The Soundwave Festival

Fev · 01-11-2007, 09:35 PM

Anyone on here coming?!? its a hell of alot bigger then last year interms of bands, although last year had Suicidal tenedencis and hatebreed, MXPX, Deftones (Ohhhyeah).last year was awesome

I just bought myself an early bird ticket for Sydney-just hope i dont see another emo kid get hit by a car though..
This year has the likes of incubus, the offspring, Killswitch Engage, Saosin, MSI and a few other big punk/metalcore/screamo etc bands

www.soundwavefestival.com

onfire · 01-11-2007, 11:28 PM

I saw this posted on a few other forums, and thought it was some sort of Trance/House .. saw the ad in the mag, looks like a good line up.

Venomous · 02-11-2007, 12:05 AM

Yeah i help out the festival with some things.
Also run the Soundwave Forum

GS608 · 02-11-2007, 09:10 AM

would love to go but dont have the money

Bossxr8 · 03-11-2007, 02:42 PM

Too bad Killswitch Engage are no longer their original line-up.

Kommandant · 03-11-2007, 03:51 PM

serious? Was just about to say I'd go just for KSE :/

Bossxr8 · 03-11-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kommandant

serious? Was just about to say I'd go just for KSE :/

The vocalist and drummer quit a year or 2 ago. They're not the same since. The original vocalist Jesse David Leech was awesome, he had a wicked growl but he could flat out sing too. I don't think much of the new guy Howard Jones.

eXi7w0unD · 04-11-2007, 03:32 PM

nuh the new guy rocks i liked them both,
this is a new song from howard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0_vLMrMy8

Fev · 05-11-2007, 07:42 PM

i like them both.. have you heard their cover of Holy Diver? lol its awesome

Hey venomous, wanna get me a job too ?? lol id love one..

Fev · 06-11-2007, 10:43 PM

so is anyone going? tix are about $125 now.. i got mine for $100 with the early bird special..

im goin for:
The Offspring
Incubus
Killswitch Engage
As I Lay Dying
Shadows Fall
From Autumn To Ashes
Bleeding Through
Carpathian
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Saosin
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Mindless Self Indulgence
Haste The Day

Its gonna be a big F-Off day.. hehe.. i wish rage against the machine was playing there instead of big day out though..

GS608 · 07-11-2007, 04:24 PM

farkkk thats like my dream line up haha

can i borrow $125??

Fev · 07-11-2007, 05:52 PM

lol i cant afford it myself... but i made room between fuel and beer for it :P

HLC · 07-11-2007, 06:00 PM

way better lineup than BDO.

i saw KsE in october last year and they put on a pretty good show... but Lamb of God stole the show that night. they were awesome.

11-02-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The vocalist and drummer quit a year or 2 ago. They're not the same since. The original vocalist Jesse David Leech was awesome, he had a wicked growl but he could flat out sing too. I don't think much of the new guy Howard Jones.

Howard aint so new dude, hes been in the band since 2002.

Poetic Justice · 11-02-2008, 10:38 AM

Myself and my mate Aaron (we work together) both really, really wanted to go to this. But given it's on a Friday we cant (In Melb..)

So we got tickets to 'Sidewaves' where Saosin and Scary Kids are playing (the two bands we wanted to see) which is happening on the Thursday night at the Corner Hotel in Richmond..

bo0 · 11-02-2008, 05:47 PM

Yes! so can't wait for this festival it will be awesome, great lineup too...
Going to go grab my tix today

going for: Offspring, Incubus, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Bleeding Through, Carpathian, Mindless Self Indulgence, From Autumn To Ashes, Saosin, Alexisonfire, Shadows Fall, Divine Heresy...

hopefully all the emo is playing when the metal/hardcore is on so I miss that sh!t lol!

Oh and KSE have never been better... I would rate their new stuff as good as the older. HJ's great on vox, does the old stuff brilliantly. Still gets the crowds amped up! Only seen KSE when they were on their last Aus tour, and was a great show!

