Riot Fest | Iggy Pop is Still Alive

Another killer line-up took to the seven stages of Riot Fest in Chicago at Douglas Park. The weather finally held out a bit and while the festival grounds were greatly covered in mud, and it was the first real taste of fall midwesterners were experiencing, the crowd was all in to check out their favorite bands. American Nightmare, formerly known as Give Up the Ghost, got thing started early in the day at the Roots Stage. Pennywise frontman, Jim Lindberg, looked like he came straight from a SoCal skater bar.  The Academy Is reunited and it felt so good, riling up all the teenage girls in the audience, and The Lawrence Arms (Chicago natives) killed it like always. 

Conner Oberst took a break from all his other bands (Bright Eyes, The Faint, self-titled) to reconvene with political and societal scrutinizing (but in all the best ways) via his band Desaparacidos. Their first new album in 13 years is out, Payola, and just in time to combat all the political B.S. currently flooding media.

Lastly, we’d like to talk about Riot Fest’s closers-on-closers amazingness. The one and only Iggy Pop took to the Rebel Stage, and absolutely owned it, giving one of the best performances of the weekend. Only to be followed up by System of a Down, where the audience was so stacked, that festival managers actually had to close the photo pit due to safety concerns.

All Photos: Derek Georgevich
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