Festival No. 0000362 · Est. 1993
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For the record
About the artists
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Ajax was born on 28 February 1971, and died on 28 February 2013, aged 42. -
Arctic Monkeys formed in High Green, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, art rock, baroque pop, dance, electronica, garage rock, garage rock revival, house.
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Barrence Whitfield was born in Jacksonville, United States, on 13 June 1955.
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Birds of Tokyo formed in Perth, Australia, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Black Kids formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 2006. Plays indie pop.
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Bullet for My Valentine formed in Bridgend, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, nu metal.
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Children Collide formed in 2005. Plays indie rock.
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Cog formed in Bondi, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Cut Copy formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2001. Plays electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Died Pretty formed in 1984, and split up in 2012, after 28 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy, United States, in 1996. Plays americana, celtic punk, folk punk, folk rock, hardcore punk, pigfuck, punk, punk rock.
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Eddy Current Suppression Ring formed in 2003. Plays garage rock, indie rock.
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Fantômas formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde, avant-garde metal, dark ambient, experimental, experimental rock, metal, sludge metal.
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Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2006. Plays rock.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Infusion formed in Wollongong, Australia, in 1998, and split up in 2013, after 15 years. Plays dance, electronic, electronica.
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Little Red formed in 2005, and split up on 21 July 2012, after 7 years.
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Lowrider formed in 2003. Plays funk, soul.
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Lupe Fiasco was born on 16 February 1982. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop, pop rap.
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Mammal formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. Plays alternative rock.
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Mercy Arms formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2005, and split up in February 2009, after 4 years. Plays indie rock.
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My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Neil Young was born in Toronto, Canada, on 12 November 1945. Plays blues, classic rock, contemporary folk, country, country rock, folk, folk rock, hard rock.
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Pendulum formed in Perth, Australia, in 2002. Plays alternative metal, dancefloor drum and bass, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, electronic rock.
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Quan was born in Newport News, United States. Plays hip hop.
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Serj Tankian was born on 21 August 1967. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, folk, hard rock, industrial rock, metal.
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Simian Mobile Disco formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electro, electro house, electronic, tech house, techno.
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Sneaky Sound System formed in 2001. Plays dance, electronic, house, pop.
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Son of Dave was born in Winnipeg, Canada, on 4 January 1967.
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Sparkadia formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2004.
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Terra Firma formed in 1998, and split up in September 2003, after 5 years.
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The Butterfly Effect formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1999. Plays hard rock, metal, rock.
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The Getaway Plan formed in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore.
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The Grates formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 2002.
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The Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
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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 Ting Tings formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Transatlantics plays funk, soul.
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Tiki Taane was born on 17 December 1976. Plays drum and bass.
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TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2001. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental rock, indie rock, noise pop, psychedelic soul, shoegaze.
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TZU formed in 1999, and split up in 2013, after 14 years. Plays hip hop.
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Youth Group formed in Newtown, Australia, in 1996. Plays indie rock, rock.