I forgot who I was and where I was and just went berserk. Everyone else went berserk too.
Within few hours, this concert turned into a mini riot. Things getting destroyed and set on fire,
people getting beaten up, etc. Poor security guards couldn't do anything.
I just remember jumping over fire and dancing like an Indian with bunch of other people.
I can't even remember the music. I do remember the funky RHCP costume with fire torch
on head. Luckily, my friends found me and took me home. I lost my shoes, but that's ok.

Mafia · Apr 22, 2005, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by Demonhood

i went in 96.
Snoop Dogg, Tricky, Prodigy, Tool.
i didn't even know the show was still happening.

now thats a lollapalooza! this year sux.

Albert Pujols · Apr 23, 2005, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Destonius

They still have it!? Whoa!! I thought it died in 90's.

I smoked up Cheech 'n Chong style and took tons of acid. (I was never into drugs,
but it was free!!) Guess what, it was a bit too much and I just lost it.

I forgot who I was and where I was and just went berserk. Everyone else went berserk too.
Within few hours, this concert turned into a mini riot. Things getting destroyed and set on fire,
people getting beaten up, etc. Poor security guards couldn't do anything.
I just remember jumping over fire and dancing like an Indian with bunch of other people.
I can't even remember the music. I do remember the funky RHCP costume with fire torch
on head. Luckily, my friends found me and took me home. I lost my shoes, but that's ok.

Great story!

waxcrash · Apr 23, 2005, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

Amen, it is in Grant Park here. Too much trash is going to show up.
I wonder how many shootings will happen that night.

You sound like an old man.

paingold · Apr 24, 2005, 01:58 AM

I'm showing my age but I too saw palooza in '92. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Good times.

Captain Obvious · Apr 24, 2005, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

You sound like an old man.

You haven't been in the city long and from what you say you've lived in the downtown area the whole time. You aren't as familiar as with the types of people that can congregate at the Taste when there's open access to big concerts like this. Since Millennium park went under construction there hasn't been anything this big that wasn't sheltered in Soldier Field. This concert could get ugly and suburban bred kids like yourself would most likely be the ones preyed upon.

There�s a whole south and west side of the city you don�t hang out in and direct access to Gary from a train yards dead center in Grant Park. There totally won�t be sketchy people there.

As for the best Lollapalooza: It was 94 which was the first one I was allowed to go to - Green Day, A tribe called quest, george clinton & P-funk, smashing pumpkins, and the beastie boys.

OwlBoy · Apr 24, 2005, 06:19 AM

We represent The Lollipop Guild,
The Lollipop Guild, The Lollipop Guild.
And in the name of The Lollipop Guild,
We wish to welcome you to Muchkinland.
We welcome you to Munchkinland.

-Owl

Zimphire · Apr 25, 2005, 06:54 AM

The First year was the best.

After that... eh.

What made the first one popular was Jane's Addiction was headlining. And it would be their last tour as a band fully together.

Skip Breakfast · Apr 25, 2005, 05:40 PM

The First year was the best.

After that... eh.

*agrees*

Zimphire · Apr 26, 2005, 05:43 AM

I have some live concerts of that first Lolla.

I have a live tape of Jane's very last concert during Lolla in 91 in Hawaii.

Perry did the complete half of the last show naked.

It was hard to watch. Perry isn't the most handsome guy.

But it was a great show.

waxcrash · Jul 24, 2005, 12:57 AM

kaiser chiefs

liz phair

Mr. Blur · Jul 24, 2005, 01:17 AM

i don't like these "festival" type tours....why would i want to sit through a bunch of bands i can't stand just to see someone i like play an abbreviated set. maybe it makes sense form the record company's point of view - getting some exposure for some bands...but as far as i am concerned i won't go near one of those things. i still recall seeing an interview with nick cave about his participation in a lollapalooza back in the early 90's - his response when asked why - "the record company made me..." - he is no longer associated with that company in north america.

waxcrash · Jul 24, 2005, 12:19 PM

primus

digable planets

Yesterday, I saw:

Kaiser Chiefs
Liz Phair
Cake
Billy Idol
Primus
Pixies
Digable Planets

Today, I plan to see:

Los Amigos Invisibles
Drive-By-Truckers
G Love & Special Sauce
Spoon
Widespread Panic

HawgJawl · Jul 24, 2005, 05:40 PM

It would have been worth it to just see

Liz Phair, Billy Idol and Primus

demograph68 · Jul 25, 2005, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

Pixies

I <3 them.

Cubeoid · Jul 25, 2005, 02:57 AM

Dude, are you being sarcastic?

... I don't even know anymore.