Festival No. 0000358 · Est. 1997
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For the record
About the artists
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BASSNECTAR was born in San Francisco, United States, on 16 February 1978. Plays breakbeat, brostep, downtempo, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electronic, electronica. -
Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Beastwars formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2009. Plays doom metal, grunge, heavy metal, metal, rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Best Coast formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2009. Plays dream pop, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, surf.
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Cut Off Your Hands formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006. Plays post-punk.
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David Dallas was born in Papatoetoe, New Zealand, on 28 August 1982. Plays hip hop.
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Foster the People formed in Los Angeles, United States, in October 2009. Plays dance-pop, indie pop, pop.
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Gin Wigmore was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 6 June 1986. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, pop rock.
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Girl Talk was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 26 October 1981. Plays experimental, glitch, hip hop, plunderphonics.
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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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Kanye West was born in Atlanta, United States, on 8 June 1977. Plays art pop, chipmunk soul, christian hip hop, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, deep house, electropop, experimental hip hop.
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Kasabian formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave, rock.
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Mariachi El Bronx formed in Los Angeles, United States, in August 2006. Plays mariachi.
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My Chemical Romance formed in Newark, United States, on 12 September 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, emo pop, hard rock, indie rock, pop punk, pop screamo, post-hardcore.
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OFWGKTA formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2007. Plays hardcore hip hop, hip hop, horrorcore.
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Röyksopp formed in Tromsø, Norway, in 1998. Plays ambient, ambient house, club, dance, dance-pop, downtempo, edm, electro house.
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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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The Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra formed in 2010. Plays garage rock, indie rock, lo-fi, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.