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Limited to the years that it was a touring festival. Here are the lineups courtesy of Wiki. The second column is the side stage and the third column for 1998 is the third stage that happend that year.

1991

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Jane's Addiction

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Living Colour

Nine Inch Nails

Ice T & Body Count

Butthole Surfers

Rollins Band





1992

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Red Hot Chili Peppers     Jim Rose Circus

Ministry                  Sharkbait

Ice Cube                  Archie Bell

Soundgarden               Porno for Pyros

The Jesus and Mary Chain  Basehead

Pearl Jam                 Cypress Hill

Lush                      House of Pain

Temple of the Dog         Sweaty Nipples

                          Arson Garden

                          Seaweed

                          Seam

                          Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

                          The Look People

                          Stone Temple Pilots

                          Vulgar Boatmen

                          Truly

                          Skrew

                          Tribe

                          The Authority

                          Samba Hell

                          Rage Against the Machine

                          Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder



1993

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Primus                    Tool

Alice in Chains           Sebadoh

Dinosaur Jr.              Cell

Fishbone                  Unrest

Arrested Development      Mercury Rev

Front 242                 Mosquito

Babes in Toyland          Free Kitten

Rage Against the Machine  Royal Trux

                          Tsunami

                          Mutabaruka

                          The Cocktails

                          Scrawl

                          Luscious Jackson

                          Genitorturers

                          Truly

                          Eggs

                          Girls Against Boys

                          Thurston Moore

                          Glue

                          Karl Hendrick's Trio

                          Hurl





1994

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The Smashing Pumpkins              The Flaming Lips

Beastie Boys                       The Verve

George Clinton & P.Funk All-Stars  The Boo Radleys

The Breeders                       The Frogs (first six dates)

A Tribe Called Quest               Guided by Voices

Nick Cave & Bad Seeds              Lambchop

L7                                 Girls Against Boys

Boredoms (first half)              Rollerskate Skinny

Green Day (second half)            Palace Songs

                                   Stereolab

                                   FU-Schnickens

                                   The Pharcyde

                                   Shudder To Think

                                   Luscious Jackson

                                   King Kong

                                   Charlie Hunter Trio

                                   Shonen Knife

                                   Blast Off Country Style

                                   Souls of Mischief

                                   Cypress Hill

                                   Black Crowes



1995

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Sonic Youth                        Coolio

Hole                               Doo Rag

Cypress Hill                       Possum Dixon

Pavement                           Poster Children

Sinéad O'Connor (first few shows)  Yo La Tengo

Elastica (O'Connor replacement)    Brainiac

Moby (replaced O'Connor briefly)   The Cocktails

Beck                               Geraldine Fibbers

The Jesus Lizard                   The Dambuilders

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones        Laika

                                   The Pharcyde

                                   Tuscadero

                                   Built to Spill

                                   Helium

                                   Redman

                                   St. Johnny

                                   Dirty Three

                                   Mike Watt

                                   Versus

                                   Hum

                                   Blonde Redhead

                                   The Roots

                                   Blowhole

                                   The Zeros

                                   Pork Queen

                                   Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments

                                   Sabalon Glitz

                                   Psychotica

                                   Patti Smith

                                   Overpass

                                   Moby

                                   Superchunk

                                   Beck (acoustic, generally)





1996

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Metallica                 Beth Hart Band      Chune

Soundgarden               Girls Against Boys  Moonshake

The Ramones               Ben Folds Five      Lutefisk

Rancid                    Ruby                Capsize 7

Shaolin Monks             Cornershop          The Cows

Screaming Trees           You Am I            Long Fin Killie

Psychotica                Soul Coughing       Thirty Ought Six

                          Sponge              Varnaline

(Rotating...)             The Melvins         Crumb

Rage Against the Machine  Satchel

Cocteau Twins             Jonny Polonsky

Waylon Jennings           Fireside

Cheap Trick               Ass Dildo

Violent Femmes

The Tea Party

Wu Tang Clan

Steve Earle

Devo



1997

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Orbital                   Summercamp  

