Everyone thought he was going to fall and die. Jesus And Mary Chain: In the bright sunshine of the afternoon. The Human Pin Cushion came on stage, threw off his overcoat, and like 25% of the audience immediately fainted/vomited/ran away. The Jim Rose Sideshow Circus / Human Pin Cushion Faint-O-Meter: It was amazing. Ministry: I got smashed around so much by this audience while slam-dancing that I had to take two days off of work because I couldn’t lift my arms. I went to Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario.
Thankfully, the band finished with more funk, including “Me and My Friends” and “Yertle the Turtle.” Jeff Hahne I remember seeing couples slow dancing and hugging–only to be knocked off their feet by an expanding circle pit.
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They played a set list full of funk and rock, including covers of Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix and George Clinton… but they also had to play one of their newest hits, “Under the Bridge.” Us longtime fans of the funkier Chili Peppers weren’t happy with the new, softer direction the band was going in and a full-out mosh pit sprang up for the entire song. I’ll never forget the Red Hot Chili Peppers who were touring in support of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The Jim Rose Sideshow Circus did their best to gross out the audience on the side stage and multiple people lost their lunch in the crowd. (It would be nearly 20 years later before I finally got to see them.) My friend suffered a severe ankle sprain before Ministry, but had the medical tent wrap it up tightly so he could get in the pit. As we walked inside, Pearl Jam was off the stage. I’ll never forget hearing “Even Flow” while pulling up to the main gates. By the time a bus finally drove us to the festival area, Pearl Jam was wrapping up its set. We didn’t know if there weren’t enough or they just weren’t working, but we were waiting around to get a ride. The problem was, the buses were nowhere to be found. We parked in the designated lot and waited for shuttles to take us up to the concert area. I had been to the original Lolla the previous year and was looking forward to another great day of music with a new lineup. It was the beginning of the end for lawn seats at Great Woods…”ĭecked out in shorts and 10-hole black Doc Maartens, I went to Lollapalooza ’92 at Montage Mountain in Pennsylvania. Read on for a thorough recap of grunge yesteryear, as well as some reflections from attendees 30 years later, including this magic moment from Dave Wedge: “Watched the lawn at Great Woods in Mansfield, Mass. Lollapalooza ’92 ran from July 18 to September 13, as our ’92 spread below describes, rumbled “through 27 cities like a thousand-legged groove machine.” Ticket prices ranged from $26.25-$31.25 (if only you had a time machine, right?). Once we left the town, the town was never the same.”
To quote Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins: “It was a train of freaks traveling the world, bringing it to Ohio, bringing it to Jersey, bringing it to Seattle, and seeing that it was everywhere, and they were waiting for it, and they were hungry for it. The result was an alternative cultural happening on wheels, the likes of which America had never experienced before. What had begun the year prior as an epic farewell tour for his band Jane’s Addiction, inspired by a manager’s visit to Reading Festival, was renewed (minus Jane’s).
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In September Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-set, flannel-ized Singlespacked movie theaters, selling millions of copies of its grunge soundtrack.Īnd 1992 saw Perry Farell’s Lollapalooza festival barnstorm the nation again.
Kmart catalogs in Australia featured grunge-centric fashion offerings, with “Get into Grunge!” advert headlines. 1 album spot.īig-budget fashion also got grimy in ’92: Marc Jacobs unveiled a runway grunge collection, (painfully ironic considering the style is all about thrift store clothing). On January 11, 1992, the gilded ramparts of the music establishment were certifiably leveled as Nirvana’s Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the Billboard No.