Rockwave Festival

Rockwave Festival
Terra Stage, Rockwave Festival, 2009
Genre	Alternative rock, rock, metal, pop
Dates	June–July
Location(s)	TerraVibe Park, Malakasa, Greece
Years active	1996–present
Website
www.rockwavefestival.gr

Rockwave Festival is a rock festival held in Malakasa, Greece, a few miles outside of Athens. It is one of the most famous music festivals in Greece. The festival's history begins in 1996, but its popularity has spread since 2004. The festival's location was constantly being changed until 2004, when event park TerraVibe Park, located in Attica, became the permanent venue of the festival.

2016 lineup

Terra Stage
Sunday 5 June	Tuesday 19 July
The Last Shadow Puppets Suede The Subways The Callas Whereswilder	Lana Del Rey Allah-Las Iratus Daphne and the Fuzz The Cave Children

Vibe Stage
Sunday 5 June	Tuesday 19 July
Dropkick Murphys Turbonegro Despite Everything Wish Upon a Star

2015 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 30 May	Saturday 20 June	Saturday 4 July	Tuesday 21 July
The Black Keys The Black Angels 1000mods The Big Nose Attack Puta Volcano	Robbie Williams Kovacs Ex-Girlfriend's Perfume Inconsistencies	The Prodigy Black Rebel Motorcycle Club John Garcia Electric Litany	Manu Chao Baildsa Fundracar Les Skartoi DJ Spery

Vibe Stage
Saturday 30 May	Saturday 20 June	Saturday 4 July	Tuesday 21 July
		Judas Priest Rotting Christ Maplerun Exarsis

2014 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July
Active Member Razastarr Rodney P&DJ Skitz Nikitas Klint&Fleck Vavylona Taf Lathos Noova Groova Ground Zero Stixoplokes Normatraxx Sound System	Giannis Haroulis Natassa Bofiliou Greeklish Babylon Chinese Basement

Vibe Stage
Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July
Timo Maas Roni Size & Youngman MC Eric Burdon The Godfathers Villagers of Ioannina City Beggars Blues Diary	Booka Shade Woodkid Calexico Little Barrie

2013 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 6 July	Sunday 7 July	Monday 8 July	Tuesday 9 July
Sokratis Malamas Thanasis Papakonstantinou Leonidas Mpalafas	Ska-P Marky Ramone Alborosie 1000mods	Lana Del Rey Echo & the Bunnymen The Subways Gautier	Dead Can Dance Monophonics Craig Walker Opera Chaotique

Vibe Stage
Saturday 6 July	Sunday 7 July	Monday 8 July	Tuesday 9 July
Giannis Aggelakas Ypogeia Reumata & Thanos Nestopoulos Eirini Skulakaki	Saxon Kreator Descending Endsight	Iced Earth Suicidal Tendencies At the Gates Psycho Choke Black Hat Bones	Septic Flesh Chaostar Acid Death Tardive Dyskinesia Mahakala

2012 lineup

Saturday 30 June	Sunday 1 July	Monday 2 July
The Locos The Last Drive Nashville Pussy Nightstalker	Ozzy Osbourne & friends Machine Head Paradise Lost Unisonic Planet of Zeus Lucky Funeral	The Prodigy Iggy and the Stooges Everlast GAD. Monovine

2011 lineup

Friday 1 July	Saturday 2 July	Sunday 3 July
Editors Cake The Stranglers Sivert Hoyem Pavlos Pavlidis & B-Movies The Inspector Cluzo Vassilikos	Yiannis Aggelakas 3 Psarantonis Lykoi Live Psarogiorgis Ntinos Sadikis and his band Lost Bodies Vlastura Lozios and Anakatosia Polyfoniko Schima "Dioni"	The Prodigy Gogol Bordello Kyuss Lives! Monster Magnet Flogging Molly Therapy? Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg Viza Dept.

2010 lineup

Wednesday 7 July	Saturday 10 July	Sunday 11 July
The Black Eyed Peas Faithless Konstantinos Vita	Fatboy Slim The Ting Tings DJ Shadow White Lies Garcia plays Kyuss	Massive Attack Ska-P Gogol Bordello Giannis Aggelakas Martina Topley-Bird

2009 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 27 June	Sunday 28 June (cancelled due to bad weather)	Monday 29 June (cancelled due to bad weather)	Tuesday 30 June
Placebo Moby Gogol Bordello Aviv Geffen Cabaret Balcan	The Killers Duffy Dinosaur Jr. Konstantinos Vita GAD.	Mötley Crüe Monster Magnet Arch Enemy Lauren Harris	Slipknot Mastodon Down Kylesa Torche

Vibe Stage
Saturday 27 June	Sunday 28 June (cancelled due to bad weather)	Monday 29 June (cancelled due to bad weather)	Tuesday 30 June
Foals Expatriate Sunny Side of the Razor Raintear	Tricky Eden James De Niro Jamerllada	W.A.S.P. Voivod Inactive Messiah Scar of the Sun	Saxon Lita Ford Eden Demise God.Fear.None

2008 lineup

Monday 31 March was the day when Didi Music-Big Star Promotion Ltd (music concert organizer), announced the names of the artists that would perform at Rockwave Festival 2008. Along with the names they introduced the changes in the festival's whole structure. The festival is now divided in two stages, "Terra" stage and "Vibe" stage (that comes by the name of the event park "TerraVibe"). Τhey also abolished the division of the "Terra" concert area into gates PL1 and PL2, lowered the high price of the tickets and retained the special area that is on the side of the field, where there is more comfort, as there are places to sit.

