David Bowie, Beck, Bad Religion and Kate Bush in this set along with Social D, INXS, XTC and DMB along with Muse, The Stone Roses, Incubus and Garbage, plus all the swoon along feels in Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You”.
Green Day, Weezer, The Killers and Depeche Mode in this set along with Oasis, Rancid, The Stone Roses and Vampire Weekend, plus The Ramones, Rise Against and Dynamite Hack’s cover of NWA’s “Boys-In-the Hood”.
Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, Alice In Chains and Rage Against the Machine in this set along with Blur, Blondie, Sponge and The Smiths, plus New Order, The Waterboys and a swanky jam from Edwyn Collins off the Empire Records soundtrack.
The Cure, Oasis, STP and 311 lead this set along with Local H, Pavement and Material Issue. Plus, MTV launched 39 years ago this weekend, so music from the first day of “music television” from The Buggles, Blondie, The Pretenders, The Vapors and Split Enz.
The Smiths, Radiohead, Beck and Weezer lead this set along with Garbage, The Pretenders, Siouxsie And The Banshees plus The Cure, Material Issue, “Mother Mother” from Tracy Bonham and the mother of all gloom-rock mother tunes from Mr. Glenn Danzig!
Alice In Chains, Live, 311 and Green Day lead this set along with The Smiths, Depeche Mode and The Cure plus a nod to the Irish with U2, The Waterboys, Sinead O’Connor, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers and Flogging Molly.
Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Beck and Radiohead lead this set along with Pearl Jam, Sponge, Garbage and Morrissey, plus New Order, The Smithereens, Urge Overkill and Mister Billy Idol!
Green Day, The Cure, Beck and the Beastie Boys get this set movin’ along with New Order, Weezer, STP and MXPX plus Bad Religion, Urge Overkill 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, 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.
Pearl Jam, New Order and Rancid lead this set along with Material Issue, The Cult and The Violent Femmes’ “American Music”. Plus, STP, O.M.D., R.E.M., a cool cover from Echo And The Bunnymen and some proper ska punk horns from Less Than Jake!
The Smiths, Beck and Local H lead this set of retro goods along with The Pixies, Letters To Cleo and The Stone Roses. Plus, a cool cover from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged set recorded 25 years ago (11/18/93)
More Riot Fest bands (Weezer, Bad Religion, Johnny Marr of The Smiths) along with cool UK bands (Catherine Wheel, Blur and Supergrass) and the retro “poof mullets” of A Flock Of Seagulls complete this set of 80s and 90s goods.
A Labor Day weekend 80s and 90s set complete with tunes from 2 albums released 24 years ago, a visit from one of Bono’s on-stage personas from the Zoo TV tour and the mezmerizing vocals of Polly Jean Harvey.
