Festival No. 0000358 · Est. 1997
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- Auckland, New Zealand
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For the record
About the artists
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Aphex Twin was born on 18 August 1971. Plays acid breaks, acid techno, ambient, ambient techno, bleep techno, breakbeat, breakcore, drill and bass. -
Beasts Of Bourbon formed in 1983.
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Bexta was born in Brisbane, Australia.
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Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes formed in 1987, and split up in 1997, after 10 years.
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Drop City formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1993, and split up in 2000, after 7 years.
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Even formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays indie rock, rock.
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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.
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Frenzal Rhomb formed in 1991. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Head Like A Hole formed in 1990.
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Patti Smith was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 December 1946. Plays art punk, art rock, blues, folk rock, garage rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop rock.
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Powderfinger formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1989, and split up on 13 November 2010, after 21 years. Plays grunge, pop, rock.
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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.
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Screamfeeder formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1991. Plays indie rock.
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Sepultura formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1984. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Severed Heads formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1979, and split up in September 2019, after 40 years. Plays electro-industrial, electronic, electronica, industrial, techno.
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Shihad formed in 1988, and split up on 16 March 2025, after 37 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Shonen Knife formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop punk, power pop, punk, twee pop.
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Snout formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1991, and split up on 8 November 2002, after 11 years. Plays indie rock.
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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.
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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.
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The Clouds formed in 1989. Plays indie rock.
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The Fauves formed in 1988. Plays pop rock, rock.
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The Lemonheads formed in Boston, United States, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, jangle pop, pigfuck, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock.
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The Mavis's formed in 1987, and split up in 2001, after 14 years.
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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.
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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.
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The Superjesus formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, post-grunge.
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You Am I formed in Sydney, Australia, in December 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, power pop.