THE MUSIC FEST THAT IS NOW SYNONYMOUS WITH CHICAGO’S GRANT PARK AND CHANGED THE MUSIC FESTIVAL GAME WAS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN ROCK HISTORY…LOLLAPALOOZA, THE JANE’S ADDICTION FAREWELL TOUR AND FRONTMAN PERRY FARREL ORGANIZED ALT ROCK CARNIVAL BEGAN AS A SUMMER TOUR WITH IT’S FIRST STOP ON THIS DAY ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1991 IN CHANDLER ARIZONA. THE TOUR OF RIGHTEOUS ALT ROCKERS DIDN’T EVEN GET TO THE CHICAGOLAND AREA UNTIL THE 10TH STOP AND WASN’T EVEN IN CHICAGO BUT AT THE WORLD MUSIC THEATER IN THE CITIE’S SUBURB OF TINLEY PARK…WHILE I HAD BEEN TO THE WORLD FOR A COUPLE OF CONCERTS, IT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY (I DON’T CARE WHAT IT IS CALLED, I WILL ALWAYS CALL IT THE WORLD) …I REMEMBER FRIENDS ASKING ME TO GO AND MY FAILED ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SCRAPE THE FUNDS TOGETHER. THAT FIRST ITERATION OF LOLLA INCLUDED THE ROLLINS BAND, NINE INCH NAILS, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, LIVING COLOUR, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES AND OF COURSE JANE’S ADDICTION…IT WAS THEIR FAREWELL TOUR
I’VE BEEN LUCKY TO ATTEND SEVERAL LOLLA’S IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AT CHICAGO’S GRANT PARK AND LAST YEAR I “BUMPED” INTO ONE MR PERRY FARREL! SERIOUSLY! AND I LOST ANY CHILL I MAY HAVE POSSESSED…I WAS FANGIRLING HARD AND I SAID, VERY AWKWARDLY, …THANK YOU PERRY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS! HE SMILED AND SAID “THANK YOUUU”… 32 YEARS AGO TODAY JANE’S ADDICTION PLAYED THIS SONG AT THE VERY FIRST LOLLAPALOOZA AND IT STILL ROCKS TODAY…”BEEN CAUGHT STEALING” IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105 7 THE X
