Riot Fest announces 2011 event—and raises a few red flags
Over the last six years, Riot Fest has become another reason to be proud of the Chicago music scene: The annual fall celebration of punk rock old, new, local, and otherwise has become the second best festival in town for adventurous music fans, right behind Pitchfork.
But today’s announcement of the “largest lineup ever” this October 5 to 9 is as much a cause for concern as a reason for celebration, for a couple of reasons.
For one thing, the fest’s official name is now “Red Bull Riot Fest,” the result of a partnership with the highly caffeinated energy drink announced last August and already in effect for the 2010 festival.
Yeah, yeah, I know: Corporate sponsorship is an unavoidable fact of life in the new millennium, stop whining and get over it, or just try to ignore the ubiquitous branding like many music lovers claim to. But it still means something in the D.I.Y. punk-rock underground, and avoiding these kinds of deals with the marketing devil is what used to distinguish a community event like Riot Fest from a shopping-mall celebration such as the Vans Warped Tour.
There was supposed to be a difference. But is there anymore?
Red flag number two would suggest not: Top billing among this year’s headliners goes to Weezer, which—despite its many merits—is in no way, shape, or form a punk band, and it never has been.
The rest of the bill largely represents Riot Fest’s typical mix of older punk acts and up-and-comers, including Social Distortion, the Descendents, X (doing the classic-album shtick, playing “Los Angeles” in its entirety), Youth of Today, Suicide Machines, ALL (Scott, Chad and Dave), Helmet, D Generation, Down By Law, the Business, Strike Anywhere, the Tossers, Macabre and Nachtmystium (bringing a little more metal to this year’s mix), the Flatliners, Flatfoot 56, the Menzingers, Banner Pilot, the Pavers, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Shot Baker, the Copyrights, Cheap Girls, Larry and His Flask, Chinese Telephones, the Crombies, the Holy Mess, Van Buren Boys, Neutron Bombs, the Infected, and others to be named soon, including an allegedly big announcement coming on Friday.
“The final headliner announcement is very special for me personally, and almost needless to say, it’s something that I never thought would happen,” Riot Fest founder and majordomo Michael Petryshyn said in today’s press release. “We thought that this deserves its very own separate announcement and I’m happy to say that we’ll be doing it with a few close friends that you might know this upcoming Friday.
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Red flag number two would suggest not: Top billing among this year's headliners goes to Weezer, which—despite its many merits—is in no way, shape, or form a punk band, and it never has been. The rest of the bill largely represents Riot Fest's typical
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