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Festival No. 0000362 · Est. 1993

Big Day Out 1997

Big Day Out 1997

Big Day Out 1997 - Adelaide, Australia
19+ Artists 12 Editions
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  • Beasts Of Bourbon
    Beasts Of Bourbon formed in 1983.
  • Bexta
    Bexta was born in Brisbane, Australia.
  • Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes
    Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes formed in 1987, and split up in 1997, after 10 years.
  • Drop City
    Drop City formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1993, and split up in 2000, after 7 years.
  • Even
    Even formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays indie rock, rock.
  • Fear Factory
    Fear Factory formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 31 October 1990. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal.
  • Frenzal Rhomb
    Frenzal Rhomb formed in 1991. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
  • Powderfinger
    Powderfinger formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1989, and split up on 13 November 2010, after 21 years. Plays grunge, pop, rock.
  • Rocket from the Crypt
    Rocket from the Crypt formed in San Diego, United States, in 1989, and split up on 31 October 2005, after 16 years. Plays garage rock, punk, punk rock.
  • Shonen Knife
    Shonen Knife formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop punk, power pop, punk, twee pop.
  • Snout
    Snout formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1991, and split up on 8 November 2002, after 11 years. Plays indie rock.
  • Soundgarden
    Soundgarden formed in Seattle, United States, in 1984, and split up in 2017, after 33 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, psychedelic, psychedelic rock.
  • Supergrass
    Supergrass formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up in 2010, after 17 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, glam rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop punk, post-britpop, power pop.
  • The Clouds
    The Clouds formed in 1989. Plays indie rock.
  • The Mavis's
    The Mavis's formed in 1987, and split up in 2001, after 14 years.
  • The Offspring
    The Offspring formed in Huntington Beach, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, comedy rock, grunge, melodic hardcore, pop punk, post-punk, punk, punk rock.
  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy formed in Braintree, United Kingdom, on 5 October 1990. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, big beat, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore, dance, drum and bass, electronic.
  • The Superjesus
    The Superjesus formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, post-grunge.
  • You Am I
    You Am I formed in Sydney, Australia, in December 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, power pop.