on stage at the first-ever lollapalooza, which was a tremendous thing for my band and i. lollapalooza is cool. the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground, like jane s addiction, nine inch nails, soundgarden, hole, red hot chili peppers, and you get them all together, it felt like a really new idea. by the mid- 90s it s already been parodied by the simpsons. wow, it s like woodstock, only with advertisements everywhere and tons of security guards. it is in the american lexicon. the commercial culture has co-opted the counterculture. the honeymoon s over. now we re getting down to real commerce. and there s a certain kind of disillusionment going on. since i got everything i wanted i could put a zero after the number of record sales i ve had. i could play 200,000-seat halls instead of 2,000-seat halls, and i could go on mtv 1,000 times a
you can take me out of the ghetto, but you can t take the ghetto up out of me, dog. it s a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. i learned how to write for myself, and it s pretty ironic that most people related to it. boom, there it is, platinum record. country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. the honeymoon s over. now we re getting down to real commerce. aren t these girls just crazy? yeah, they are.
back when the rolling stones had shocked parents everywhere. my how times have changed. i see hustling and icy killing. that s what i rap about. you can take me out the but you can t take the of out of me though. is pretty ironic that people related to it. platinum record. country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. the honeymoon is over. now we re getting down to real commerce. are these girls crazy? yeah!
in 1991, we were the first band on stage at the first ever lollapalooza. it was a tremendous thing for my band and i. lollapalooza is cool. the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground like jane s addiction, nine inch nails, soundgarden, hole, red- hot village chili peppers and get them altogether it felt like a new idea. by the mid-90s it had already been parodied by the symptoms. it is like woodstock with advertisements and security guards. the commercial culture has co-opted the counterculture. the honeymoon is over. we are getting down to real commerce. there s some disillusionment going on.
hot chili peppers, and you get them all together, it felt like a really new idea. by the mid- 90s it s already been parodied by the simpsons. wow, it s like woodstock, only with advertisements everywhere and tons of security guards. it is in the american lexicon. the commercial culture has co-opted the counterculture. the honeymoon s over. now we re getting down to real commerce. and there s a certain kind of disillusionment going on. since i got everything i wanted i could put a zero after the number of record sales i ve had. i could play 200,000-seat halls instead of 2,000-seat halls, and i could go on mtv 1,000 times a week rather than 1 time a month. and i thought maybe when i reached all these goals i d find some sort of peace. i didn t. it s like i m more miserable now than i ever was.