Devo                      Artificial Joy Club

The Prodigy               Jeremy Toback

The Orb                   Radish

Tool                      Old 97's

Snoop Doggy Dogg          Inch

Tricky                    Porno for Pyros

Ko&#1071;n                      The Pugs

James                     Lost Boyz

Julian and Damian Marley  Agnes Gooch

Eels                      Demolition Dollrods

Failure                   Skeleton Key

                          Molly McGuire

                          Orbit





2003

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Jane's Addiction                   Steve-O

Audioslave                         Burning Brides

Incubus                            Cave In

Queens of the Stone Age (to 8/13)  Kings of Leon

A Perfect Circle (8/15-8/23)       Hierosonic

Jurassic 5                         30 Seconds to Mars

The Donnas                         The Music

The Distillers                     Mooney Suzuki

Rooney                             Fingertight

                                   MC Supernatural

                                   Boysetsfire

                                   Billy Talent

                                   Campfire Girls

                                   Mondo Generator

Poll Results

Option	Votes
1995	15
1994	14
1996	2
1991	1
1992	1
1993	1
1997	0
2003	0

― NYCNative, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:34 (eighteen years ago)

I used to thinki that the Metalli-year was not great but looking at the line-up - especially the coolness of the rotating Main Stage bands, the fact it was the last Ramones tour and a smattering of cool bands on the side stage - makes me reconsider.

1995 will probably win but 1996 GMV,

― NYCNative, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:43 (eighteen years ago)

'94 looks pretty awesome.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:52 (eighteen years ago)

torn btwn 94 and 5, lol at 1997's orb heavy lineup

― A B C, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 06:22 (eighteen years ago)

94 cuz i watched nick cave sing with pfunk.

― chaki, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 08:14 (eighteen years ago)

Was it only in Canada that Blur and Elastica played Lollapalooza? 94ish? Am I thinking of another tour?

Regardless, I missed it.. and am still sad. I also had tickets to Lollapalooze '06 which promised Modest Mouse and the Pixies.. which then got cancelled. *glare*

― Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

Oh.. I see Elastica there. I thought Blur played too?

― Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

I remember being bummed that I wasn't able to see Elastica, since Sinead was still on the tour when I was there.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

Second stage in '95 is pretty sweet.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

94 and 95 are the only years I went; I give '95 the nod because a) it got my high school ass into a fuckton of great bands, and allowed me to slough off some shitty ones, and b) I spilled a "smart drink" all over the Cypress Hill guy who wasn't B-Real.
Points against 95 include that seeing Moby perform with The Cocktails made me mistakenly think that I liked Moby.

― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

I am shocked there were that many Lollapaloozas. I went to '92 and '95. I might have actually gone to '93 as well, but I don't really remember! The line-up just looks really familiar.

― mcddcm, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

ass dildo??

― get bent, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

Lollapalooza I was the first concert I ever saw. I was barely 17 and from a small town in the middle of nowhere. We loaded six people into a minivan and drove eight hours to Chicago. There were two tapes in the van: Appetite for Destruction and REM's Document. For some reason we had third row tickets.

We were close to a door to backstage so saw a lot of random people around. Gibby Hayes drew a giant spurting penis on the back of my uber-Christian friend's novelty Elvis shirt. Hen G from Ice T's crew was unable to explain to us the "your mama got two feet growing out her titties" joke from Ice T's OG record.

I thought that the Rollins Band would sound like Black Flag but they didn't. We were fifteen feet from the giant bank of speakers and I had never heard anything so loud in my life. We had no earplugs. I saw a bunch of other bands, then Jane's Addiction who I was a big fan of. We probably ate every meal at Taco Bell.

So, the first one.

― joygoat, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Scrawl played the second stage in 1993?! Whoa, ok, 1993 automatically wins.

― Sara Sara Sara, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

My God, it's like a guided tour of the 90s.

― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

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― NYCNative, Monday, 30 April 2007 10:28 (eighteen years ago)

I forget when voting ends but it has to be soon...

― NYCNative, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 23:15 (eighteen years ago)

close call but 95 just cuz it makes me smile to think there was a time when a band like the thomas jefferson slave apartments could get on a major package tour!

― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 23:16 (eighteen years ago)

And a major label at that... Ron House still plays out in Columbus from time to time. Nice guy from the brief discussions I have had with him.

― NYCNative, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)

tough to choose btw 94 and 95
95 was better main stage but the side stage of 94 was pretty great w/ Palace, GBV and the Lips

― dmr, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)

If nothing else, maybe this helps solidify something I felt was a fact but others seemed to disagree with, mainly that Lollapalooza was indeed important and not just for the mainstream developments at the time and subsequently.

― NYCNative, Thursday, 3 May 2007 00:26 (eighteen years ago)

Oh please people -- 1991 of COURSE!!!

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

2004 (Cancelled):

Morrissey
PJ Harvey
Sonic Youth
The Killers
Wilco
The Flaming Lips
The Von Bondies
String Cheese Incident
Modest Mouse
Le Tigre
Gomez
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Danger Mouse
The Polyphonic Spree
Broken Social Scene
The Datsuns
Bumblebeez 81
The Secret Machines
Brayndead Freakshow
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Elbow
Wheat
The Coup
Wolf Eyes
The Dresden Dolls

2005:

SBC West Stage
Saturday: Weezer, Primus, Cake, Liz Phair, M83
Sunday: Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Dinosaur Jr., The Ponys.

SBC East Stage
Saturday: Pixies, Billy Idol, Dashboard Confessional, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Sunday: The Killers, Arcade Fire, Satellite Party, Kasabian, OK Go.

Budweiser Select Stage
Saturday: Digable Planets, The Black Keys, The Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs, The Warlocks
Sunday: Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Brayndead Freakshow, Ben Kweller, Louis XIV, Saul Williams.

Parkways Stage
Saturday: The Walkmen, Blonde Redhead, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ambulance LTD, The Redwalls
Sunday: The Dandy Warhols, G Love & Special Sauce, Tegan and Sara, Blue Merle, The Changes.

Planet Stage
Saturday: Mark Farina, Z-Trip, B-Boy Breakdown Royale, Mash Up Circus, DJ Muggs, VHS or Beta, The Dead 60's, HARD-Fi
Sunday: Derrick Carter, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Soulive, Los Amigos Invisibles, DeSol, Cathedrals.

Kidapalooza
Saturday: Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang, Daddy a Go Go, The Candy Band, Peter Distefano and Perry Farrell
Sunday: The Candy Band, Gwendolyn & the Good Time Gang, Saul Williams and Ladybug of Digable Planets (performing an impromptu set), Daddy a Go Go, Ella Jenkins.

2006:

The Subways, Panic! at the Disco, Umphrey's McGee, The Raconteurs, Ween
Saturday:Living Things, Coheed and Cambria, Gnarls Barkley, Common, Kanye West
Sunday: Sparta, Ben Kweller, Matisyahu, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bud Light Stage
Friday: Blue October, Eels, Ryan Adams, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie
Saturday: Nada Surf, Built to Spill, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips, Manu Chao
Sunday: The Redwalls, Nickel Creek, The Shins, Wilco

adidas-Champ Stage
Friday: Deadboy & the Elephantmen, Aqualung, Stars, Iron & Wine, Sleater-Kinney (Second to last show before "indefinite hiatus")
Saturday: Matt Costa, Feist, Calexico, The Dresden Dolls, Thievery Corporation
Sunday: Mucca Pazza, The Frames, Andrew Bird, Poi Dog Pondering, Blues Traveler

Q101 Stage
Friday: Sound Team, Editors, Cursive, The Secret Machines, The Violent Femmes
Saturday: Tonedeff (Last Band Standing Grand Prize Winner), Be Your Own Pet, The Go! Team,Wolfmother, Smoking Popes, The New Pornographers
Sunday: Office, The Hold Steady, 30 Seconds to Mars, She Wants Revenge, Broken Social Scene

