Make a Coachella Lineup In Retrospective - COMPETITION!

[C DUB YA]

thank you! i spent a LOT of time working on this- ill probably be taking it down soon and re submitting it later - to avoid people biting..

Nah I'd just leave it up - if people are going to bite - they already are... besides you did one, it's up let everyone know what they have to shoot for.

[C DUB YA]

My 1986 Poster. What do you think?

I think I can't see it.

[bdfsh]

Nah I'd just leave it up - if people are going to bite - they already are... besides you did one, it's up let everyone know what they have to shoot for.

well i guess i will just bring it down if i feel its necessary to make any changes, i think its pretty damn solid tho!

[Foucault]

Alright, I don't necessarily think that INXS would be the best choice but they did, like Depeche Mode, play (and I think sell out) the Rose Bowl about this time (let's think of INXS '90 as like The Killers '09--great undercard, but head-scratch headliner). New Order had just released "Fine Time," their attempt to keep current with the burgeoning acid house scene. The Chili Peppers were just on the verge of releasing "Blood Sugar...," which brought them huge fame but they weren't quite there yet. Morrissey had recently gone solo and already released a B-sides collection. Jean-Michel Jarre took the Coachella Stage after INXS to present his synth-extravaganza, complete with his laser harp. 808 State was dominating the dancefloor with "Cubik" and 'acid house' and 'raves' were just about take over urban America. As usual, Coachella was hip to the trends and booked the top dance acts, such as Inner City, S'Express, the Shamen, and Frankie Knuckles to blow out the Sahara Tent, then in its first year. Big Audio Dynamite cancels due to conflicts within the band; Mick Jones reschedules as BAD II, but they fail badly. And, Bowie finally plays Coachella, but only with his unmemorable band Tin Machine. [For larger size, click on the thumbnail]

[C DUB YA]

My 1990 one is coming along soon.

[Monklish]

Dark Side came out 1 month before the show.
David Bowie collapsed on Feb. 14 1973 but recovered just in time.
Zeppelin kicked off the Song Remains the Same Tour in 1973. First stop? Coachella.

Nice design and all, but here's my complaint with a lot of these posters and really what I'm responding to is more Shotglass saying "and the winner is" than your poster specifically:

I'm tired of seeing the same posters featuring the biggest fucking headliners of their year.

This may seem like a stupid criticism to a lot of you, but frankly I find this shit intensely unimaginative. You have literally the three biggest fucking headliners from the decade all playing Coachella. It shows absolutely no creativity to pick a year and then focus on the absolute biggest acts of that year to headline it, not to mention the fact that it's absurdly unrealistic. When has Coachella ever had three headliners who could all sell out 40,000 capacity venues on every day? It makes no sense. Why would they bother coming to play a festival? Did Zeppelin ever play a festival during they heyday? Floyd? No. Because they could sell the shit on their own.

[buddy]

After performing Blood on the Tracks the Band would join Dylan to do some Basement Tapes songs.

[abbeyroad 04]

How can I get a bigger preview? I can't find a way. i have it as a jpeg on my computer.

[Monklish]

How can I get a bigger preview? I can't find a way. i have it as a jpeg on my computer.

Upload it to any image sharing site like photobucket, then copy the [img] tag line and post it in the body of a post here.

[C DUB YA]

BTW

For those doing research, and excellent source outside of the same websites everyone seems to be going to is Scott Schinder's Alt-Rock-A-Rama book. It's a little dated, but that kinda helps it for this contest.

You'll prolly learn something as well.

[n3glect]

Here's my stab at 1992:

[bdfsh]

Edited damn near the whole lineup; very realistic now.
Eliminated the abundance of huge names, rearranged many, and added a variety of musicians- some one hit wonders, + a few which are not too popular in '92, but have since become to be very well known...

[abbeyroad 04]

Upload it to any image sharing site like photobucket, then copy the [img] tag line and post it in the body of a post here.

Can't get it to work. Oh well. Just gonna have to click to open it.

[Monklish]

Velvet Underground headlining anything just makes me want to fucking punch people, especially over Nirvana when they were the hottest commodity in rock that year. Pixies were never, ever popular enough to subheadline until they'd been broken up for a decade. Iggy and the Stooges didn't reform until 2003.

[Monklish]

Can't get it to work. Oh well. Just gonna have to click to open it.

It doesn't even work then. At least when I tried to click on the thumbnail it didn't load for me.

[DorkyKid]

[JClemy]

BTW

For those doing research, and excellent source outside of the same websites everyone seems to be going to is Scott Schinder's Alt-Rock-A-Rama book. It's a little dated, but that kinda helps it for this contest.

You'll prolly learn something as well.

Thanks. I'm going to check that book out just for reading if it's good.

I think I posted mine too early. I was hoping for some angry feedback.

