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alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
I still remember at my first Riot Fest in 2012, my buddy had won a giant stuffed hamster earlier in the day from one of the vendors and disappeared during Gogol Bordello's set. My partner and I weren't sure where he went and had a mild panic attack about it. Five minutes later we both received a video via text of him riding the ferris wheel with the stuffed hamster and Gogol playing in the background. Haha. But other than that I've pretty much steered clear of the rides and fenway games in all contexts. Not that I don't like ferris wheels or throwing balls at things... I'm just usually so loaded up on music that it's not worth the time.
Sep 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM -
alkalinexandy liked troyplaysbass's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Are they not charging for rides anymore? I rode the ferris wheel at the Thursday pre-party they did in 2021 because it was free that day, but I never wanted to spend money on it otherwise.
Sep 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM -
alkalinexandy liked 2ndImpact's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Harrison Gordon’s secret set at Fauxchella this year was insane. Someone had to get on the mic before the set started and beg people not to destroy the venue when it started. It was a floor show to probably 400 people in about 150 square feet of space lmao. it was very whelming. Had some kinda cool and different stuff- but overall I’d much rather have seen that space be used for the rebel stage and that money go back into the lineup. Obviously early promises like “the largest festival bar of all time” “a fully licensed casino” and “a fully functional mall” never materialized lmao
Sep 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM -
alkalinexandy liked KindaFatMike's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
i think there was a Delorian randomly parked over there too. I really liked it for the 1/2 hour i spent over there, but its really only worth spending considerable time in if you have a long gap, or just want to do a quick run through to say you saw it. I do remember thinking it looked really cool at night with all the lights.
Sep 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM -
alkalinexandy liked Pokinatcha Punk's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think blink may only have an hour and 15 minutes at Four Chord. So they may have to cut songs due to the shorter set, which shouldn’t be an issue at riot fest.
Sep 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM -
alkalinexandy liked sam_might_say's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Jawbreaker is changing their setlist each night. They did two nights in Anaheim last week and and both were different
Sep 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Gonna be on the lookout for the Four Chord setlists over the weekend. Excited to see what the current Blink-182, Jawbreaker, and Wonder Years set lists look like! (Okay, look, I think I'm mostly excited to see if Blink switches up a song or two.)
Sep 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM -
alkalinexandy liked KindaFatMike's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Friday: shonen knife, big ass truck, barbarians (full set vs partial to be based on how much I like them tomorrownight opening for deftones), the tossers, puddles, camper van, Rico nasty, rilo Kiley, weird Al, blink with a bit of pogues somewhere in there sarurday: speed of light, violent vira, still deciding between thrown or girl in a coma, militarie gun, helmet, small bits of pachinko & James, bouncing souls, Marky ramone, dropkick, jack white, weezer
Sep 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
The way Q101 is promoting these two events (and giving away tickets) is pretty much why I assumed the secret pop-up show band wasn't anybody major. But I couldn't articulate it at the time. LOL
Sep 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Oof, that's rough dude! Glad you're okay and hope you can make it to the festival! I am really loving the Harrison Gordon stuff! So I'm excited to see them and I just saw today they're playing Boston in November so I might hit that up too depending on how much fun I have watching them. Hah. Glad I'm not the only one WRT the Hold Steady. If there was nothing else going on, I'd happily sit and watch the whole thing but I really want to check out Rico Nasty so I'll probably dip after "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" to watch her if I'm being real about it.
Sep 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM -
alkalinexandy liked troyplaysbass's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
So excited for Harrison Gordon. Kids from my hometown! I'm kind of feeling the same way about the Hold Steady. I'll be watching them anyway because I need to get a great spot for Rilo Kiley, but there are three albums I'd rather see live than Separation Sunday.
Sep 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
OFFICIALLY ONE WEEK AWAY! The email this morning says they'll be dropping more "20th anniversary surprises" next week starting with the RiotLand reveal on Monday. Guessing the map will be the same as it was last year but very curious to see if they change up some of the installations/features. I'm guessing they swap out the Quik Stop for something else but other than that... I dunno. But I'm guessing the stuff happening on the festival grounds is all they meant by "surprises."
Sep 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Genre The Punk Thread (Official Thread).
[MEDIA] FFO: Drug Church, Hot Water Music, Militarie Gun, Skinhead, the Flatliners One of my favorite albums this year. Catchy as hell, powerful, etc. And has an impressive use of sound clips that is pretty rare these days.
Sep 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM -
alkalinexandy liked Allhailburnzy's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
It’s wild how stacked all 3 days are. Why can’t there be a weak day to make life easier
Sep 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM -
alkalinexandy attached a file to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Scribbled out my plan of attack tonight after letting it all settle in. And I think this is the plan. We'll probably dip out of some of these partial sets early, watch from a long distance away, etc. to get food. And I think it's a coin-toss as to whether we just say "fuck it," and skip all of Weezer in favor of the Damned but... This feels mostly about right. Sleeper artists I didn't know about before the fest that I'm really stoked about seeing: Harrison Gordon, Rico Nasty, and Zero Boys. Also a little surprised at how non-enthralled I am about the Hold Steady doing Separation Sunday. That album is stolid enough but it's far from my favorite. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Sep 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
VIP should have porta-potty's and a set of air-conditioned "real" bathroom units. So yeah, there's a cleaner option in that area.
Sep 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Apparently the outcry was loud enough: ISLAND NOODLE is back!
Sep 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
alkalinexandy liked Cmoney86's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
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Sep 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM -
alkalinexandy replied to the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
The biggest difference for me is that the line-ups they curated around these artists this year just feel so cohesive. The 2023 line-up was strong as a whole but the way it all lined up by day felt a little odd to me with the exception of Sunday. But this year it all just clicks and ties together nicely across different spectrums and fanbases. It's dope as hell. This is definitely the strongest one across the board. 2015 is close but Modest Mouse drags it down a bit. I'd also say 2018 is probably the weakest overall just looking at it objectively.
Sep 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM -
alkalinexandy liked ALT/MSC/FAN's post in the thread Tour Riot Fest 2025.
Past Headliners: 2025: Blink 182 / Weezer & Jack White / Green Day 2024: Fall Out Boy / Beck & Pavement / Slayer 2023: Foo Fighters / Death Cab & Postal Service / The Cure 2022: My Chemical Romance / The Misfits / Nine Inch Nails 2021: The Smashing Pumpkins / Run the Jewels / Slipknot 2019: Blink 182 / Slayer / Bikini Kill 2018: Weezer / Beck / Run the Jewels 2017: Nine Inch Nails / Queens of the Stone Age / Jawbreaker 2016: The Flaming Lips / Morrissey / The Misfits 2015: No Doubt / System of a Down / Modest Mouse
Sep 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM