11.05.12 RETURN OF THE STEEL PANTHER!
Drawing a massive midday crowd out to Soundwave this year (and apparently blowing Alter Bridge off the stage at Sidewaves interstate), LA’s nutty hair metal lads Steel Panther are getting their Balls Out during a new tour announced for October.
05.03.12 LIVE REVIEW: SOUNDWAVE
Our writer Michael Wickham braved the dust and heat to see acts like Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson and System Of A Down at this year''s Soundwave.
18.01.12 DRAGONFORCE OUT OF SOUNDWAVE, TWO NEW BANDS IN
Due to a bout of laryngitis and recording delays, speed metal legends Dragonforce have pulled out of this year’s Soundwave Festival line-up.
13.01.12 INTERVIEW: LAMB OF GOD
Sometimes it’s better to get all your problems out in song-form, otherwise you just end up wanting to kill everyone.
21.12.11 RIP IT UP'S TOP MUSIC NEWS OF 2011
After a momentous year of royal weddings, narrowly escaping The Rapture, the deaths of Bin Laden, Kim Jong Il, Gaddafi and Jon Bon Jovi and Kardashian infiltration into mainstream media, it’s now time to finally farewell 2011.
18.11.11 BUSH ADDED TO SOUNDWAVE
The third and final announcement for Soundwave 2012 has landed with ‘90s British rockers Bush heading to Australia with new Soundwave additions In Flames, The Black Dahlia Murder, Holy Grail, These Kids Wear Crowns and more all joining the already huge line-up for the hard rocking and punk festival.
20.10.11 SOUNDWAVE’S SECOND LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!
The second line-up for Soundwave has injected more punk and metal grunt to the March festival with veteran punks Bad Religion and Strung Out joining other new announcements including Staind and Wednesday 13.
07.10.11 (UPDATED) SOUNDWAVE 2012 LINE-UP
"Wake up! Grab a brush and put a little, make-up", as the 2012 bill for Soundwave Festival has been announced and has snared a mammoth list of bands for March next year.
09.08.11 YEP, SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION 2011 IS REALLY CANCELLED
Sydney's Nova radio station has confirmed the cancellation of October's rock music festival Soundwave Revolution after speaking to festival organiser AJ Maddah over the phone.
02.08.11 INTERVIEW: STEEL PANTHER
If you took their biographical material as gospel, it would appear US outfit Steel Panther have been around for more than 20 years, just missing the heyday of eighties rock and staying 'underground' until now.
18.04.11 DATES ANNOUNCED FOR SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION
We can all breathe easy now with the confirmation that Soundwave Revolution will be following the same flight path as the original festival (heretofore referred to Soundwave Classic).
14.04.11 SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION UPDATE #473
Five more bands have joined the Soundwave Revolution gravy train since we last looked as things really start to heat up.
11.04.11 Soundwave Revolution Update
Three more bands (we think) have been confirmed for Soundwave Revolution, but with so many announcements coming thick and fast, it's getting hard to keep up.
06.04.11 Sum 41 join the revolution
Canadian pop punks Sum 41 have been outed as the latest band playing the upcoming Soundwave Revolution Festival by head promoter AJ Maddah via his Twitter account.
05.04.11 Five more join the Revolution
It's been another busy night in the Soundwave Revolution camp, with five more bands committing to the still mysterious music festival.
04.04.11 SW Revolution unveil 17th band
The Word Alive have been unveiled as the 17th band on the Soundwave Revolution line-up.
30.03.11 Three more join the Revolution
In what's becoming a more carefully planned out procedure than the invasion of Normandy, Soundwave Revolution have revealed the next three bands to be playing the festival later on in the year.
28.03.11 More bands join the Revolution
Three more acts have been confirmed for the upcoming Soundwave Revolution Festival, joining the likes of Young Guns, This Providence, The Swellers, Terrible Things, Four Year Strong and We Are The Ocean.
22.03.11 More bands announced for Soundwave Revolution
American groups This Providence, The Swellers and Terrible Things have been outed as the second, third and fourth bands to play the mysterious Soundwave Revolution festival, thought to be happening this September.
02.10.11 Soundwave Counter Revolution at Fowler's Live
Soundwave Counter Revolution at Fowler's Live
"We worked in this amazing studio at the top of this tower, it was just majestic."