I’m late, but there’s always time. The documentary Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza has been available on Paramount Plus since May, but I only managed to devour it this week. So many emotions and (good!) memories it awakened!

The festival created in the summer of 1991 gains another perspective when evaluated 33 years later, being at the same time a position of Perry Farrell, the founder of the event, of Generation X and many social and musical changes. Nothing short of incredible.

Lollapalooza was born from an idea for the farewell tour of the band Jane’s Addiction, which was born precisely at the turn of the “end of new wave” and the arrival of “grunge”, so it is super exciting and fun to take this trip back in time and the current look at what was experienced.

Perry, always seeking the essence of Art and connections, was inspired by the Reading Festival to create his American version, without suspecting that Lolla would probably be his greatest cultural contribution to several generations.

Divided into three one-hour episodes, with testimonies from today and then by icons such as Ice-T, Trevor Raznor, and Perry himself, we reconnect with the roots of the event, contextualizing its cultural importance. Directed by Michael John Warren, Lolla: The Story of Lolllapalooza is rich in archival images, and obviously praises its creator, without going too deeply into the behind-the-scenes negotiations when Lolla became a global event.

I, who attended several, felt nostalgic and wanted to return to the next one. Here’s a trigger warning!

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