The manufacturer Electric Daisy Carnival Rave said Monday in Los Angeles Times that his case is unfairly portrayed by the leaders and the media as a social evil in the same way 'n' roll at the beginning of rock has been rejected by society.
The number of people requiring medical assistance raves Electric Daisy no higher than other entertainment events in Los Angeles, Pasquale Rotella wrote in an editorial published Monday in The Times.
He emphasized the increase in July Festival in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where 15 people in 50 000 participants require medical attention, and Manhattan Beach Volleyball Championship in August that led to 35 arrests related to alcohol.
Electric Daisy Carnival was the heavy criticism after the fatal overdose of a teenager at the Festival in June 2010 at the Coliseum.
But it was the first major event in 15 years of rave wear, Rotella said.
It 'also unfair to blame the electric Daisy for almost a riot in July outside Grauman's Chinese Theater, after a musician Twitter an offer to perform a free concert preview the first documentary in the festival, he said.
"Objections to dull our events should be familiar to those who remember the initial reactions of rock 'n' or hip-hop," said Rotella. "But to suggest, as this newspaper and Coliseum officials have concluded that an event such as the Electric Daisy Carnival has no place in Los Angeles is like saying that a rock concert should have been banned in California after the violence broke out at a Rolling Stones concert Altamont in 1969. "
Bad press and political pressure prompted Electric Daisy Rotella move from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The festival attracted 230 000 young people to party all night with flashing lights, electronic music, scantily clad dancers and illegal drugs like ecstasy.
There have been incidents of police among others.
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