Playstation Stage
Friday: Midlake, Anathallo, Ohmega Watts, Jeremy Enigk, Lady Sovereign
Saturday: Sa-Ra, Sybris, Peeping Tom, Lyrics Born, Blackalicious
Sunday: Trevor Hall, The Burden Brothers, Hot Chip, Pepper, Reverend Horton Heat

AMD Stage
Friday: Mates of State, The Cankles (Last Band Standing Finalists), Ghostland Observatory, Husky Rescue,The M's, Mute Math
Satuday:Rainer Maria, Cold War Kids, Oh No! Oh My!, Particle, Disco Biscuits
Sunday: What Made Milwaukee Famous, Manishevitz, Benevento/Russo Duo, The New Amsterdams, Of Montreal

BMI Stage
Friday: Bon Mots, Cameron McGill and What Army, Makeshifte, Kelley Stoltz, Jon McLaughlin
Saturday:Musical Outfits, St. James Inc., Lanz, Elvis Perkins, Kill Hannah
Sunday: Katie Todd Band, Catfish Haven, Manchester Orchestra, Moses Mayfield, Assassins, Deadsy

Mind Field Stage
Friday: Playstation Competition 1 : Singstarr, Battle Royale 1, The Second City (Comedy), Battle Royale 2, Mission Improvable(Comedy, Playstation Competition 2: Guitar Hero, Battle Royale 3, Mindfield Mini Movies, Schadenfreude [2] (Comedy), Battle Royale 4, Mindfield Electronic Ambush VHS or Beta DJ
Saturday:Playstation Competition 1 : Singstarr, Battle Royale 1, The Second City (Comedy), Battle Royale 2, Mission Improvable (Comedy), Playstation Competition 2: Guitar Hero, Battle Royale 3, Mindfield Mini Movies, Schadenfreude [3] (Comedy), Battle Royale 4, Mindfield Electronic Ambush-DJ Rashida
Sunday: Playstation Competition 1 : Singstarr, Battle Royale 1, The Second City (Comedy), Battle Royale 2, Mission Improvable, Playstation Competition 2: Guitarhero, Battle Royale 3, Super Sunday Superhero Pageant, Mindfield Electronic Ambush-Mix Master Mike, Mixin' Marc

Kidz Stage
Friday:ScribbleMonster, Kelly McQuinn and KidTribe, Candy Band, Alvin Ailev Dancing Workshop, Remo Drum Circle, Peter DiStefano, The Blisters
Saturday: ScribbleMonster, Kelly Mcquinn and KidTribe,Candy Band, Alvin Ailev Dancing Workshop, Ella Jenkins featuring Asheba, Remo Drum Circle featuring Asheba, Justin Roberts, Distefano's Guitar Workshop, Chutzpah, breakdancing with the Brickheadz, Remo Drum Circle
Sunday:The Paul Green School of Rock Music All-Stars, Kelly McQuinn and KidTribe, Farrell and DiStefano, Patti Smith (surprise appearance), The Candy Band, Q Brothers and Chutzpah, Asheba, Remo Drum Circle

2007:

Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Muse, Iggy & the Stooges, Modest Mouse, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Satellite Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snow Patrol, the Roots, Patti Smith, Kings of Leon, the Black Keys, Regina Spektor, Spoon,Cafe Tacuba, Lupe Fiasco, TV on the Radio, Pete Yorn, G. Love & Special Sauce, Paolo Nutini, Amy Winehouse, LCD Soundsystem, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Silverchair, Femi Kuti, Yo La Tengo, Slightly Stoopid, the Hold Steady, Jack's Mannequin, Stephen Marley, Sound Tribe Sector 9, M.I.A., Blonde Redhead, Sparklehorse, Sean Lennon, !!!, Blue October, Son Volt, Motion City Soundtrack, Polyphonic Spree, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Peter Bjorn & John, Silversun Pickups, Cansei De Ser Sexy (CSS), the Rapture, the Wailers, Roky Erickson & the Explosives, Tapes 'n Tapes, Heartless Bastards, the View, the Cribs, the Fratellis, Ghostland Observatory, Tokyo Police Club, Rhymefest, Soulive, Cold War Kids, Annuals, Fields, Electric Six, Jim Noir, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Sam Roberts Band, the Black Angels, Charlie Musselwhite, Kinky, I'm from Barcelona, Aqueduct, Juliette and the Licks, Dios Malos, Viva Voce, David Vandervelde, Los Campesinos!, Chin Up Chin Up, Ryan Shaw, Colour Revolt, the Satin Peaches, Illinois, Arckid, Mickey Avalon, The 1900s, Bang Bang Bang, Bound Stems, High Class Elite, John Paul White, Tom Schraeder, Carey Ott, Matt Roan.

