The Rock N Load 2014 festival lineup has been announced, with a heaving selection of bands locked in for the one-day event’s return this June.
Now entering its third annual edition, Rock N Load gathers the very best in rock, grunge, garage and stoner riff merchants that Australia has to offer. Much like spiritual sister event Rock The Bay, a collection of over 15 bands will be let loose across multiple stages at St Kilda’s The Espy on Saturday 21st June.
Today, organisers have revealed the first acts of the Rock N Load 2014 lineup. Leading what is touted to be its biggest bill yet is Melbourne rock veterans Tumbleweed. The tour-hardened five-piece have spent the last year or so on the road in support of Sounds From The Other Side, the group’s first album in 15 years to feature the original Tumbleweed lineup while live shows have marked “a welcome return of a band many have loved for over the past 20 years.”
Also on the third Rock N Load lineup is Tumbleweed tour mates Sun God Replica, drawing plenty of heavy psych swagger from their new album The Devil and the Deep, plus the sonically ferocious NSW band Born Lion, the Triple J Next Crop pick having already torn up The Espy at Rock The Bay.
Rounding out the first lineup announcement is My Echo, Ten Thousand, Smoke Stack Radio, The Charge, Hailmary, Free To Run, Lucy’s Crown, The Morrisons, Waking Eden, The Caning, and Zuz Angel. Not only that but more bands will be bolstering the bill, with a second lineup announcement pegged for Monday 28th April.
If loud guitars, louder stage presence, and a fiery mash of moshing is your kind of music medicine, then Rock N Load is the perfect dose.
Even if that fine selection of rock doesn’t entice, the price will, with tickets going on sale today for a very value savvy $21 from oztix and local record stores. Check below for further details.
Rock N Load Festival 2014 Lineup
TUMBLEWEED
SUN GOD REPLICA
BORN LION (NSW)
MY ECHO
TEN THOUSAND
SMOKE STACK RHINO
THE CHARGE
HAILMARY (WA)
FREE TO RUN
LUCY’S CROWN
THE MORRISONS
WAKING EDEN
THE CANING
ZUZ ANGEL
And more to be announced.
Rock N Load Festival 2014 Dates, Tickets
Saturday 21st June @ The Espy, St Kilda, Melbourne VIC
Tickets: $21 (+b/f) at saltar.oztix.com.au
Also available at The Espy, Greville Records, Fist2Face, Polyester or any Oztix retail outlet.
http://rocknloadfestival.com/
