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With the arrival of the Paramount+ documentary miniseries “Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza ,” alt-rock fans who attended the era-defining Lollapalooza festival in its national heyday will experience a rush of nostalgia, and viewers from Gens Z and Alpha will see and hear what Gen X has been crowing about since 1991. That’s the year Perry Farrell created a touring farewell party for his Jane’s Addiction, invited still-new bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Ice T’s Body Count for the ride, and found a tribe of like-minded rebel youth enthralled with his tribal gathering. Farrell and the series’ director, Emmy nominee Michael John Warren (“Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known,” Jay-Z’s “Fade to Black”), spoke with Variety about the new documentary in separate interviews.

Warren is more naturally prone to rhapsodize about Lollapalooza’s rich history than Farrell, who isn’t so nostalgically inclined and has his sights set very much on what he believes could happen under the Lolla banner in the future. “C3 Presents (Farrell’s new-ish concert promoting partners in Lollapalooza) and Live Nation put the film together; I actually resisted because I feel that our greatest work is ahead of us,” says Farrell. “But I will say that it did something that I didn’t anticipate.



It gave me some credibility. I wasn’t expecting that. They were very honoring to me.

And I appreciated that.” Lollapalooza continues as a band with site-specific gatherings, in C.

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