Terra Stage
Tuesday 8 July	Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July
The Offspring Siouxsie Sioux Deus The Gossip Abbie Gale	Judas Priest Within Temptation Cavalera Conspiracy Opeth Morbid Angel	Manu Chao & the Radio Bemba Sound System Patti Smith Locomondo

Vibe Stage
Tuesday 8 July	Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July
Marky Ramone Flogging Molly Personality Crisis Viper Vikings Pshychograndmamas	Carcass Innerwish	the Schooligans present 7 Schoolwave bands: No Profile Looming Titties Ska-Bangies Rosebleed Sobber, etc.

2007 lineup

When the band names were first announced, Stone Sour were included in the third day of the festival. Although the band cancelled a few of their dates in their European tour, My Dying Bride filled up their spot in the third day.

Friday 29 June	Sunday 1 July	Tuesday 3 July
Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation Chris Cornell Europe Redrum	Heaven and Hell Dream Theater Iced Earth Anathema Kinetic	Metallica Mastodon My Dying Bride Dirt Spawn Disease

2006 lineup

W.A.S.P. did not perform due to health issues of Blackie Lawless.

Monday 10 July	Tuesday 11 July	Wednesday 12 July
Guns N' Roses Star Star	Franz Ferdinand The Dandy Warhols Editors Green on Red Mecano The Sunday Drivers	Twisted Sister W.A.S.P. (cancelled) Celtic Frost Crimson Glory Moonspell

2005 lineup

Friday 24 June	Saturday 25 June	Sunday 26 June	Friday 8 July	Saturday 9 July
Marilyn Manson Garbage Matisse	Black Sabbath Velvet Revolver Black Label Society Wastefall	Moby Sonic Youth Secret Machines British Sea Power Sigmatropic	Slayer Accept Candlemass Dismember Order of the Ebon Hand	Twisted Sister Dio Anthrax Katatonia Zyklon Ολέθριο Ρήγμα

2004 lineup

Running Wild did not perform and were replaced by Gamma Ray.

Friday 18 June	Saturday 19 June	Sunday 20 June	Monday 21 June	Tuesday 22 June
Peter Gabriel Estoudiantina Neas Ionias	W.A.S.P. Gamma Ray Soulfly Dark Tranquility Firewind	Judas Priest Nightwish Queensrÿche Nightfall	Pixies Mogwai Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Ill Niño Raining Pleasure	Placebo HIM Starsailor The Soundtrack of Our Lives Film

2001 lineup

The festival took place in the Athens Olympic Velodrome (Athens Olympic Sports Complex)
The second day of the festival was cancelled by the Greek authorities, due to reasons of safety!

Sunday 1 July	Monday 2 July	Tuesday 3 July
Judas Priest Megadeth Cradle of Filth Savatage Rotting Christ Less Than Human	Nick Cave Charlatans Madrugada Fall	Placebo PJ Harvey Grandaddy JJ72 Ash

2000 lineup

The festival took place in Tritsis Park in Ilion, Athens.
Iron Maiden cancelled their show at the third day, due to Janick Gers' accident at a previous show.
The Flaming Lips also cancelled their show.

Wednesday 12 July	Thursday 13 July	Friday 14 July
Oasis Moby The Flaming Lips Muse Closer	Trypes Supergrass Apollo 440 Gomez Gallon Drunk	Dream Theater In Flames Septic Flesh On Thorns I Lay

1999 lineup

The festival took place in Agios Kosmas, Athens.

Monday 12 July	Tuesday 13 July	Wednesday 14 July	Thursday 15 July
Manowar Mercyful Fate Sodom Immortal Nightfall Exhumation Horrified	Blur Placebo Deus Mercury Rev Purple Overdose Oneiropagida Michalis Delta	Garbage Patti Smith Fun Lovin' Criminals Bokomolech Make Believe Closer	The Prodigy + Terror X Crew The Afghan Whigs Bloodhound Gang Queens of the Stone Age The Earthbound Sigmatropic

1998 lineup

The festival took place in Freattyda, Piraeus.

Monday 13 July	Tuesday 14 July	Wednesday 15 July	Thursday 16 July
Pyx Lax Natacha Atlas Ypogeia Revmata Theodosia Tsatsou George Dimitriadis & Oi Mikroi Iroes Petros Theotokatos Valia Kalda	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Trypes Moby Cornershop Endelechia Ellinistan	Portishead & DJ Andy Smith Spiritualized Asian Dub Foundation Konstantinos Vita Active Member Psofioi Korioi	Pulp Sonic Youth Xylina Spathia Puressence Bokomolech CLoser

1997 lineup

The festival took place in Rizoupoli Stadium, now called Georgios Kamaras Stadium.

Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July	Friday 11 July
Xaris & Panos Katsimichas Pyx Lax Sotiria Leonardou Ypogeia Revmata Manolis Famelos kai oi Podilates Τsopana Rave	The Sisters of Mercy New Model Army Diafana Krina Flowers of Romance Love in Sadness	Megadeth Bruce Dickinson Grip Inc. Rotting Christ Dark Nova

1996 lineup

The first festival was called "Rock of Gods" and took place in the Dock 3 of the Piraeus harbour.
Motörhead was included in the first day of the festival, but cancelled and Saxon filled up their spot.

Friday 12 July	Saturday 13 July	Sunday 14 July
Slayer Saxon Blind Guardian Rage Nightfall Fatal Morgana	Violent Femmes Jesus and Mary Chain Bad Religion Paradise Lost Dead Moon Bokomolech	Iggy Pop Moby Stereo Nova In Trance '95 Oh! My Garden

External links

• Rockwave Festival official Website (in Greek)
• Terra Vibe the festival hosting area
• Didi Music-Big Star Promotion Official Website (in Greek)