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Festival No. 0000279 · Est. 2012

JOIN ALIVE 2013

JOIN ALIVE 2013

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Iwamizawa Park (いわみざわ公園)
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Iwamizawa, Japan

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  • 10-FEET
    10-FEET formed in 1997. Plays alternative rock, bossa nova, heavy metal, hip hop, indie rock, j-rock, melodic hardcore, reggae.
  • avengers in Sci-Fi
    avengers in Sci-Fi formed in 2002. Plays electronic rock, j-rock, pop rock.
  • BABYMETAL
    BABYMETAL formed in Tokyo, Japan, on 28 November 2010. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, j-pop, j-rock, kawaii metal, metal, metalcore.
  • BIGMAMA
    BIGMAMA formed in 2001.
  • BLUE ENCOUNT
    BLUE ENCOUNT formed in 2004. Plays j-pop, pop punk, pop rock.
  • BONNIE PINK
    BONNIE PINK was born in Kamigyō-ku, Japan, on 16 April 1973. Plays j-pop, singer-songwriter.
  • Caravan
    Caravan formed in Canterbury, United Kingdom, in January 1968. Plays canterbury scene, progressive rock.
  • Champagne
  • clammbon
    clammbon formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996. Plays folk pop, indie pop, indie rock, j-pop, j-rock, jazz pop, jazz rock, pop.
  • Coldrain
    Coldrain formed in Nagoya, Japan, in 2007. Plays j-rock, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
  • DE DE MOUSE
  • Dirty Old Men
    Dirty Old Men formed in August 2003, and split up on 17 October 2014, after 11 years.
  • Dragon Ash
    Dragon Ash formed in 1996. Plays alternative rock, drum and bass, hip hop, j-pop, jazz, rap rock, reggae, rock.
  • Drops
  • Flumpool
    Flumpool formed in January 2007. Plays j-rock, pop rock.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Galileo Galilei formed in Wakkanai, Japan, in 2007. Plays pop, rock.
  • Gary Clark Jr.
    Gary Clark Jr. was born in Austin, United States, on 15 February 1984. Plays blues, blues rock, contemporary r&b, hard rock, rock and roll, soul.
  • Happy Birthday
    Happy Birthday formed in Shinjuku, Japan, in February 2010, and split up on 28 April 2015, after 5 years.
  • Hiatus
    Hiatus plays ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, instrumental.
  • Husking Bee
    Husking Bee formed in July 1994, and split up on 6 March 2005, after 10 years. Plays alternative rock, j-rock, pop punk.
  • Ice
    Ice formed in 2005.
  • indigo la End
    indigo la End formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2010. Plays indie rock, j-rock.
  • KANA-BOON
    KANA-BOON formed in Sakai, Japan, on 17 December 2006. Plays j-pop, j-rock, pop rock.
  • Kemuri
    Kemuri formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1995. Plays ska punk.
  • Magokoro Brothers
    Magokoro Brothers formed in 1989. Plays j-rock.
  • Miyavi
    Miyavi was born in Konohana-ku, Japan, on 14 September 1981. Plays j-rock, pop, rock, visual kei.
  • Northern19
    Northern19 formed in April 2003.
  • Okamoto's
    Okamoto's formed in 2009. Plays j-rock, rock.
  • OLDCODEX
    OLDCODEX formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2009, and split up on 31 May 2022, after 13 years.
  • Orange Range
    Orange Range formed in Okinawa, Japan, in 2001. Plays j-pop, j-rock, pop rock, rap rock, rock.
  • People in the Box
    People in the Box formed in Kitakyushu, Japan, in 2003.
  • RIP SLYME
    RIP SLYME formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1994. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
  • 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.
  • Shugo Tokumaru
    Shugo Tokumaru was born in Tokyo, Japan, on 29 May 1980. Plays alternative pop, indie pop, indie rock.
  • Sleepy.ab
    Sleepy.ab formed in Sapporo, Japan, in 1998.
  • Soil & Pimp Sessions
    Soil & Pimp Sessions formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2001. Plays bebop, bossa nova, instrumental jazz, jazz.
  • Suzumoku
  • The Bawdies
    The Bawdies formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2004. Plays rock.
  • The Birthday
    The Birthday formed in September 2005, and split up on 26 November 2023, after 18 years. Plays rock.
  • The Mirraz
    The Mirraz formed in 2006.
  • The Sea and Cake
    The Sea and Cake formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays indie pop, indie rock, jazz.
  • The Starbems
  • Toe
    Toe formed in 2000. Plays math rock, post-rock.
  • Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
    Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra formed in 1985. Plays big band, jazz, ska.
  • WORLD ORDER
    WORLD ORDER formed in 2009. Plays electronic, j-pop.
  • Yo La Tengo
    Yo La Tengo formed in 1984. Plays dream pop, indie rock, noise pop, rock.