Over the years, many noted musicians and musical acts performed, including Beck, Elliott Smith, Sleater-Kinney, X, Camper Van Beethoven, Redd Kross, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Eels, Chaka Khan, the Ladies of The Supremes, and Nick Name and the Normals, Jody Watley among others.
In a last minute ditch effort, the promoters of Sunset Junction were able to secure a $142,000 backing from Live Nation to at least cover this year’s bills, which would have gone towards cost of police protection, parking enforcement and other city services.
In the previous year, the city issued a permit for the event even though the estimated fees for police, sanitation and traffic crews were not paid in advance.
However, several community advocates claimed that said proceeds were, in fact, not being reinvested, and that the committee handling the festival were unwilling to submit themselves to public scrutiny of their finances.
[5] Elliott Smith, Imperial Teen, Beachwood Sparks, Nona Hendryx, Scherrie Payne, Dee Dee Sharp, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Candye Kane, Mike Watt Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25: Sonic Youth, Chaka Khan, Sleater-Kinney, Mary Wilson, Mudhoney, Juan Atkins, Pansy Division, DJ Irene, Arthur Adams, Mondo Generator, Richard Humpty Vission, tribute to the Gun Club, Radar Bros, DJ Colette, Scherrie Payne, Bluebird, Very Be Careful, The Warlocks, D Fuse, Arkestra Klandestina, Distortion Felix, Tony Watson, Burning Star Saturday, August 23: Nick Name and The Normals, Glen Meadmore, Guided By Voices, Circle Jerks, The Muffs, The Twilight Singers featuring Greg Dulli, Kennedy, Icarus Line, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Metric, Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang, Moving Units, Silversun Pickups Sunday, August 24: The Dandy Warhols, Isaac Hayes, Phantom Planet, Rilo Kiley, Folk Implosion, Earlimart, Alaska, The Tyde, Nervous Return, Midnight Movies, The 88, The Lisa Marr Experiment, The Sixth Chamber Saturday, August 21: The Donnas, Ashford & Simpson, Ben Kweller, Ima Robot, Har Mar Superstar, The Like, The Unicorns, Dengue Fever, Giant Drag, Autolux, The Like, Los Abandoned, The Starlite Desperation, The Unicorns, Bedroom Walls, Christine Ortega, Quinto Sol Sunday, August 22: X, Camper Van Beethoven, Thelonious Monster, Juliette and The Licks, The scAvengers with Penelope Houston, Arthur Lee & Love, Stephanie Mills, Very Be Careful, Ritmo Flamenco, dios malos, The Vacation, Dirty Little Secret, Your Enemies Friends, The High Speed Scene Saturday, August 27: Rilo Kiley, John Cale, The Walkmen, Jason Falkner, Black Mountain, Foreign Born, Something for Rockets, Run Run Run, Vagenius, Let's Go Sailing, The Ettes Sunday, August 28: The New York Dolls, Suicide Girls, Eagles of Death Metal, The Gossip, The Weirdos, Burning Brides, Nebula, The Leaving Trains, Rolling Blackouts, Viva K, The Willowz Saturday, August 26: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Eels, Redd Kross, The Elected, Ashford & Simpson, Millie Jackson, Arthur Adams, Lavender Diamond, Darker My Love, Monsters Are Waiting, The Little Ones, Great Northern, A Minor Canon Sunday, August 27: The Cramps, Drive By Truckers, Hank Williams III, Richard Street, Nona Hendryx, Dave Alvin, Candye Kane, Mike Stinson, Cousin Lovers, I See Hawks In LA, Restaurant Saturday, August 18: Ben Harper, Blonde Redhead, Morris Day & The Time, Autolux, Deniece Williams, Sea Wolf, Broken West, The Pity Party, The Parson Redheads, Division Day, Renee Dawson, Breakestra, Renaissance, Raks Majnoun, Bobby Matos, Ritmo Flamenco Sunday, August 19: She Wants Revenge, Buzzcocks, Hot Hot Heat, The O'Jays, The Bronx, The Aggrolites, Millie Jackson, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Movies, Eskimohunter, Tawny Ellis, Vilma Diaz, Cheb i Sabbah, Rocky Dawuni, Mesmera, Conjunto Jardin Saturday, August 23: DJ Alfred Hawkins, Haycock, USA in L.A., Radars to The Sky, DJ Al Jackson, DJ Q-Bwoy, Christopher Yettes & Patti Amelatti, Happy Hollows, DJ Eddie One, Cava, Very Be Careful, Castledoor, Vilma Diaz, Kim Hill, Raks Majnoun, Bodies of Water, Arthur Adams, The Rebirth, Ritmo Flamenco, Jonathan Rice, Michael Henderson, Notch, Jeane Carne, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Langhorne Slim, Billy Paul, Sam Moore in Tribute to Isaac Hayes, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids Sunday, August 24: DJ Mexican Dubwiser, Azul, USA in L.A., The Henry Clay People, DJ Cid Hernandez, DJ Drez, Christopher Yettes & Patti Amelatti, Voxhaul Broadcast, Charangoa, Chana, Very Be Careful, Oliver Future, Leslie Paula & The Latin Soul Band, J Davey, Mesmera, Gram Rabbit, NK Band, Sister Nancy, Health, Jeffrey Osborne, Kinky, the Germs, Stephanie Mills, Beachwood Sparks, !