MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Nine Inch Nails, Been Caught Stealing, Trent Reznor
16 Aug 2016
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Lecture 26 â April 4
1990s Festivals
Early Rock Festivals
-Pre 1967 â Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals (models for future rock festivals)
-1967 â Monterey Pop Festival
-1969 â Woodstock Music and Art Fair
-1968-1970 â Isle of Wight Festivals
-Single location concert held in one day or weekend (Isle of Wight & Bumbershoot) are
distinct to a particular locations annually
Touring Festivals of the 1990s â summer festivals were linked to different crowds, genres,
attitudes and started off with little affair
Lollapalooza â ïŹrst touring concert festival
-Started in 1991 by Perry Ferrell who was inspired by The Gathering of the Tribes (one day
festival)
-Brought together various kinds of music along with cultural, political themes â charity event
-Ferrell wanted it to be a cultural trappings â âtravelling circusâ
-Today Lollapalooza isnât any-longer a travelling festival, as now it just runs in Chicago, but
there are ïŹve other international sites. No longer travels due to expense issues
-Lollapalooda: Hip Hop (Ice Cube), Grunge (Pearl Jam), Old school pubk (The Ramones)
-All these genres had a level of anti-establishment perspectives. Oppositionality,
marginalization, Alternative NationâŠbroad concepts of sounds but donât appeal to the
mainstream audience
Alternative Nation
-Janeâs Addiction âBeen Caught Stealingâ (1990)
-2-bar vamp/groove/beat
-Guitar focused with no horns â funk-rock
-Rage Against the Machine âTestifyâ (1999)
-Beat oriented, spoken/ yelled vocals
-Distored guitar with sound effects â rap-metal
-Nine Inch Nails âMr. Self Destructâ (1994)
-Dense texture, distored, aggressive (drawing on ideas of grunge)
-Pre industrial post/ pre rock
-Mechanized beat (drum machine), loops â industrial
-All part produced by Trent Reznor
Is Alternative a Genre?
H.O.R.D.E Tour
-Formed in 1992 by John Popper (Blues Traveler)
-Jam-band oriented
-Allowed then-smaller acts to tour larger venues â increased audience draw and shared
expenses/ shared risk is what still drives festivals
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Document Summary
Pre 1967 newport jazz and folk festivals (models for future rock festivals) 1969 woodstock music and art fair. Single location concert held in one day or weekend (isle of wight & bumbershoot) are distinct to a particular locations annually. Touring festivals of the 1990s summer festivals were linked to different crowds, genres, attitudes and started off with little affair. Started in 1991 by perry ferrell who was inspired by the gathering of the tribes (one day festival) Brought together various kinds of music along with cultural, political themes charity event. Ferrell wanted it to be a cultural trappings travelling circus . Today lollapalooza isn"t any-longer a travelling festival, as now it just runs in chicago, but there are ve other international sites. Lollapalooda: hip hop (ice cube), grunge (pearl jam), old school pubk (the ramones) All these genres had a level of anti-establishment perspectives. Oppositionality, marginalization, alternative nation broad concepts of sounds but don"t appeal to the mainstream audience.
