How has Coachella changed over the years?

Since its 1999 debut, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has gone from experiment in the desert to a massive brand and dominant force in pop culture.

Beck, Rage Against the Machine and Tool headlined the first festival, when attendees topped off at about 30,000 a day, and tickets went for $50 a day. Last year, about 125,000 people flooded each of Coachella’s two weekends in Indio to see acts like Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar. And tickets for this year’s festival ($429 for a general admission wristband) largely sold out before the full lineup was announced.

Did you attend Coachella in its early years? Have you attended recently? We want your perspective on how the festival has changed — for better or worse.

This year, the Coachella festival takes place April 13-15 and resumes April 20-22. Check out our full coverage here.