Force Attack
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Force Attack is a music festival
, which is organized every year on the last July weekend in Behnkenhagen in the municipality Süderholz
near Rostock
. Approximately 50 bands mainly from the genres Punk
, Ska
, Oi!
, Hardcore
, Psychobilly
and Metal
are performing for three days on two stages. As multicolored as the program are the visitors of the festival. The event is claimed to be the biggest punk party in the world. Attendance in 2007 was about 10,000 people from Germany
and other countries throughout Europe.
The first Force Attack was organized 1996 in Barth with 26 bands on two days and moved to Benkenhagen in 1999. In the year 2006 about 14,000 people celebrated the festivals' tenth anniversary.
Compared to other music festivals, the Force Arrack is rather inexpensive with a ticket price of only 30 € in 2008. Camping is usually included and the first 1,000 orders come with a free festival sampler on CD. Because the festival takes place approximately 15 car minutes from the Baltic Sea
a lot of visitors seize the opprtunity to take a bath in the sea.
, Peter and the Test Tube Babies
, Dritte Wahl
, Die Kassierer
, The Unseen, Anti Nowhere League, Jeff Dahl
, The Bottrops (former Terrorgruppe
), Knorkator
and many more
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
, which is organized every year on the last July weekend in Behnkenhagen in the municipality Süderholz
Süderholz
Süderholz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was created as a merger from several municipalities on 1 January 1999 and comprises the following villages:...
near Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...
. Approximately 50 bands mainly from the genres Punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, Ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
, Oi!
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
, Hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
, Psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
and Metal
Metal
A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...
are performing for three days on two stages. As multicolored as the program are the visitors of the festival. The event is claimed to be the biggest punk party in the world. Attendance in 2007 was about 10,000 people from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and other countries throughout Europe.
The first Force Attack was organized 1996 in Barth with 26 bands on two days and moved to Benkenhagen in 1999. In the year 2006 about 14,000 people celebrated the festivals' tenth anniversary.
Compared to other music festivals, the Force Arrack is rather inexpensive with a ticket price of only 30 € in 2008. Camping is usually included and the first 1,000 orders come with a free festival sampler on CD. Because the festival takes place approximately 15 car minutes from the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
a lot of visitors seize the opprtunity to take a bath in the sea.
Lineup in 2008
Real McKenziesReal McKenzies
The Real McKenzies is a North American Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia.In addition to writing and performing original music, Real McKenzies perform traditional Scottish songs, giving them a new punk-influenced sound...
, Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band that was formed in the small town of Peacehaven, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre...
, Dritte Wahl
Dritte Wahl
Dritte Wahl is a German Punk rock Group from Rostock in Germany.Dritte Wahl first performed in 1988. Back then Holm was on the bass, but he left the band in 1991. The rest of the group were Busch´n , Gunnar and Krel...
, Die Kassierer
Die Kassierer
Die Kassierer , also Die mächtigen Kassierer , are a satirical punk band from Bochum-Wattenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
, The Unseen, Anti Nowhere League, Jeff Dahl
Jeff Dahl
Jeff Dahl is an American musician. Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1955, but in 1960 the Dahl family relocated to Hawaii. Jeff recorded his first single, Rock N Roll Critic, in 1977 and it was released on the Doodley Squat label...
, The Bottrops (former Terrorgruppe
Terrorgruppe
Terrorgruppe was a German punk band from Berlin which was founded in 1993 and split up in 2005.The band are notorious for their live performances, involving various on-stage gags and audience participation.-Studio albums:...
), Knorkator
Knorkator
Knorkator is a German band from Berlin that combines heavy metal with comical elements. They proclaim themselves to be "Germany's most band in the world" , as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte...
and many more