Fifty years of restless fringe dwelling, skirting the alternative peripheries. Brisbane’s iconic 4ZZZFM underground radio – a media voice of activated uniqueness… a gravitational mass of marginalised minds blazing with subcultural creativity and political criticality. A blooming undergrowth of creative independence fuelling the edgy identity of Brisbane from the patchwork mayhem of those wild market days through to the transmitted waves of boundless idiosyncratic character – enormous in presence and profound in essence. Come celebrate half a century of vital radio and the culture that emanates at ZED50 – Saturday 25 October at Roma St Parklands – a core event as part of 4ZZZ 50th anniversary.
A wonderful, wide menagerie of musical denizens have passed through the broadcast vaults of 4ZZZ radio, some clambering their way up the annual Hot100… and many traversing those much loved Market Day events – to syphon this down to a representative lot took some effort and debate. After much deliberation, a line-up assembled into collective agreement with the top lining historical tandem of Briz rock pioneers, and international break out sensations THE SAINTS ’73-’78 – back for another grand blast after their sold-out Princess shows late ’24. We know our product!
“Ed Kuepper is a motherfucker of a guitar-player, his sound just as molten and unrelenting as back in the day”. – UNCUT
Soldering the wrought iron energy into a unified state par excellence is a local swag of richness with a smattering of interstate visitors… Brisbane’s freewheeling genre crunchers REGURGITATOR; warp minding trash pop experimenters TROPICAL FUCK STORM; the driving tempo thunder of high rising FULL FLOWER MOON BAND; the raging politic of Brigg’s hot off the press powered-up BIG NOTER; the punk funked gristle and hamming it up of BUTTERFINGERS; the raw impatient scorch and melody of the long lived SCREAMFEEDER; the crunchy, swirling, psych poppin’ colour of NICE BISUIT; the jazz butchered mayhem of the dynamo duo that is PARTY DOZEN; the neo-soul punk activism of first nations DANCINGWATER; the endearing fuck-you top of the hundred, fruity punk of FLANGIPANIS; the out of the window, queer as folk, rock pulp of PLATONIC SEX; and the many minds that make rock future light work of VELOCIRAPTOR. Two stages of market day mania.
C’mon Brisbane, you got clout… let’s rise to what 4ZZZ community radio is, was, and will be… and a make full day at the parklands of it!
ZED50
50 years of 4ZZZ radio
Celebrating 50 years of people powered radio
SAT 25 OCT
ROMA ST PARKLANDS
Albert St, Spring Hill, Brisbane
TWO STAGES no crossovers
Tickets from OZTIX – JUNE 10 sign up for preregister
4ZZZ Subscribers only presale: Wednesday 11 June midday
Please use your 4ZZZ Subscription number as the early access code.
General Public Onsale: Thursday 12 June midday
featuring… THE SAINTS 73-78, REGURGITATOR, TROPICAL FUCK STORM, FULL FLOWER MOON BAND, BIG NOTER, BUTTERFINGERS, SCREAMFEEDER, NICE BISCUIT, PARTY DOZEN, DANCINGWATER, FLANGIPANIS, PLATONIC SEX & VELOCIRAPTOR.
