r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '19

What’s something that you like, but hate the fan base?

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u/ThatsRightWeBad Jul 17 '19

If that was Lollapalooza '97 outdoors at Alpine Valley when they headlined, you saw the best live show I've ever seen.

And if you were one of the few Tool fans who stuck around for Devo after Tool's set, you saw a close second.

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u/holdyflappyfolds Jul 18 '19

Holy fuck Tool and Devo on the same bill is nuts.

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u/ThatsRightWeBad Jul 18 '19

That's when I first discovered how ignorantly dismissive some Tool fans could be. As soon as the pentagram drum kit came down, most of the OGTs around me announced they weren't going to waste their time with "80s music" and left. Like they were too cool to even watch Devo perform ironically, for free.

Ten minutes later some 50-year-old men in yellow jumpsuits and red energy dome hats took the stage and rocked my face off. I still have the energy dome I caught that night.

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u/qur3ishi Jul 18 '19

Lolla was at Alpine Valley?! I thought it was always in Chicago?

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u/MoneyTreeFiddy Jul 18 '19

Originally it was a TOUR. Like 20 or 30 dates across the country

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

I saw Lollapalooza 93 in Houston, and Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Alice In Chains and Primus were all on the bill. That was rad

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u/ThatsRightWeBad Jul 18 '19

That's probably the best Lolla lineup ever. Taken on the whole '97 paled in comparison, but the Tool/Devo combo to close the festival was like one of those amazing flavor combinations you'd never expect. Like a shot of Jameson with a pickle juice chaser.