Emergenza |
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Location(s) |
Worldwide (began in Rome) |
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Years active |
1992–present |
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Website |
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Emergenza.net |
Knuckles of Frisco on Emergenza Benelux 2011
Emergenza is "the world's largest festival for unsigned bands, with concerts in more than 150 cities around the world."[1] It features "up and coming bands from across the globe."[2]
There are elimination rounds in different countries throughout the year, whereby the bands that advance are selected by the audiences that hear them. Professional judges choose the winners at regional and final concerts.[1]
History
The first Emergenza Festival emerged in 1992, when a group of musician friends staged the first event in Rome, Italy, before an audience of 245. Five months later, the attendance had grown to three thousand, and in that year the festival's first compilation album was made. From 1993 to 2003 Emergenza recorded 54 such albums, both live and in studio. In 1995 the Emergenza logo was created.
On January 7, 1996, the Gibus Club in Paris hosted the first Emergenza concert outside Italy. One hundred thirteen bands signed up. The following year 2,500 people attended the first Emergenza European Final at the London Astoria in the United Kingdom.
In 2001, the festival crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Montreal, and in 2002 five cities hosted Emergenza; by 2003 more than 700 bands were playing 190 engagements in the first U.S. season. The following year, 2,876 musicians took part in the United States, and some sixteen thousand played for audiences in Europe and Canada. In 2005, seventy North American cities took part.
The Emergenza Festival spread to both Japan and Australia in 2006, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tokyo. Later, Perth in Western Australia and Brisbane were included in Australia's list. From 2008 through 2010, The Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia and New Zealand began participating.
International finals
2016
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2016 | Gain Eleven | Sweden | 1 | |
2016 | Ku.dA | Italy | 2 | |
2016 | Noeazy | South Korea | 3 | Best Drummer |
2016 | Lady Moustache | Germany | 4 | |
2016 | Tri-Hidden Panic | France | 5 | Best Singer |
2016 | Orjazzmic | Spain | 6 | Best Bassist |
2016 | Skizzoidman | Japan | 7 | |
2016 | Owing to the Rain | Germany | 8 | |
2016 | Earthist | Italy | 9 | |
2016 | Hometown Lights | Canada | 10 | |
2016 | Rooftop Sailors | Switzerland | 11 | |
2016 | Sno | Norway | 12 | Best Keyboard |
2016 | Kellem | France | 13 | |
2016 | Octavian | Australia | 14 | |
2016 | Enter Rana | Finland | 15 | Best Guitarist |
2016 | Kressi | Russia | 16 | |
2016 | Jack Rabbit | Netherland | 17 | |
2016 | Madmagus | Belgium | 18 | |
2016 | Antiplan | Poland | 19 | |
2016 |
Demian |
Germany |
20 |
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2016 | Sweet Sleep | Japan | 21 | |
2015
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2015 | Ninja Beats | Japan | 1 | |
2015 | Green Light District | Finland | 2 | |
2015 | Casablanca Drivers | France | 3 | |
2015 | Pravada | Russia | 4 | Best Drummer |
2015 | Love Cream | Australia | 5 | Best Singer |
2015 | Iréne | Sweden | 6 | |
2015 | Cedric | Germany | 7 | |
2015 | Candy Robbers | Belgium | 8 | |
2015 | Alfen | Denmark | 9 | |
2015 | Death Koolaid | UK | 10 | |
2015 | Lee Youn Chan Band | South Korea | 11 | Best Guitarist |
2015 | Syndicate | Germany | 12 | |
2015 | Schoko | Germany | 13 | Best Bassist |
2015 | Pora Wiatru | Poland | 14 | |
2015 | Siren | Italy | 15 | |
2015 | The II Romans | Switzerland | 16 | |
2015 | The Plugs | France | 17 | |
2015 | Pop James | Italy | 18 | |
2015 | Les Funktionnaires | Canada | 19 | |
2015 | To By Four | The Netherlands | 20 | |
2014
