Scion Rock Fest
{{Short description|American annual music festival}}
{{Infobox recurring event
|name = Scion Rock Fest
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|location = Atlanta, GA, Columbus, OH, Pomona, CA, Tampa, FL, Memphis, TN, {{nowrap|United States}}
|years_active = 2009-2014
|dates =
|genre = Death metal, grindcore, thrash metal, doom metal, stoner rock, sludge metal, hardcore punk, metalcore, experimental metal
|patron =
|website = [http://www.scionav.com/rock www.scionav.com/rockfest]
}}
Scion Rock Fest was an annual heavy metal music festival held in various cities throughout the United States. The festival lineups included bands from several genres of metal, such as death metal, grindcore, doom metal, metalcore, and experimental metal, and booked headliners that include Cannibal Corpse, Mastodon, Morbid Angel, Down, and Sleep. The festival was produced by Scion's lifestyle marketing brand, Scion AV, and admission was free every year. Live video recordings and band interviews were also released after each fest.{{cite web|title=Scion AV YouTube Playlist|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4A43F5F447A1BC2C&feature=plcp|accessdate=6 February 2013}}
History
Scion Rock Fest was established in 2009 as part of Scion AV's involvement in the metal music genre. The five festivals that occurred since 2009 featured performances from 110 bands from all over North America, Europe, and Asia.{{cite web|title=Official Website|url=http://www.scionav.com/rockfest|accessdate=6 February 2013}}
Venues & Lineups
=2009=
The first Scion Rock Fest took place on Saturday, February 28 in Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade and an outdoor stage.{{cite web|title=Mastodon, Boris, Neurosis Play Ridiculously Badass Fest|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/34431-mastodon-boris-neurosis-play-ridiculously-badass-fest/|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=21 January 2009}}{{cite web|title=Mastodon Bring Metal Madness to Scion Rock Fest|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/03/05/mastodon-bring-metal-madness-to-scion-rock-fest/|publisher=AOL Spinner|accessdate=5 March 2009}}
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center" | 2009 Lineup |
| Outdoor Stage
!The Masquerade "Hell" !The Masquerade "Purgatory" !The Masquerade "Heaven" |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=210|
|valign="top" align="center" width=210| Nachtmystium (did not perform) Salome Apocalyptic Visions |valign="top" align="center" width=210| |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Evil Army |
=2010=
Scion Rock Fest 2010 took place on Saturday, March 13 at four venues in Columbus, OH.{{cite web|title=Second Scion Rock Fest to Take Place in Ohio This March|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/01/22/scion-rock-fest-columbus-ohio-march/|publisher=AOL Noisecreep|accessdate=22 January 2010}}{{cite web|title=Metal Variety: Death, Doom, Black and Cars|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/music/15scion.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=14 March 2010}}{{cite web|title=Headliners: Scion Rock Fest|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2010/03/10/ca_m_scion-rock-fest.html|publisher=Columbus Alive Magazine}}
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center" | 2010 Lineup |
| Newport Music Hall
!Skully's !Bernie's Distillery !Circus |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=210|
|valign="top" align="center" width=210| Struck By Lightning |valign="top" align="center" width=210| |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Thou Deadsea |
=2011=
Scion Rock Fest 2011 took place on Saturday, March 5 at two venues and two outdoor stages in Pomona, CA.{{cite web|title=Scion Rock Fest 2011 to Be Held in Pomona, Metal Legends Morbid Angel to Headline|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/01/scion_pomona_morbid_angel.php|publisher=LA Weekly|accessdate=12 January 2011}}{{cite web|title=Two musical events this week will help rock downtown Pomona|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_17544582|publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|accessdate=4 March 2011}}
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center" | 2011 Lineup |
| Fox Theater
!The Glass House !Outdoor Tent #1 !Outdoor Tent #2 |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=210|
