Lollapalooza 1996 @ Irvine Meadows 1996-08-03 + 1996-08-04 (Metallica, Soundgarden, Devo, Ramones, Rancid, Jonny Polonsky)

 

This was a fascinating chapter of the new Lolla book. They were mainly booking out of the way places as not to cannibalize the draw for Metallica's upcoming arena tour. However some of those cities just were not selling. Turns out people really do just want to go to the venues they know instead of a field in the middle of nowhere. For the longest time this was between Indio and Bakersfield (!!) before just settling on Irvine Meadows again. Though reported as sold out it was not a tough ticket and they were selling at the box office day of show. By this time the fix was in on Metallica and their fans knew years of touring would follow the release of Load so they were possibly not quite the draw they otherwise would have been.

Posting one more time.  

 

 https://pixeldrain.com/l/XS75Bt9U

 

This was originally transferred as a 2 CD set with the Whisky show as filler so leaving completely intact. 

METALLICA
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96
"Lollapalooza"

CSB -> D7
DAT -> CDRW -> EAC -> FLAC

01. So What
02. Creeping Death
03. Sad But True
04. Ain't My Bitch
05. Whiplash
06. Fade To Black
07. King Nothing
08. One
09. Until It Sleeps
10. For whom The Bell Tolls
11. Wherever I May Roam
01. Nothing Else Matters
02. Enter Sandman
03. -Detroit Rock City (partial)/improv-
04. Last Caress
05. Master Of Puppets
06. Overkill *

WEST HOLLYWOOD,CA:WHISKY A GO GO
12/14/95
as "The Lemmies" for Lemmy Kilmister's 50th birthday party

07. -intro-
08. Overkill
09. Damage Case
10. Stone Dead Forever
11. Too Late Too Late
12. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
13. We Are The Road Crew *
14. Overkill (reprise) *

* with Lemmy

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SOUNDGARDEN
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96
"Lollapalooza"

CSB -> D7
DTC790 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> FLAC

01. -intro-
02. Spoonman
03. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
04. Let Me Drown
05. Waiting For The Sun
06. Pretty Noose
07. My Wave
08. Ty Cobb
09. Fell On Black Days
10. Rusty Cage
11. Black Hole Sun
12. Outshined
13. Mailman
14. Jesus Christ Pose

DEVO
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96
"Lollapalooza"

CSB -> D7
DTC790 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> FLAC

01. Whip It
02. Girl U Want
03. Satisfaction
04. Uncontrollable Urge
05. Blockhead
06. Mongoloid
07. Jocko Homo
08. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
09. Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
10. Gates Of Steel

RAMONES
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96

CSB -> D7
DTC-790 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> Soundforge -> FLAC

01. -intro-
02. Durango 95
03. Teenage Lobotomy
04. Psychotherapy
05. Blitzkrieg Bop
06. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
07. I Believe In Miracles
08. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
09. Rock 'N' Roll High School
10. I Wanna Be Sedated
11. Spiderman
12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
13. Rockaway Beach
14. Pet Semetary
15. Do You Wanna Dance?
16. 53rd & 3rd
17. The KKK Took My Baby Away
18. Wart Hog
19. Cretin Hop
20. Ramones
21. Today Your Love Tomorrow The World
22. Pinhead 

Having attended the last 3 shows I must say this one was the best of the 3



RANCID
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96

CSB -> D7
DA20 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> Audacity -> FLAC



01. Maxwell Murder
02. Roots Radical
03. Avenues And Alleyways
04. Old Friend
05. St. Mary
06. The Wars End
07. Nihilism
08. I Wanna Riot
09. Black & Blue
10. Radio
11. Junkie Man
12. Time Bomb
13. Ruby Soho

JONNY POLONSKY
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/3/96 + 8/4/96

CSB -> D7
DA20 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> Audacity -> FLAC


01. Truly Ugly And Dead Too
02. I Don't Know What To Dream At Night
03. Put A Rock Through A Window
04. Freezed
05. I'm Goin' Blind
06. Down Low
07. In Bloom
08.
09. Love Lovely Love
10. (Wait For Him?)
11. Evil Scurvy Love
12. If I Could Only Rub My Fingers Through Your Head
13. I'm Going To Jail
14.


8/4/96
15. -intro-
16. I Don't Know What To Dream At Night
17. Truly Ugly And Dead Too
18. Put A Rock Through A Window
19. Freezed
20.  
21. I'm Going Blind
22. Down Low
23.  (mecca?)
24. Gone Too Far
25. In Bloom
26. If I Could Only Rub My Fingers Through Your Head
27. Half Mind
28. I'm Going To Jail

SOUNDGARDEN
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/4/96
"Lollapalooza"

CSB -> D7
DTC790 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> FLAC

01. -intro-
02. Spoonman
03. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
04. Let Me Drown
05. Burden In My Hand
06. Pretty Noose
07. My Wave
08. Ty Cobb (with CJ Ramone)
09. Fell On Black Days
10. Rusty Cage
11. Black Hole Sun
12. Outshined
13. Rhinosaur
14. Jesus Christ Pose

RAMONES
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/4/96

CSB -> D7
DTC



01. -intro-
02. Durango 95
03. Teenage Lobotomy
04. Psychotherapy
05. Blitzkrieg Bop
06. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
07. I Believe In Miracles
08. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
09. Rock 'N' Roll High School
10. I Wanna Be Sedated
11. Spiderman
12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
13. Rockaway Beach
14. Pet Semetary
15. Do You Wanna Dance?
16. 53rd & 3rd
17. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
18. Wart Hog
19. Cretin Hop
20. Ramones
21. Today Your Love Tomorrow The World
22. Pinhead 

+

 

RANCID
IRVINE,CA:IRVINE MEADOWS
8/4/96
"Lollapalooza"

CSB -> D7
DA20 -> CDRW700 -> EAC -> Audacity -> FLAC

I might have overdid the high pass filter but the sound just totally sucked at this show


01. -intro-
02. Maxwell Murder
03. Roots Radical
04. Avenues And Alleyways
05. Old Friend
06. Black & Blue
07. Salvation
08. The Wars End
09. Nihilism
10. I Wanna Riot
11. Adina
12. Radio
13. She's Automatic
14. Time Bomb
15. Ruby Soho

 

Day 1 - I wasn't into the Screaming Trees so I headed over to the 2nd stage to see what was going on. Saw a great Jonny Polonsky set during which he overshot the microphone and fell right off the stage. Enjoyed the Jonny Polonsky set so much I went back the next day and saw him again.


Apparently my activity was somewhat obvious as some dude tried to blackmail me out of my hat before eventually disappearing. You can hear him yelling "BOOTLEGGER." Was also approached by a U.S. Marshall (the ones who have a court injunction to impound illegal merchandise) who saw me hiding the recording equipment. Couldn't really think of any way to BS my way out of it so I told him it was recording equipment. Then I said I have the Melvins permission to record (personally approved by the band a month prior). He asked why I was hiding it. I told him security might not let me in with it. He seemed to accept that. Doubtful the injunction would have covered my recorder but he still could have caused a problem for me. Two close calls but thankfully I got just about everything I could that day. Except the Melvins who played the same time as the Ramones. (I do believe the Melvins set was webcast but could be wrong)


What a weird lineup. Ramones 3rd to last show and best of the three. Got more (but not as much) the next day and the Devo set was officially released on DVD.