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2014 | The Scheen | Norway | 1 | |
2014 | The Kitchies | France | 2 | 2nd Best Drummer |
2014 | Shata QS | Poland | 3 | Best Singer |
2014 | Mercury White | Australia | 4 | |
2014 | Achille's Family | France | 5 | Best Drummer |
2014 | Oak and Willow | Italy | 6 | 2nd Best Bass |
2014 | The Shouting Men | Germany | 7 | Best Bass |
2014 | Mr. Serious and Groove Monkeys | Germany | 7 | 2nd Best Guitar |
2014 | Guesstimate | Spain | 9 | |
2014 | Blue Machine | Denmark | 10 | Best Guitar |
2014 | Face | Switzerland | 11 | |
2014 | Roadcrew | The Nederland | 12 | |
2014 | Thekenpoet | Germany | 13 | |
2014 | The Asphere's | Japan | 14 | |
2014 | Swim | Russia | 15 | |
2014 | Carlos Candido Band | Canada | 16 | |
2014 | David Pear | UK | 17 | |
2014 | Yabanci Degiliz | Turkey | 18 | |
2013
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2013 | Obsolete Radio | France | 1 | |
2013 | Goldmouth | Germany | 2 | Best Guitarist |
2013 | Ordinary People | Italy | 3 | Best Bassist |
2013 | Cuervo | Australia | 4 | 2nd Best Bassist |
2013 | Shout | Finland | 5 | |
2013 | Taro & Jiro | Japan | 6 | 2nd Best Guitarist |
2013 | Finalstair | Germany | 7 | Best Drummer |
2013 | Hey! Elizabeth | Italy | 7 | |
2013 | Collect Call From Mars | Netherland | 9 | |
2013 | Cities Lullabies | France | 10 | |
2013 | Straight Jack Cat | Poland | 11 | |
2013 | Noyze | Canada | 12 | |
2013 | Rocco | Russia | 13 | Best Singer |
2013 | Awesome Arnold | Switzerland | 14 | |
2013 | Flowers in Syrup | Germany | 15 | |
2013 | Black Orchid Empire | UK | 16 | 2nd Best Drummer |
2013 | Negative Nancy | Sweden | 17 | |
2013 | Vucaque | Spain | 18 | |
2013 | Kaos | Turkey | 19 | |
2012
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2012 | Hurricane Love | Sweden | 1 | |
2012 | The Joking | France | 2 | Best bassist |
2012 | Rhys Crommin & The Toms | Australia | 3 | |
2012 | Avaivartika | Japan | 4 | 2nd-best bassist |
2012 | The Blennies | Italy | 5 | 2nd-best drummer |
2012 | Mari!Mari! | Russia | 6 | 2nd-best guitarist |
2012 | Dudes | Norway | 5 | |
2012 | Odette | Spain | 8 | Best drummer |
2012 | The Carnabys | UK | 9 | Best guitarist |
2012 | Jimmy Dee | Netherlands | 10 | |
2012 | Disconnected Blind | Canada | 11 | |
2012 | Alcapell | Germany | 12 | |
2012 | Wellbad | Germany | 13 | |
2012 | Chico | Poland | 14 | |
2012 | Buddies | France | 15 | |
2012 | I Come From the Sun | Germany | 16 | Best singer |
2012 | Caffeine | Czech Republic | 17 | |
2012 | Mono Band | Turkey | 18 | |
2011
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2011 | Envy | Oslo, Norway | 1 | Winning Band |
2011 | LSD on CIA | Copenhagen. Denmark | 2 | 2nd band, best bass player |
2011 | Ruby Cube | Toulouse, France | 3 | Best guitar player |
2011 | S.H.E. | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | |
2011 | LeBelle | Melbourne, Australia | 5 | Woodbrass prize |
2011 | Emmecosta | Gotenborg, Sweden | 6 | 2nd-best drummer |
2011 | Cafe Jazz | Dresden, Germany | 5 | Best drummer |
2011 | Cours Toujours | Montreal, Canada | 8 | Best singer |
2011 | Rag Dolls | Basilea, Switzerland | 9 | |
2011 | No Comment Band | Minsk, Belarus | 10 | 2nd-best bass player |
2011 | Downhill | Bratislava, Slovakia | 11 | |
2011 | Filthy Whisky | London. UK | 12 | |
2011 | Mathieu Neil | Paris, France | 13 | |
2011 | Knuckles of Frisco | Arnhem, Netherlands | 14 | 2nd-best guitar player |
2011 | Kerouac | Dublin, Ireland | 15 | |
2011 | Professor Grabowski | Munich, Germany | 16 | |
2011 | Cyrene | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |
2011 | F.O.O.S. | Turin, Italy | 18 | |
2010
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2010 | Hanatochiruran | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | Winning band, 2nd-best bass player |
2010 | Waldo & Marsha | Århus, Denmark | 2 | 2nd band |
2010 | Barton Fink | Montreal, Canada | 3 | 2nd-best drummer |
2010 | Modern Error | Sydney, Australia | 4 | |
