Q 01/05

In which California city is Coachella held?

A) Indio

B) Palm Springs

C) Palm Desert

D) Barstow

Answer · why

A) Indio

Indio is home to the Empire Polo Club, a desert drive of two hours or more from Los Angeles. The festival's full name honours the whole Coachella Vall...

Q 02/05

Which band's 1993 Empire Polo Club concert, staged to dodge Ticketmaster, seeded Coachella?

A) Red Hot Chili Peppers

B) Pearl Jam

C) Rage Against the Machine

D) Nirvana

Answer · why

B) Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam refused to play buildings tied to Ticketmaster, so 25,000 fans came out to a desert polo field instead. When shoes began to fly, the band pl...

Q 03/05

Which promoter, which made its name booking Los Angeles punk shows in the 1980s, organises Coachella?

A) Goldenvoice

B) Superfly

C) Live Nation

D) C3 Presents

Answer · why

A) Goldenvoice

Goldenvoice took the punk gigs that established promoters would not touch, then gave Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers early Southern California s...

Q 04/05

The peaceful first Coachella came three months after riots wrecked another 1999 festival, earning it which nickname?

A) The anti-Lollapalooza

B) The anti-Woodstock

C) The anti-Glastonbury

D) The anti-Altamont

Answer · why

B) The anti-Woodstock

The anti-Woodstock was the Los Angeles Times's verdict on a weekend of free parking, a free bottle of water at the gate and a crowd that policed itsel...

Q 05/05

Which three acts headlined the first Coachella in 1999?

A) Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden

B) Beck, Tool and Rage Against the Machine

C) The Cure, Depeche Mode and Morrissey

D) Oasis, Björk and Radiohead

Answer · why

B) Beck, Tool and Rage Against the Machine

Beck, Tool and Rage Against the Machine topped a bill of some 75 acts, and the weekend stayed calm. When someone threw a burning object at the stage b...