Mountain Rock Music Festival
Mountain Rock with Kevin Borich on stage
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."
Major events
- 1992 Mountain Rock Music Festival I
- 1993 Mountain Rock Music Festival II
- 1994 Mountain Rock Music Festival III
- 1995 Mountain Rock Music Festival IV
- 1996 Mountain Rock Music Festival V
Dave Dobbyn
Mountain Rock 3 Idol Fret
Mountain rock 4
Mountain Rock 4 Mana with Lead Vocalist Carl Perkins (Herbs / House of Shem) and Spencer Fusimalohi (Herbs)
Musicians
Mountain Rock Music Festival III.
- Dragon
- Hello Sailor
- Supergroove
- Midnight Oil
- Shona Laing
- Dave Dobbyn
- StraitJacket Fits
- Exponents
- Kevin Borich Express
- Shihad
- The Mutton Birds
- Jan Hellriegel
- Greg Johnson Set
- Desert Road, the promoters band.
- Rick Bryant
- Wildfire
- Head Like a Hole
- Idol Fret
- Silent Scream
- Steve Cooke (musician)
- Mana
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:
External links
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