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 a collective agreement with the top-lining historical tandem of Briz rock pioneers, and international breakout sensations THE SAINTS ’73-’78 – back for another grand blast after their sold-out Princess shows late ‘24. We know our product!
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 BISCUIT; 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.
