29-485: Groezrock was an annual music festival that took place in Meerhout , Belgium. It started as a small rock and pop festival with one stage and a few hundred people attending, but evolved into a large punk rock / hardcore punk festival, with attendances exceeding 30,000. The festival had one stage until 2003, when it added a second stage called Back-to-Basics, which was reserved for more hardcore-oriented bands. Since 2006
58-544: A hardcore punk band. The band's music put an emphasis on a metal -influenced groove, breakdowns and use of lyrics based on street life, as opposed to the speed of punk rock and the riffing of crossover thrash which were dominate in the genre when they began. This difference led to them helping to define the sound hardcore would take on in the 1990s, as well as the beatdown hardcore genre. They have also been categorised as tough guy hardcore . They have cited influences including Sick of It All , Agnostic Front ,
87-905: A Standoff Beneath the Massacre Tenement Kids Nuns Go Riot Tackleberry ( 23 and 24 April) : The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Face To Face Glassjaw Millencolin Caliban The Real McKenzies The Swellers Funeral For A Friend Agnostic Front Alesana Haste the Day A Skylit Drive Holding Onto Hope The Friday Night Boys Banner Pilot Adept This Is Hell Young Guns Grey Like Masquerade Bad Religion Pennywise AFI Sum 41 Lit The Bouncing Souls 88 Fingers Louie Strike Anywhere Zebrahead MC Lars Pour Habit Mute Music festival A music festival
116-694: A capacity of about 275,000 spectators, but has " fallow years " roughly every five years, so it is the biggest non-annual greenfield festival in the world. The oldest annual dedicated pop music festival in the world is Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands , though in other genres, there are much older ones: the Three Choirs Festival in the UK has run annually since 1719. The Queensland Music Festival, established in 1999 and headquartered in Brisbane Australia,
145-451: A manifestation for creating escapism and a seasonal cultural economy to experience ritually and collectively. Another type of music festival is the music education , often organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for the benefit of amateur musicians of all ages and grades of achievement. Entrants perform prepared pieces or songs in front of an audience which includes competitors, family and friends, and members of
174-463: A music festival can be defined as a community event , with performances of singing and instrument playing, that is often presented with a theme such as a music genre (e.g., blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality , locality of musicians, or holiday . Music festivals have developed as an industry which contributes to national economies. For example, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival earned $ 115 million in 2017. Music festivals can be
203-422: A new band as his band, Dmize, was breaking up. The new incarnation of the band was signed by Roadrunner Records in 1994 and released a pair of full-lengths; Set It Off in 1994 and Demonstrating My Style in 1996. Touring steadily, the band built a sizable fan base outside their hometown. 1995 saw the band participating in the N.Y.H.C. documentary. Extensive interviews were conducted with Freddy as well as
232-588: A new line-up featuring Brian "Mitts" Daniels and Rigg Ross. They began touring and recording at the end of 2002. Since then, Madball has come out with: Best of Madball in 2003, N.Y.H.C. EP (EP) in 2004, Legacy in 2005, and Infiltrate The System in 2007. In 2009, Rigg Ross left to join Skarhead and was replaced by Ben Dussault. Along with bands such as Agnostic Front, Vietnom, Bulldoze , Resistance, H 2 O and Boston/New York Hip-hop group Special Teamz ( Slaine , Ed O.G. , Jaysaun, DJ Jayceeoh ), they comprise
261-662: A part of New York's DMS Crew. Vocalist Cricien and bass player Hoya are also in the band Hazen Street , along with members of H 2 O and Cro-Mags . In 2010, after the departure of the Ferret Records owners from the label, Madball followed them to their new and present label Good Fight Music . In February 2010 Madball signed a deal with Nuclear Blast for the European release of their new studio album, Empire , produced by Erik Rutan . Jay Weinberg , son of E Street Band and Max Weinberg 7 drummer Max Weinberg , joined Madball for
290-557: A performance on July 29, 1995, at the now-defunct "Coney Island High". Freddy's brother, Roger, broke several vertebrae in his back at that show, requiring him to be in traction for the better part of a year. Consisting of Cricien, Henderson, Guerra, and new drummer John Lafata (former drummer in Neglect), the band recorded Look My Way , which was released in early 1998. Hold It Down followed two years later. The band announced their dissolution in 2001 but decided to reform in late 2002 with
319-468: A way of building a brand for a destination, creating a unique image for it and attracting visitors. For example, Lollapalooza, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival, Electric Forest, and others. While contemporary festivals are often represented as flourishing grounds for extraordinary experiences, they increasingly serve as a way to create cultural identity, lifestyle, community, belonging and self-actualisation. Furthermore, festivals are
