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STM4EVA t1_jd4oq5a wrote

Haha, it's fallen a long way since I seen the Beastie Boys and Smashing Pumpkins as twin headliners.

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briansonlyfriend t1_jd4r8bj wrote

Omg right?!

It’s almost like music has changed over the course of 30 years and people have different tastes in music than you.

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patman990 t1_jd4vvlf wrote

There are dozens of other huge venues for these type of acts. Lollapalooza was founded as an alternative music fest. People are allowed to be disappointed that it turned into a generic pop fest like all the others.

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goodusernamegood t1_jd6r9wh wrote

Kendrick and Billie may be huge artists, but their music is forward-thinking and "alternative" in a lot of ways. I mean, a quick look at 1996 shows that Metallica and Soundgarden headlined that year, both of which had massive number 1 albums at that point, so it's not like they've ever been averse to booking mainstream headliners.

I think the issue is people are looking at "alternative" and thinking "alternative rock." New alt rock bands aren't headlining nowadays because rock isn't as popular. But Billie and Kendrick are great examples of hugely popular stars that's still doing something alternative, quite frankly a lot more alternative than most of the cookie-cutter alt rock bands of the 90s. It's just that rap and pop artists don't tend to get credit for being forward-thinking in the same way rock acts do.

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