The 1990s had so much rock happening, some of it was seeping out of the airport Marriott near Los Angeles’ seaside airport.
The 1991 Foundations Forum, created by Concrete Marketing, boasted a lineup that would make Lollapalooza jealous.
Over three days and nights from October 3-5, the ballroom of the Marriott on Century Blvd hosted the likes of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Ugly Kid Joe, Megadeth, Love/Hate, Prong and Ozzy freakin Osbourne.
Nirvana’s Nevermind had just been released a few weeks prior, destroying the hair metal and speed metal’s momentum into popular culture, but that weekend a few miles from the tarmac, many of the elements of grunge and its influences were on display in that unlikely venue.
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