Metal for the brain
Metal for the Brain was a Metal - Festival in Canberra ( Australia ).
background
In 1990, Australian teen Alec Hurley was beaten up outside a Canberra nightclub while trying to resolve an argument. His head injuries were so severe that he became a nursing case. As a result, Joel Green of Armored Angel decided to put on a benefit concert to raise money for medical care and care for Hurley. On November 16, 1991, the first Metal for the Brain took place on the grounds of the Australian National University .
history
At the first festival in 1991 only six metal bands appeared. In 1996 Armored Angel disbanded and the Australian Alchemist took over the organization. Due to the increased interest in the concert, it had to be moved to a larger location from 2000, which was found in the canteen of the University of Canberra in the Belconnen district . The 2000 festival was also the first to headline the Canadians Voivod, a band that did not come from Australia.
In 2002 the festival had to be canceled due to difficulties with the insurance companies involved. The 2004 festival was postponed to early 2005 due to a tour of the organizers Alchemist, at the same time two smaller offshoots of the festival took place in Perth and Brisbane . On the eve of Metal for the Brain 2005, the Australian Heavy Metal Music Awards were first launched on the initiative of the Australian edition of Kerrang! awarded. The festival, which took place on November 4, 2006, was the largest and last with 40 bands on three stages and a total duration of 14 hours. Adam Agius, singer of the Alchemist and festival organizer, stated that the main reason for this was the sharp rise in the costs of the event, Agius recently spoke of around 100,000 AUD , of which the Alchemist raised around 70% from band funds.
A total of two festival samplers were released, one in 2001 on Chatterbox Records and one in 2005 on Faultline . The Metal for the Brain is the largest Australian metal festival of the 1990s and 2000s with up to 2,000 visitors.
Participating bands (selection)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Tijs: Farewell To Metal For The Brain. (No longer available online.) Undercover.com.au, August 16, 2006, archived from the original on October 27, 2009 ; Retrieved April 8, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Justin Donnelly: RIP Metal For The Brain. The Metal Forge, October 28, 2006, accessed April 8, 2009 .
- ^ Final Metal For The Brain. triple j music news, October 20, 2006, accessed April 8, 2009 .
Web links
- Metal for the Brain at the Australian Metal Guide (English)