2010 | Phases Cachés | Paris, France | 5 | Best bass player |
2010 | Factory Brains | Stockholm, Sweden | 6 | Best guitar player |
2010 | Waste | Bayreuth, Germany | 7 | Best singer |
2010 | Pop-Porn | Prague, Czech Republic | 8 | Best drummer |
2010 | Sir James | Tilburg, Netherlands | 9 | 2nd-best guitar player |
2010 | Manolo Panic | Zurich, Switzerland | 10 | |
2010 | C.A.N. | Paris, France | 11 | |
2010 | Stepanov's Starlings | St. Petersburg, Russia | 12 | |
2010 | Brothorst | Oberursel, Germany | 13 | |
2010 | Stardust | Florence, Italy | 14 | |
2010 | Envy Assured | London, UK | 15 | |
2010 | The Melillo Brothers | New York, USA | 16 | |
2010 | Wednesday Fall | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |
2009
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2009 | Kid Galahad | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1 | Winning band, best drummer |
2009 | Werner Krauss | Leipzig, Germany | 2 | 2nd band |
2009 | YaSeeDee | Ferrara, Italy | 3 | Best bass player |
2009 | The Wallpapers | Paris, France | 4 | |
2009 | The Reefs | Melbourne, Australia | 5 | 2nd-best drummer |
2009 | Guru Guru | Tokyo, Japan | 6 | 2nd-best guitar player |
2009 | The Excess | Munich, Germany | 7 | Best guitar player |
2009 | Back Pocket Memory | Los Angeles, USA | 8 | |
2009 | Lily Sparks | New York, USA | 9 | Best singer |
2009 | Year of the Dog | Helsinki, Finland | 10 | |
2009 | The Vlegels | Tilburg, Netherlands | 11 | |
2009 | Kaodic | Montreal, Canada | 12 | 2nd-best bass player |
2009 | Leet | Hamburg, Germany | 13 | |
2009 | The Winter Kicks | London, UK | 14 | |
2009 | Gorodskaya Kultura | Moscow, Russia | 15 | |
2009 | TBA | Prague, Czech Republic | 16 | |
2009 | Clock N' Works | Paris, France | 17 | |
2009 | Susan's Red Nipples | Barcelona, Spain | 18 | |
2008
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2008 | Gloria Cycles | Brighton, UK | 1 | Winning band |
2008 | The Mad Trist | Maastricht, Netherlands | 2 | 2nd band |
2008 | A Match for the Curious | Toronto, Canada | 3 | 2nd-best guitar player |
2008 | The Novelstilo | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | Best singer |
2008 | The Vandolls | Sydney, Australia | 5 | Best guitar player |
2008 | Temple Hill | New York, USA | 6 | Best bass player |
2008 | Tako Lako | Copenhagen, Denmark | 7 | Best drummer |
2008 | Crossed Keys | Los Angeles, USA | 8 | |
2008 | The King Size | Treviso, Italy | 9 | |
2008 | Namaste | Paris, France | 10 | |
2008 | The Ran | Helsinki, Finland | 11 | |
2008 | Tash | Stuttgart, Germany | 12 | |
2008 | Die Fischer | Munich, Germany | 13 | |
2008 | Drowning Fate | Frankfurt, Germany | 14 | 2nd-best drummer |
2008 | Aerial View | Nancy, France | 15 | |
2008 | PXR | Budapest, Hungary | 16 | |
2008 | Katarsick | Barcelona, Spain | 17 | |
2008 | Dizastro | Chicago, USA | 18 | |
2007
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2007 | Fire Flies | New York, USA | 1 | Winning band, best drummer |
2007 | The New Hotness | Los Angeles, USA | 2 | 2nd band |
2007 | Für Kerstins Letzte | Munich, Germany | 3 | 3rd band |
2007 | La Tête Ailleurs | Paris, France | 4 | |
2007 | McGoozer | London, UK | 5 | Best singer |
2007 | Park Avenue | Milan, Italy | 6 | Best guitar player |
2007 | The 101's | Tilburg, Netherlands | 7 | 2nd-best drummer |
2007 | Monorev | Bern, Switzerland | 8 | |
2007 | Thalamus | Stockholm, Sweden | 9 | Best bass player |
2007 | Sunset Drivers | Montreal, Canada | 10 | Mentioned guitar player, mentioned bass player |
2007 | The Jerks | Stuttgart, Germany | 11 | |
2007 | Furykane | Paris, France | 12 | |
2007 | Metro Vox | Chicago, USA | 13 | |
2007 | Mirramaze | Oslo, Norway | 14 | |
2007 | No One Cares | Barcelona, Spain | 15 | |
2007 | 4th Street Traffic | London, UK | 16 | |
2007 | Stillroom | Dublin, Ireland | 17 | |
2006
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2006 | The Sessions | Vancouver, Canada | 1 | Winning band |
2006 | The New Brand | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2 | 2nd band, best original song, 2nd-mentioned drummer |
