Chapter 518 518 Alternative Empires

In 1969, there was only one Woodstock in the minds of Americans; in the 1990s, twenty years after the death of rock and roll, there were two Woodstocks in the minds of Americans, one being Coachella, California (Coachella), one is Lollapalooza who ended up in Chicago on the road.

On European soil, hundreds of music festivals are held every year; on North American soil, there are at least dozens of music festivals, but among these countless music festivals, Coachella and Junjie are undoubtedly the best. There is no substitute for the most influential music festival in the rock field. These two music festivals have inherited the spirit of rock and roll, with a large scale and far-reaching influence.

Anyone who loves music festivals will more or less have a Woodstock plot. Half a million people gather together. There is no quarrel, no chaos, no violence, only music, only carnival, and peace. It is a game that will never wake up. A beautiful dream, it is a utopia that is far away and forever beautiful, even the police who rejected the Woodstock Music Festival at the beginning. Chadu had to be amazed and admired. However, the number of people who actually came to the Woodstock Music Festival at Yasger Farm in 1969 was only half a million, only half a million.

For those who have not been able to experience the beauty and splendor of Woodstock firsthand, Coachella and Junjie are the best choices.

Coachella Music Festival originated on November 5, 1993, Pearl Jam (Pearl. Jam) held a concert at the Empire Polo Club (Empire. Polo. Club) in Indio (Indio). , attracted nearly 20,000 unsigned spectators to perform. But at this time, the Coachella Music Festival has not really formed a climate. Until six years later, the wave caused by the third Woodstock Music Festival promoted the official holding of the first Coachella Music Festival. Subsequently, the Coachella Music Festival also opened its own road to the largest music festival in the United States.

The origin of Junjie Music Festival is more individual. It was founded in 1991 by Perry Farrel, the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. This music festival was originally just Jane's hobby farewell tour, but I didn't expect that this farewell performance that lasted for more than a month had aroused great repercussions, and the warm-up band Nine. Inch. Nails was even more successful Famous and widely known.

Realizing the huge commercial value contained in this tour, Perry Farrell continued the tour named Junjie Music Festival. During the whole tour, the Smashed Pumpkin Band, Red. Hot .Chili.Peppers), the cave band (Hole), these bands that have been established for some years but have been unknown for some years have gradually embarked on a successful road, which has also made the Junjie Music Festival, which is conducted in a tour mode, gradually grown into the most popular music festival in the 1990s. Influential rock feast.

Junjie Music Festival invited Pearl Jam to participate in the tour in 1992. Their first album "Ten (Ten)" did not get a good album at the beginning of its release, but it was released on Nirvana's classic album "Never Mind". Driven, grunge received a lot of attention, and Pearl Jam has accumulated countless loyal fans through the tour of the Junjie Music Festival. In the end, the year-end sales of "Ten" in 1992 actually surpassed Nirvana, becoming one of the few in the 1990s. One of several multi-platinum debuts.

This shows the strong influence of the Junjie Music Festival.

Unfortunately, after 1997, the festival came to an end because of its diminishing influence and the decline of touring methods. This made the Junjie Music Festival silent for six years, and it was not back on the road until 2003. However, the way of touring has obviously been accompanied by the silence of rock and roll after the 21st century. A three-day Junjie Music Festival in Chicago. This also marks that the most unique way of holding the Junjie Music Festival has disappeared in the long history.

However, the Junjie Music Festival still has its own unique characteristics compared to the Coachella Music Festival. Maybe people like to call the Coachella Music Festival the largest music festival because their audience is almost 100,000. Calculated by the unit, and the Junjie Music Festival, which is constantly on tour, is naturally not inferior to Coachella in terms of the number of audiences. However, the label of alternative rock and non-mainstream rock on the top of Junjie Music Festival has continued from 1991 to the 21st century.

In 1991, the farewell tour of Jane's Hobby Band was the first Junjie Music Festival. At that time, Perry knew that it was almost an impossible task to attract 20,000 audiences by relying on their band alone, so Perry played nine. The alternative rock that just emerged in the early 1900s has invited many underground rock groups, such as Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole. Surfers to form the main lineup of the tour, these They are all underground bands, no one has heard their names at all, but they all have one thing in common: strong and unique.

As a result, the Junjie Music Festival was a success. During the tour, almost every city could attract 10,000 to 20,000 professional music lovers to the scene to participate in the carnival.

This continued into 1996, when metal bands appeared at the top of the performance list, and audiences questioned because they were a "mainstream" band, but Perry argued, "They are different beasts, although not Alternative Rock". This allowed the Junjie Music Festival to persist for another two years. But in 1998, the decline of rock made Perry no longer able to find a suitable non-mainstream band to serve as the core performing band. This also made the Junjie Music Festival stop in 1997.