Kvelertak (did not perform) Crom Black Cobra (replaced Kvelertak) |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Christian Mistress |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Nails Primate |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Dispirit Necrite The Body Cough Woe |
=2012=
Scion Rock Fest 2012 took place on Saturday, June 2 at four venues in Tampa, FL.{{cite web|title=26 Metal Bands at Scion Rock Fest in Tampa, Fla.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/arts/music/26-metal-bands-at-scion-rock-fest-in-tampa-fla.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=3 June 2012}}{{cite web|title=DOWN AND SLEEP TO HEADLINE SCION ROCK FEST|url=http://loudwire.com/down-and-sleep-to-headline-scion-rock-fest/|publisher=Loudwire|accessdate=19 April 2012}}
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center" | 2012 Lineup |
| The Ritz Ybor
!The Orpheum !Czar Bar !Crowbar |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=210|
Atlas Moth |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Party Time Flyingsnakes |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Wold Vermapyre Ides of Gemini |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Cellgraft |
=2013=
On March 6, 2013, Scion announced that the next festival would take place on June 1, 2013, in Memphis, Tennessee.{{cite web|title=Scion Rock Fest 2013 Will Be in Memphis, Tennessee|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/03/06/scion-rock-fest-2013-will-be-in-memphis-tennessee/|publisher=Metal Sucks|accessdate=6 March 2013}} The full lineup for the 2013 festival was announced on March 26, 2013. The 2013 festival took place at five venues on Beale Street in Memphis.
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center" | 2013 Lineup |
| New Daisy
!Handy Park !Club 152 !Hard Rock Cafe !Coyote Ugly |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=168|
|valign="top" align="center" width=168| Noisem Gigan |valign="top" align="center" width=168| Ice Dragon Inter Arma |valign="top" align="center" width=168| Rotting Out Call of the Void |valign="top" align="center" width=168| Royal Thunder The Shrine Indian Handcrafts Hot Lunch Dirty Streets |
=2014=
The 2014 Scion Rock Fest was announced on March 13, 2014, to take place in Pomona, CA. The full festival lineup was announced on March 25, 2014.
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center" | 2014 Lineup |
| Fox Theater
!The Glass House !Sky Fox Lounge !Acerogami |
|---|
| valign="top" align="center" width=210|
|valign="top" align="center" width=210| Midnight Power Trip In Cold Blood Speedwolf |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Coffins Jex Thoth Windhand Lord Dying MOAB Black Sheep Wall |valign="top" align="center" width=210| Aqua Nebula Oscillator All Them Witches Hot Lunch The Well Pins of Light Carousel |
Controversy
In the weeks leading up to the first Scion Rock Fest in 2009, Scion removed Nachtmystium from the lineup due to alleged ties to Nazism.{{cite web|title=Scion Rock Fest: Photos and Nachtmystium Controversy|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/34728-scion-rock-fest-photos-and-nachtmystium-controversy/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=2 March 2009}} The band's first album, Reign of the Malicious, was distributed via the National Socialist Black Metal record label Unholy Records. The band was outspoken about the accusations and denied any true ties to the Nazi movement.
Several months before Scion Rock Fest 2012 and before the final lineup had been officially announced, the American sludge metal band Eyehategod announced on their Facebook page that they had been banned by Scion Audio/Visual from performing at Scion Rock Fest.{{cite web|title=HAVE EYEHATEGOD BEEN BANNED BY SCION A/V?|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/festivals/have-eyehategod-been-banned-by-scion-av|website=Metal Insider|accessdate=13 April 2012}}{{cite web|title=Eyehategod |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEyeHateGod/posts/10150813422165961|accessdate=12 April 2012}} Brian Patton, a guitarist in the band, later told The Age of Metal in a phone interview that Scion Audio/Visual had originally approached the band to perform at the 2012 festival, but later rescinded the offer due to their lyrical content and the religious connotations in the band's name.{{cite web|title=The Age of Metal speaks with Brian Patton of EYEHATEGOD|url=http://theageofmetal.com/2012/07/the-age-of-metal-speaks-with-brian-patton-of-eyehategod/|website=The Age of Metal|accessdate=24 July 2012}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.scionav.com/rockfest}}