Lollapalooza 2003

[BlueMeanie]

Lollapalooza (http://www.lollapalooza.com/lineup.htm) is back. This year:

Jane's Addiction
Audioslave
Incubus
Queens of the Stone Age
Jurassic Five

Will hit most major metropolitan US areas (http://www.lollapalooza.com/cities.htm). Dates/specific venues TBA.

I could live without Incubus, but Jane's Addiction and QOTSA are killer live, and I look forward to Audioslave.

Jane's Addiction also headlined the first Lollapalooza (because Perry Farrell is the organizer). I went to the first few at Shoreline, and enjoyed the musical diversity (albeit commercial). Early shows helped launch the careers of bands like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, and also widened the crossover appeal of people like Ice-T and Ice Cube. My favorite was the show with Ministry, who absolutely destroyed the headlining Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[Nate505]

Originally posted by BlueMeanie

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Not bad. Nothing can top 93 though (although 92 was close)

Alice In Chains
Primus
Tool
Rage

man, what a show....

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by Nate505
Not bad. Nothing can top 93 though (although 92 was close)

Alice In Chains
Primus
Tool
Rage

man, what a show.... that same tour also had Fishbone, Front 242, Dinosaur Jr. & Arrested Development.

that was some awesome junk.

[KDdidit]

I loved the '93 one, although they coulda skipped Dinosaur Jr, who just didn't get it done live and I didn't like much anyway. Same thing with Front 242, who I really do/did like, but unlike Ministry their music just didn't work as well live. Alice in Chains though...man they had it going back then.

[Motterman]

Soundgarden, Metallica and DEVO was friggin cool.

[Footix]

The Donnas have just been added.

[655321]

I think the one with the Pumpkins, Beasties, Tribe and Cypress Hill was probably the best.

[obie]

Here's the full history for everyone. The only tour I ever attended was '93, and it was hit-and-miss. How'd you like to have that 1994 Second Stage?

L 1991:
Jane's Addiction
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Living Colour
Ice-T and Body Count
Butthole Surfers
Nine Inch Nails
Rollins Band
No 2nd stage

L 1992:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ministry
Ice Cube
Soundgarden
Jesus & Mary Chain
Pearl Jam
Lush
Notable 2nd stage -- Cypress Hill, Stone Temple Pilots

L 1993:
Primus
Alice in Chains
Dinosaur Jr
Fishbone
Arrested Development
Front 242
Tool / Babes in Toyland
Rage Against The Machine
Notable 2nd stage -- Tsunami, Sebadoh, Royal Trux. Tool started this tour on the 2nd stage, then moved to the 1st stage (as planned) when Babes in Toyland left the tour.

L 1994:
Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys
George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
The Breeders
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
A Tribe Called Quest
L7
Boredoms
Tibetan Monks
Notable 2nd stage -- The Verve, Girls Against Boys, The Flaming Lips, Luscious Jackson, Guided By Voices, Lambchop, Stereolab, The Boo Radleys, Shudder To Think

L 1995:
Sonic Youth
Hole
Cypress Hill
Pavement
Beck
Jesus Lizard
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Various (Sinead O'Connor, Elastica, Moby, Superchunk) -- Sinead was supposed to play the whole tour but quit midway through, making her slot into a rotating act
Notable 2nd stage -- Yo La Tengo, Coolio, Moby, The Roots, The Pharcyde, Built To Spill, Mike Watt

L 1996:
Metallica
Soundgarden
Ramones
Rancid
Shaolin Monks
Screaming Trees
Psychotica
Various (Cocteau Twins, Wu Tang Clan, Violent Femmes, Rage Against The Machine, Devo, Cheap Trick, Waylon Jennings) -- show had a pre-arranged open slot for rotating main stage acts
Notable 2nd stage -- Cornershop, Ben Folds Five, Girls vs Boys (again), Soul Coughing, Sponge

[Unorthodox Yank]

i am there.

[afgrijselijkheid]

id say 92 was the best i went to

btw, jurassic 5 is awesome

[_chachi]

being the good gen x'er that i am, i attended the first four years. i think '92 was my overall fave, but there were memorable moments from all.

[Northside Rovers]

Originally posted by obie
L 1991:
Jane's Addiction
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Living Colour
Ice-T and Body Count
Butthole Surfers
Nine Inch Nails
Rollins Band
No 2nd stage

I was there. Don't know if if I could survive another.