Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun Times is the greatest music troll in the history of music trolling. Lollapalooza’s 2010 lineup was officially unveiled today, and Jim is here to arbitrarily assign star ratings to bands he’s never heard of and tell you how much your music sucks. Gogol Bordello is a jam band, ok guys? Wolfmother puts the “head bang” in “head bang.” But this isn’t the first time he’s done this! Check out this article he wrote in 1994, skewering the Lolla lineup and cementing his place in history as the music critic for people who don’t listen to music.
Lollapalooza’s 1994 Lineup Reviewed
by Jim DeRogatis
Well, it’s April of 1994, and I just received the list of the piss-poor headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza. Oh how I yearn for the golden summer days of 1990, when Lollapalooza didn’t exist. Here’s what Perry Farrell has in store for us this year (picture me saying pssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh in a really biting way right now):
The Smashing Pumpkins – The sonic dreamscape shoe-gaze metal bangers will float down from heaven on a golden chariot of nihilism and underground “cred.” And by “cred” I mean “credentials.” Or “credit?” Whatever, I wish 4 Non Blondes were headlining instead. 
Beastie Boys – The bratty Brooklyn pranksters are back! Hopefully they can recapture the magic of their famed License to Ill tour, complete with giant inflatable penises and drunken shenanijinks. Instead, they’ll probably ask us to free Tibet (like I don’t have enough on my plate already). 
George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars – More like Bill Clinton and the A-Gore Funkmonsters. Also, have you heard about Pulp Fiction? John Travolta is playing a bad guy! What is this, Welcome Back Kotter? I mean seriously. Seriously. 
The Breeders – Pixies ripoff. 
A Tribe Called Quest – These are the Shaolin Monks that I’ve been hearing so much about right? With the bright orange robes? Classic stuff.Â
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Are we really still paying attention to what Nick Cave has to say? The Birthday Party (or as they were originally known [and I still call them] The Boys Next Door) was like 20 years ago. Just play Red Right Hand in front of the toilets because 
Nirvana (rumored) – Seattle yucksters will be serving up indecipherable lyrics with a side order of ear-melting feedback. Then they’ll (thankfully) trash their instruments and sulk off the stage. 
L7 – These handsome fellas sure know how to bring the noise. Smell the Magic? More like Smell the Chorizos, which is what I’ll be doing while I eat chorizos instead of watching L7 do whatever it is they do. (strictly for the chorizos)
The Green Days – Punk rock innovators The Green Days will be taking the stage… if they decide to show up! That would be so punk rock of them to not show up! Expect songs about masturbation and piercings (if they show up). Oi oi oi!Â
Other bands that you should give a sideways glance towards on your way to the merch booth to pick up a Lollapalooza foam finger –
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Yeah, that’s right. None of them. If you somehow wind up accidentally attending Lollapalooza in 1994, you’d be better off finding a shady spot, staying there until 1995 and praying for a better lineup.