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| KROQ LA Invasion |
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| Genre |
Rock music |
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| Dates | Mid-August or mid-September |
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| Location(s) | Southern
California |
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| Years active | 2001 - 2007 |
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| Founded by | KROQ |
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| Website |
kroq.com |
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KROQ LA Invasion was an annual autumn
rock festival organized by
KROQ radio.
[1]
It began under the name "KROQ Inland Invasion" with a retro theme focus and was held at the
Hyundai Pavilion in
Devore, California, from 2001 to 2006. In 2007, it was renamed "KROQ LA Invasion" and moved to
the Home Depot Center in
Carson, California.
[2] The last festival was in 2007.
Line-ups
- Bands listed in reverse order of night's performance.
| Date
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Line-up
|
| August 25, 2001
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Main Stage:
The Offspring,
Mike D. &
Mix Master Mike,
Incubus,
Social Distortion,
Pennywise,
Weezer,
Long Beach Dub Allstars.
Side Stage 1:
Puddle of Mudd,
Cold,
Adema,
Drowning Pool (cancelled),
Scapegoat Wax.
Side Stage 2: Bombay Black, Shoppy, Funktion.
|
| September 14, 2002
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Main Stage:
Sex Pistols,
The Offspring,
Social Distortion,
Bad Religion,
blink-182,
Pennywise,
Buzzcocks,
New Found Glory,
X,
The Damned,
Unwritten Law
Side Stage:
The Vandals,
Charged GBH,
Circle Jerks,
T.S.O.L.,
The Adolescents,
The Distillers
|
| September 20, 2003
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Main Stage:
The Cure,
Duran Duran,
Hot Hot Heat,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Violent Femmes,
The Psychedelic Furs,
Interpol,
Marc Almond (of
Soft Cell),
Fountains of Wayne,
Bow Wow Wow,
Dashboard Confessional,
General Public.
Side Stage:
Berlin,
Kings of Leon,
Dramarama,
Jet.
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| September 18, 2004
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Main Stage:
Morrissey (cancelled, but did make-up show on
Halloween),
Siouxsie,
Billy Idol,
Franz Ferdinand,
Devo,
Tears for Fears,
The Killers,
Ian Brown of
The Stone Roses,
X,
Muse.
Side Stage:
A Flock of Seagulls,
Death Cab for Cutie,
Missing Persons,
The Walkmen.
|
| September 17, 2005
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Main Stage:
Cake,
Oasis,
Weezer,
Beck,
311,
Madness,
Jet,
Garbage,
Live,
Arcade Fire,
The Bravery, DJ Am &
Travis Barker.
Side Stage:
Bloc Party,
Fishbone,
Kasabian.
|
| September 23, 2006
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Main Stage:
Guns N' Roses,
Alice in Chains,
Muse,
Avenged Sevenfold,
Papa Roach,
Thirty Seconds to Mars,
Rise Against,
Buckcherry,
Atreyu, Poets & Pornstars.
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| September 15, 2007
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Main Stage:
The Smashing Pumpkins,
Foo Fighters,
Velvet Revolver,
Kid Rock,
Chris Cornell,
Cypress Hill,
Satellite Party,
Hot Hot Heat,
Against Me!,
Paramore.
KROQ Locals Only Side Stage:
Onesidezero,
New Years Day, Orange,
The Pricks.
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