Although the Junjie Music Festival has been revived in 2003, it has broken through the limitations of alternative rock, but their support for non-mainstream, individuality and alternative has continued. Whether it is hip-hop or punk, their support for underground music has not changed. , which has become the most distinctive cultural imprint of the Junjie Music Festival, making the Junjie Music Festival the title of "Alternative Rock Empire".

Before the Coachella Music Festival was officially formed, the Junjie Music Festival was the condensed essence of the brilliance of rock and roll in the 1990s, and it is undoubtedly the highest stage of alternative rock and indie rock.

Glory to the Dead can be invited by the Junjie Music Festival, which is undoubtedly the most important affirmation for the band.

Glory to the Dead has the courage to break the current main pattern of rock and roll, and it can even be said to overturn the fixed thinking of many people about rock and roll and challenge people's deep-rooted obsession with metal rock. It is conceivable that Glory to the Dead has to face more than just "alternative" The maverick represented by rock, and the subversion of the entire rock music.

Now, the Junjie Music Festival has sent an invitation to Glory to Death, which shows that their strength has won recognition, and the future of the music road has become clear. You must know that the Junjie Music Festival invites bands to never pay attention to the so-called popularity and prestige. What they focus on is always the strength and style of the band. Therefore, the joy of being able to appear at the Junjie Music Festival of the "Alternative Rock Empire" is even more exciting than the original signing of EMI Records.

Henry naturally knew the importance of the Junjie Music Festival, but he did not show it, but said it lightly, his eyes swept over the faces of the band members casually, and he saw that they made no secret of their joy and excitement. The corner of Henry's mouth couldn't help but tug up slightly, but when his eyes fell on Neil's face, he found that Neil looked at his playful expression, as if he could see through the turbulence in his heart at this time, which made Henry a little bit. distress.

But Henry still concealed his embarrassment skillfully, smoothed the corners of his mouth slightly, and continued, "This year's core performance band should be Goatskin or Radiohead, we're just..." Henry was only halfway through his words. He was interrupted by Hugo's excited roar. Looking at Hugo who was venting his excitement, Henry was stunned: Why is Hugo so happy?

Of course Hugo is happy, he is finally no longer a bystander but a participant! He's about to meet the Goatskin Band in person! He is about to appear on the stage of the Junjie Music Festival! He's about to be a part of the whole rock n' roll!

The smile on Hugo's face bloomed to the fullest. He looked at Henry, who was still lazy and laid-back, but noticed the excitement in Henry's eyes that hadn't had time to disappear, which surprised Hugo. He thought that Henry would always be forever. Such a lazy look. But now Hugo knew, it wasn't that Henry had always been like this, but that he was used to using this appearance to conceal his true thoughts. Perhaps, this was a habit that Mariah Carey developed afterward.

So Hugo gave Neil a look. Neil saw the mischievous light in Hugo's eyes, and he immediately understood, followed by Fu Jin. Fu Jin didn't even need Hugo's eyes to see Hugo. Slightly nodded his chin to show that he understood, and finally it was Pedro and Alfonso!

Five people swarmed up in an instant, one grabbed the head and the other grabbed the feet, one raised the shoulders and the two were responsible for the middle part of the body, only to hear Henry's panicked voice, "Hey! ****! Damn! You guys! What the hell are you doing!" But the movements of the five people didn't stop at all, and Hugo's cheerful laughter could even be heard, "Henry, I know you are very happy now, so join us together!"

"That is, that is, keep the thoughts in your heart, you will get sick." Pedro's gong-like hearty laughter kept echoing in the warehouse.

Seeing the five people exerting force together, they threw Henry up, which made Henry's voice distorted, and let out a strange cry, "Ah..." The usual lazy and mature image of Henry suddenly collapsed, " Don't let go! Don't..." Henry jumped up and down on the hands of the five people, which made his heart almost stop beating.

For the last time, Henry only felt that the power to catch him seemed to be out of balance, and out of the corner of his eye he could only see that Pedro seemed to be laughing so much that he stumbled, and then he fell to the floor with a hoot. On the top, although Fu Jin and Hugo grabbed half of his body in time, he could still feel the impact of the heavy impact between his body and the ground, which made him almost think that his bones were about to fall apart.

Henry's embarrassed appearance seemed to irritate the band members even more. Originally, everyone looked at Henry worriedly, lest he be injured, but then they found that Henry was all right, but was lying on the ground in a state of embarrassment. Everyone burst out laughing. Henry lay on the ground, rubbing his waist and buttocks, lying there groaning, "You...you're dead! Oh, God, I hate you!"