Rockfest

Hollywood Rock was a music festival which took place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, from 1988 to 1996. The festival was sponsored and organised by the Souza Cruz tobacco company, owners of the Hollywood cigarette brand. After a law was passed by the Senate of Brazil prohibiting tobacco and alcohol companies from sponsoring cultural and sporting events, the festival was cancelled. The festival did not happen in 1989 or 1991 (the latter because of Rock in Rio 2 happening at around the same time in Rio de Janeiro).
The fourth edition of Hollywood Rock is regarded as the best of all 7 years. It was definitely the most publicised with Grunge music going full blast around the world, renowned bands such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains and L7 headlined the festival, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Simply Red. Nirvana’s controversial performances both in São Paulo and Rio generated much discussion amongst fans and the media. Kurt Cobain, appearing very intoxicated, spat on the lenses of all TV cameras placed around the stage (the concert was being broadcasted live by Globo TV), and attempted to destroy stage props and equipment. Some footage from the concert in Rio de Janeiro can be seen on Nirvana’s Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! home video. Due to the high demand for tickets, the venue for the São Paulo concerts was changed back to the larger Morumbi stadium.
The Brazilian bands: Defalla, Biquíni Cavadão, Dr. Sin, Engenheiros do Hawaii and Midnight Blues Band. In “High Definition”. Enjoy

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Austin’s own ArcAttack plays Texas Rockfest during SXSW. ArcAttack uses a MiKo to power two self-built Tesla coils, that produce “singing lightning bolts” which require no speakers. ArcAttack controls the coils through MIDI, as well as a full drum set controlled by robotic mechanisms. ArcAttack are taking their MiKo on a European tour this summer, 2009. For more information on Open Labs or ArcAttack, please visit www.openlabs.com or www.arcattack.com.

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Eric Kretz celebrates his 42nd B-Day at Rockfest in KC, 2008.

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a clip of rockfest 07′ from KQRC’s 98.9 the ROCK. AN ENTIRE DAY OF BAD BANDS!

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beercan & the new pollution

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Warbringer performing “Living in a Whirlwind” live on February 28, 2009 at the Scion Rock Fest at The Masquerade (Heaven), Atlanta, Georgia.

Sponsored by Scion and Vice, and set at the metalest venue in Atlanta (The Masquerade) on the metalest day of the metalest month of the year (Feb. 28, obviously), the Scion Rock Fest will bring together metal heavyweights from as far away as Japan and Norway. The festival will feature a who’s who line-up that includes Neurosis, Boris, 1349, Cryptopsy, Torche, Baroness, Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, Harvey Milk, the hometown heroes of Mastodon, and many more. Dear Sharon Osbourne, if you want Ozzfest to be successful again, start putting together line-ups like this one. Oh, and the best part about the festival? It’s absolutely, positively, 100% free.

OUTDOOR STAGE (Music Park)
1:00-1:40pm Kylesa
2:00-2:40pm Torche
3:00-3:40pm Baroness
4:00-4:50pm Boris
5:10-5:40pm Pig Destroyer
6:00-7:00pm High On Fire
7:30pm-9:00pm Neurosis
9:30pm-11:00pm Mastodon

INDOOR STAGE #1 (Heaven)
1:10pm-1:55pm Evil Army
2:15pm-2:40pm Trash Talk
3:00pm-3:45pm Skeletonwitch
4:10pm-5:00pm Toxic Holocaust
5:20pm-6:05pm Warbringer
6:30pm-7:30pm Converge
8:30pm-9:30pm Cryptopsy

INDOOR STAGE #2 (Hell)
1:15pm-2:00pm Apocalyptic Visions
2:20pm-3:05pm Salome
3:25pm-4:10pm US Christmas
4:30pm-5:15pm Withered
5:35pm-6:25pm Krallice
6:45pm-7:45pm Wolves In The Throne Room
8:15pm-9:15pm Septic Flesh
10:25pm-11:25pm 1349

INDOOR STAGE #3 (Purgatory)
1:00pm-1:35pm Gaylord
1:55pm-2:30pm Suidakra
2:50pm-3:35pm Alestorm
3:55pm-4:40pm A Storm Of Light
5:00pm-5:45pm Harvey Milk
6:05pm-6:50pm Rwake
7:20pm-8:05pm Tyr
8:45pm-9:30pm Coalese
10:00pm-11:00pm Zoroaster

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I told my boss this a year ago…and you know why? check it out http://www.GreenWealthConnection.com

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Metal Mulisha Show at Rockfest/Jeremy Lusk, Derek Garland and Ryan Hagy

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I went and had a blast. I was just wanting to know any cool stories, how bad are you sunburned, and all the good stuff
KCMO is kansas city, missouri. Locals know what it means so I just posted it that way.
Sorry to those who didn’t get to go. It was a blast.

No, I wish.

Just wanna know if there are any rumored bands for kansas city’s rockfest this year?

Johnny Dare hinted that Shinedown will be there a few weeks ago when he interviewed Brent Smith. Other bands currently on tour who could appear: Disturbed, Saliva, Hinder, Staind, Sevendust, Black Stone Cherry, Buckcherry, Theory of a Deadman, Papa Roach, Static X, Dope, Taproot, Hurt, Veer Union, and Trapt. Crossfade is also rumored to have a new CD coming this summer so they could be touring at the time of Rockfest 09.