Rage Towards The Machine’s Tom Morello has mentioned that 9 Inch Nails “kicked all people’s ass” on the inaugural Lollapalooza tour in 1991.
The primary version of the annual tour, which ran all through the ‘90s earlier than finally transitioning to a vacation spot pageant in Chicago in 2005, was headlined by Jane’s Habit, the band of the occasion’s founder Perry Farrell.
The star-studded line-up additionally included Siouxsie And The Banshees, Residing Color, Ice T & Physique Depend, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band and, in a mid-afternoon slot, 9 Inch Nails.
At that time, Trent Reznor’s band had solely launched their first album ‘Fairly Hate Machine’, therefore their minor billing on the line-up, however as Morello has revealed in a brand new e-book exploring the historical past of Lollapalooza, 9 Inch Nails stole the present.
“That first Lollapalooza? Let’s not mince phrases: 9 Inch Nails kicked all people’s ass,” Morello says in Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story Of Different Rock’s Wildest Competition, by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour. “I by no means heard of that band. Would unreservedly by no means purchase a cassette that had keyboards on it apart from Pink Floyd.”
“And let me say, I went to the LA present, and I ran out the subsequent day to purchase ‘Fairly Hate Machine’. They did the factor that live shows are purported to do – create converts. And I used to be one.”
The same sentiment was shared by Jane’s Habit guitarist Dave Navarro within the new e-book. “Watching [Nine Inch Nails] on Lollapalooza was one of the thrilling issues I’d ever seen, most likely up till at the present time,” he mentioned. “Right here you’ve obtained this brand-new band, this brand-new sound, they usually went on at 4 within the afternoon, in broad daylight … so each day I used to be on the venue at 4.”
“The band would begin taking part in and Trent would come out, and I’m telling you, man, it was like Elvis or The Beatles … you possibly can hear the ladies dropping their minds. It was like previous Beatles footage the place you hear the screams and also you’re anticipating women to faint on the market.”
Elsewhere within the e-book, it was revealed that Farrell had deliberate for an enormous burrito to be shared by all festivalgoers at every cease of the unique 1991 tour, whereas at one cease, 9 Inch Nails’ gear “actually melted in sizzling climate” when it was all plugged into “one electrical outlet” on web site.
9 Inch Nails are heading on tour across the UK, Europe and North America later this summer time, their first reside performances collectively since 2022, with assist from Boys Noize. Discover the total record of dates right here and any remaining tickets right here.
This yr’s Lollapalooza, in the meantime, will run from July 31 to August 3 at Grant Park and can characteristic headline units from Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, KoRn, A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator and Gracie Abrams.
