Music Marathon
By Daily Bruin Staff
June 24, 2001 9:00 p.m.
 Photos by CATHERINE JUN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff After
Staind’s last song, the Stone Temple Pilots made a surprise
appearance at KROQ’s 9th Annual Weenie Roast at Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre on Saturday.Click here to see the
Online slideshow
By Chris Moriates
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
The stage rotated around to present yet another band, but all
eyes were drawn to the bright sky. The “Superman Theme”
provided the soundtrack as a helicopter hovered over head, circling
the thousands of squinting fans.
Slowly the Lakers’ logo and “Man of Steel”
title became clear, as did Shaquille O’Neal waving from the
cockpit.
The Ninth Annual KROQ Weenie Roast invaded the Verizon Wireless
Amphitheater in Irvine Saturday June 23 bringing two stages, 16
bands, more than nine hours of live music and a few surprises.
Alternative rock station KROQ 106.7 FM put together a lineup for
the charity show that brought several headlining bands together on
the same bill. Concert tickets sold out eight minutes after they
went on sale June 16.
Weenie Roast raised money for the Surfrider Foundation, Al
Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, Heal the Bay and AIDS Walk Orange
County.
New to the Weenie Roast this year was the Bud Light Punk Rock
Side Stage, which was located over the sweltering blacktop, far
removed from the main stage in the amphitheater. Despite almost
unbearable heat, energized fans moshed and crowd-surfed to the
sounds of Sum 41, The Living End, New Found Glory and
Pennywise.
Pennywise closed out the stage with an intense performance that
featured songs spanning their long career.
“We requested to play this stage, so we could be here with
you guys,” Jim Lindberg of Pennywise told the crowd,
referring to the band’s placement on the smaller stage as
opposed to the reserved-seating main stage. “Fuck playing for
the $200 seats.”
The rock band Stabbing Westward kicked off the main stage show
later that day. Crazy Town, Disturbed and The Cult all tried to
rock the crowd despite the very un-rock-‘n’-roll time
of day. A sunburned group of fans seemed more interested in waiting
out the heat with their cold drinks than getting involved with the
show.
Coldplay provided a break from the testosterone-driven music of
the afternoon, with melodic tunes that fit in perfectly with the
summer day festival feeling.
 Photos by CATHERINE JUN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory plays on the Bud
LIght Punk Rock Side Stage at the Weenie Roast Saturday.
Click on the Picture to See the Weenie Roast
Slideshow As the sun began to sink beneath the mountain,
Papa Roach and Linkin Park delivered their popular hard-hitting
rock to an excited crowd.
The eclectic 311 took to the stage in Lakers attire. Towards the
end of their set, the band was joined by none other than Shaq
himself, who rapped over the sounds of 311 as he bounced about the
stage and through the screaming audience. It takes a lot of people
to crowd-surf the more-than-300-pound Shaq.
The mood of the concert seemed to shift during the intense
acoustic live version of “Outside” by Aaron Lewis of
the hard rock band Staind, as lighters throughout the amphitheater
and small bonfires on the back lawn lit up the night sky.
The concert’s defining moment came when Stone Temple
Pilots took over the stage unannounced. The band was not on the
bill and their surprise performance stole the show, as lead singer
Scott Weiland captivated the crowd with his stage presence.
Stone Temple Pilots contributed a heavy dose of their older
material along with their new radio single “Days of the
Week.” The veteran quartet left the crowd chanting
“STP” long after the band left the stage.
Next up were the three wisecracking jokesters Mark, Travis and
Tom, better known as Blink-182. Equipped with a full pyrotechnics
show, Blink 182 played their popular blend of punk-pop.
The marathon concert came to an end with a short but powerful
appearance by Jane’s Addiction. Perry Farrell and company
graced the stage in glow-in-the-dark black light paint and
costumes. The echo- and reverb-driven melodies provided a dreamy
soundscape for the crystal-clear night. Jane’s Addiction
brought the eclectic and intense show to a soft landing, as they
performed their anthemic song, “Jane Says.”
The Ninth Annual KROQ Weenie Roast was a practice in excess,
with a little too much of everything. The show was a summer music
festival on steroids, sporting $6 burritos, bonfires, hours of
nonstop hit music, celebrities, surprise appearances and thousands
of soldout seats ““ all under the clear summer sky of an
amphitheater.
