Entertainment

2001

The concert's first foray was rife with disposable hard-rock acts like Adema, Cold and Puddle of Mudd. Social Distortion showed up to add some quality. The Long Beach Dub AllStars, featuring ex-members of Sublime, also played, which was curious considering the band was hardly ever played on KROQ.

2002

In year two organizers decided to feature an all-punk lineup, pitting old-school stalwarts such as X and the Buzzcocks against new-school lightweights New Found Glory and Blink-182.

2003

This was the year that featured a mostly '80s lineup - Berlin, the Cure, Dramarama, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bow Wow Wow, Duran Duran, General Public, and the Psychedelic Furs -- with Interpol, Dashboard Confessional, Kings of Leon, Fountain of Wayne and Jet representing the modern times. How did they get all of those '80s groups together any way?

2004

This lineup was seven parts '80s (Devo, Billy Idol, A Flock of Seagulls, Tears For Fears, Siouxsie and The Banshees,

and Missing Persons), two parts LA punk (X and Bad Religion), three parts hipster (The Walkmen, the Killers and Franz Ferdinand), and Death Cab For Cutie, Muse and the Stone Roses. Undoubtedly the best Inland Invasion of all, there was something for everyone.

2005

This show was flush with high highs, medium mediums and low lows. Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Weezer and Jet were great. Garbage, Live, Madness, 311, Beck and the Bravery were tolerable. Oasis, the band most fans had come out to see, was atrocious.