In the summer of 1991, Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell launched the inaugural Lollapalooza festival, America's first travelling 'alternative music' roadshow, which would, in time, be credited for helping lay the groundwork for propelling 'underground' rock into the mainstream. Farrell would later claim that it was a visit to England's Reading festival which planted the seed for Lollapalooza in his brain, but The Cult's Ian Astbury might argue that the inspiration for what became one of America's most influential festival brands lay rather closer to Farrell's back door.
“I was sitting in the front of the tour bus one day with my notebook, thinking, Wouldn’t it be great if I could take the records in my collection and see a festival with some of the best acts? Why not an event where you could see all this great music?”
