Mountain Rock Music Festival

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Mountain Rock Music Festivals held on a farm near Pahiatua, were widely celebrated Kiwi music events in New Zealand during the 1990s. Te Ara comment: "There are regular jazz, folk, ethnic and country music awards and festivals, some of which have been in existence for decades. Large music festivals, for example Sweetwaters, Nambassa and The Big Day Out, have been staged periodically since the 1970s."

Contents 1 Major Events 2 Musicians 3 Sound Engineers 4 Lighting Engineers 5 Rigs 6 Administration / Management 7 Communications 8 Emergency Management 9 Security and Other Personnel 10 Television 11 Film and Television 12 Discography 13 Books 14 References 15 External links

[edit] Major Events

• Mountain Rock Music Festival I
• Mountain Rock Music Festival II
• Mountain Rock Music Festival III
• Mountain Rock Music Festival IV

[edit] Musicians

Mountain Rock Music Festival III.

• Dragon
• Hello Sailor
• Supergroove
• Shona Laing
• Dave Dobbyn
• StraitJacket Fits
• Exponents
• Kevin Borich Express
• Shihad
• Muttonbirds
• Jan Hellriegel
• Greg Johnson Set
• Desert Road, the promoters band.
• Rick Bryant
• Wildfire
• Head Like a Hole
• Idol Fret

[edit] Sound Engineers

• House - Oceania
• FOH - Paul Moss (FOH both stages for Idol Fret)
• Foldback -

[edit] Lighting Engineers

[edit] Rigs

• Oceania Audio 135 kilowatt A rig for main stage. Note the flying JBL system; It was curved outward to deliver even distribution to the audience. There was also a row of large bass bins, possibly Cerwin Vega, across the front, and under the stage, to provide a large sub capability.
• Stage 2, the 'B' stage, had a much smaller rig.

[edit] Administration / Management

Paul Campbell and , Publicity John Dix

[edit] Communications

[edit] Emergency Management

[edit] Security and Other Personnel

[edit] Television

[edit] Film and Television

• Maori Radio network broadcast Mountain Rock III live
• Video and sound was recorded in the barn
• An independent film-maker from Auckland shot many hours on video
• Amateur video footage was also shot

[edit] Discography

[edit] Books

• Stranded In Paradise, John Dix, (Paradise Publications 1988 )

[edit] References

• Te Ara - How to cite this page: Nancy Swarbrick. 'Creative life', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 26-Sep-2006 URL: [1]

[edit] External links

• Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
• Oceania Audio
• Bruce Sergent New Zealand Music