Some performers at the festival, like Metallica,Jane's Addiction and Erykah Badu,are very well known.

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Perry Farrell, lead singer for Jane's Addiction, started Lollapalooza in nineteen ninety-one.

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Here from the best of Jane's Addiction is "Summertime Rolls."

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With original bassist Eric Avery, Jane's Addiction put a soundtrack to the gritty Southern California underground arts scene of the late 1980s.

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And that, ladies and gentlemen, pretty much sums up the genius of Jane's Addiction -- the friction of three disparate parts rubbing together, until finally, it explodes into a glorious musical fireball.

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"It is so exciting to have The Cure at Lollapaloooza for the first time because I love The Cure and we've never had them, " Farrell, also the lead singer of Jane's Addiction, said.

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