PERRY FARRELL Was “Very Angry” The First Time METALLICA Played Lollapalooza - “Alternative Was Against Hair Metal, Teased-Out Hair, Spandex, Bullshit Rock Music”
May 22, 2015, 9 years ago
While Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell says he's "honoured" to have Metallica as a headliner at this year’s Lollapalooza festival, he didn't always feel as positive about the band. When the metal group took part in the 1996 edition of Lollapalooza, Farrell was skeptical about how they would fit in.
"I was very angry the first time they played Lollapalooza," he admits to Rolling Stone. "I helped create the genre alternative, and alternative was against hair metal, teased-out hair, spandex, bullshit rock music. Metallica, in my estimation at that time, wasn't my thing. I was into alternative and punk and underground. My friends were Henry Rollins and Gibby Haynes and Ice-T."These days, he thinks he was "kind of harsh" on the group back then. "[Metallica was] not the first group that I didn't want to play Lollapalooza, because I have an obligation to my patrons. I'm all about genuine, authentic, heartfelt, the real deal," he says. "So I was not sure about Metallica back in those days. It's my fucking party and I'll have who I want." Now he says, "I like their music."
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Metallica and Beatles legend Paul McCartney are the confirmed headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza, being held July 31st-August 2nd at Grant Park in Chicago.
Metallica comment: “It's been nearly 20 years since we've been lucky enough to take the stage at Lollapalooza, so we are over the top that we've been asked to play this year at the now annual extravaganza held at Grant Park in Chicago. We'll be hitting the stage on Saturday, August 1st. See you this summer in the Windy City!”
