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The Secret History of Nineties Lollapalooza

From Perry Farrell thinking Green Day was a boy band to Courtney Love throwing punches, here are the festival's wildest moments.

Nine Inch Nails delivered career-defining performances at the 1992 festival — but on night one, their equipment literally melted in hot weather, cutting their show short early. They were also given the opportunity to move up the bill actually, and chose not to because of, I guess, punk rock.” Eddie Vedder was still enjoying himself on the road at that point, even spending time with the freak-show performers from the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow: he even drank stomach bile and shoved his face into broken glass. Check out eight years’ worth of episodes in the archive, including in-depth interviews with Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, SZA, Questlove, Halsey, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Rick Ross, Alicia Keys, the National, Ice Cube, Taylor Hawkins, Willow, Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Dua Lipa, Killer Mike, Julian Casablancas, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Marr, Scott Weiland, Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Donald Fagen, Charlie Puth, Phil Collins, Justin Townes Earle, Stephen Malkmus, Sebastian Bach, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Clarkson, Pete Townshend, Bob Seger, the Zombies, and Gary Clark Jr. And look for dozens of episodes featuring genre-spanning discussions, debates, and explainers with Rolling Stone’s critics and reporters.

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