Walk In Lay Down
Walk In Lay Down (commonly referred to as WILD[1]) is a biannual concert event held in the Brookings Quadrangle at Washington University in St. Louis and has been a campus tradition since its inception in 1973. WILD, produced by the WUSTL Social Programming Board, is sponsored by the Washington University Student Union and is the largest student run event at the university.[2] WILD is free to university students and faculty and has rooted itself in the campus culture as an exciting time of the semester for students of the university to get together and celebrate free live music, food, and friends.
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History
WILD was first held in 1973 and was originally presented as a movie screening event. Around the 1980's, the event then expanded to incorporate musical acts to accompany the movies. By the early 1990's, the movies were dropped altogether and WILD became the music festival that it is now.
The concert is named for an old tradition in which students would bring sofas into the quad and lie on them while watching the performances. Although this tradition is no longer allowed, in Fall 2007 the university permitted that inflatable couches be allowed in the quad during the concert in an attempt to revive the tradition.[3]
In 2013, production of WILD was passed on from student group Team 31 Productions to the WUSTL Social Programming Board.
Past WILD performers
The following is a chronology of past WILD performers.[4] [5]
| Semester | Headliner | Other Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2015 | Kygo | Magic Man |
| Spring 2015 | Mac Miller | Botnek, Clockwork DJ |
| Fall 2014 | Icona Pop | GRiZ, Five Knives, Lowell |
| Spring 2014 | Childish Gambino | 3LAU |
| Fall 2013 | Chance the Rapper | Karmin |
| Spring 2013 | Atmosphere | Mat Kearney, Yeasayer |
| Fall 2012 | Wolfgang Gartner | Popeska, Pierce Fulton |
| Spring 2012 | Fitz and The Tantrums | Dum Dum Girls |
| Fall 2011 | Mike Posner | The White Panda |
| Spring 2011 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Flying Lotus |
| Fall 2010 | Wale | Amanda Blank, Major Lazer |
| Spring 2010 | Cold War Kids | Shwayze, Sobriquet |
| Fall 2009 | Method Man and Redman | Passion Pit, K'naan |
| Spring 2009 | The Black Keys | The Cool Kids, B.o.B, Filligar |
| Fall 2008 | Talib Kweli | David Banner, Little Brother, Kid Sister, Nite Owl, Maromio |
| Spring 2008 | George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars | Under the Influence of Giants, Will Hoge |
| Fall 2007 | Lupe Fiasco | DJ Unk, Sugarhill Gang, Kid Beyond |
| Spring 2007 | OK GO | Reel Big Fish, Cut Chemist |
| Fall 2006 | Guster | Rahzel, Eliot Morris |
| Spring 2006 | Ben Folds | Matt Nathanson, Duncan Sheik, The Feed |
| Fall 2005 | Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz | Lil' Scrappy, The Quor, Stevie Stone, Toyy |
| Spring 2005 | Robert Randolph & the Family Band | Sister Hazel, Michael Kelsey, The Hatch |
| Fall 2004 | Ozomatli | Nappy Roots, Murphy Lee |
| Spring 2004 | Live | Lucky Boys Confusion, Ingram Hill, The Hatch |
| Fall 2003 | Busta Rhymes | Talib Kweli, Sac Lunch |
| Spring 2003 | Better Than Ezra | Tony Lang Band, Sac Lunch |
| Fall 2002 | Jurassic 5 | The Black Eyed Peas |
| Spring 2002 | Everclear | |
| Fall 2001 | Benefit for 9/11 | |
| Spring 2001 | Crazy Town | Eve 6, Saliva |
| Fall 2000 | The Roots | Javier Mendoza Band |
| Spring 2000 | Outkast | Dispatch |
| Fall 1999 | G. Love & Special Sauce | Argonaut Tour, Nathanael’s Creed |
| Spring 1999 | They Might Be Giants | The Coup |
| Fall 1998 | King Floyd | |
| Spring 1998: | Stir | The Getaway People, Original Blunted Soldier, Orange Tree |
| Fall 1997 | De La Soul | Rondo’s Blues Deluxe, Five Star and the Inhalations |
| Spring 1997 | The Samples | The Scofflaws, The Guts |
| Fall 1996 | Souls of Mischief | Isaac Green and the Skalars |
| Spring 1996 | Porno for Pyros | The Roots |
| Fall 1995 | Guided by Voices | Man or Astroman, Poster Children, Trouser |
| Spring 1995 | The Pharcyde | |
| Fall 1994 | Morphine | Veruca Salt, Reggae at Will, The Charles Minnow Experience |
| Spring 1994 | They Might Be Giants | |
| Fall 1993 | Widespread Panic | Flowerhead, Wagon |
| Fall 1992 | The Spin Doctors | |
| Spring 1992 | A Tribe Called Quest | |
| Fall 1991 | Warren Zevon | Trip Shakespeare, Movie: Silence of the Lambs |
| Fall 1990 | Henry Lee Sumner | |
| Spring 1990 | The BoDeans | |
| Fall 1989 | The Romantics | Movie: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
| Spring 1989 | The Risk | Movie: Silence of the Lambs |
| Fall 1988 | The Romantics | Three Merry Widows, Movie: Ghostbusters |
| Spring 1988 | Otis Day and the Knights | Alazone, The Happy Children, Movie: The Sure Thing |
| Fall 1987 | Steve Earle & The Dukes | The Stranded Lads, Movie: The Blues Brothers |
| Spring 1987 | Jason and the Scorchers | Rondo's Blues Deluxe, Comedian Eric Kornfeld, Movie-Ferris Bueler's Day Off |
| Fall 1986 | The Busboys | Kool Ray and the Polaroidz, Movie: An American Werewolf in London |
| Spring 1986 | Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman | Jake's Leg, Movie: Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke |
| Fall 1985 | Pure Prairie League | Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Spring 1984 | REM (in Graham Chapel) | |
| 1983 | The Guess Who |
Other Performers
The following musical acts have also performed at WILD:[4]
- Chuck Berry
- Hieroglyphics
- The Guess Who
- The Association
- The Grateful Dead
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Little Feat
- Weather Report
Commentary on name
Student Life, the university's newspaper, published an op-ed which pointed out that the name Walk In, Lay Down is not grammatically correct.[6]
See also
Campus life at Washington University in St. Louis
References
- ↑ Definition of Walk In, Lay Down
- ↑ The WUSTL page on USNews college rankings. WILD is mentioned under "Most popular cultural and campus events".
- ↑ Student Life - New WILD policies cause mixed reactions
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Past Bands at WILD
- ↑ Fall 1985 to Spring 1990 added June 4, 2010 by Scott Keller WU EN 90 and former Team 31 leader
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
