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Kris McDonald's avatar

That was a long hot day. It was awesome as a teenager. I'm pretty sure they gave out free tickets to that show all over the place.Traffic was so bad on the interstate we got out of our cars and talked to each other. Pretty sure you got scammed.

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Richard Ingram's avatar

That is highly likely. I also went to Edgefest that year. It is possible, I’m misremembering between the two. Was Rockfest where the bottle tossing turned into throwing coolers and chairs?

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Kris McDonald's avatar

That was Edgefest. I watched a skinhead scoop up vomited nachos that a guy puked up into a cup and then throw it into the crowd.

Another guy would get bottles & cups and throw them as hard as he could at the back of the guy's head directly in front of him. That guy would turn around with a goofy grin but no idea it was the same guy every time.

It was quite the experience. Saw Jellyfish, Dinosaur Jr., Belly. Good times. That was 1993 so may not have been the same one you went to.

Rockfest was at Texas Motor Speedway in June. No shade. 26 years ago this week. It was right after it opened. Traffic was terrible but as teenagers we didn't care. It was an adventure.

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Kris McDonald's avatar

I think you're right. No Doubt didn't play Edgefest that I can find. I don't remember the projectiles at Rockfest, but they mention it on the MTV broadcast.

https://youtu.be/Lsb6UEj6wxk

It was one of the biggest concerts in history.

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