Nerd. Pay way more attention to this stuff than I should. I keep ticket stubs. I listen to vinyl. I live in the past. London Calling, The Specials, This Year’s Model, Kaya, Sound Affects, Only A Lad, Road to Ruin, Phantasmagoria, Seventeen Seconds, Come On Pilgrim, 10, 9, 8…, . But have used music festivals to discover great new music. Much of which was heavily influenced by what I grew up with. Walking into a tent at Coachella and hearing Grinderman for the first time (tippytoe…tippytoe…). Or Frank Turner. Or that Wolf Alice aftershow at Lollapalooza. Or stumbling across Ghost with only about 100 others (everyone else was at Radiohead on the main stage) at dusk at Lolla. And the Slaves aftershow opening for Buzzcocks at Riotfest (what the hell was that???). And I have opinions…many of them. Without prompt. I’ll tell you how unworthy some musicians are. And will spew useless knowledge about the mundane. That’s when you can call BullChip.
Musings…observations from the fourth line on the festival lineup poster
Riot Fest 2026 Preview – Less Than Jake and Public Image Ltd
CallbullChatGPT Preview Saturday Riot Fest 2026 Less Than Jake 3:20 Rise Stage Less Than Jake are from Gainesville, Florida, and are one of the defining bands of the third-wave ska-punk era. Their music combines fast pop-punk guitars, prominent horns, huge choruses, and a lot of humor. Fans of Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, NOFX, Streetlight Manifesto, and …
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Riot Fest 2026 Preview – Angine de Poitrine and Destroy Boys
CallbullChatGPT Preview Saturday Riot Fest 2026 Angine De Poitrine 2:45 Riot Stage Angine de Poitrine are a newer French punk/alternative act, and their music sits in the more abrasive, experimental end of punk and noise rock. They’re a much more left-field choice than the established legacy acts on your Saturday list. Think jagged guitars, unconventional arrangements, …
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Riot Fest 2026 Preview – The Chats and The Suicide Machines
CallbullChatGPT Preview Saturday Riot Fest 2026 The Chats 1:55 Rebel Stage The Chats are from the Sunshine Coast, Australia, and play extremely direct, funny, beer-soaked punk rock. Their songs are short, loud, catchy, and frequently about everyday Australian life, drinking, work, and generally being a menace. Fans of Amyl and the Sniffers, Cosmic Psychos, The Hard-Ons, …
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Mike Watt (The Minutemen) 
Frank Turner 
Robert August (Endless Summer) 
Foreigner 
Tim Armstrong 
Lorna Thomas (Skinny Lister) 
Tony Hawk 
Angelo Moore (Fishbone) 
Charlie Harper (UK Subs)