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‘We Didn’t Have a Clue’: How Lollapalooza Went From Pipe Dream to Reality (Book Excerpt)


'Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival': Book excerpt

Excerpted from LOLLAPALOOZA: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour © 2025 by the authors and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press. CARLTON SANDERCOCK (owner, Easy Action Records; Jane’s Addiction superfan) It was a club called Subterania, underneath a flyover in West London. For instance, I remember having a big discussion with him, and I’m just using examples, I’m not saying they were on the tour, but it was, “If you’re gonna have the ACLU, do you also have the NRA?” Like, “You have to represent the world, not just our point of view.”

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