Festival No. 0000358 · Est. 1997
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For the record
About the artists
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Airbourne formed in Warrnambool, Australia, in 2004. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Andrew W.K. was born on 9 May 1979. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, piano rock, pop rock, punk rock, rock.
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Bang Bang Eche formed in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2007.
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Birds of Tokyo formed in Perth, Australia, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Booka Shade plays dance, electronic, house, techno.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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CSS formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in September 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Deftones formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, experimental rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, rock, shoegaze.
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Die Antwoord formed in 2008. Plays electronic, hip hop, hip house, instrumental hip hop, pop rap, rave, trap.
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Die! Die! Die! formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 2003. Plays noise pop, post-punk revival, punk rock.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock, stomp and holler.
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Ghost formed in Linkoping, Sweden, in 2008. Plays doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, occult rock, pop rock, progressive rock, psychedelic.
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Grinderman formed in 2006, and split up on 11 December 2011, after 5 years. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, punk rock, rock.
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Homebrew formed in December 1995. Plays punk.
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I Am Giant formed in Waitakere City, United Kingdom, on 1 October 2008, and split up in 2018, after 9 years. Plays rock.
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Iggy & the Stooges formed in Ann Arbor, United States, in 1972. Plays classic rock, garage rock, hard rock, proto-punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Luger Boa formed in 2008.
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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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M.I.A was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1975. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, christian hip hop, contemporary christian, dance, dancehall, edm, electronic.
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Mt Eden formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008. Plays dubstep.
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Plan B was born in Forest Gate, United Kingdom, on 22 October 1983. Plays dubstep, hip hop, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Primal Scream formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, blues rock, c86, electronic, indie rock, industrial rock, jangle pop.
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Rammstein formed in Berlin, Germany, in January 1994. Plays alternative metal, gothic metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, neue deutsche härte, rock.
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Ratatat formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, electronic, electronic rock, hip hop, indietronica, instrumental, neo-psychedelia, new rave.
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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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Sia was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 18 December 1975. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, pop.
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Steriogram formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1999, and split up in 2014, after 15 years. Plays pop punk.
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Street Chant plays indie rock.
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Surf City formed in Mount Roskill, New Zealand, in 2004. Plays indie rock, shoegaze, space rock.
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The Black Keys formed in Akron, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, blues, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Bloody Beetroots plays bass house, club, dance, dance-punk, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house.
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The Greenhornes formed in Cincinnati, United States, in 1996. Plays blues rock, garage rock, indie rock, rock.
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The Jim Jones Revue formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2014, after 10 years.
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The John Butler Trio formed in Fremantle, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, folk, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, rock, roots rock.
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The Naked and Famous formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2007. Plays indie rock.
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The Phoenix Foundation formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1997.
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Tool formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic, hard rock, heavy metal, math rock, metal.
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Wolfmother formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.