― g®▲Ðұ, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:28 (eighteen years ago)

Mickey fucking Avalon.

― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 3 May 2007 06:01 (eighteen years ago)

94 had the Boredoms, but 95 had Pavement and Jesus Lizard. It's very close.

― filthy dylan, Thursday, 3 May 2007 07:16 (eighteen years ago)

I went only in '94, so winner

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

Mr. Narrator
The 1993 second stage is Bob Dylan to me
My fuckups could be their songs
I'm their merch table guy

(note: I never went to a Pooza)

― David R., Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

Not the best Lollapalooza lineup:

http://a2.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/130/09fdfa8fd55e4851b79430dd96849ef1/l.jpg

― NYCNative, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)

Doesn't sound like the U.S. one will be much better. Foo Fighters, Eminem, and Muse are the rumored headliners. The Foos are the only ones I'd be even remotely interested in seeing, but I've already seen them three times and a crowded festival like this wouldn't be where I'd want to do it again.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)

is there no end to the indignities you people will inflict on the people of south america?

― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:06 (fourteen years ago)

Sez Mr_ATP.

― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)

311!

― kkvgz, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

my first contact with yung gravy...

and then a dj playing the KLF...

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 August 2023 01:52 (two years ago)

watching on teevee...

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 August 2023 01:52 (two years ago)

1991 clearly the correct answer

― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Sunday, 6 August 2023 04:45 (two years ago)

For real. I can see cases for 94/95 but unbelievable 91 only got one vote.

― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Sunday, 6 August 2023 13:30 (two years ago)

I saw 94 and 97. I'd say for lineup 94 was better but I had free corp. tickets in the front row for 97 that a buddy got at work at an insurance company as the flowed down to the IT staff to him.

Pretty hilarious seeing those vampires in the Bad Seeds playing in the sun, you could tell they were out of sorts being up that time of day. Boredoms were wild and weird. Beastie Boys got the crowd into a crazy froth. They had a mosh pit happening where there was fixed seating. Totally insane. Flaming Lips, Skeleton Key and Guided by Voices were great on the second stage.

Came away fan of Tricky and Tool in 97. Came away liking Korn even less, those dudes were a bunch of choads.

― earlnash, Sunday, 6 August 2023 13:50 (two years ago)

I was at ‘95, but looks like the second stage at ‘93 was pretty amazing (I didn’t know RTX played Lolla).

― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 6 August 2023 15:59 (two years ago)

1995 had beck in full leaping and jumping around the stage mode so that one

― calstars, Sunday, 6 August 2023 16:05 (two years ago)

I can’t remember if I voted but I would’ve voted for 1995, the one Lollapalooza I actually attended.

― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 7 August 2023 19:43 (two years ago)

lil' yachty was good yesterday.

― scott seward, Monday, 7 August 2023 20:24 (two years ago)

nine months pass...

And now…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90j3PvSdak

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 05:36 (one year ago)

(Though Annie Zaleski, who saw part of this at Sundance, said this is on the underwhelming side.)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 05:37 (one year ago)

I was at (and would vote for) 91.

Highlight was either hearing NIN Broken tracks for the first time ever, or Siouxsie doing Dear Prudence. Every set was great. It was an amazing day and a very long, very tired drive back home.

― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 06:30 (one year ago)

I can’t remember if I voted in this, but I would’ve voted 1995 (and not only because it was the only one I ever went to).

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 10:58 (one year ago)

(Wish I’d been aware/focused on the second stage, but completely missed it because the main stage had so much music I cared about in that moment.)

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 11:04 (one year ago)

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