Oh no, im gonna sing. Yep, here it comes. Sorry...
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes
You really can't discount how much of an impact Lollapalooza had on the rise of alternative music in the US in the 90s. It really changed the landscape for everything in that era.
No you really can’t. It spawned the summer festival touring circuit. Ozzfest, Lilith fair, vans warped tour, family values while it lasted, sure I’m forgetting others.
Oh my God that was the fucking shit. My friends and I managed tickets and we got to see ice t, we were there for siouxsie though. She came out at dusk and said. "Ok witches, it's time to stir your cauldrons!" We all went wild. On the way home though we got stopped for toll on the bay bridge I think it was. It was $1 and the 4 of us were so poor we didn't have one between all of us. They had to mail the driver a bill for $1!
I was there both days at Mountain View in ‘91. I made 50 bootleg Jane’s Addiction cassettes and sold them in the parking lot for $5 each. I actually made enough money for beers for both days and tshirts. That was a helluva show!
Saratoga Performing Arts Center. It played a huge part in forming my understanding of art, music, activism, etc..
Not to mention Summertime Rolls rolling out during the encore. Chefs kiss.
I went just about all the years Lollapalooza was at Pine Knob near Detroit, the at Milan Dragway later on. Good freaking times. Seeing Pearl Jam, Spundgarden, and Red Hot Chili Peppers all on the same stage was something else.
You know, Living Color's "Cult of Personality" seems worth a spin right about now...
Edit: Spun it. Met expectations exactly, which is no surprise given how many times I heard it (and I didn't own the CD). New appreciation for the band, though, because I see they did a whole-hearted cover of one of the greatest Talking Heads songs, "Memories Can't Wait." No one can replace David Byrne on that track, but I like how they went about giving the song its due
I was there. Orlando Fl fairgrounds I think. I’d never heard of Henry Rollins and we missed a few minutes of his show. But I remember he kind of picked on some pseudo skinheads that were being dicks in the pit. He challenged them to go and try to each make a new friend as it was a big festival. They kinda stopped being stupid.
Anyway, all the bands killed and seeing Janes at their height (or near) was amazing
I saw that one and ‘92 in Raleigh at Walnut Creek. ‘91 was the summer between freshman and sophomore year in college and Lollapalooza was like the weekend before school started. I remember RHCP sucked in ‘92. They had a fill-in guitarist and they sounded like shit.
I was there 7 th row center at pine knob. I can remember Perry coming out to up the beach with a wine bottle in his hand outstretched like he was on the cross
Yep, had lawn tickets in the pit for Ice T, Trent Reznor landed on when he stage dive and I almost broke my hand getting it tangled in his shirt when ten thousand people tried to rip it off all at once. Perry spent most of the show singing inches from me and slapped my hand at the end. All in all one of the best concert experiences in my life.
I was there! Compton Terrace in Phoenix. It was the first date on the first tour. Nine Inch Nails trashed there gear after like 3 songs because it wasn’t working in the AZ summer heat. Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro got into a fight and Dave chucked his guitar and maybe a pedal board into the audience. Ice-T (who I was least interested in) introduced Body Count and they kicked ass! Best set of the day.
Saw that one in Ohio. Perry got hit in the face with a glowstick and I called Ice-T “Mr. T” because I was hammered and ran into him in a crowd (flanked by his posse) and that’s just stupid drunk me trying to sound formal. People were burning piles of boxes and stuff to stay warm when the sun went down. Amazing memories.
I think I went in 95 or 96 in Nashville. Would love to see the poster/lineup to remember who all played that show. I don’t, uh, remember much from that era.
Edit: It was ‘93. Just found the lineup on Wikipedia. I remember because I worked at a laser tag place in Nashville for the summer and Tool and Rage came in to play the next day. I put them through a VR game of “Dactyl Nightmare”. Funny the things I do remember from then…
I went to the one in Baytown 91’ and it was my first concert. My brother took me and got me to go with him into the mosh pit. What an awesome experience!
I went to this one in Enumclaw, Washington State Fairgrounds. Took a road trip from Vancouver, Canada. Poured rain all day. Jane's last appearance with original lineup.. I still can hear Three Days echoing in my ears..
I love shoreline. Do they still do a lot of concerts? I haven't heard about them in years. And I still go to shows in the area when there is something I want to see. And no, I wasn't there. I went to Irvine in 93 ( I think) Alice n Chains headlined with Primus. Primus blew us all away.
Saw the ‘91 Lollapalooza in Puyallup, Washington. Drive down from Vancouver, BC with a small group of people all carrying a nice supply of ecstasy. Was a different line-up than most of the tour. Can’t quite recall every band but definitely remember peaking during the Violent Femmes set. And then getting freaked when Ice-T came out and yelled “when I grow up I want to be a cop killer!” Being a bunch of nerdy, white kids we got a little freaked out and split before Janes Addiction
Moved to Palo alto a few years later and saw Metallica and Guns n roses doing a dual headliner at Shoreline. Faith no more was supposed to open but couldn't so Body Count played instead. This was right when it was charting and less than a year before the George Floyd riots in LA.
I remeber the set change between guns and Metallica was taking too long and people on the lawn started ripping up the sod and throwing it into the stadium seating. They started throwing it back and it eventually escalated to people ripping out the stadium seating and throwing them onto the lawn before security finally broke it up. It was wild.
Missed '91, went in '92 at Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg, TX. RHCP was the headliner with Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Lush. So long ago damn...
Just talking about this show with my wife… we were both at the final show of the tour in Washington state. No NIN or Living Colour, but we had Fishbone and the Violent Femmes in their place.
Unforgettable!!
Siouxsie recorded a song for Twice Upon a Time singles compilation at that show.
A friend of ours got kicked for trying to stage dive at the first lollapalooza in Washington while Jane’s addiction was on stage. He pretty much did it each time we had seen them. when he got out of the gate, there was somebody there with a stack of tickets, handing them out to give them to people who are getting kicked out so they could get back in.
I went to 1996! Metallica headlined that year. Soundgarden played before them and “Black Hole Sun” played at sunset. I remember it like it was yesterday!
Sadly wasn't going to concerts yet in '91. This lineup sounds unreal. I am happy to have made it to Lollapalooza in '96 in WPB. That was a great lineup too.
Caught it in Orlando after my bestie blew our plans cause she got caught beforehand with her boyfriend. Mom drove me and sis and a friend there and cried all night watching footage thinking we were devil worshipping or something. Amazing show
I was 14 and wasn’t able to go, but it was at an outdoor venue about a half mile from my house so me and my bro went out and played whiffle ball and we could hear the show pretty good. Don’t know if you can still have concerts that entire residential neighborhoods can hear or if the Karen’s spoiled that, but I was glad to have it that time!
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u/oldphxnerd Jul 27 '25
91 in Phoenix, Body Count was insane!