When funnel )ane’s Sddittton 11oniin.m IVi rv Farrell .in non nerd i lie t re. it ion last ve.lt ol somelhirtg tailed I nllapaloo/a. iht music wmld tesponded Midi 01111111111111111; mtidlei tut e Having aheadv In-ell I l\e Sided and l ai in Sided to tlealli, Ians, git nips anti 1 111 it s met die pi opt »sal with tie a I ears F.nnugh. .dreads. Midi the rot k festivals Hut then the rag tag 1 .mmal til mishi hands anti eonnter-t ullinal taiist s stalled kit king anti 1 ollapaloo/a iineailhetl its nit he Hi promoting univeis.il uwaieness and progiessive atliluties. this tolling, lasing festival of allemative iik k managed to hung together a generation not easilv united I he disenfiant fused had found a ham liise So it was with great e\pet lations that the alternative t tunniunitv geared up loi the sequel this veai. I ollapalt«>/a \s with most sequels, we were told this one would tie lugger, heltei anti haddei Shows sold out in l.r> minutes Deadheads began making new travel itinei anes tiin theshins wasn't .ill hi ,un stt.tm Somr lands showed. too 1 usli Ik-u.ui the h list n slum in .1 thins <>l III/ A. set hr ass gmt.u .mil bassdtisrn alter'native nuisit , Ini In tin- high [unhid \ rl indisi i'i mhli 11 »ti r 1 *1 Miki Hrit-nu I’lasmg hu .iImuii in minutes. 1 ush gasr thr milills intriesli d .mihrni t .1 snlid dost- n| drnsels |>.n krd. 1 ultmg-edgr Hlitish 101 k IV,u I | in 1 drillutt'h .1 i 11 mil l.ivmnr thrn nHr thiough .1 mi 1 it nnilrri.il ni.unlv I nun I hr 11 1 ominri 1 1.1I Minns I'm ill.inn \ 1 loud ol dust rising horn dir grass seating signaled 1 hr si.ut nl .1 healths mosh pit \nd IV.ul |.im's hard lulling tiitlMi .ills .mil mtclU-i lu.ilh nutst.mdmg 1n.1tr11.il was at 1 rnlfd In siller 1 I dilir \ rildrt who sals I 1 ill.lji.lli » >/a Is (rsl.unrtll to llir t.u 1 diat “you don’t liavr In Ik .nlrr|> to dir.till I ndr 1 [>tiiund legends Ihr |rsus .mil VI.ns < haiti sHimtrird on nest \nd although tin s .urn 1 known loi thru excellent Itsr slums, tilts gasr .1 solid shi ns ul Ill.llrr t.il In Mil thru l.itrst .illnini //tmo s Drk I ollapaloo/a 1 h.tvildrsi iiIk s its tiillsli as hi ass and uipps with a sis< rial rlrnirnr islui h allows von In do anything I nun hang sum head to stair mil .1 window sshilc \ii(l when me l.uthlul 'Haggled min San I-1 at it isi o’s IMI.OOO-s a pat it\ SI nut Mnpitheatie |ul\ IK Ini thf o|>eiiiiig t■>« espousing iixial-|)oliln ,il information and all-aiotmd mayhem. l.ollapaloo/a tli 1 ■* seat is a real mouthful "I liked K betlei this vealsass ( Irris l.arson, a srnioi a! flic l of ( alifortiia, I>avis “It seemed like a teal i rosvsection of counter cultures of south h kI.iv — .1 little hit of everything, hut none of it ssas lot the mainstream It's not vers often sou see < nps and a bunch of gothics 111 the same stadium." Hut there thi s s*ere. a genci ational smorgasboid in an atimispliete at cepting all and re|< ( tmg none 'll was cool to see all the strange people from around ( alifortiia," suss John l,uv>n. a sophomore from f ( . Dasis I he atmosphere ssas relaxed, people sverc just kind of hanging out listening to ness and interesting types of musir As listeners sjiend the das at l-olla|raloo/a, the experience is unit h gteatet than its parts For the straighl-hairt tit crowd, Inllapaloo/a allows them to mingle with post-punk nihilists — and s ir eveisa “| I v.tw ) one gii 1 walking around in lramri imdriwrui wiin •ill that bells piert ing and rvervthmg else pu n ed. and a