Chromeo is an electrofunk duo from Canada. P-Thugg and Dave1 are coming to Chicago to make the crowd dance this Halloween. Don’t Turn The Lights On
Jerry Nunn: Hi, guys. Great running into you backstage at Lollapalooza. Tell people about your group that may have never heard of you before.
Dave1: Well, we are Chromeo. It is me and my best friend P. We are best friends of high school from Montreal. Obviously we are two different guys you can tell.
JN: Yes, different styles, definitely.
D1: I guess we are eighties influenced electrofunk. We came out at time where we are referencing eighties black music. Back then black music was not popular. We have done it for three albums, this third album is coming out in September.
JN: What’s it called?
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Lollapalooza brought in crowds of over 70,000 this past weekend. With eight stages to choose from fans were offered a variety of acts from Erykah Badu (pictured below) to Devo to Soundgarden. But it was Lady Gaga who upstaged many groups as she crowd surfed with Justin Tranter the lead singer from Semi Precious Weapons (photo credit Bronques) and Gaga wannabes dressed liked her. 
With fun after parties at the Hard Rock sponsored by Warner Brothers (pic with David Arquette), photographing and interviewing bands this weekend kept Nunn on the Run running all over the city!
Looking forward to the festival turning twenty next year, congrats Perry (here is a pic with him and Cypress Hill)! Read my interview with creator Perry Farrell here.
Created as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction back in 1991, Lollapalooza has grown into a monster destination event for the city of Chicago bringing music fans and revenue from all over the world. Nunn on the Run chased down its front man, Perry Farrell, for a Nunn on One interview. Jane Says
Perry Farrell: Jerry! What’s happening?
Jerry Nunn: How are you, Perry? I went to the first Lollapalooza back in the day in Cleveland. The festival has been getting bigger every year as far as attendance, correct?
PF: It is. When we were first started out. We would have, I would say, between 10 to 20 thousand kids. You know it’s funny because this was before amphitheaters. So, I honestly think looking at the amount of people Lollapalooza was drawing in kind of has detailed these amphitheaters to contain about that size of group of people. And the amphitheaters had kind of run out of options, per se. It was really a kind of destructive set-up, a very destructive arrangement over the years to have these amphitheater that didn’t feel as good as the prior year.
JN: How did it wind up in Chicago?
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Manchester pop group The Ting Tings are visiting Chicago and bringing their unique sound along with them. Katie White, who provides vocals, guitar and bass drums for the band, graciously took time out to talk to Nunn on the Run. That’s Not My Name
Jerry Nunn: Hi Katie! Thanks for taking some time to talk on the phone.
Katie White: Your welcome. You interrupted me packing my suitcase to come out to America. There is an explosion of clothes in my kitchen.
JN: We are all so excited about you coming to Chicago. Have you been here before?
KW: Yes. It was amazing, one of our favorite shows! We played one of the main stages in Lollapalooza in the daytime. It was brilliant.The view and the crowd were fantastic.
We’ve played a few tiny shows there also. We played some art spaces. This is probably our fourth gig there now.
JN: Where does the name “Ting Ting” come from?
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Chromeo is an electrofunk duo from Canada. P-Thugg and Dave1 are coming to Chicago to make the crowd dance this Halloween. Don’t Turn The Lights On
