Two weird things I realized: 1. Mastodon is doing an album play but not Lamb Of God? 2. I for sure thought The Jesus Lizard were a lock. Guess not!
Was just about to wonder about the Jesus Lizard not being on there. Thought them and Bad Religion were really likely. Same with Thrice.
Couple more notes: 1. Not sure if Polaris is the metalcore band or the Pete & Pete band 2. ALL playing is great 3. The Defiant playing is not great
for a second there i got extremely hyped and thought we were getting the first show from the new jesse/tim collab, but then i realized thats doom regulator, and not doomscroll... too many bands sharing words in their names, lol
I never thought Waxahatchee would play because her sound now does not fit the Riot Fest vibe but I’m really stoked she’s playing. Maybe they’ll have like an Americana-ish stage because Slaughter Beach, Dog is basically an Americana band.
I keep looking at the lineup and loving it more and more. A LOT of artists to dig into for the next few months that I haven't really dug into much before.
Bummed home grown isn’t gonna be there. The only band playing that I’ve never seen that I would like to see is something corporate, but I’m hoping they just play an aftershow so I don’t have to go to the actual fest
Sir Chloe is really cool undercard act playing. This song blew up on TikTok during the pandemic but all of her music is solid.
It’s not their best lineup at all but I think it’s their most fun and diverse. They’re checking a lot of boxes this year. That playlist is gonna sound bananas. The Armed into Waxa into The Lawrence Arms into Public enemy is what make Riot Fest special.
pretty certain it’s the metal band, they aren’t doing Chicago on their headliner and dates coordinate
So looking at genre groupings, here's what we've got: Pop Punk/Emo Fall Out Boy The Offspring Manchester Orchestra Sum 41 New Found Glory Something Corporate Taking Back Sunday LS Dunes Basement State Champs CursiveSweet Pill Heart Attack Man Games We Play Liquid Mike Action/Adventure Punk NOFX Suicidal Tendencies Descendents Circle Jerks Pennywise The Lawrence Arms Face to Face Buzzcocks Laua Jane Grace Dillinger Four Lagwagon The Vandals All Strung Out Dead Milkmen DOA The Dickies Codefendants Cobra Skulls Swingin' Utters The Defiant The Exploited Urethane Get Dead Doomscroll The Armed Gel Drug Church The Chisel Sunami Fiddlehead Home Front Verboten Spiritual Cramp Winona Fighter Sprints The Mysterines Huge Euge Hip-Hop Public Enemy Cypress Hill Tierra Whack Tornillo Souls of Mischief Alternative Beck Pavement St. Vincent Bright Eyes Dr. Dog Spoon Oliver Tree Waxahatchee Beach Bunny The Hives Slaughter Beach, Dog Sir Chloe Loveless The Aces Brutus Jack Kays Princess Goes Pixel Grip Saxsquatch Zheani Jhariah Metal/Rock Slayer Rob Zombie Lamb of God Mastodon Poison the Well GWAR Clutch Rival Sons Health Polaris The Warning Nekrogoblikon Reggae Sublime The Marley Brothers