That is Billie Joe Armstrong vs. Perry Farrell, with some critical Lollapalooza drama from 1994 lastly getting dragged again into the daylight like a forgotten pair of JNCO denims.
Let me hit you with this: within the brand-new guide “Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Different Rock’s Wildest Pageant”, Billie Joe doesn’t simply spill tea—he straight-up throws it in Perry Farrell’s face.
So, what occurred? Why did the frontman of Inexperienced Day bashed the creator of Lollapalooza.
It was imagined to be an enormous yr for Inexperienced Day. Dookie had simply dropped. It was punk rock invading the suburbs. Out of the blue, Inexperienced Day was in every single place. MTV. School radio. Youngsters spray-painting “Basket Case” lyrics on their lockers.
Naturally, Lollapalooza needed in on the motion… or a minimum of some individuals behind the scenes did.
However not Perry Farrell, the founding father of Lollapalooza. Nope. In keeping with the guide, Perry took one good take a look at Inexperienced Day. Lollapalooza’s former stage supervisor John Rubeli recollects within the guide:
“I can’t consider a single time that Perry pushed again or vetoed a band – apart from Inexperienced Day. … He was like, ‘They’re a boy band. I don’t wish to guide a boy band.’”
Concerning the entire ordeal, Armstrong stated: “Perry was a a-hole, straight up. He wasn’t part of that dialog, as a result of he’d checked out, however they requested us to play it and we stated sure. And it was going to be the Boredoms on the primary half, and us on the second half because the opening band. After which swiftly, he comes again in and he’s like, ‘I don’t need them on the invoice.’ Apparently, he thought that we had been a band that was put collectively by [record executive] Mo Ostin at Warner Bros.”
Rubeli added: “To Perry’s credit score, I used to be capable of undergo [Green Day’s] historical past within the Bay Space and the way that they had launched indie data and ultimately he stated, ‘OK, they will do half the tour, however I need the Boredoms on the opposite half.’”
Throughout certainly one of Inexperienced Day’s performances at Lollapalooza, the band referred to as Farrell out by dedicating their track “Chump” to the Jane’s Dependancy frontman.
Armstrong stated: “For us it was actually disappointing, as a result of Perry was somebody that we actually revered. I believe that made us wish to play [Lollapalooza] much more, really, as a result of we needed to show that he had his head very far up his personal ass.He had minions that might come up and say, ‘Perry Farrell’s actually offended that you just devoted ‘Chump’ to him. And I’m like, ‘Inform him to cease performing like one.’”
Armstrong went on to say that he by no means interacted with Farrell personally till the 2 of them met at Woodstock ‘94 later that summer time the place they solely briefly shook fingers.
