Soundwave 08 @ Bonython Park, Adelaide (01/03/08)
Adelaide was the 4th stop on the Australian Soundwave Festival and the Adelaide punters turned out in force to support the festival.
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Adelaide was the 4th stop on the Australian Soundwave Festival and the Adelaide punters turned out in force to support the festival.
A veritable cornucopia of talented punk, metal, hardcore and similarly-styled artists converge on Brisbane to perform at a shining light in the Australian festival circuit, and leave a path of musical explosion in their wake.
The label given to Taste Of Chaos by a lot of people is 'emo fest' and it's a well earned label when you look around at the show and at the poster emo boy headliners, Taking Back Sunday.
Taste of Chaos was certainly that, with a really psycho mosh pit exemplifying the heavy music on display. Taking Back Sunday, Underoath and Thursday rocked the casbah, in five hours of non-stop emo/hardcore (with a bit of punk) that brought the kids out to play.
The Soundwave juggernaut rolls into Perth for a blistering day of live music.
A hot and dusty Bonython Park set the stage for the Adelaide leg of Soundwaves Festival.
The Soundwave juggernaut rolls into Melbourne, with blistering sets from As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Exchange, Alexisonfire and many more.
Thursday played an amazing live show at The Forum to an intimate crowd, supported by Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Receiving End of Sirens and Envy on the Coast.
The Offspring and Incubus headline Soundwave 2008
Thursday's Geoff Rickly talks about the Soundwave festival, the band's new DVD/CD release, and what the future holds...
Thursday talk of the infamous "Emo" label, keeping their ideas fresh and striving to achieve Sonic Youth greatness.
Soundwave 08 is already shaping up to be a cracker of a Festival this Feebruary - and now the event's promoters have announced further reasons to clap your hands in joy - sideshows, my friends, sideshows!
Fans of metal and hardcore rejoice - Taste of Chaos returns for a second bite of the apple.
Taking Back Sunday and Thursday headline the second Australian Taste of Chaos tour this October.
Both of these releases are absolute necessities for fans of Dio-era Black Sabbath, all of whom would no doubt adore the chance to relive the live experience
Taste of Chaos is over for another year but for those who can't wait until '07, The Best of Taste of Chaos Two has just hit the shelves. Featuring forty bands of the punk, emo/screamo, hardcore and metal genres over two discs, it provides a great overview of the types of music at the event.
With the tour having just left our shores, it's time for the obligatory CD companion.
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