30 Years Ago: Lollapalooza Takes a Revolution on Tour
Spoken by a young woman in Spanish, this cryptic sentiment opened the band’s 1990 breakthrough LP,
Ritual de lo habitual. The message also helped define the energy and ethos of Lollapalooza, a once-in-a-generation festival that debuted 30 years ago.
Jane’s Addiction planned on using the traveling festival as a farewell tour. But what started as a simple concept ballooned into an epic annual trek that brought an unlikely mix of genres, vibes and groups to amphitheaters across the county. Bringing outsider art to the heart of the suburbs and teens raised on Top 40, the inaugural version in 1991 stopped in 21 cities, winding from Chandler, Ariz. to Enumclaw, Wash. What could have been a flop (or worse, been wholly unremarkable) became the ’90s version of Woodstock paving the way for the success of grunge and gangsta rap,
30 Years Ago: Lollapalooza Takes a Revolution on Tour
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