Perry Farrell: “I Hate EDM”

Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is the founder of Lollapalooza, and one of the fest’s stages is named after him. “Perry’s” is the dance music stage where big name DJs perform. In a new interview with The Chicago Tribune, Farrell revealed that he doesn’t like a lot of the music that gets played at his stage. “I hate EDM,” he said.

“When they said they wanted to name a stage after me, I was honored. I like the adulation. But now you say, ‘Perry, what’s going on with your area here?’ Believe me, I’ve got questions myself. I hate EDM. I want to vomit it out of my nostrils. I can’t stand what it did to what I love, which is house music, which was meditative, psychedelic—it took you on a journey. … I sometimes cringe at my own festival.”

During the interview, he also hinted at starting a new EDM-free endeavor. “At my new project, there will be great house music,” he said. “I hope I will keep EDM at the door. They will be turned away.”

Lollapalooza happens July 28-31 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Read the full interview here.

Read “Popping the Drop: A Timeline of How EDM’s Bubble Burst.”

Watch footage of Farrell performing at Perry’s Stage:

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