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
Choose Your Adventure – Riot Fest 2026
Here’s my potential schedule, noting a few conflicts and last minute decisions. Friday, Guttermouth (Jimmy’s and my buddies from Surf City) to Motion City Soundtrack will be a decision. And how to navigate Pixies to Iggy to GWAR and Blothar will take some finesse. Saturday there are a lot of conflicts early. Gotta see some …
Riot Fest 2026 Preview – Morrissey, Tool, and Saturday Summary
CallbullChatGPT Preview Saturday Riot Fest 2026 Morrissey 7pm Roots Stage Morrissey is from Manchester, England, and is best known as the singer and lyricist of The Smiths before launching his long-running solo career. His music combines alternative rock, indie pop, glam, and classic pop influences, with lyrics that tend toward melancholy, romance, alienation, and dark humor. …
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Riot Fest 2026 Preview – Sugar and Social Distortion
CallbullChatGPT Preview Saturday Riot Fest 2026 Sugar 4:50 Roots Stage Sugar are the alternative rock band formed by Bob Mould after Hüsker Dü. They’re from the United States, with Mould originally coming from Minnesota, and their music combines punk’s energy with huge melodic guitar hooks and ’90s alternative rock. Fans of Hüsker Dü, Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., …
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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)