When this old man, a veteran of the inaugural, third, and two other Lollapalooza festivals, scanned the 2023 lineup, the easy decision was – no thanks. I have already seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers two times and no other act would activate my credit card to charge more than $125 for a single day …
Perry Farrell, frontman for Jane’s Addiction, conceived Lollapalooza (Lolla) as a means to bring “alternative” acts to the masses. Lolla toured America in 1991, performing for one day before moving to the next locale. My friend and I attended the inaugural event held in Tinley Park (IL). Bands like Jane’s Addiction, Siouxie and the Banshees, …
http://youtu.be/Y2hkp12fwb0 The early years of Lollapalooza were a stentorian, sensual, bacchanalian, coming out party for Pacific Northwest music and zeitgeist. Isolated by geography and a lack of relevance to the LA-New York pop culture axis, Portland and Seattle developed extreme expressions of solidarity with the burgeoning alternative movement: Grunge music, outrageously eccentric sexual personae, slackerdom …