History - 2002
Fact file
Dates
July 26, 27, 28, 2002
Place
Naeba Skii Resort, Niigata
Figures
Audience
90,000 (cumulative)
Campers
12,000
What happened?
This saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers return to the Festival 5 years after their historic performance in the typhoon, which ended the first Fuji Rock in Tenjin-yama. Along with the headline artists this year saw new up-and-coming bands break through such as Music, BRMC, The White Stripes and Chitoshi Hajime.
The Palace of Wonder, unique midnight summer area of the Festival, was created. Art installations by Joe ‘Mutoid Waste' Rush, Karaoke campsite produced by Joe Strummer, and 'The Globe of Death' with a few motor bikes running inside a small metal globe all contributed to create this area unique space.
Recycled paper plates and participation in 'Carbon neutral movement' started this year as did the Naeba independence boardwalk - a barrier free natural walking trail across the wooded areas of the site.
Timetable 2002
| GREEN STAGE | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| American Hi-Fi | Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra | Yura Yura Teikoku |
| Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra | LOVE PSYCHEDELICO | Queens Of The Stone Age |
| The Jeevas | TRIK TURNER | THE HIGH-LOWS |
| Alec Empire | Kiyoshiro Imawano & Akiko Yano | Char |
| VooREDOMS | Yosui Inoue | BRAHMAN |
| Muse | PET SHOP BOYS | Jane's Addiction |
| PRODIGY | The Chemical Brothers | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS |
| BANDA BASSOTTI | ||
| WHITE STAGE | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| YKZ | MO'SOME TONEBENDER | Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden |
| SHINGO2&The Heavy Manners | Midtown | Yonin Bayashi |
| Fidel Nadel | MASTER LOW | SUPERCAR |
| Blackalicious | The Dillinger Escape Plan | The Cooper Temple Clause |
| The Skatalites | Jude (Asai Kenichi) | Gomez |
| Rhymester | The Get Up Kids | CORNELIUS |
| Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System | Butthole Surfers | Spiritualized |
| GeorgeClinton & Parliament/Funkadelic | Sonic Youth | |
| RED MARQUEE | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| POCARI SWEAT FRIDAY REVIEW | POCARI SWEAT SATURDAY REVIEW | POCARI SWEAT SUNDAY REVIEW |
| THE BACK HORN | Shonen Knife | Going Steady |
| The Parkinsons | Hundred Reasons | Lazy Bone |
| KING BROTHERS | The Music | The Electric Soft Parade |
| PEALOUT | Buffalo Daughter | LITTLE CREATURES |
| ROCK'N' ROLL GYPSIES | Billy Bragg and The Blokes | Doves |
| TELEVISION | The White Stripes | IAN BROWN |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | PATTI SMITH | - |
| TRIBAL CIRCUS | PLANET GROOVE | SUNDAYSESSION |
| Junkie XL (JXL) | The Cinematic Orchestra | Karl Denson's Tiny Universe |
| X-PRESS 2 | KAORU INOUE (chari chari) | Perry Farrell |
| KO KIMURA | DJ Shadow | LOVE JETS |
| - | DJ KENSEI | SHIN-ICHIRO HIRATA |
| - | THA BLUE HERB | REBEL FAMILIA |
| - | TAKAYUKI SHIRAISHI | Gaz Mayall |
| FIELD OF HEAVEN | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| ASA-CHANG & JUNREI | DETERMINATIONS | Polaris |
| In the Soup | Ska Flames | the sonic youth experimental noise improvisational |
| HARRY | Rico Rodriguez and his band | Hajime Chitose |
| Imawano-Izumiya-Spice Market | The Skatalites | Sogabe Keiichi |
| Hiroki Okano with Tenkoo Orchestra | EGO-WRAPPIN' | Galactic |
| STROBO | Dry&Heavy | The String Cheese Incident |
| PATTI SMITH | The String Cheese Incident | - |
| Midnight M-stage music ROOKIE A GO-GO | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| JET MARIE GO-AROUND | MERENGUE | SPARTA LOCALS |
| Bivattchee | ART-SCHOOL | Wakusei |
| DOPING PANDA | Spinna B-ill & The Cavemans | inbishiburumanzu desubeddo |
| AVALON FIELD | ||
| 7/26 (fri) | 7/27 (sat) | 7/28 (sun) |
| Yuki Aki | Shinya Arai | gofolkalone |
| CROWN SAKU | Tsuyoshi Yamashita | Masaki Abe |
| Hajimeni Kiyoshi | Tsuyoshi Ishiguro & Ichiro Yaguchi | Masahiko Tachizono |
| Tsuyoshi Ishiguro & Ichiro Yaguchi | CROWN SAKU | CROWN SAKU |
| Harukaze | Hajimeni Kiyoshi | Hajimeni Kiyoshi |
| PATTI SMITH | ASA-CHANG & JUNREI | ASA-CHANG & JUNREI |
| --- | Chihuahua Punk | Yakozen |
| --- | Yakozen | Team Ganatts |
| --- | Team Ganatts | --- |
| --- | SHIBUSA SHIRAZU ORCHESTRA | --- |