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HOMEBAKE - Previous years' Sites
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
The Divinyls, 2007
The Models, 2006
Gotye, 2006
Silverchair, 2006
The Finn Brothers, 2005
 Jet, 2004
Nick Cave & The
Bad Seeds, 2003
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HOMEBAKE - A HISTORY
You don't get a reputation for being Australia's premier all-local festival without actually coming up with the goods.. time after time. So to kick off the Homebake site it seems like a good idea to look back over the last few years and see exactly where Homebake has come from.
The first Homebake, in 1996, was held at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales. And, as anyone who was there will testify, it deserves its nickname of "Mudbake": the term "bucketing down" doesn't even begin to explain how wet Homebake Numero Uno really was. But no rock festival veteran has ever let a little mud get in the way of a good party and, in spite of all and sundry copping a major drenching, 13 of Australia's best and brightest took to the stage.
Those in attendance were: Spiderbait, Tumbleweed, Silverchair, Regurgitator, The Mark of Cain, You Am I, Sidewinder, Magic Dirt, Fur, Powderfinger, Hardware, Screamfeeder and the first ever triple j Unearthed band - a little rock outfit you might have heard of by the name of Grinspoon. 15,000 people got down and dirty - quite literally - for a day which has gone down in Oz rock history as certified legend.
No rain next time around when Homebake lined up for Round Two between Christmas and New Year of the same year in the grounds of the University of Sydney. 16,000 came along for the ride, plus 29 bands on four stages including: Something For Kate, Pollyanna, Smudge, the Fauves, Flyspeak, the Underground Lovers, Frenzal Rhomb, The Mark of Cain, Tumbleweed, Spiderbait, Regurgitator, Sidewinder, Dirty Three, Swirl, Lodestar, Ammonia, Magic Dirt and Powderfinger.
Next, we skip a year and head to the beginning of 1998, when Homebake went on the road for the first time with a massive East Coast tour. Three big Saturdays in January saw the Homebake behemoth hit Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney with a travelling line-up including: Spiderbait, Jebediah, Powderfinger, Screamfeeder, the Superjesus, Grinspoon, You Am I, Ammonia, Bluebottle Kiss, Tumbleweed, Pollyanna, Frenzal Rhomb, Tiddas and Underground Lovers. In Melbourne, additional acts included: Even, Crow, Rebecca's Empire, Blackeyed Susans, the Avalanches, Cosmic Psychos and the Mavis's.
The Gold Coast Homebake showcased: Pangaea, Shihad, Skunkhour, Toothfaeries, Big Heavy Stuff, Gaslight Radio, Sidewinder, Custard, Not From There, Emporium and Fur. And Sydney, struck by a massive thunderstorm mid-afternoon and returning the event to 1996's muddy beginnings, brought to the stage: Even, Crow, Shihad, Sidewinder, Big Heavy Stuff, Severed Heads, John Reed Club, Custard, Non Intentional Lifeform, Lantern, Lodestar, Something for Kate and Skunkhour. Needless to say, with the rain pouring down, the Homebake Big Top became the place to be.
It was less than a year before Homebake struck again, this time for just one show - at Sydney's Domain on December 5th. 29 acts, including controversial performer Pauline Pantsdown, took to the stage that day. Others included: the Living End, Grinspoon, Jebediah, TISM, Spiderbait, the Avalanches, Toe to Toe, Something For Kate, Bodyjar, Nancy Vandal, the Feelers, the Whitlams, Finiscad, Ammonia, the Resin Dogs, Frenzal Rhomb, Screamfeeder, Not From There, Custard, Eskimo Joe, the Mavis's, Even, Primary, Endorphin, Ratcat, Karma County, Frontside, Sidewinder and triple j "Get Baked" winner, Vapourware.
And suddenly it was the end of the millennium and Homebake's itchy feet meant a return to the on-the-road experience once again. Gold Coast and Sydney were the locations for late-1999's concerts, with a stinking hot Queensland day and full-blown glorious Sydney sunshine providing perfect conditions in which to get Baked.
Appearing at both shows in 1999 were: Josh & Amiel, Area 7, the Avalanches, Dirty Three, Frenzal Rhomb, Gerling, Grinspoon, Jebediah, Alex Lloyd, Powderfinger, Resin Dogs, Silverchair, Something for Kate and Sonic Animation. Gold Coast additions included: the Whitlams, Soma Rasa, Sunk Loto, Sidewinder, Screamfeeder, Pretty Violet Stain, Rollerball, Not >From There, Gota Cola and Custard; while Sydney also added: Big Heavy Stuff, Bluebottle Kiss, 51 Monday, Deadstar, Del-Emmas, Iota, the Monarchs, Killers on the Loose, Porkers, Pound System, Rumanastone, 78 Saab, Shihad and 28 Days.
Fast forward to our millenium version in 2000 - and then 2001 where together with producer, Alex Proyas (The Crow, IRobot etc) and director Topher Dow, Homebake 2001 entered it's foray in to the world of major motion pictures with a guest starring role in the acclaimed film, 'Garage Days' starring Pian Miranda & Kick Gurry. Two years in the planning and with an extremely tense and nail biting scene that had to be filmed in one take before our very live and real Homebake audience, Homebake hit cinema screens worldwide in 2002 courtesy of Garage Days.
Then came 2002, 2003 & 2004's huge sold out birthday celebrations (see archive link) and phew, we've got our work cut out if we're going to top that lot! 2005 was literally 'bigger than ben hur' capped off by a very special performance by one New Zealand's equivalent to Lennon & McCartney...ie; none other than the almighty Finn Brothers.
2006's version and the line-up features the only act to have ever closed Homebake twice - Silverchair.
2007 asked just how much bigger than Ben Hur can we get and with many months spent coercing Australia's biggest internationally charting female fronted band ever, Homebake makes history once again with a special performance by The Divinyls + a cast of the finest Australian (& NZ) acts!
Now we enter reach 2008 and a maturity focusing on a career representing many of the finest from the antipodes including being graced by one of Australia's most treasured icons, Crowded House alongside international movers & shakers including Cut Copy, Gabriella Cilmi, The Vines and Pnau as well as a union with Amnesty International celebrationg the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
All that said folks, when you check out all the acts which have appeared at Homebake over the years, you can see why the festival has such a rockin' reputation for showcasing the best Australian (& New Zealand) bands.
To celebrate the history of Homebake, EMI Music in conjunction with Channel V have released a very special DVD documenting the first ten years of Homebake and titled, HOMEBAKE – THE FIRST TEN CHAPTERS.
Out now, this amazing DVD contains footage pertaining to numerous band performances over the years and includes, Silverchair, The Finn Brothers, Powderfinger, Wolfmother, Jet, Grinspoon, 1200 Techniques, Eskimo Joe, You Am I + many more.
There's also bonus footage and it all comes in a beautifully packaged case with insert illustrating the 'art of Homebake' over the first ten years. Please check our CD & DVD section for further details.
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