We have the final announcement of Big Day Out acts:
Chicago’s Rise Against a band armed with intelligent vocals and a serious commitment to their music, their mission is to provide a positive alternative to the oft-dreary and disenchanted aura that engulfs most punk bands.
Mr Money Mark will return to NZ to tap out funky melodies on his vintage keyboards. Known in many circles as collaborator with Beastie Boys, his vocal presence and expanding array of retro gear further enhance his soul excursions.
Having honed his skills dj’ing at weddings and singles nights, Canadian turntable legend Kid Koala (aka Eric San) scritches and scratches a dynamite new interpretation of hip hop.
Auckland’s artful dodgers of skewed punk The Mint Chicks have spent 2004 continuing on a jazz-blended, hardcore-powered trajectory.
The world renowned extreme sport daredevils, The Crusty Demons, will stage a death defying array of tricks and stunts on 250cc dirt bikes while being airborne over an 80 foot gap with a 45 foot drop to contend with should they make a mistake.
SJD’s second album Southern Lights has seen more critical acclaim heaped on Sean James Donelly and chums. Donnelly’s music is a beautiful blend of singer-songwriterly tunes jammed against swinging beats that are all programmed but never sound remotely machine-driven.
Pitch Black’s live show always delivers on the promise of mind-expanding dub and cortex-melting visualisations.
The Have have blasted out of Wanganui high school and already got themselves all the way to Austin’s South By Southwest music festival.
So brilliantly obnoxious that they have their own television shows in New Zealand and the UK, an Auckland radio show and a website as well as their mardi-gras show band, the guys from Deja Voodoo could be as big as the Destiny Church if they weren’t so busy getting drunk on other band’s riders and breaking limbs after picking fights with inanimate objects.
In the explosion of New Zealand hip-hop over the past two years, people have been waiting for one man to make his presence felt. Tha Feelstyle aka Picasso or Kas has been there right from the start.
Aotearoa hip-hop veterans, Footsouljahs will be representing for the underground.
8 Foot Sativa already stand tall as legends of New Zealand heavy metal.
Dirty Records duo Frontline are about to explode into the big time after a string of achievements in the local underground scene.
The Breakin Wreckwordz crew are the exciting, cutting edge of new talent in New Zealand hip-hop.
Infectious Auckland rappers Fast Crew also join the hip-hop bill at this year’s event.
For a band whose most senior member is all of 20, New Zealand band Evermore (now based in Oz) has taken off in leaps and bounds.
With one foot in the generation they were born in and one in the generation where they live, Auckland five-piece Revolver are rock classicists in the grand tradition of bands where big Epiphone guitars, collared shirts and facial hair can be worn with equal aplomb.
The Fanatics are quite simply a revelation, proving there is no need for a rhythm section when you have a laptop, a guitar, frenetic energy, and style to burn.
The Phoenix Foundation bring their eerie take on rock and electronic noodlery up from Wellington to beguile the Big Day Out audience this year.
4 Corners have been a mainstay of the H-town hip-hop scene since 1998.
Joining the cast of top-notch DJ talent appearing behind the decks at this year’s Auckland Big Day Out are local dance music legends Greg Churchill, Roger Perry and, fresh from extensive appearances pumping the house clubs of Ibiza, Matt Clarke.
48 May bring their contagious pop-punk to the Big Day Out on the back of hit singles like “Leather and Tattoos” from their new album, The Mad Love.
A surprise at the 2005 Big Day Out will be the winners of the competition to open the Boost Mobile Hip Hop Stage. We’re calling all MCs, Crews, RnB singers, BeatBoxers, and DJs to enter this competition to be the first act onstage at this year’s event, courtesy of sponsors Boost Mobile.
The winner for this year's Jack Daniel's Live N' Local contest is Chuganaut who will be opening the Big Day Out for 2005.
Last updated: 26/04/2008
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We have the final announcement of Big Day Out acts:
Mint Chicks have spent 2004 continuing on a jazz-blended, hardcore-powered trajectory. 
Pitch Black’s live show always delivers on the promise of mind-expanding dub and cortex-melting visualisations. 
8 Foot Sativa already stand tall as legends of New Zealand heavy metal. 
For a band whose most senior member is all of 20, New Zealand band Evermore (now based in Oz) has taken off in leaps and bounds. 
48 May bring their contagious pop-punk to the Big Day Out on the back of hit singles like “Leather and Tattoos” from their new album, The Mad Love.