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===Venue (s)===
===Venue (s)===


Woolongabba Hotel, Brisbane
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane


===History===
===History===


Overcranked was a Brisbane festival featuring primarily metal and punk bands from Australia and overseas. The event began as a modest local metal/hardcore festival featuring local underground acts but soon became a large scale event featuring prominent Australian and international touring bands, performance art and skateboard demos. The focus later shifted toward punk and hardcore although metal bands still featured in the line-ups. Overcranked was usually held in late March, although for the first couple of years it was in July. The event was not held in 2005 but returned the following year when the headline act was '''Clutch'''. '''Frenzal Rhomb''' was booked for the 2007 event but cancelled. Applications from bands were being taken for the 2008 event but an announcement was later made that the event would not take place until 2009, however it would appear that there are now no plans for the festival to return.  
Overcranked was a Brisbane festival featuring primarily metal and punk bands from Australia and overseas, established by Kent Haines from [[Hollow]] and Anthony Palmer of [[Post Life Disorder]]. The event began as a modest local metal/hardcore festival featuring local underground acts but soon became a large scale event featuring prominent Australian and international touring bands, performance art and skateboard demos. The focus later shifted toward punk and hardcore although metal bands still featured in the line-ups. Overcranked was usually held in late March, although for the first couple of years it was in July. The event was not held in 2005 but returned the following year when the headline act was '''Clutch'''. '''Frenzal Rhomb''' was booked for the 2007 event but cancelled. Applications from bands were being taken for the 2008 event but an announcement was later made that the event would not take place until 2009, however the festival had never been held again.  


*2001 line-up
*2001 line-up
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*2007 line-up
*2007 line-up
**'''Helmet''', '''The Butterfly Effect''', [[Shihad]], '''God Forbid''', '''After the Fall''', '''The Hot Lies''', '''Behind Crimson Eyes''', [[Sunk Loto]], '''Horsell Common''', [[Psycroptic]], '''Against''', '''8Ft Sativa''', '''Hard Ons''', [[Dreamkillers|Jobson's Dreamkillers]], [[Terrorust]], '''The Rivalry''', '''Dawn of Azazel''', '''Blowhard''', [[Pathogen]], '''Mourningtide''', [[LORD]], '''Wishforwings''', '''The Daylight Curse''', '''The Amity Affliction''', '''Minus Life''', '''Rollerball''', '''Melodyssey''', '''Mammal''', '''Fort''', [[Ruins]], '''50 Lions''', '''Repeat Offender''', [[Dyscord]], '''Art Vanderley''', [[Western Decay]], '''Vicious''', '''Regular John''', '''City in Panic''', [[Beijing Tank]], '''Dead Letter Circus''', '''The Quickening''', '''Severed Link'''
**'''Helmet''', [[The Butterfly Effect]], [[Shihad]], '''God Forbid''', '''After the Fall''', '''The Hot Lies''', '''Behind Crimson Eyes''', [[Sunk Loto]], '''Horsell Common''', [[Psycroptic]], '''Against''', '''8Ft Sativa''', '''Hard Ons''', [[Dreamkillers|Jobson's Dreamkillers]], [[Terrorust]], '''The Rivalry''', '''Dawn of Azazel''', '''Blowhard''', [[Pathogen]], '''Mourningtide''', [[LORD]], '''Wishforwings''', '''The Daylight Curse''', '''The Amity Affliction''', '''Minus Life''', '''Rollerball''', '''Melodyssey''', '''Mammal''', '''Fort''', [[Ruins]], '''50 Lions''', '''Repeat Offender''', [[Dyscord]], '''Art Vanderley''', [[Western Decay]], '''Vicious''', '''Regular John''', '''City in Panic''', [[Beijing Tank]], '''Dead Letter Circus''', '''The Quickening''', '''Severed Link'''




[[Category:Festivals and Tours]]
[[Category:Festivals and Tours]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 26 June 2013

Established

2001

Website

www.overcranked.com

Venue (s)

Woolongabba Hotel, Brisbane RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane

History

Overcranked was a Brisbane festival featuring primarily metal and punk bands from Australia and overseas, established by Kent Haines from Hollow and Anthony Palmer of Post Life Disorder. The event began as a modest local metal/hardcore festival featuring local underground acts but soon became a large scale event featuring prominent Australian and international touring bands, performance art and skateboard demos. The focus later shifted toward punk and hardcore although metal bands still featured in the line-ups. Overcranked was usually held in late March, although for the first couple of years it was in July. The event was not held in 2005 but returned the following year when the headline act was Clutch. Frenzal Rhomb was booked for the 2007 event but cancelled. Applications from bands were being taken for the 2008 event but an announcement was later made that the event would not take place until 2009, however the festival had never been held again.