Rain soaked Chicago from Friday night into Saturday, and that made for a rare shortened day two of Riot Fest. The festival persisted anyway, with a lineup tilted toward nostalgic punk acts and a few emerging faces, including everyone’s favorite viral time traveling space aliens. Nobody in the crowd seemed to mind the mud.

Among the first big moments of the day came from viral time travelers from outer space, Angine De Poitrine, who pulled an insanely huge crowd to the Riot Stage early on. With “Vol. 2” in tow, the duo of Khn and Klek had plenty of triangle hand signs in the air, and a little rain didn’t stop thousands of fans from bouncing along to their unique blend of intergalactic math-meets-surf rock.

Over on the Rise Stage, ska-punk mainstays Less Than Jake were ready to fire things up in the mud, and fans skanked their way through the rain. The band ran through a litany of favorites from throughout their discography, and also announced that their set would be shortened to a half hour and that the festival was ending early on Saturday, causing everyone to check whatever signal they could get on their phones.

Over on the Radical Stage, Irish band Gurriers made the most of their limited time, crushing their set and getting their crowd to slam together for a wall of death. Look for them to play larger stages in the future. Upon their exit, frontman Dan Hoff instructed the crowd to go watch the other Irish act at the festival this year… Morrissey.

As on day one, the night belonged to the veterans. The Descendents took the Rebel Stage, originally planning to celebrate “Everything Sucks,” playing material from the album in full 30 years after its release.

Social Distortion followed on the Riot Stage with a set that served as a master class in aging in punk rock. They also brought material from the finally released “Born To Kill,” a record that had been in the works and teased for years. Most frontmen were limited in their crowd banter with shortened set times, but Mike Ness still found time to (rightfully) denounce white nationalism before playing “Don’t Drag Me Down” to end their set.

Morrissey actually appeared at Riot Fest. He took his shirt off. It was weird.

Tool closed out the Riot Stage with an hour-long headlining set on the Riot Stage beginning at 6 p.m. with the shortened schedule. Maynard James Keenan took to the stage and told Chicago his flight was delayed, now the set is shortened, and he’d “better just get on with it” before the band delivered a pummeling set that had some of the most intense mosh pits of the weekend. He also said that he was limping around “like a grandma” because three weeks prior, he had a full hip replacement. He remained stationary with a cane next to the drum riser for the majority of the set. (Still ruled, though.)

The Rebel Stage was closed out by Bad Religion, whose set felt as tight as ever. The band puts everything into every show they play, and it shows. In a weekend full of legendary appearances, they know how to stand out without doing anything extra. They just push themselves, and the Riot Fest crowd appreciates it.

Day three is on the horizon, and hopefully, it will be drier. Stay tuned for more!