KROQ Acoustic Christmas
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Template:KROQ Acoustic Christmas (short title: Acoustic X-Mas) is an annual tour by the Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ which began in 1990.
The concert always airs in mid-December as the second or third weekend on a Saturday and Sunday since it was aired.
In 1999, they have released a compilation The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, which has a collection of concerts that were recorded live here.
List of group tours by year and bands in alphabetical order
- December 1, 1990 - The first annual with Dramarama, The Havilinas, Chris Isaak, The Posies, Social Distortion, Soho and The Trash Can Sinatras.
- December 21, 1991 - The second annual with Ian Mcculloch, Allison Moyet, School of Fish, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smithereens, This Picture and Wonderstuff.
- December 12, 1992 - The third annual with Adam Ant, David Byrne, Cause and Effect, The Cult, Dada, Duran Duran, EMF, The Farm, Michael Penn, The Rembrandts, Seal, Soul Asylum, The Soup Dragons, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Suzanne Vega and The Violent Femmes.
- December 11, 1993 - The fourth annual with Bad Religion, Belly, Tony Bennett, Blind Melon, Cowboy Junkies, Cracker, The Cranberries, 4 Non Blondes, General Public, Nick Heyward, Billy Idol, The Lemonheads, Porno for Pyros, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Henry Rollins, The Smashing Pumpkins They Might Be Giants, US3, The Violent Femmes and Wonderstuff.
- December 10, 1994 - The fifth annual with Bad Religion, The Black Crowes, Candlebox, The Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, Dinosaur Jr., Hole, Luscious Jackson, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Live, Love Spit Love, Mazzy Star, Meat Puppets, Liz Phair, Seal, Stone Temple Pilots, Simple Minds, Sunny Day Real Estate, Veruca Salt and Weezer.
- December 16, 1995 - The sixth annual with Bush, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Goo Goo Dolls, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, No Doubt, Oasis, Joan Osborne, Porno for Pyros, Presidents of the United States of America, Radiohead, The Rentals, Silverchair, Sonic Youth, Toadies, Tripping Daisy and Wesley Willis.
- December 14, 1996 - The seventh annual with Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Beck, Bush, Tracy Bonham, Cake, The Cardigans, Sheryl Crow, Eels, Garbage, Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Orbital, Poe, Presidents of the United States of America, Republica, 311 and The Wallflowers.
- December 6, 1997 - The eighth annual with Fiona Apple, The Aquabats, Beck, Blink-182, David Bowie, Chumbawamba, Everclear, Green Day, Jane's Addiction, Live, Matchbox Twenty, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, Portishead, Rancid, Save Ferris, Smash Mouth, Sneaker Pimps, Sugar Ray, 311 and Third Eye Blind.
- December 19, 1998 - The ninth annual with Barenaked Ladies, Blink-182, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cake, The Cardigans, Depeche Mode, Everlast, Garbage, Goo Goo Dolls, Hole, Korn, The Offspring, Reel Big Fish, Semisonic, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Coughing and Sugar Ray.
- December 11, 1999 - The tenth annual with Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Beck, Blink-182, Bush, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Powerman 5000, Save Ferris, 311 and Rob Zombie.
- December 16, 2000 - The eleventh annual with At the Drive-In, Coldplay, Deftones, The Disturbed, Everclear, Fuel, Green Day, Incubus, Limp Bizkit, Moby, No Doubt, Papa Roach and Weezer.
- December 15, 2001 - The twelth annual with Alien Ant Farm, Bad Religion, Blink-182, Bush, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Nickelback, No Doubt, P.O.D., Puddle of Mudd, Remy Zero, Staind, Sum 41 and 311.
- December 7-8, 2002 - The thirteenth annual with Audioslave, Beck, Coldplay, Creed, Dashboard Confessional, The Disturbed, Jimmy Fallon, Good Charlotte, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, Taproot, Trust Company, The Used, The Vines and Zwan.
- December 13-14, 2003 - The fourteenth annual with AFI, Blink-182, Brand New, Chevelle, The Distillers, Jane's Addiction, Jet, Korn, Linkin Park, The Offspring, P.O.D., Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Rancid, Staind, 311, Thrice and Trapt.
- December 11-12, 2004 - The fifteenth annual with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Music, The Shins, The Used and Velvet Revolver.
Links
- KROQ 106.7 - Acoustic X-Mas (http://www.kroq.com/acousticchristmas/acoustic_xmas.html)