A Festivus For The Rest Of Us

[K]

The metalhead in me wants to say Lari has the best festival here, but the prospect of seeing DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Black Star and the Arctic Monkeys at one festival is too good to resist. Sorry Lari, but I'm going to Psicosisfest.

[MalaCloudy Black]

The metalhead in me wants to say Lari has the best festival here, but the prospect of seeing DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Black Star and the Arctic Monkeys at one festival is too good to resist. Sorry Lari, but I'm going to Psicosisfest.

Psicosisfest, Liamfest, and larifest are the only ones where I wouldn't skip literally 75% of the acts. True story.

[ADG]

ECLECTIC-STOCK!

MAIN STAGE

Would be mainly mainstream acts with a few less well known opening bands

Arctic Monkeys | Radiohead

The Pixies | Kasabian

Ocean Colour Scene | Placebo | Maximo Park

Motion City Soundtrack | Hellogoodbye | Mogwai | TV On The Radio

SECOND STAGE

The main alternative/indie stage

The Arcade Fire | The Flaming Lips

Biffy Clyro | The Fratellis |

Idlewild | Jurassic 5 | The Decemberists

Atmosphere | I'm From Barcelona | The Spinto Band | The Dykeenies

CHILLOUT TENT

Designed as an acoustic/chillout area

The Magic Numbers | Jack Johnson

Jose Gonzalez | Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly! | The Shins

Erik Mongrain | Donovan Frankenreiter | Roddy Woomble | Xavier Rudd | Sufjan Stevens

[fourstarfizzle]

I'll do my usual Leeds/Reading 3 Day Main Stage layout...

Sigur Ros | The Divine Comedy

Interpol | The Fratelli's | Broken Social Scene

Belle & Sebastian | TV On The Radio | Architects In Helsinki

Beirut | Jack Penate

Rammstein | The Deftones

Mastodon | Machine Head | Dillinger Escape Plan

Down | Napalm Death | Job For A Cowboy

All Shall Perish | Misery Index

Foo Fighters | The Atari's

Ben Folds | Billy Talent | +44

The Blood Brothers | Turbonegro | 30 Seconds To Mars

Andrew WK | Maritime

[Summers]

The best festivals posted, in my opinion..

Fitzyfest

Misanthropefest

Biggzfest (1 & 2.)

Benjifest

[thuganomic]

I thought 18 visions broke up?

Damnit, didn't see Fizzy's post.

As for me, I'd make it PIANOFEST 2007!~

Ben Folds | Coldplay | Sarah McLachlan

Evanescence | Jack's Mannequin | Rufus Wainwright

The Fray | Five for Fighting | Nick Cave | The Format

The Slip | Gary Jules | Remy Zero

Martin Leung

Edited June 19, 2007 by thug

[Fitzy]

Biggz's second one is a very odd mixture.

[ACCBiggz]

I was struggling for smaller acts... I was really just building this off of Usher/Timberlake/Clarkson/Underwood's Hotness....

After that I lost it... I was trying to think of a smaller country act to compliment Underwood so put Brad Paisley there.

However, Timberlake + Usher = Greatness. Usher should be the headliner though as his live show is amazing.

[Summers]

It's odd in a good way.

[Turbo Yannis]

Why/when did Eighteen Visions break up?

Edited June 19, 2007 by Turbonegro

[Summers]

In 2007, while still playing a few shows in Australia and posting daily Myspace bulletins asking fans to request "Broken Hearted" on the radio, band coverage, press and blog updates started decreasing considerably, leading to believe the band had been dropped by Epic Records, though no official word on that has been released. This also led to break up rumors, which were soon confirmed.

On April 9, 2007 bassist Mick Morris confirmed the band's breakup on Myspace.

