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ANDREW W.K.

RIOT FEST

September 14

by Rene Cobar
photo by Nina Ottolino

The man. The myth. The blood-soaked legend. Ladies and gentlemen, Andrew W.K. It has been nearly 10 years since the release of I Get Wet, Andrew W.K.’s debut album that launched a thousand beer pong balls and neon-colored panties across college dorms countrywide. The colossal anthems that songs like “She Is Beautiful” and “It’s Time to Party” became helped cement W.K. as the rock madman our country sorely needed in late 2001. In despair and fear, one could still find a reason to smile. Andrew W.K. proposed a simple practice: be rebellious, be loud, be yourself, and celebrate that every day. Immortalized on the controversial cover of I Get Wet by famed photographer Roe Ethridge, Andrew W.K. has become an idea, a symbol for the liberty of expression we all crave. At Riot Fest 2019, that symbol will be presented to the masses once again to signify what it always has: freedom.

7:30-8:30 PM
Rebel Stage

ANTHRAX

RIOT FEST

September 14

by Jake McKenzie
photo by Jimmy Hubbard

Mixing dark and brooding heavy metal with a fast and furious punk rock spirit, Anthrax (along with Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) would definitely be carved into the Mount Rushmore of thrash metal. But unlike those three West Coast bands, Anthrax got their start in New York City. Further distancing themselves from the likes of Metallica, members of Anthrax have also demonstrated a keen sense of humor over the years. Satisfied with blending metal and punk while pioneering speed metal, Anthrax even set their sights on hip-hop. Ultimately collaborating with Public Enemy in 1991, Anthrax blazed the trail into rock-rap territory, completely stumping most rock critics at the time with a sound that would dominate alternative rock radio waves in just a few short years. Though Scott Ian’s beard is now mostly gray, he hasn’t lost one ounce of energy at live performances. Seeing him and Bello frenetically pluck their strings is an experience that should never be missed.

6:20-7:20 PM
Riot Stage 

THE FLAMING LIPS

RIOT FEST

September 13

by Jamie Robash
photo by George Salisbury

The Flaming Lips began their career in 1983 as a somewhat goofy-sounding band that made somewhat goofy-sounding music. The ’93-released “She Don’t Use Jelly” brought the Lips their first brush with semi-stardom and threatened to derail them into one-hit-wonder terrain until the deeply personal lyricism and wispy-tinged rock of The Soft Bulletin made its debut in ’99. Bulletin garnered near universal critical acclaim, but 2002’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots certified both their both cult and mainstream status. Yoshimi is a dreamy electronic lullaby, an introspective record dealing with heady situations, facing challenges, and coming to terms with one’s own mortality. The band famously offsets all of this harshing of mellows with an ever-flamboyant eye-gasm of laser lights, pyrotechnics, colossal amounts of confetti, and frontman Wayne Coyne plodding over the audience in a gigantic blowup hamster ball. With a full play of Yoshimi at Riot Fest, it’s the most fun you’ll ever have while confronting your own mortality.

7:40-8:40 PM
Roots Stage

DESCENDENTS

RIOT FEST

September 13

by Anthony V. Fraccalvieri
photo by Kevin Scanlon

The few, the proud, The Descendents! This classic Huntington Beach punk foursome have enjoyed a productive last decade. 2013 saw the release of their feature-length documentary Filmage, chronicling the history of Descendents and their sister project All. In 2016, the band released Hypercaffium Spazzinate, their first full-length record in 14 years. Upon the release of this album, vocalist Milo Auckerman announced that he would be leaving his career in biochemistry to pursue the band full time. This came as a surprise to longtime fans, in that his affinity for science and academics has been a running theme in Descendents’ music and imagery from the beginning. The following year brought us the standalone single “Who We Are”, a highly political diatribe aimed squarely at the presidency of Donald Trump and the societal divisions that it has amplified and exacerbated. In a recent interview, Auckerman hinted at a new album in the works.

7:15-8:15 PM
Rise Stage

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