The Pitchfork Music Festival Might Have Some Serious Competition For Our Summer-Festival Dollars

The nearly-full docket of summer rock festivals has added another date to its calendar with Rocklahoma, a three-day music festival in the middle of Oklahoma taking place the same weekend as Pitchfork’s outdoor fest. The rumored (and, somehow, Hinder-free) lineup, courtesy of Hard Rock Hideout:

POISON, RATT (featuring original lead singer Stephen Pearcy), VINCE NEIL and Y&T are among the acts that are expected to appear at Rocklahoma, a three-day outdoor ’80s hard rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, in Pryor, OK at the Pryor Festival Grounds. The following is a partial list of bands that are **rumored*** to be taking part in the event:

BANG TANGO BULLET BOYS DOKKEN FASTER PUSSYCAT (feat. Brent Muscat) FIREHOUSE L.A. GUNS (feat. Tracii Guns) POISON QUIET RIOT RATT SLAUGHTER TESLA VINCE NEIL WARRANT Y&T

While that lineup (minus Firehouse) does look like it could go toe-to-toe with any episode of Headbanger’s Ball in our VHS collection, we have to say that we’d be a lot more likely to attend if the bookers, somehow, convinced both versions of L.A. Guns to play in some sort of Guns-off, with the winner decided by the crowd. Mainly because we honestly have no idea who we’d vote for–do you give it to the Guns-led camp for authenticity’s sake, or the Lewis-led version as thanks for keeping it real during the Brides Of Destruction days? Clearly, a “Rip And Tear”-off is the only thing that can solve this dilemma.

Rocklahoma [Hard Rock Hideout]