any news on hfstival this year?

[andyrichter]

i know, i know, whfs sucks horeshit.  in fact i don't even listen to radio anymore.  but hfstival still manages to put out a great lineup of bands every year(green day, sevendust, nothingface last year and ratm/stp/deftones the year before) for a good price.  is it going to be 2 day again you think?  i'm betting it is b/c last year i think they almost sold out both days at rfk.  i would love to see foo fighters and system of a down there.  i see that stone temple pilots are on tour this spring.  i would seriously crap my pants if stp is announced.

[Guiny]

Well i wouldnt mind seeing STP but not at the cost of people crapping their pants. I also heard it was only gonna be one day this year.....but if its not please dont beat me up....its only what i, one person, has heard

[andyrichter]

don't worry, every time i crap my pants when i hear good news, i always change.  where did you hear it was going to be just one day this year?

[stpmattb]

RFK has May 25 and 26 scheduled for a "concert".  So more than likely it is the HFStival.<P>They will never top the lineup they had in 2000.  STP  

[wizard597]

Anyone know is they announced a complete band lineup yet?  I know there are a few on hfstival.com ...

[stpmattb]

hfstival.com hasnt been updated since June 2001....<P>The lineup will probably surface in about 3 weeks or so.<P>

[andyrichter]

stpmatt, you're right.  hfstival will never top 2000 when they had stp followed by ratm.  talk about a 1-2 punch.  that was an incredible night.  i remember feeling sorry for stp b/c they had to play right before ratm (i think even scott was saying how scared he was about going on before ratm) but i was fucking blown away by their performance. ratm was wicked too but i thought stp just edged them in terms of the set of the night.

[stpmattb]

It wasnt just STP and RAGE, the majority of bands on the main stage were pretty good.  HFS is thinking that 2 Days will be "bigger and better" but truth is, it is slowly going down hill.  They failed to sell out the 2nd day last year.  <P>Its quality, not quantity, and currently IMO, there are no good bands out there that are big enough or good enough to headline an HFStival that havent already done so.

[SamZeb]

As long as Tony Bennett doesn't decide to make an 11pm cameo, it should be a good year...<BR>2000 was a great year, but I also think that 1995 (I think...maybe 96?) was a GREAT year.  It was one of the first years they actually had a solid lineup of good bands.

[ggw]

I think the last good one was the year the Ramones played (95? 96?)  The best one was the first one (89? 90?), at Lake Fairfax with Jawbox, Tragically Hip, Pursuit of Happiness. I didn't think last year's was even worth attending and in 2000 I just went at the end to see RATM.<P>I'm not into the new HFS style, so unless they have a surprising lineup, I doubt I'd go.

[andyrichter]

good point matt, i can't really think of any real big headliners for this year that haven't already played hfstival before.  i think a beastie boys or a pearl jam would sell out but none of the them are touring right now.  and you're right, the sheer number of bands alone doesn't make up for the lack of quality of bands.  i only went to the first day last year b/c there were 4 bands i had never seen and really wanted to see (green day, sevendust, nothingface, guttermouth) were there.  but the rest of the lineup was weak and day 2 had a horrible lineup.  we'll see in a couple of weeks.

[SamZeb]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ggw:<BR><B>I think the last good one was the year the Ramones played (95? 96?) </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's exactly the year I was talking about...That was (IMO) the best HFSTival to date...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

It's so sexy when men talk about how they were "blown away" by someone's performance, as if a concert were supposed to be some sort of Scwartzeneger movie, or perhaps a porn movie.

[Jagernaut]

The 2000 show was great.  Cypress Hill, Bloodhound Gang, Godsmack, STP, RATM, and a bunch of others I can't even think of.  I was 'flabbergasted'.<P>It's going to take a lot to top that.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Uggggggh, Other than the Ramones, I hate every band mentioned in this thread. Am I getting too old? HFS is for tenny boppers, right?