Oh, and is Behind Crimson Eyes on the tour or not? Not confirmed but have been added to the bill?

GS608 · 11-02-2008, 06:34 PM

could somebody record the offspring as i'd love to watch them live but brissy is all sold out i think, plus dont have the money lol

Fev · 11-02-2008, 10:58 PM

i dunno about BCE but i saw them at iron maiden, crowd didnt like them much obviously but they put on an alright show, especially with the pretty cold reception the crowd gave them(not abusive or anything, just not very happy to have them on)

i just cant wait to see incubus, ive been waiting so many years to see them same with bleeding through and MSI. ive see most of the others before except offspring and alexis

TURBO_GHIA · 16-02-2008, 02:28 PM

yeah im going ,anyone got the timetable for it yet ??

whos playing when ?

Fev · 19-02-2008, 10:10 AM

havnt seen a time table yet, check their website?

ZA-289 · 20-02-2008, 08:33 PM

Who?

I feel old!

Fev · 26-02-2008, 11:44 AM

i am so dissapointed in the sydney gig.. the layout was absolute rubbish. they ruined my whole day, i missed about 5 bands i really wanted to see.. anyone else who went to sydney have a problem.. it took about 2 hours to get through the front gates, by that time it was 2:15, were hurling bottles up the front of the crowd, a girl infront of me got slammed in the side of the head by a red bull bottle then hit my girlfriend.

I'm just glad they had secco's with sunscreen, it wouldnt have been worth getting sunburnt for..

highlights for me though were Scary Kids Scaring Kids, MSI, alexisonfire, Killswitch Engage and Incubus.. out of the whole line up thats about all i got to see..

Last year was so much better, although most of the problem was due to an incredibly bad layout. too many stages - too far away from each other with bottlenecks in every pathway. They didnt even give out maps or time tables!!

last year it was prime, 3 stages all visible on 1 field, wide open spaces to walk to either stage 1&2 or stage 3. within 5 mins walking distance if that..

TURBO_GHIA · 26-02-2008, 04:35 PM

yes same ,it was crap ,only reason i stayed was to see incubus ,took way to long to get in the door ,stupid setup ,there was a que for everything ,they ran out of drinks .

they had some cheap fence that collapst and the security were trying to hold it closed so no one could get hurt.then a girl got hurt and got karted away .

and then there was a security guard that was trying to tell a girl off to get off her b/f's shoulders .to which she didnt listen so he proceeded to throw water bottles at her head to try and make her get down .

it wasnt untill some smart threw a full water bottle at his head ,then he decided to actually get off his and go into the crowd to tell her to get down .

there was no maps ,no numbers on stages so you could tell which one was which ,it was just hopeless .

all so we waited over an hr for chicken satay sticks which we pay like $50 for only to have them skip from order number 35 to like 65 and then to 90 ,so not only did we no get our food we didnt get our money back .and good luck to even try and get up the front to ask for it back .

i gave up ,i watched incubus found my friend and we left .did the 2 hr train trip home .

only 2 highlights of the whole day .incubus and the free bus to central station .

i will never go to another sound wave again .

jb.

Fev · 26-02-2008, 04:55 PM

i will probably go to next years but i will check out the map first and decide if its gonna be crap or not..

incubus wernt even that good, they fcked around on their 2nd last song for so long they didnt have enough time for some other old favourites like certain shade of green or pardon me! so all in all i want my money back..

Shonky · 27-02-2008, 10:39 AM

Soundwave was the messiest, most disorganised, unsafe event I have ever seen. The pathways were tiny and packed, and they put the friggin water station taps thingo right in the middle of a walkway which turned the main thoroughfare to mud.

Seriously - Sydney Park is huge. Why the hell were people packed in so tight? Police and St John Ambulance were trying to get through the crowd in their golf buggy thingos and just getting jammed and going nowhere.

I sincerely hope that the organiser gets a flogging. Regardless - Soundwave will not have my patronage in future.

Worst event of the year from an organisation perspective. Hands down.