Rock-It
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Rock-It is an Australian music festival usually held twice every year at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. As the names implies, it mainly features modern rock music. It is one of only two major rock concerts held regularly in Perth every year (the other being Big Day Out, which is a nationwide event). There have been 9 Rock-It Events since 1999. The headliner for the end of 2006 edition pulled out due to other plans and thus the event has been posponed till the start of 2007.
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[edit] Artist lineups by year (incomplete)
[edit] December 5, 1999
Silverchair, Powderfinger, Beaverloop, John Butler Trio, Killing Heidi, Jebediah, Test Eagles, Auto Pilot, DJ Kingsize, Kenny Bartley, DJ Betamax, DJ Dr Love , Fourstroke
[edit] October 22,2000
Green Day, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, 28 Days, Shihad, John Butler Trio, Weta
[edit] October 13, 2002
Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Shihad (as Pacifier), Machine Gun Fellatio, Motorace, Bodyjar, Superheist, The Fergusons, Spencer Tracy
[edit] November 23, 2003
Jack Johnson, Powderfinger, The Living End, John Butler Trio, Magic Dirt, Gyroscope, Downsyde
[edit] March 14, 2004
Grinspoon, Shihad (as Pacifier), Resin Dogs, Bodyjar, The Butterfly Effect, Brand New, After the Fall, The Flairz
Blink-182 was scheduled to play, but cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker breaking an ankle.
[edit] October 24, 2004
The Living End, Jet, Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Jebediah, 28 Days, Rocket Science, The Casanovas, Dallas Crane, Cooker and Love, Ground Components
[edit] March 13, 2005
Green Day, Grinspoon, Simple Plan, Shihad, Frenzal Rhomb, End of Fashion, Little Birdy, Scribe, The Spazzys, The Flairz, Faker, Day of the Dead, Mr Sandman, The Fuzz
[edit] December 5, 2005
Foo Fighters, Oasis, Spiderbait, Wolfmother, Kaiser Chiefs, Gyroscope, Karnivool, The Pictures
[edit] March 19, 2006
Silverchair, Grinspoon, Shihad, Cog, Butterfingers, Faker, After the Fall, The Hot Lies, Snowman, Katalyst, Koolism, Fdel, Ru.C.L., Nathan J
[edit] April 5, 2007
As the usual home of Rock-It, Arena Joondalup, was unable to host the April 2007 event (because the construction on the Arena Joondalup events train platform hadn’t been completed, one of the access roads was closed and the parking facilities were unavailable due to late night shopping) the venue was changed to the Claremont Showgrounds. The event was also renamed Blackjack 2007 and featured The Pixies, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, Gnarls Barkley, The Vines, Birds of Tokyo and Children Collide. It is proposed that Rock-It will be back later in 2008 at Arena Joondalup.
[edit] Trivia
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- Grinspoon and Shihad have appeared at the most Rock-It festivals (5).
- Green Day has performed at Rock-It twice.
- The October 2004 all-Australian line up was the first Rock-It to sell out.
- Australian super group The Wrights did their first performance at Rock-It.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Rock-It - Official website