"After several years of touring and quite a few album releases we have decided that it is time to go our separate ways. We have been a band for a very long time and feel good about everything we were able to accomplish. At this point in our lives and our careers we feel its time to move on to something fresh and new. Whether it be music, touring or just being at home to live and enjoy life. We would like to thank all of our fans, friends and families for all of the great support over the years. We would also like to thank all of the bands we have shared the stage with and everyone who has ever worked with the band, opened a door or reached out a hand. We will be playing our final two shows in April. One in San Diego and one in Orange County. Come rock with us one more time."[1][2]

The break-up may come as a surprise, as the band has a strong fan club, "The Fools", and have received decent amounts of airplay from their latest record.

Keith Barney and Trevor Friedrich have since formed a new group with ex-Lylah frontman Norman Matthew named Never Enough [3].

Edited June 19, 2007 by Delirium Trigger

[Turbo Yannis]

Ah, cheers. They were always one of those band that I thought had a few decent songs (I Don't Mind, Tower of Snakes and Victim) but never got majorly into.

Edited June 19, 2007 by Turbonegro

[Bloodbath]

Megadeth | Alice in Chains

Killswitch Engage | The Misfits | Hellyeah

Death By Stereo | Gamma Ray | Nightrage

Masterplan | Breed 77

Motorhead | Machine Head

Arch Enemy | Edguy | Mercenary

Norther | Behemoth | Mendeed

Impaled | Korpiklaani

Iron Maiden | Manowar

Lamb of God | Black Label Society | Buckethead

Sick of it All | Kataklysm | Taproot

Vital Remains | Man Must Die

[K]

New winner. ^

[Skummy]

Morrissey | Brian Wilson | Tom Waits

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Devo | Sonic Youth | Daniel Johnston

The Lucksmiths | Bearsuit | The Pipettes | The Legend! | The Flaming Lips

Camera Obscura | The Concretes | Tullycraft | Vic Chestnutt | Scoutt Niblett | Television Personalities

Ginger & The Sonic Circus | Richard Hawley

There are bands like Earth and A Silver Mt. Zion that I'd love to see at a festival, but declined to because there's no way they'd fit in with that line-up, I might try and put together a heavier one later.

Edited June 20, 2007 by Q: Are We Not Men?

[MalaCloudy Black]

Earth at a festival would be bizarre.

[Bushmeister]

I'd kill for a show with Earth-Sunn O)))-Khanate headlining.

[fourstarfizzle]

My first one was much more a broader taste thing that'd I'd like to see at Leeds/Reading, but if it's the heaviest of the heavy that I want, things would look a lot different...

Iron Maiden | Kreator

GWAR | Buckethead | Hatebreed

Devil Driver | The Bled | A Life Once Lost

Ephel Duath | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Rammstein | The Deftones

Mastodon | Apocalyptica | Dillinger Escape Plan

Down | Napalm Death | Job For A Cowboy

All Shall Perish | Misery Index

Motorhead | Machine Head

Converge | Cannibal Corpse | Crowbar

Exodus | Norma Jean | Dying Fetus

Municipal Waste | Aborted

[Guest Pringle]

Motley Crue | Slayer | Megadeth

Amorphis | Edguy | Gamma Ray

Nocturnal Rites | Ensiferum | Lizzy Borden

Municipal Waste | Kamelot | Mago De Oz

Edited June 20, 2007 by Pringle

[Nerf]

A somewhat heavier festival:

Slayer | Kreator | Testament

Sepultura | Machine Head | Shadows Fall

Chimaira | Napalm Death | Mastodon | In Flames

Job For A Cowboy | Bring Me The Horizon | The Black Dahlia Murder

What would be a kickass show:

Iron Maiden | Judas Priest

Dragonforce | Manowar | Stratovarius

Helloween | Blind Guardian | Sonata Arctica

Iced Earth | Rhapsody | Elvenking | Firewind | Kamelot

Awesome festival:

Megadeth | Black Sabbath

Anthrax | Venom | Diamond Head | Overkill

Trivium | Mercyful Fate | Nevermore | Sanctity

Children of Bodom | Annihilator | Sodom | Celtic Frost