A Riot Fest preview with tunes from Rancid, Blink 182, The B-52’s, Less Than Jake and The Violent Femmes, plus Depeche Mode, The Smiths, “Punk Rock Girl” from The Dead Milkmen and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.
Green Day, The Cure, Veruca Salt and Peal Jam drive this set of retro goods along with STP, Squeeze and They Might Be Giants plus cool covers from Cowboy Junkies and Save Ferris.
Weezer, Social D and Pearl Jam lead this set along with The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction and New Order plus one-hit wonders from The Rentals and Spacehog and “chickity-China the Chinese chicken” will get stuck in your head for at least one week….
The Pumpkins, Radiohead, Green Day and 311 lead this set along with Morrissey, The Cult, Rancid and Liz Phair plus STP, CIV, INXS, R.E.M. and “Down By The Water” from PJ Harvey.
Oasis, Pearl Jam and Beck lead this set along with New Order, Local H, The Pixies and Blink 182 plus The Cure, The Lemonheads, Weezer and “Circles” from Soul Coughing.
Oasis, Green Day and Alice In Chains lead this set along with Social D, O.M.D., R.E.M. and The Smiths plus tunes from the first day of MTV 38 years ago (The Buggles, Split Enz and The Pretenders)
Flanking the show with Stabbing Westward tunes to salute our soon-to-be departing friend Walt Flakus along with Walt favorites from Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Echo And The Bunnymen, The The and Radiohead. Plus, Beck, The Cure, Nada Surf and Reel Big Fish covering an 80s classic complete this retro set.
Pearl Jam, The Cure, Green Day and The Replacements lead this set along with Weezer, Bad Religion, 311 and Belly plus The Smiths, The Smithereens and ska punk goodness from Buck-O-Nine!
Oasis, Beck, Radiohead and Jane’s Addiction lead this set along with New Order, Love And Rockets, XTC and STP plus, the Pumpkins, Paul Westerberg off the Singles soundtrack and Panic from The Smiths!
Alice In Chains, Depeche Mode, 311 and The Cure lead this set along with Soundgarden, Morrissey and Face To Face plus RATM, TMBG, 3EB and the Pumpkins cool cover of a Depeche Mode classic.
Green Day, The Cure, Beck and Radiohead lead this set along with XTC, O.M.D. and R.E.M plus Material Issue, Veruca Salt, Save Ferris covering an 80s classic and Cake.
Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, Blur and Morrissey lead this set along with 311, Pearl Jam and The Pixies plus requisite Father’s Day tunes from Jane’s Addiction, Everclear, Violent Femmes and The Ramones.
Beastie Boys, Social D and Radiohead lead this set along with Rancid, The Smiths, STP and “Friends Of P” from The Rentals. Plus, Primus, The Posies and “Cool Places” from Sparks.
Green Day, Bad Religion, Pearl Jam and Live lead this set along with The Prodigy, New Order, Soul Coughing and “Scooby Snacks” from Fun Lovin’ Criminals. Plus, Baz Luhrmann curates a classic commencement speech that still hold up 20 years later.
Weezer, The Cure, Beck and 311 lead this set along with Oasis, The Smiths, Belly and The Replacements. Plus, Iggy Pop, “American Music” from The Violent Femmes and a song of summer from Fountains Of Wayne.
Garbage, Social D, 311 and Oasis in this set along with Depeche Mode, Green Day, Catherine Wheel and New Order. Plus, a cool cover from Nirvana and a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf.
Pearl Jam, Weezer, Local H and The Smiths in this set along with Garbage, Blondie, PJ Harvey, Letters To Cleo. and No Doubt. Plus, The Replacements, Depeche Mode and Glenn Danzig with a proper Mother’s Day serenade.
Oasis, Blur, Beck and The Smiths leads this set along with Bad Religion, Green Day, STP and R.E.M. Plus, Mexican Radio from Wall Of Voodoo, a cool cover from Cowboy Junkies and a track from The Stone Roses debut album released 30 years ago this week.
Weezer, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode and Garbage along with a timely April song from Sublime lead this set along with Our Lady Peace, Face To Face, XTC and cool covers from the Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants and The Lemonheads.