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#1732863290628348-530: Is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock , blues , folk , jazz , classical music ), nationality , locality of musicians, or holiday . Music festivals are generally organized by individuals or organizations within networks of music production, typically music scenes, the music industries, or institutions of music education. Music festivals are commonly held outdoors, with tents or roofed temporary stages for
377-572: Is that participants can learn from one another rather than compete. Such festivals aim to provide a friendly and supportive platform for musicians to share in the excitement of making music. For many, they provide a bridge from lessons and examinations to performing confidently in public; for a few of the top performers, they provide a pathway to further professional study of music in a college, university or conservatory. Milwaukee , Wisconsin 's 11-day event, Summerfest , promotes itself as "The World's Largest Music Festival." Operating annually since 1968,
406-422: Is the largest music festival by land mass, as a state-wide music biennial music festival, over a three-week period during July. Lists of music festivals in: Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band. Originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front , the band developed after Agnostic Front's vocalist Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Freddy Cricien take
435-498: The Cause , on June 15, 2018. In January 2019, Madball announced that their touring guitarist, Mike Gurnari, would become an official member. In August 2023, Jorge "Hoya Roc" Guerra announced his intention to leave the band. Guerra cited the band's decrease in activity and the resulting financial hardship as his reasons for leaving. He made it known that he would remain with the band through their two upcoming European tours. Madball are
464-1164: The Ghost , Stairland, Poison the Well 2004 (24 April) : Main : Millencolin , Sick of It All , Heideroosjes , Mad Caddies , Madball , Pulley , Strung Out , Ten Foot Pole , Midtown , The Almighty Trigger Happy, Travoltas, Belvedere , Beatsteaks B2B : E.Town Concrete , Stretch Arm Strong , Liar, The Bronx , The Promise, Cornflames, Rise and Fall , Champion 2005 (Saturday 30 April) Lagwagon Hatebreed Mad Caddies Flogging Molly 7 Seconds Boysetsfire Rise Against Tsunami Bomb Strike Anywhere Only Crime Capdown Smoke or Fire SFP Coheed and Cambria Ringworm Hopesfall Street Dogs Alexisonfire From Autumn to Ashes Modern Life Is War Maroon The Setup Malkovich 2006 ( 28 and 29 April) Taking Back Sunday Thrice Goldfinger Underoath Silverstein Aiden Say Anything Bad Religion Dropkick Murphys Me First and
493-664: The Gimme Gimmes Sick of It All Less Than Jake No Use for a Name Anti-Flag Death by Stereo The Lawrence Arms Peter Pan Speedrock A Wilhelm Scream Latterman Path of Resistance All Out War Born from Pain Comeback Kid Raised Fist Himsa Bold The Maple Room Officer Jones and HPCP The Spirit That Guides Us The Banner ( 27 and 28 April) New Found Glory The All-American Rejects Motion City Soundtrack Big D and
522-952: The Horizon Poison The Well Senses Fail United Nations Escape the Fate Amenra P.O.Box VersaEmerge Innerpartysystem Sounds Like Violence Campus NOFX Rise Against The Get Up Kids No Fun at All The Living End The Vandals The Academy Is... The Aquabats Street Dogs The Unseen The Flatliners Gino's Eyeball Walls Of Jericho Bleeding Through Comeback Kid Mad Sin Darkest Hour First Blood The Ghost Of A Thousand Architects Emery Misery Signals Bane Outbreak Backfire! Nations Afire Death Before Dishonor The Sedan Vault Billy The Kill Mid Air Collision True Colors This Is
551-1176: The Kids Table Saosin Enter Shikari Death by Stereo Caliban No Turning Back Stretch Arm Strong Senses Fail Gallows Lostprophets Jimmy Eat World Lagwagon Strung Out Rise Against Tiger Army Mad Caddies MxPx The Ataris Street Dogs Hit the Lights Death Before Disco Hatebreed Ignite Terror Converge Sparta Aiden The Bronx Deadline Full Blown Chaos Cancer Bats mewithoutYou ( 9 and 10 May) Billy Talent Anti-Flag Alkaline Trio Heaven Shall Burn All Time Low Mayday Parade Set Your Goals Hot Water Music Finch Silverstein The Audition Strike Anywhere The Blackout Bad Religion Thursday Face to Face The Planet Smashers 59 Times
580-625: The Pain No Fun at All The Toasters A Wilhelm Scream The Loved Ones El Guapo Stuntteam The Bones The Flatliners Story of the Year Sick of It All Agnostic Front Parkway Drive The Bouncing Souls The Setup HORSE The Band Do Or Die This Is Hell Cursed Suicide Silence Bury Your Dead ( 17 and 18 April) Bullet For My Valentine Taking Back Sunday Underoath MxPx Catch 22 You Me At Six Kid Down Thursday Bring Me
609-601: The Pain, Snuff , SNFU , Ignite , Voodoo Glow Skulls 2002 (27 April) : Bad Religion , Sick of It All , Guttermouth , Down By Law , Satanic Surfers , Rise Against, Undeclinable Ambuscade (surprise act), Circle, .Calibre, Kill Your Idols , Horace Pinker , Flatcat 2003 (26 April) : Main : Dropkick Murphys , Biohazard , Glassjaw , Ten Foot Pole , Hot Water Music , dredg , Flogging Molly , Gameface, Randy, The Shandon, Face Tomorrow , Skool's Out B2B : Severance, Between The Lines, Support, Terror , Caliban , Give Up
