What would you have done if, at the tender age of 23, you were asked to curate a stage at a multimillion-dollar festival, and you could include all your favorite bands? For Revolution Come and Gone’s first episode, we talk with John Rubeli about booking the second stage at Perry Farrell’s traveling music festival, Lollapalooza, circa 1993. This is John’s first-hand account of bringing the underground to the masses, getting conned by Coolio, not booking the Fugees, and the only band to turn him down. This is Lollapalooza, part one.

Hosted by Dylan Metrano and Gregory Moss.

Episode artwork by Alan Bull, after a photo by Paul Bergen.