Damn, there were some awesome acts that played at this traveling circus. I caught the 1st two years. In '92 I earned 18 stitches on the forehead due to an elbow in the mosh pit when Pearl Jam played. What the fuck was I doing? I never even cared for Pearl Jam. In my correct opinion they don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the other Seattle heavyweights Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana.
Lollapalooza Lineups by year:
1991
Location: North America
Dates: July 18, 1991 – August 28, 1991
Main Stage: Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T & Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Violent Femmes, Fishbone, Emergency Broadcast Network
1992
Location: North America
Dates: July 18, 1992 – September 13, 1992
Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush
Side Stage: Jim Rose Circus, Sharkbait, Archie Bell, Porno for Pyros, Basehead, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Sweaty Nipples, Arson Garden, Seaweed, Seam, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., The Look People, Stone Temple Pilots, The Vulgar Boatmen, Truly, Skrew, Tribe, The Authority, Samba Hell, Café Tacuba, Rage Against the Machine
1993
Location: North America
Dates: June 18, 1993 – August 7, 1993
Main Stage: Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Arrested Development, Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Tool, Rage Against the Machine
Side Stage: Tool, Sebadoh, Cell, Unrest, Mercury Rev, Mosquito, Free Kitten, Royal Trux, Tsunami, Mutabaruka, Coctails, Scrawl, Luscious Jackson, Genitorturers, Truly, Eggs, Girls Against Boys, Thurston Moore, A Lighter Shade of Brown, Glue, The Karl Hendricks Trio, Hurl, The Goats
1994
Location: North America
Dates: July 7, 1994 – September 5, 1994
Main Stage: The Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, The Breeders, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, L7, Boredoms (first half of tour), Green Day (second half)
Side Stage: The Flaming Lips, The Verve, The Boo Radleys, The Frogs (first six dates only), Guided by Voices, Lambchop, Girls Against Boys, Rollerskate Skinny, Palace Songs, Stereolab, Fu-Schnickens, The Pharcyde, Shudder to Think, Luscious Jackson, God Lives Underwater, King Kong, Charlie Hunter Trio, Shonen Knife, Blast Off Country Style, Souls of Mischief, Cypress Hill, The Black Crowes
Several of the artists, including Green Day and Cypress Hill, skipped at least one Lollapalooza tour date in order to appear at Woodstock '94 instead. (Green Day held the opening slot for the show in Atlanta, flying to New York immediately afterwards.) Nirvana was scheduled to headline but officially pulled out on April 7, 1994, amid strong rumors that the band was on the verge of breaking up. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead in Seattle, Washington the following day.
1995
Location: North America
Dates: July 4, 1995 – August 18, 1995
Main Stage: Sonic Youth, Hole, Cypress Hill, Pavement, Sinéad O'Connor (first few shows; bowed out due to pregnancy), Elastica (replaced O'Connor, as did Moby for a few shows), Beck, The Jesus Lizard, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Side Stage: Coolio, Doo Rag, Possum Dixon, Poster Children, Yo La Tengo, Brainiac, Coctails, Geraldine Fibbers, Dambuilders, Laika, The Pharcyde, Tuscadero, Built to Spill, Helium, Redman, St. Johnny, Dirty Three, Mike Watt, Versus, Hum, Blonde Redhead, The Roots, Blowhole, The Zeros, Pork Queen, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Sabalon Glitz, Psychotica, Patti Smith, Overpass, Moby, Superchunk, Beck (acoustic, generally), Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A., Ariel, Incredibly Strange Wrestling
NOTE: Everyone promise we won't do a lame ass 25th year reunion as they did for Woodstock. Full disclosure: I went to Woodstock '94. I had fun but it was a corporate, money sucking nightmare run by boomers that still thought they were relevant.
7 comments:
Thanks for posting this. Yes, this was the past, but it's nice to reminisce every once in a while. I was at the SPAC stop in 1992 and vaguely remember the downpour, but for the life of me, I can't remember the mud slide Wikipedia describes but shit, I'm getting old, too. The little I do remember was Ministry having something like 6 guitarists on stage and Ice Cube. It's criminal I can't remember Rage Against the Machine. Not much else pops up in my addled brain, but thanks for the memories.
I missed Woodstock ’94, but friends went and described the corporate atmosphere you mentioned.
Hmmm, already with the "You're just a youngster, but I remember when I . . . " Geez, I thought that was just from my granpa!!
Ice- doing a little of the ole reminscing is cool, I'm just worried about Lolla getting cheapened years later by doing a reunion tour by a bunch of 60 something GenXsters. And Ministry was nuts. No lie their set has forever damaged my hearing. The Ramones concert didn't help either.
Kath- Know what's weird? When I think about grade school it literally feels like it happened 50 years ago and not 30.
Hey, I got nominated for best overall okie blog. Only Okies can vote. Sooner fans included. Just wanted to tell you we're about to become famous. hahahahaha. except one thing. the pioneer woman who is from oklahoma is among my competitors. i think i might be in trouble.
Congrats Jen! Don't tell them you're friends with a Gator.
Shit, you find me at age 60 at some reunion tour, you have my permission to stone me on sight.
Ice- I might have a better idea. We'll all show up for the 1st date of the reunion tour and stone the bands to ensure Lollapalooza 2040 ends there.
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