Lolla Palooza '92 had RHCP, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, Tool, Fishbone and Arrested Development. It was a bitchin' show. I watched Tool on a second stage with this really cool chick. I slagged Babes in Toyland to her. Turns out she was the bassist. Fuckin' epic. We saw it in Dallas and Ministry refused to go on until it was dark. Everybody discovered that you could stretch blankets and launch girls into the stratosphere. Also, plastic burns. It looked like fuckin' Thunderdome by the time Ministry took the stage… with Gibby Haynes singing Jesus Built My Hotrod. Fuckin' Propah. Then Eddie Vedder came out to do Lay Lady Lay. It was pretty dope.
Yep, '92 was the year to go to Palooza. I missed that year but made it to 1993 at the Milan Dragway in Michigan. -Fun show: Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Arrested Development, Front 242, Babes in Toyland (Michele Leon on bass), Tool, Rage Against the Machine.
They say the memory is the first thing to go... Those were good times. There was some good music to come out of that era. I listened to Janes Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual the other day, still holds up. -Great piece of work imo.
That would have been sweet to see. for anyone not familiar:That said, "Nothing's Shocking" is a better album.
No argument here. They were a great band. I always thought that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were the poor man's Jane's Addiction. That's really only because I was introduced to both around the same time from the same person.
Chili Peppers were a get stoned and have a good time band. May I present one of our favorite drunken misheard lyrics songs of all time, "Happenin' Subaru:" Jane's Addiction was an eat mushrooms and try to make out with drama chicks band. Or, after you fail to make out with the drama chicks, listen to them over and over and bemoan the fact that you're not making out with the drama chicks. We called them "the untouchable stoner chicks." There were five of them, they listened to all the same bands we did, they drove cool thrashy cars, and none of us got to first base with any of them. And oh my GOD were they hot.
"Happenin' Subaru" -that's pretty damned funny. I completely agree with your assessment of the two bands. The cool stoner chicks that listened to the same music as us were, thankfully not untouchable at my school :) Some are good friends to this day and a couple of them are still OMG hot. -Some people are timeless. Thanks for sending me down a Jane's Addiction worm-hole. Been listening to Nothings Shocking since you mentioned it. A great band I haven't paid attention to in years.