Jane’s Addiction

8.20.2023 History Of Alternative

August 20, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, The Cure, Blur and Alice In Chains in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Rancid, Jane’s Addiction and Jack’s Mannequin, plus Nine Inch Nails, They Might Be Giants, Letters To Cleo and cool covers from Soup Dragons and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

8.6.2023 History Of Alternative

August 6, 2023 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Veruca Salt and STP in this set, album anniversaries for Arcade Fire, 311, Rise Against, Gin Blossoms and Midnight Oil, plus Lollapalooza 2023 acts: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The 1975, Lana Del Rey, Foals, Sofi Tukker, Billie Eilish, Declan McKenna and Portugal. The Man.

The very first Lollapalooza tour launched #OTD in 1991

July 18, 2023 | bphillips

On a sweltering, triple-digit hot day/night in Chandler, Arizona, a “wild, new Alternative rock tour” was born. WATCH: the vintage MTV News recap here. (PHOTO of Perry from Lolla 2016)

7.9.2023 History Of Alternative

July 9, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, STP, Garbage and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys, cool covers from Mike Ness, The Lemonheads and Dynamite Hack, plus Oasis, Depeche Mode, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Wolfmother.

6.25.2023 History Of Alternative

June 25, 2023 | bphillips

Weezer, Oasis, Beastie Boys and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for Sonic Youth, Rancid, Cage The Elephant and The B-52’s, plus 311, XTC, The Stone Roses, Garbage and Against Me!

6.18.2023 History Of Alternative

June 18, 2023 | bphillips

Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, The Breeders and Urge Overkill in this set, album anniversaries for Beck, Brand New, Blink 182, Nada Surf, STP, Faith No More and The Flaming Lips, plus some Father’s Day tunes from Pearl Jam, Weezer, Violent Femmes and “Father Of Mine” from Everclear.

6.11.2023 History Of Alternative

June 11, 2023 | bphillips

Green Day, STP, Garbage and The Pixies in this set, album anniversaries for The Killers, Nirvana, Velvet Revolver, Radiohead, Paul Westerberg, Beastie Boys and Bjork, plus Pearl Jam, Our Lady Peace, PJ Harvey and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

4.16.2023 History Of Alternative

April 16, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, Social D, Sonic Youth and The Replacements in this set, album anniversaries for The Pixies, Rage Against The Machine, Live, The Cure and Depeche Mode, plus Pearl Jam, Garbage, Material Issue and we did it all for…Limp Bizkit! (revisit the Nookie video here)

4.2.2023 History Of Alternative

April 2, 2023 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Belly and Blink 182 in this set, album anniversaries for The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Blue October, The Offspring, Hot Hot Heat and Third Eye Blind, plus Social D, Local H, Bjork, Soul Coughing and Luscious Jackson.

3.12.2023 History Of Alternative

March 12, 2023 | bphillips

Green Day, Oasis, New Order and Fiona Apple in this set, album anniversaries for Morrissey, Tears For Fears, R.E.M., Cracker and The Bravery. plus festive Irish tunes from Flogging Molly, U2, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and House Of Pain.

1.29.2023 History Of Alternative

January 29, 2023 | bphillips

Jimmy Eat World, Radiohead, Beck and The Breeders in this set, album anniversaries for Pavement and Green Day’s “Dookie”, plus Depeche Mode, Rancid, Our Lady Peace, Garbage, Vampire Weekend and Fountains Of Wayne. WATCH: the “Stacy’s Mom” video here.

1.8.2023 History Of Alternative

January 8, 2023 | bphillips

Radiohead, Social Distortion, Beck and David Bowie in this set along with Weezer, Spoon, Veruca Salt and Matthew Sweet, plus U2, 311, Marvelous 3, Nine Inch Nails, Good Charlotte and The Smiths.

1.1.2023 History Of Alternative

January 1, 2023 | bphillips

U2’s “New Year’s Day”, Blink 182, Nine Inch Nails and The Ramones in this set along with Weezer, Cake, Liz Phair and New Order, plus Oasis, The Flaming Lips, Letters To Cleo and “3 Strange Days” from School Of Fish.

12.25.2022 History Of Alternative

December 25, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Social D and The Smiths in this set, holiday tunes from Blink 182, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, The Ramones, U2, No Doubt and Jimmy Eat World, plus Cake, Nada Surf and “Ghost Town” from The Specials.

12.18.2022 History Of Alternative

December 18, 2022 | bphillips

Beck, The Ramones, Green Day and Veruca Salt in this set along with The Cure, STP and Sonic Youth, album anniversaries for The Clash and Peter Murphy, plus Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Urge Overkill and No Doubt.

11.13.2022 History Of Alternative

November 13, 2022 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, The Ramones, Beck and Jimmy Eat World in this set, album anniversaries for U2, Bush and Audioslave, cool covers from Pearl Jam and Mike Ness, plus Nine Inch Nails, The B-52’s, Morrissey and Luscious Jackson.

11.6.2022 History Of Alternative

November 6, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Oasis, Our Lady Peace and The Cure in this set, album anniversaries for R.E.M, Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Fiona Apple, Alice In Chains and Alanis, plus Pearl Jam, The Pretenders, Public Image LTD and Flobots’ “Handlebars”.

9.18.2022 History Of Alternative

September 18, 2022 | bphillips

Weezer, Beastie Boys, The Smiths and Veruca Salt in this set, album anniversaries for Nirvana, Cake, Green Day, Nada Surf, Pearl Jam and Liz Phair plus tracks from the Smashing Pumpkins’ catalogue: “Eye”, “Ava Adore”, “Stand Inside Your Love”, “Drown” and “Thirty-Three”.

8.21.2022 History Of Alternative

August 21, 2022 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Blondie, The Cure and Luscious Jackson in this set, album anniversaries for Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Rancid, Coldplay and Jack’s Mannequin, plus Riot Fest bands: Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jimmy Eat World.

7.24.2022 History Of Alternative

July 24, 2022 | bphillips

Blink 182, 311, U2 and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Cake, Eve 6, Fiona Apple, Taking Back Sunday, the Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream” and Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique”, plus Veruca Salt, Urge Overkill, Our Lady Peace and Echo And The Bunnymen’s cover of “People Are Strange”.