Lollapalooza offered a slammin’ good time
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Editor
FJNt'MCd.AVV. Wash Siouxsie looked
through the ruin nt her audience of thou
sands .md panM'd lietween songs to express
her discouragement .it the weather
CONCERT REVIEW
"Mv birthdays have always heen .1 disap
pointment." said the lead singer of Siouxsie
and the Banshees, one of seven groups to
perform at the last stop of the i.ollapaloo/a
Festival Aug. 28 at the king C.o Fair
grounds,
Siousxie was perhaps the only-one at the
festival unhappy with the day Despite a
steady downpour ihat kept a slam-dunning
audience 1 ool, the crowd lac ked no enthuse
asm for any of the variety of groups on
stage.
I.ollapaloo/a was the brainchild of lane's
Addiction's Perry Farrell, who. hoped, to-cre
ate a traveling Wcxidstor k. in essence If Dr.
Farrell's monster didn't imitate Woodstock
to the Iasi hair, it was at least an ugly duck
ling brother of the legendary festival 20
years ago.
The Rollins Hand, fronted by former
Black Flag lead singer Henry Rollins,
opened with a hardcore set ol punk thrash
to break in the sparse crowd More Ians like
ly heard the Rollins' show from outside the
fairgrounds as a huge line to the entrance
gate kept many < oncertgoers from enjoying
Rollins
Psychedelia entered tin- stage next in the
form of the Butthole Surfers, who broke .is
munv beer fx>tt|ns over each other's heads .is
thev pInvod solids
The Violent Femmes followed up the
Surlers with .1 set of rt» k.ibllly, country and
hard rix k that kept tin’ crowd wondering
If Dr. Farrell's monster didn t
imitate Woodstock to the last
hair, it was at least an ugly
duckling brother of the
legendary festival 20 years
ago.
what style would lie played next The three
man hand's sarcasm in their stints dso
w armed their w ate,hers w ilh laughter
Fishbone, a sevenman, all blai k funk
rock group, blasted the stage with their
blend of rap, hard rin k and instrumental
all in the same songs Not long was the key
board 1st playing his trombone be!.m- hurl
ing it to tlii1middle of a hungry 'crowd
A gun toting, trash talking, list pumping
Ice T assumed centerstage next lor what was
maybe tile biggest surprise of the show
After playing a set of h e I rap staples that
included "Colors” and New Jack Hustler,
the veteran Los Angeles rapper brought out
his now kind Body County, and stunned
tlic i oncertgoers hv launching into .1 heavy
initial Itmit of thr same n.imi'
The crowd was no less receptive to this
Ji'kyll and Hyde about lace than they were
to the previous liard rn< k groups and when
members ul Fishbone joined lee onstage. I< e
dedicated the song "Vikidoo to the ruosli
pit. which was more than happy to catch
the stage-diving members of l ishbone
Smuxsie and the Banshees played the
most polite set ol all. not daring much more
than their standard fare but satisfying: even
their most die hard fans despite the short
stint
When I'arreli designed L.ollupuloo/u he
obviously had the lies! saved for last in his
mind Janes \ddietmfi Farrell has re
peatedly said Jane's would soon break up.
and the stop here may have been the last
time to see the group in the continental
United States
hvervthing was stio< king when it 1 ante to
the festival closing set During their rendi
tion of the song "Nothing's Shot king, two
b.usiv blonde femalescontinually kissed and
engaged in 11101 k sexual ai Is onstage, to the
disgust ol unit h of the crowd
Others songs during the Jane's sliow in
cluded .1 speedy metal version of the Dikii .
LA Woman, a Farrell and Ice-T duet on
Sis Stone's D n't (hill Me N: • r, Whites
and .1 story about bow Farrell's girlfriend
had unsuccessfully tried to stub him in his
sleep the night before
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