Mountain Rock Music Festival

Mountain Rock Music Festivals held on a farm near Woodville then moved to a site near Palmerston North, were widely celebrated Kiwi music events in New Zealand during the 1990s. Created and promoted by Paul Geange and Paul Campbell a Palmerston North Musician and founder of the infamous El clubbo and the Palmerston North Musicians society 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 Film and television 4 Books 5 References 6 External links

Major events

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

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
• Silent Scream

Jungle Tongue

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

Books

• Dix, J. (1988) Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955-1988. Wellington: Paradise Publications. ISBN 0-473-00639-1.

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]

External links

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