Dunno if anyone else is going to Lollapalooza in Chicago next month, but the schedule just came out today of who's playing when, and I just put together my picks...




...if anyone has any "must-see" recommendations of acts who are playing that I haven't listed, bring 'em on!

Anxiety said:

Weezer should not get top billin over the pixies. what more can I say
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lilgish said:

that is pretty shitty, isn't it? though all the dumb jock kids are gonna rush to see weezer moreso than they're gonna head to the pixies' stage...which, really, is just fine by me. just that much more room for me to get closer.



meanwhile, i'm VERY excited to see M83, BJTM and the Dandies.

Is Perry still apart of these?

lilgish said:

i think he's still somehow tentatively involved in this, though there hasn't been much of a sense of presence from him in any of the promo/press stuff i've seen.

I heard Perry gave up in 2004 when the entire tour was cancelled. Perhaps he sold the name to someone in Chicago. Weezer has been together longer than the Pixies and have not made a bad record yet. The Pixies are a legend but don't have new stuff out so maybe that is why they are not headliners.

pkidwell said:

you're right. all the pixies did was influence dumb bands like nirvana and stuff. bowie might have covered pixies songs on his albums, but weezer did a video with the muppets!

I love The Pixies!

I saw the first Lollapalooza with Jane's Addiction! and the 2nd with The Smashing Pumpkins headlining, but the Beastie Boys stole the show!

CynthiasSocks said:

i saw the year with the smashing pumpkins - you're right, the show was all about the beasties...and george clinton! the breeders and luscious jackson were big faves for me that year, too. oddly, nick cave didn't do too much for me. he's one of my favorites, but he really shouldn't do outdoor shows when the sun's out.

Anxiety said:

...and L7!

Ya know- I hate outdoors in the heat concerts! It gets hot-as-fuck in Georgia!

CynthiasSocks said:

yeah, i remember it being hot too, but i really didn't mind at the time. the breeders were perfect for the afternoon, but mr. goth-murder-ballad-gloom from down under? not a good choice.

Anxiety said:

George Clinton looked soo hot under that hair!

I was soo glad when the sun went down... at 9:00PM!

CynthiasSocks said:

oh, we left when smashing pumpkins came on. none of us liked 'em, and we were so tired we had to beat the throngs out of the parking lot. but it was worth it. what a great time it was.

my friend ethan went to lollapalooza back when we were in...i think 9th or 10th grade. me and the rest of our friends were kinna envious of 'im cuz he got to go and we didn't.

Anxiety said:

I went with a group- we were all there for different bands so we stayed till the end.
Chris Robinson of the Black Crows performed on the sidestage- that was cool!

CynthiasSocks said:

i'm sure if i could go back and see who played on the side stage that year, i'd kick myself for not checking out more bands. i remember we went to some stupid "virtual rock concert" that was in a big tent and you got to go backstage and schmooze with all these weird holographic rock star images...did you have that at your lolla?

Anxiety said:

I don't remember that, but we had a tent with water sprinklers!

CynthiasSocks said:

closest i remember to that was when i peed on a guy's shoe in the men's room when he wasn't looking, because he was wearing a "silly f**got, dicks are for chicks" t-shirt.

Anxiety said:

"Silly hick, dicks are for Dudes!"

CynthiasSocks said:

where were you and your wit when i needed you? all i could think of to do was to pee on the dummy!

Anxiety said:

That was pretty brave- peeing on him and stuff! Anyway my dick is for dudes!

CynthiasSocks said:

The Pumpkins year was actually the 4th Lolla. I was there too.

Anxiety said:

Her music's totally gone down the tubes, but she still puts on quite a good show.

I would love to make it to this, although I'm not sure it's realistic for me right now.

GangstaFam said:

Anxiety said:

Nice schedule. I'd throw Drive by Truckers in the mix (provided their show didn't conflict with Pixies), but that's just me. Not sure they rise to the level of "must see."

No dinosaur JR?

if I go, which entirely depends on my money status after i come back from vaca

I will be seeing them, and the hippie in me says I should see widespread

and G love

oh hell, Im going to haev to make it possible

ella731 said:

not a big dinosaur jr. fan. i don't dislike them, but they've never done much for me one way or another. i liked their cure cover.

CynthiasSocks said:

Lollapalooza lineups by year ---

1991: Main Stage: Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Fishbone, Violent Femmes, Body Count (with Ice T), Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band Side Stage: No side stage in 1991

1992: Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush, Temple of the Dog Side Stage: Jim Rose Circus, Sharkbait, Archie Bell, Porno for Pyros, Cypress Hill, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine

1993: Main Stage: Primus, Arrested Development, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Babes in Toyland, Front 242 Side Stage: Sebadoh, Cell, Mutabaruka, Luscious Jackson, Mosquito, Mercury Rev

1994: Main Stage: Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Green Day, A Tribe Called Quest, The Breeders, L7, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Boredoms Side Stage: Stereolab, Charlie Hunter Trio, Shonen Knife, Lambchop, Guided By Voices, The Flaming Lips, the Verve, Boo Radleys, Cypress Hill, Black Crowes, Luscious Jackson

1995: Main Stage: Hole, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Moby, Beck, Superchunk, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Jesus Lizard, Sinéad O'Connor, Elastica Side Stage: Yo La Tengo, Patti Smith, Coolio, Brainiac, Redman, The Roots, Built to Spill

1996: Main Stage: Waylon Jennings, Rage Against the Machine, Violent Femmes, Cheap Trick, Soundgarden, Metallica, Cocteau Twins, Wu Tang Clan, Devo, The Tea Party, Steve Earle, Rancid, Screaming Trees, The Ramones, Shaolin Monks, Psychotica Side Stage: Ben Folds Five, Cornershop, Soul Coughing, You Am I, The Melvins, Fireside Indie Stage: The Cows, Crumb

1997: Main Stage: Devo, Orbital, The Prodigy, The Orb, Tricky, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tool, KoRn, Julian and Damian Marley and the Uprising Band, James, Failure Side Stage: Eels, Porno for Pyros

2003: Main Stage: Jane's Addiction, Queens of the Stone Age, Jurassic 5, The Donnas, Audioslave, Incubus, Cold, A Perfect Circle, The Distillers

2004 (CANCELLED DUE TO LOW TICKET SALES): Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, The Killers, The Flaming Lips, The Von Bondies, String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, DJ Danger Mouse, Polyphonic Spree, Broken Social Scene, The Datsuns, Bumblebeez 81, The Secret Machines, The Thrills, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Wheat, The Coup.

2005: Pixies, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., the Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Liz Phair, the Arcade Fire, Billy Idol

I have no idea what day or time they're playing, but the Drive-By Truckers are playing at this thing apparently, and, if your schedule allows it, I'd highly recommend giving them a try. They play a raw, punkish style of southern rock that I suspect would be very potent live.

Of course, if they're playing for indifferent teenagers waiting for The Killers or whoever to come on, they could die a death up there. Who knows?

damosuzuki said:

hmmm, two recommendations for the drive-by truckers. i might have to give 'em a listen...