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#1732863290628638-621: The album and for touring. Madball then dismissed Weinberg in September 2010, citing personality conflicts. Weinberg said that he had already quit the group by that time, due to lifestyle issues. Born From Pain drummer Igor Wouters replaced Weinberg for live performances. On March 10, 2014, the band began recording its eighth studio album, Hardcore Lives , which was released in June of that year. In October 2017, Brian "Mitts" Daniels had exited Madball. Madball released their ninth studio album, For
667-522: The community, along with one or more adjudicators or judges. These adjudicators, who may be music teachers, professors, or professional performers, provide verbal and written feedback to each performer or group. The adjudicator may be someone whom they might never meet in any other way, as is the case when an adjudicator from another city is brought in to judge. They also usually receive a certificate, classified according to merit or ranking, and some may win trophies or even scholarships. The most important aspect
696-604: The earliest festivals known. During the Middle Ages , festivals were often held as competitions. The music festival emerged in England in the 18th century, as an extension of urban concert life into a form of seasonal, cultural festivity, structured around a schedule of music performances, or concerts. Music festivals generally feature regular and extensive programming, than more spontaneous or improvised forms of music festivity. In traditional genres such as folk and classical music,
725-665: The festival attracts between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year, and hosts over 800 musical acts. The Woodstock Festival in 1969 drew nearly 500,000 attendees, and the Polish spin-off Przystanek Woodstock in 2014 drew 750,000 thus becoming the largest open air annual festival in Europe and the second largest in the world. In comparison, the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, attracts about 135,000 spectators each year. Glastonbury Festival has
754-1918: The festival has taken place over multiple days, and grew to three stages in 2009 and four stages in 2012. It was announced in October 2017 that the 2018 edition of Groezrock would not be taking place in the Spring, and would instead be an indoor festival in the autumn. The festival have stated that they will be "back in full force" with the usual format in 2019. 1992 : Grandma's Toy, Buckle Juice, Dinky Toys, Pitti Polak 1993 : Give Buzze, The Establishment, Ashbury Faith, The Scabs 1994 : One Hes, Inna Nip, Rusk, Groggy's Crawl, Thermos, Burma Shave, Metal Molly, Jack of Hearts, Soapstone, B.J. Scott 1995 : Oxid, Cesspool, Quip, Dildo Warheads, Mutilated, Deeper, Brotherhood Foundation, L.A. Doors 1996 : Small Yellow Fish, Protest, Underdog!?, Cooper, Def Real, The Romans, Brotherhood Foundation, Deviate 1997 (26 April) : Ryker's, Heideroosjes , Brotherhood Foundation, Gwyllions, Instructions For Use, Igor's Record Shop, Cornflames, Flee Bag 1998 (25 April) : Millencolin , Good Riddance , |Intensity, AFI , Hard Resistance, Undeclinable Ambuscade, Pancake, Instructions For Use, Sixpack Joe, Cooperate, Plan 9 1999 (24 April) : No Fun at All , Ten Foot Pole , 59 Times The Pain , Good Riddance , 88 Fingers Louie , Buck Wild , Bombshell Rocks , Void Section, Janez Detd. , 2 Late, Access Denied , Nevergreen, PN 2000 (29 April) : No Fun at All , Heideroosjes , Down By Law , Liberator , Bouncing Souls , Within Reach, Facedown , Vision, 5 Days Off, I Against I , Skin Of Tears, Apeshit, Delate, Figure It Out 2001 (28 April) : Square One , Buckle Up, Powerhouse, Deviates, Venerea, Burning Heads , Adhesive , Stoned, Randy , Undeclinable, 59 Times
783-713: The microphone and perform lead vocals during Agnostic Front shows. Following Agnostic Front's 1992 disbandment, Madball became the members' main project and many became a part of the band who were never in Agnostic Front. They have released nine studio albums and four EPs. Madball was founded in 1988 and featured most of Agnostic Front's members. Madball consisted of Agnostic Front's vocalist Roger Miret on bass, Vinnie Stigma on guitar, Will Shepler on drums, and then 12-year-old vocalist Freddy Cricien, Miret's younger half-brother. Madball's first few performances consisted of previously unused Agnostic Front songs. Madball's first release
812-571: The performers. Often music festivals host other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, dance, crafts, performance art , and social or cultural activities. Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval, while some are held only once. Some festivals are organized as for-profit concerts and others are benefits for a specific charitable cause . At music festivals associated with charitable causes, there may be information about social or political issues . The Pythian Games at Delphi included musical performances, and may be one of
841-544: Was the Ball of Destruction EP in 1989. After years of playing regional shows in and around the New York area, a second guitarist, Matt Henderson, joined the band. By then, they recorded and released the EP, Droppin' Many Suckers , for Wreck-Age Records. One year later, Miret left the band and was replaced on bass by Jorge "Hoya Roc" Guerra — a good friend of Freddy Cricien — who was looking for
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