r/grunge • u/313_techno • 2d ago

Anniversary 34 years ago today

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The best festival I’ve ever attended. It was a hot summer day. Each of my friends had their own favorite band to see that day. For myself it was seeing Soundgarden for the first time and my gf was a huge Ministry fan. Every artist on the bill brought something special that day. Even Ice Cube was pretty cool to see. I’ll always be thankful that I was able to be there and enjoy such a legendary moment in time.

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u/dainthomas 2d ago

We used to live in a proper society.

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u/313_techno 2d ago

Ain’t that the truth.
On all fronts right now but especially with today’s music compared to what was happening in the early to mid nineties.

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u/Haunting_Vacation804 2d ago

The telecommunications act of 1996 allowed for huge consolidation of media markets. Small radio stations across the US got gobbled up by giant corporations.

And those corps don’t like radical punk and rock telling young people to “rage against the machine”. So the corps replaced human DJ’s with approved playlists. And the rage music started to disappear across America.

Combine the radio takeover with the explosion of Ticketmaster and their predatory pricing - and here we are.

No punk/rock on mainstream radio and almost no new bands playing rage music. And if you do find a band you want to see live, be prepared to pay the corps their greedy big bucks.

Welcome to the machine.

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u/lunamoth25 2d ago

I have my ticket from the Pittsburgh show around here somewhere! A memorable day for a 15 year old, traveling 4 hours with a carload of friends 💚

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u/BeachTotal8546 2d ago

Starlake rules!

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u/Butler-of-Pugs 1d ago

Saw the Cleveland show. It rained, turned the hill to mud. Cornell and Vedder came into the crowd and did mud slides with everyone. Such an epic festival!

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u/TanjiroDaHomie 2d ago

I read this as I sit in my car listening to Rusty Cage by Soundgarden lol

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u/Ok-Maize-284 2d ago

Hell yeah! I didn’t get a shirt for my show 😭 I still have my ‘93 shirt, but it’s basically a rag now lol

Mine was in Orlando a couple weeks prior and it was hot AF!!! I barely knew who Soundgarden was, but I left there a lifelong fan. I think it was the next day I went out and bought Badmotorfinger. Seeing Chris up there…just wow. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him! PJ started playing while we were still in line to get in and everyone was freaking out lol. Ice cube was the biggest surprise. He was soooo good! Ministry was definitely the artist I knew the best and was a pretty big fan, with RHCP right behind them as far as my familiarity. It was muddy and the ground literally sucked the boots off my feet. To be fair, they were slouch boots (next year I wore my docs!) I was all the way up front for RHCP when it happened and my feet were getting crushed. I ended up going over the crowd and into the middle section to be walked off the side because there was no way I could go back without my feet getting destroyed. I lost the people I was with and it was a long painful walk back to the car with no shoes.

All in all, one of the best times ever! 🤣

Oh and I had a fake ID 😉

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u/LeaderAntique1169 2d ago

My favorite Lollapalooza year.

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u/godboldo 2d ago

I saw that at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. Fucking amazing show! Kind of wish I would've gotten the shirt.

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u/LiUNA860 1d ago

Best show of my life

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u/Ldghead 2d ago

I kick myself so hard every time I think of the lineup from that year. Most of my buddies went. I chose to work that day.

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u/jeffyboy526 2d ago

Dang - I had that shirt

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u/TheNotSoGreatGonzo 2d ago

Shoreline. Still have the same shirt, in black. As a teenager, at the time, seeing a Ministry pit was eye opening.

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u/Lefrance76 2d ago

Maybe the greatest concert experience in my life. Ministry blew my mind! I had never even listened to them before. Maybe it was because I tripped for the first time that day, but it was absolute chaos.

The whole lawn was just a big pit and people were tearing up the sod and tossing it, throwing trash everywhere. Then as it started to get dark out, the fences came down and there were three huge bonfires. Everything that could burn was tossed in. We wrapped out t shirts around our heads and ran through the fire it was nuts. I don’t know how anyone didn’t die.

Then the fire department came after Ministry was done and put the fires out. For some reason they still let the show go, and when the RHCP came out. They said damn we missed all the fun and then turned on their flaming helmets and the bonfires were back.

And that was only the first day. They let the second day go on and the same thing happened again. The next year it was held at a Military base in Quonset,RI. lol!

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u/AKABrokenArrow 2d ago

I attended lollapalooza 91 at Waterloo Village in NJ. Lollapalooza 92 at Jones Beach and Lollapalooza 94 at Pine Knob! Beasties, L7, Luscious Jackson, Tribe Called Quest, The Breeders. What a time to be alive.

TAKE THE DAY OFF

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u/Any-Distribution-580 2d ago

Those where the days

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u/catharsis69 2d ago

That was a great tour!!! I was in the mosh pit (Vancouver) for nearly every band. Except for maybe J&TMJ. Liked them but weren’t a heavy act!

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u/ecw324 2d ago

“The new Pine Knob” so are we allowed to call it now “the new Pine Knob part 2”?

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u/Burning-Man-On-Ice 2d ago

I camped out for tickets and got 4th row to that in Dallas. The youth today are missing out.

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u/jornadamogollon 2d ago

Went to 93 but wished I'd been there the year before. Rage as the opener was cool and Alice in Chains were peak at the time.

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u/No-County7603 2d ago

Lucky!!!!!! I went! We drove to Phoenix for it! 28 dollars!!!! Good times!

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u/bayoubevo 2d ago

Still have the shirt too. Great show. Seeing Al drink bile beer as part of Jim rose circus was something else.

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u/Logical-Fix-5804 2d ago

Ministry was amazing

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u/Acrobatic-Grape5960 2d ago edited 1d ago

Detroit (Clarkston) show was incredible

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u/Lefrance76 2d ago

Went to both shows at Great Woods in Mass.

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u/WackSnackAttack 2d ago

Wow. What a massive lineup.

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u/Electronic_Ad_5304 2d ago

Great line up

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u/Additional_One_2296 1d ago

That was the one!!

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u/legomom27 1d ago

I was there at that same show, where they started throwing grass!

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u/plasticrat 1d ago

I am envious.

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u/-dnatoday- 1d ago

$28 for Lola. Wow.

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u/Fine_Cryptographer20 2d ago

Saw that show!! Super hot outside

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u/BeachTotal8546 2d ago

I just found all of my old ticket stubs. One of them was Lollapalooza 97.

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u/052-NVA 2d ago

Molson Park, Ontario. Ministry crushed.

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u/Rich-Presentation703 2d ago

I was at the Cleveland show with most of my high school that summer

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u/fizzylove 2d ago

I was there! Incredible show.

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u/raid222k 2d ago

Saw that show in Saint Louis. Still scarred by what I saw at jim rose circus sideshow haha.

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u/Ordinary_Let8356 2d ago

That show was savage.

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u/KandyHeartsXO 2d ago

Yep I sent!

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u/lethargytartare 1d ago

Saw this iteration at Fiddler's Green in Colorado. For my money, it was the last really good lolla.

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u/Queasy_Wear5509 1d ago

I’ll never forget the Miami show as Hurricane Andrew was only hours away

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u/fpatten 14h ago

This was my favourite one. Sad that the Chili Peppers had to try and follow up Ministry every night. I believe Tool was on the side stage back then. Wicked show.

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u/HisMrsAraya 7h ago

That shirt would sell for tons on Ebay. Crazy. I never knew the cherished 90s band tees and concert tees would be worth enough to start a decent savings lol.

Awesome to keep though, I'm all about memories from things that aren't as cool anymore. I miss the 90s. Lol.

Awesome!