Select from premium Lollapalooza 1993 of the highest quality. “But when it all comes down to it, and we all hang out together, we know we’re all going through the same shit.”. With only two Belgium shows with the band under his belt as a warm-up before the tour, he’s slipped right into the Peppers’ groove. Pretty awesome thing, I bought one but since lost it.

“Wake Up Mr. President, What About the Homeless” is a test-of-strength meter, the proceeds from which are earmarked for the Coalition for the Homeless in each city. So the day after I went to find Layne to ask him if it was true, he told me he had some of our records and that he would love to come sing “Religion” with us when he would be “awaken and sober”! Though Primus are officially headlining, this tour belongs to Alice In Chains. Why the one fucking rap band on the bill?’, Cube prefers to see it as a start.

“Well, fuck, man,” says Farrell. There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. Read our Cookie Policy. We were also kind of shy and the mood in our band was not really the best.

“There are some interesting organizations allowed to set up booths. All of a sudden we’re part of this package, and we don’t have any say-so in what organizations in various cities we play for.

But there’s no doubt that Lollapalooza ’92 is heavy on the testosterone; the bill is so overtly macho and feedback-oriented that the female-fronted Lush and the Scottish art-pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain had serious reservations about participating. So, I worked the morning.

Maybe. The 4 Best Pellet Grills For Cooking and Smoking Perfect Meats at Home, Trump Preached White Supremacy in Minnesota, America Barely Noticed, Remaking the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums, Former QAnon Followers Explain What Drew Them In — And Got Them Out, PMC Establishes PMRC to Steward Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, and Music Business Worldwide, Ghosts, Guitars, and the E Street Shuffle, Generation Next: Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We want to hear from you! Yummy. First music of the day for me was Tool on the "2nd Stage"...caught the last half of their show and was introduced to the pounding bass of the Undertow album and the spectacle that is Maynard. In a 1993 interview, Albini commented: Lollapalooza is the worst example of corporate encroachment into what is supposed to be the underground. Starting in Canada and ending in Los Angeles, the tour’s tag line is ‘Wherever you go there you are’. “We were a bit intimidated by the whole thing,” says Miki Berenyi, Lush’s neon-haired frontwoman. As much as I love hip-hop, there’s no black bands playing anymore like all the bands we grew up loving – Funkadelic; Earth, Wind and Fire; the Ohio Players – there’s none anymore.”. Cube’s presence has also sparked a fair amount of backstage debate about why he and the Lench Mob are the only black group playing on the main stage. During Alice in Chains one of our friends came over and had a back stage pass on. But the mood lightened when twilight struck about midway through their hour-long set. Rage Against The Machine was the first band to perform on the main stage after having played the second stage on a previous year’s tour. 5 out of 5 stars (673) 673 reviews. “My penis would also like to apologize,” he added, lowering the mike to his crotch and chiming, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” in a reedy Mr. Bill voice. “It’s a cosmically confusing, fucked-up situation to lose a family member like that,” says Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis, “and we didn’t want it to happen.

Mike Inez was cruising and Jerry Cantrell had the perfect melodic noisy guitar, it was a unique time, a unique time indeed. Afterward, I was exhausted and covered in pit mud....I went up on the bank, sat down and watched Primus as they did their thing.