[bdfsh]

Velvet Underground headlining anything just makes me want to fucking punch people, especially over Nirvana when they were the hottest commodity in rock that year. Pixies were never, ever popular enough to subheadline until they'd been broken up for a decade. Iggy and the Stooges didn't reform until 2003.

The Velvet Underground are legends, DEFINATELY headliners, to headline this year would be a huge draw...Nirvana are most certainly the biggest rock act this year - they could headline, or they could subheadline under Rock 'N Roll legends....to say the Pixies weren't popular enough to subheadline until a decade after their break up makes no sense, they headlined Reading in 1990 and it is still a highly acclaimed show...Iggy and the Stooges didnt reunite until 2003, but this is Coachella 1992; a huge festival within such an era that could've definately brought this band together for a reunion gig.

[nbvcide]

Did Zeppelin ever play a festival during they heyday? No. Because they could sell the shit on their own.

July 5, 1969
Atlanta Pop Festival

July 6, 1969
Newport Jazz Festival

July 11, 1969
Laurel Pop Festival

July 25, 1969
Mid-West Rock Festival

July 27, 1969
Seattle Pop Festival

August 29-30, 1969
Singer Bowl Music Festival

August 31, 1969
Texas International Pop Festival (footage appears on Led Zep DVD)

June 28, 1970
Bath Festival

August 29, 1970
Man Pop Festival

August 4 & 11, 1979
Knebworth Festival

Parkside Arts Festival


people seem to forget that Woodstock wasn't the only festival the summer 0f '69, just the most infamous due to the news coverage of the state highways being shut down, it mistakenly being called a free concert, thus the crowds.. and the later legends of course..

although Led Zeppelin DID have the dates available in April '72, so ya never know.. (although i think it's more realistic than Randy says, since in '72 they were playing venues like the Memorial Coliseum in Portland Oregon, the Long Beach Arena, The Forum in L.A., the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Tucson Community Center, & the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino.. i wouldn't exactly say they were selling out 60,000 person venues, although they were filling (a couple) larger venues outside the U.S...

they played one or two stadiums in '73, but didn't really start headlining them until '75

[JustSteve]

If any of you are curious, what year to do and are basing some of that on what's already been done... here are the years without a poster (including what I'm doing)

1976, 1977, 1981

What years have the most entries?

1971 (4 entries), then 1984, 1985, 1970, 1993, 1979, 1988, 1982, 1987

'77 already has a winner, first post of thread.

[C DUB YA]

Velvet Underground headlining anything just makes me want to fucking punch people, especially over Nirvana when they were the hottest commodity in rock that year. Pixies were never, ever popular enough to subheadline until they'd been broken up for a decade. Iggy and the Stooges didn't reform until 2003.

I have to disagree with you.

VU could headline over Nirvana, sure Nirvana was selling tons recods, but VU has always carried a godlike status. So them headlining over a "new" band that happens to be #1 on the charts isn't that far off at all.

Pixies were very popular in 1990. I thought you were JUST complaining about to many BIG names in the top lines of posters?

The Stooges were a band before 1990 - thus - in this imaginary world, a reunion could have happened. I thought you read/knew the rules of this.

[C DUB YA]

'77 already has a winner, first post of thread.

Ah yes - well that makes sense why people have not done it.

[C DUB YA]

I wondered how soon we see UFO's, only took 16 pages in.

[We Cara Lot]

Here are both my 1983 posters - the original, and the one I reworked to be more "old-school". Same acts, but totally different look. I'm trying to age it, but it's tough to figure that part out.

[JustSteve]

I wondered how soon we see UFO's, only took 16 pages in.

i'm only on page 12, thanks custom settings

[nbvcide]

VU could headline over Nirvana, sure Nirvana was selling tons recods, but VU has always carried a godlike status. So them headlining over a "new" band that happens to be #1 on the charts isn't that far off at all.

ignore randy, he likes to bitch far more than he likes to contribute..

as far as Nirvana, they were one of those rare integrity bands that would probably refuse to headline over an act like Velvet Underground.. hell, they made that stand for Sonic Youth and several others who were certainly not the #1 hottest commodity that year..

[zajaa]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the white background separated from the Coachella header.

Layers palette > Select Coachella header layer > Blending Options (Next to Opacity) > Change "Normal" to "Darken"

[ranchito]

It's 1986, Elvis Costello is one of the first ever inductees into the Rock & Roll hall of fame. The Monkees have reunited and are touring. A-Ha wins a record 8 MTV music video awards, and Black Flag disbands later in the year making Coachella one of their last shows.

[TickleMeElmo]

It's 1986, Elvis Costello is one of the first ever inductees into the Rock & Roll hall of fame. The Monkees have reunited and are touring. A-Ha wins a record 8 MTV music video awards, and Black Flag disbands later in the year making Coachella one of their last shows.

WTF?!? Do you even go to Coachella? I really hope I'm just being stupid and this is actually just a joke.

[allstar255]