Photo Gallery – Riot Fest Chicago 2015 – Day One
Angelo Moore of Fishbone (photo by Curt Baran)
The 2015 Chicago version of Riot Fest made its debut in Chicago’s Douglas Park – after being asked to not return to Humboldt Park over a dispute with the local alderman over turf repairs (wars?) in 2014. In the fest’s defense, torrential downpours that preceded last year’s opening day turned the park into a sloppy mess. Douglas Park also endured some muddied turf on Day One of the 2015 Fest. What is not open to debate is that the festival is much improved after the move to Ogden and Albany.
Riot Fest’s Douglas park layout was far more navigable than in years past (although the occasional gratuitous sound bleed between stages will need to be addressed). And it sure seemed as if most of the performers brought their A-Game with them, resulting in a great, albeit, sometimes sloppy weekend of music that seemed to have a genre for almost everyone.
IE’s Curt Baran out into the fray to capture Day One performances from Into It. Over It., Death, Fishbone, Mariachi El Bronx, Living Colour, Barb Wire Dolls, 88 Fingers Louie, The Expendables, Every Time I Die, Eagles of Death Metal, Against Me!, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Coheed and Cambria, Anthrax, Faith No More, Mest and No Doubt. Check out his photos before you go shoe shopping, because if your Chuck Taylor’s look like ours, we know your gonna need a some new kicks. And it was worth every penny.
-Photos by Curt Baran
- Motorhead
- Barb Wire Dolls
- Into It. Over It.
- No Doubt
- Barb Wire Dolls
- Faith No More
- Living Colour
- Coheed and Cambria
- Barb Wire Dolls
- 88 Fingers Louie
- Mest
- Anthrax
- Fishbone
- The Eagles Of Death Metal
- Lee “Scratch” Perry
- Living Colour
- Against Me!
- Barb Wire Dolls
- Every Time I Die
- No Doubt
- Motorhead
- Against Me!
- No Doubt
- Living Colour
- Anthrax
- Every Time I Die
- No Doubt
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Lee “Scratch” Perry
- Every Time I Die
- Against Me!
- Faith No More
- Every Time I Die
- Living Colour
- Eagles Of Death Metal
- The Expendables
- No Doubt
- Lee “Scratch” Perry
- No Doubt
- Mest
- No Doubt
- Lee “Scratch” Perry
- Coheed and Cambria
- Living Colour
- Anthrax
- Living Colour
- Fishbone
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Motorhead
- The Expendables
- No Doubt
- No Doubt
- Every Time I Die
- Motorhead
- No Doubt
- No Doubt
- Mest
- Fishbone
- Every Time I Die
- Coheed and Cambria
- Lee “Scratch” Perry
- Faith No More
- Fishbone
- 88 Fingers Louie
- Into It. Over It.
- Faith No More
- Living Colour
- Gwen Stefani/No Doubt
- Fishbone
- Motorhead
- Anthrax
- No Doubt
- Faith No More
- Fishbone
- Coheed and Cambria
- Eagles Of Death Metal
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Barb Wire Dolls
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