Before your Instagram timeline would be flooded
with pictures of all your favorite influencers
in crazy fashion attending Coachella, I'm
talking Jake Paul, Amanda Cerny, Sommer Ray,
The Dolan Twins and my beloved Azzyland.
Before YouTube would Live stream the event
to their 1.2 Million Coachella YouTube subscribers
and Logan Paul would drop his banger Are You
Going To Coachella?
Before videos would go viral of surprise appearances
made by NSYNC and Nicki Minaj during Ariana
Grandes headline act and Idris Elba would
make his debut as a DJ.
Week 1 Of Coachella 2019 – one of the biggest
live music festivals in the world it is behind
us and even if you didn't go to the even it's
presence was felt everywhere flooding our
social media timelines. This video is gonna
serve two factors. We are gonna be talking
about the history of the event which was actually
a giant F U to the people at Ticket Master
and talk about the crazy outfits people have
been wearing – No, if ands or Butts. I'm
talking about you James Charles. I myself
was not in attendance, I'm not really into
that scene but I did get hooked up with some
new clothes from the fine folks over at Fashion
Nova Men. You guys wanna see me do a Fashion
Haul with my girlfriend? Let me know in the
comments down below. She’s hot.
What's going on guys? It's your boy Michael
McCrudden documenting the history of Coachella,
here for you of course on Before They Were
Famous. We've actually done a video before
on the Burning Man Festival and more recently
Fyre Festival so you can check those out as
well. And let me know who or what you want
me to talk about next, I'll see you after the intro.
This year the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival, is celebrating it's 20 anniversary
having first started in 1999, but the inspiration
for the event came several years earlier in
1993 when Pearl Jam through an outdoor even
for 25,000 people to spite Ticket Master.
The location, Empire Polo Club in Indio California
a 2 hour drive East of Los Angeles.
Fast forward the clock to the year 1999, the
year which saw the 30 year reunion of Woodstock
which turned out to be a literal s*** show.
“You saw some of the pictures a few seconds
ago and last night, certainly quite a scene
here.”
L.A. music promoters Paul Tollett and Rick
Van Santen set out to make an event bringing
together niche music that audiences couldn't
hear on pop radio. For a location they looked
to the venue that Pearl Jam had chosen back
in 1993, and at Empire Polo Club in Indio
California, they booked Beck, Rage Against
The Machine, The Chemical Brothers and Moby,
for the first ever Coachella. They were hoping
to get 70,000 charging $50 a head but only
25,000 people showed up. After the event they
were down $800K so they had to sell their
cars and homes. Why does this story actually
sound so familiar?
“Fousey! Fousey! Fousey!”
After the owners recouped their losses, the
event was put on hold for the year of 2000
but returned in 2001 with acts Weezer, Fatboy
Slim, The Chemical Brothers and Squarepusher
also Janes Addiction did a band reunion at
the gig and this is something Coachella would
become known for, band reunions. With the
likes of the Pixies and Outcast doing the
same years later. The next year they booked
Bjork, Oasis, The Foo Fighters, Queens Of
The Stone Age and guest were provided with
spots to camp at for the festivities.
2003 we saw The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and
the Beastie Boys. Queens Of The Stone Age
returned, The White Stripes and there was
a reunion of Iggy Pop with the Stooges. By
the next year things were off to the races.
The attendance had surpassed 100K and was
gaining international news exposure.
Kanye West's 2006 performance marked an important
turning point moving Rap to the main stage
and this ushered in a new era of popularity
for the festival. A few stars that have graced
the stage include Jay Z, Daft Punk, Paul McCartney,
Beyoncé, Madonna, Kanye West, Arcade Fire,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg,
Prince and even a hologram Tupac in 2012.
2007 was the year that celebrities began attending
the event, early supporters include Paris
Hilton, Kate Bosworth and Katy Perry. Speaking
of the event Katy stated:
"The lineup always introduces the best of
the year for the rest of the year."
And in the years since well the event, it’s
only gotten bigger. Alright, lets get into
the fashion cause I know that's what you sisters
want to see.
“I just posted my photo for day number 2,
head over to Instagram right now and go double
tap and leave me some peach emojis in the
comments. When you see the photo you’ll
see why. But b****… go double tap!”
It ain't just James Charles, there are other
influencers.
“And that’s kinda why were dressed all
colourful and fancy.”
Even in it's inaugural year people would dress
provocatively for all the time spent outdoors
moshing and for uh, well being far away from
home. But a trend started up for people to
begin to dress more and more outlandish. A
popular theme became traditional American
Indian headdresses which upset many natives.
Even more so they found out people could also
rent traditional tepees. Yeah, you know it’s
a touchy subject.
“Do yourself a favour… don’t turn around.”
The overall fashion trend has been described
as a hippie look mixed with grunge elements.
There are endless babes, all the Victoria
Secret Fashion Models there out at this event.
And I stumbled upon some chick named Hannah
Palmer. Who everyone on Earth is gonna wanna
palm. Ah. don’t tell my girlfriend!
I'm no fashion expert but I am gonna be doing
a Fashion Nova Men's shopping haul with my
girlfriend Kara. Now she's actually been helping
out on our second channel and getting all
sorts of views. What a babe. So were looking
forward to doing a fashion haul for you guys.
Don’t worry it’s not me, it’s more her.
Be sure to subscribe to this channel if you
haven’t already and as for the rest of the
story, well that's all I got for you because
this is Before They Were Famous. My name’s
Michael McCrudden we make all sorts of celebrity
bios here for you on this channel, or we’ll
talk about anyone or anything… clearly.
Here are two other videos we picked for you
because if you liked this one we figured you’d
enjoy those. See you guys in the next one,
I think that’s it. BOOM!
