Bang Your Head!!!
| Bang Your Head!!! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Dates | June/July |
| Location(s) | Balingen, Germany |
| Years active | 1996–2022 |
| Website | www.bang-your-head.de |
Bang Your Head!!! was a heavy metal and hard rock festival held annually in Germany.
First held in 1996 as a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tübingen with a crowd of 600 people,[1] Bang Your Head!!! has since moved to Balingen, growing into a multi-day event attracting 1,800 people in 1998, 18,000 people in 1999 and 20,000 in 2005.[2] Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P., Dio, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister.[3]
The festival was discontinued in 2023.[4]
Lineups
[edit]2014
[edit]Held on 11 and 12 July at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Twisted Sister
- Europe
- Axel Rudi Pell & Friends[5]
- Anthrax
- Sebastian Bach
- Unisonic
- Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock
- Stryper
- Obituary
- Exodus
- Rob Rock
- Ektomorf
- Kissin' Dynamite
- Grave
- Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench
- Riot V
- Delain
- Omen
- Warlord
- Mad Max
- Atlantean Kodex
- Hirax
- Evocation
- The Exalted Piledriver
- More
- Accu§er
- Vain
- Warrant
Warm-up show on 10 July:
- Grave Digger
- Victory
- Storm Warrior
- Bullet
- Dynamite
2009
[edit]Held on 26 and 27 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2008
[edit]Held on 27 and 28 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2007
[edit]Held on 22 and 23 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2006
[edit]2005
[edit]+ 'Very special guests':
2004
[edit]- Iced Earth
- Alice Cooper
- Queensrÿche
- Sebastian Bach
- Gotthard
- Testament
- Children of Bodom
- UFO
- Anthrax
- Magnum
- Primal Fear
- Death Angel
- Blaze
- Lillian Axe
- Kingdom Come
- Omen
- Doomsword
- Shok Paris
- Angel
- Ruffians
- Ballistic
- Cage
- Majesty
2003
[edit]Warm-up show
2002
[edit]- Slayer
- Saxon
- Halford
- Nightwish
- Doro
- Fozzy
- Gamma Ray
- Nevermore
- Rawhead Rexx
- Iron Savior
- Candlemass
- Titan Force
- Bonfire
- Shakra
- Jag Panzer
- Vanden Plas
- Rhapsody
- Tankard
- Rival
- Mägo de Oz
- S.A. Adams
Warm-up gig:
- Titan Force
- Wizard
- Powergod
Aftershow:
References
[edit]- ^ Bang Your Head festival information
- ^ Festival information from Touring in Germany
- ^ "Official website - historical overview". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Bang Your Head!!! Open Air Festival". bang-your-head.de. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Festival announcement including Axel Rudi Pell & Friends