dog coliai and chain with a guy m a normal 1 stun and jcwn hailing her around." savs I vn Boyle, a seme>i at l < . Davis It was a verv strange combination But the festival tan expand the political minds of c oncert goers, as well. Groups sueh as the ( annahis Ac turn Network, whith works to legalize hemp, the A( l.C. Handgun ( a.ntrol, Inc . People lot the Ethical I teatmcnl of Animals and the National Coalition for the Homeless distribute infoimation. sell jxilitu al paraphernalia and solic it support. Michael Dolan from Rock the Vote was adamant about shaking some apathetic heads. “You tan t alwavsgel what sou want, but if you vote vou tan sometimes get what you need, he shouted at the revelers." Eugene Porter, who is working with Grcenpeati throughout the tour, savs he hopes to tap environmental awareness and is working, as is everyone on the whole lollapaloo/a tour, to "change the world, you know listening to H < >1 tom sc tlu'ir wi n- no windows tinm wmt ri to stair, but their defimtcls was some head hanging going on Ice-1 was next on stage Vrs, the ever-t ontrovrisial It e-1 — hr showed up to mUrodut r the Iasi thtrr hands and hang out vsith It r < uhe dm mg his set ( ubr and the 1 rut hint»h hio.nlt asi an earth-shaking sri whit h prompted one ot the unique and we Iconic sighls ot ltie trslival a hunt ti ot whilt* |K-oplc grooving to rap h r 1 s set at lollapaloo/a Iasi vr.u. was the Iasi tune dial hap)Klird As the Mill vi. Itr-l salt astitalh inttotlui rd the i|uirlrst at t on this tom - Ministry " (omplctc with a srt ot skull, skeletons and mu rophonr stands diaper! with holies. Ministry hlasied the hell out ot I ollapaloo/a I lie kind s hlend ot haid-t oie indusli tal and s|>rctl me tat hlew die sot ks olt die i rowd who sliiMik. slamined and si learned thinugh die '>0-ininute set \s dai kness settled in. the audit-lit e lift aine anxious and die midway exhibits Ix-gan (losing down Km with onh one at t left, the festival was lai from ovn I tie Red Hot < lull I’eppeis, the lug In ket thaw, new gin tat isi .ti id all. It m ik the 11 owtl to a 11 ills I links win It I I hr Peppers stormed die stage, drew a tirn/ird rt-at turn Iroin the it owtl and nevei let die energy ehf> fol ... than two liouis It e < iihr. It r I . the I rm hmob and other guests t»f the rapjK-is joined the Pepjxrs midway through thru set to jam. tap and i am on Alter this unlikrlv comho lelt the stage, singei \nthons Kit-dis said dies jammed in the middle, rathet than at the end of the show like usual because "iiiii desire here is to asoitl the ohsious \nd in general. I ollapaloo/a '92 doc*. < >1 couise, t vmt s will soil st oil that this alternative tot k festival is lai from -alternative." Ihe Nirvana phenomenon i hanged all that, and now the smell of corporate dollars is stinking up the underground \s Paul Barker, Ministry's bassist, saw the -corporate hand dial has engulfed the whole thing It's one big marketing plot " He saw Ministry is feeling a hit turned off In the tour whit h. for them, "is like plavmg »o a football crowd... A big fut king show, anti we're not trails into those And, ves. there arc at malls iretiple who stand to make mimes off the whole tiling Albums will Ik- sold, many of these louring hands will lx- engulfed into the mainstream, anti m the end everyone will feel |iist a little hit used All the more reason tnthetk out l/ollapakxi/a while it's still cool. 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