2006 | My Baby Wants to Eat Your Pussy | Munich, Germany | 3 | 3rd-best band, best drummer, best singer, 2nd-best bass player, best rhythm, best electric-guitar player |
2006 | Berto Ramon | Chicago, USA | 4 | Best visual & sound performance |
2006 | Concubine | Tilburg, Netherlands | 5 | Mentioned drummer |
2006 | Sujeto K | Valencia, Spain | 6 | Mentioned bass player, 2nd-mentioned guitar player |
2006 | The Echoes | Dallas, USA | 7 | |
2006 | Verse of Trek | Bordeaux, France | 8 | |
2006 | Son | Cologne, Germany | 9 | |
2006 | Humano | Granada, Spain | 10 | |
2006 | Bawdy Festival | Paris, France | 11 | |
2006 | The Greed | Stockholm, Sweden | 12 | Best rhythm guitar, 2nd-best drummer, best guitar arrangements, mentioned guitar player |
2006 | Cabiria | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
2006 | Captain Cutthroat | Boston, USA | 14 | 2nd-best drummer |
2006 | Lament | Leipzig, Germany | 15 | Best acoustic-guitar player |
2006 | Dear Catastrophe | Dublin, Ireland | 16 | |
2006 | Daily Blowjob | Florence, Italy | 17 | |
2006 | Ill System | London, UK | 18 | |
2006 | Vile Conundrum | San Francisco, USA | 19 | Best bass player |
2006 | Kid at the Back | London, UK | 20 | |
2006 | Flashmob | Basel, Switzerland | 21 | |
2006 | Hellrazor | Vancouver, Canada | 22 | |
2005
Year |
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
2005 | Rock Hard Power Spray | Århus, Denmark | 1 | Winning band, best electric-guitar player |
2005 | Natives of the New Dawn | Detroit, USA | 2 | 2nd band, best singer, best performance, best guitar arrangements |
2005 | LIK…ID | Paris, France | 3 | |
2005 | Echovalve | Chicago, USA | 4 | Best bass player |
2005 | Kimono | Berlin, Germany | 5 | |
2005 | Indra | Manchester, UK | 6 | Best drummer |
2005 | Pummel | Edinburgh, UK | 7 | |
2005 | The Naives | Madrid, Spain | 8 | Best original song |
2005 | Band Called Pharisee | Chicago, USA | 9 | |
2005 | Sixteenth Solid Spread | Barcelona, Spain | 10 | Best rhythm guitar |
2005 | Stonefield | Cologne, Germany | 11 | |
2005 | The Perfect Guardaroba | Ancona, Italy | 12 | |
2005 | Blush | Basel, Switzerland | 13 | Best acoustic-guitar player |
2005 | Seven Stories | Montreal, Canada | 14 | |
2005 | Ska'n'Ska | Stockholm, Sweden | 15 | |
2005 | Kill the Nice Guy | Florence, Italy | 16 | |
2005 | Lazuright | Lindau, Germany | 17 | |
2005 | Fast Friday | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 18 | |
2005 | Hindoslem | Vienna, Austria | 19 | Best bass player |
2005 | Chugga-Chugga | Paris, France | 20 | |
2004
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
Mr Brown | Hamburg, Germany | 1 | Winning band |
Lexxi | Glasgow, UK | 2 | 2nd band |
Les Breauvachons | Paris, France | 3 | Best acoustic-guitar player, best visual & sound performance |
Fluttr | Boston, USA | 4 | |
Pete Möss | Montreal, Canada | 5 | Best rhythm-guitar player, best singer |
Idioterne | Madrid, Spain | 6 | Best drummer |
Glasshouse | Philadelphia, UK | 7 | |
Einshoch6 | Munich, Germany | 8 | |
Lost Property Office | Rome, Italy | 9 | |
Mellophone | Århus, Denmark | 10 | Best original song |
Running Against Radar | Toronto, Canada | 11 | |
Granvista | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12 | |
Addicted | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
Fevertree | Bournemouth, UK | 14 | Best guitar player |
Ego | Barcelona, Spain | 15 | Best bass player, best keyboard player |
Alta Pressione | Florence, Italy | 16 | |
Mē Sages | Paris, France | 17 | |
Pretty Overdosed | Vienna, Austria | 18 | Best drummer |
Elfish | Zurich, Switzerland | 19 | Best bass player |
Klartext | Berlin, Germany | 20 | |
2003
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
Nervous Nellie | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 | Winning band |
Dead by Chocolate | Bologna, Italy | 2 | 2nd band, second-best guitar |
La Suite Mosquito | Barcelona, Spain | 3 | |
No Radical Change | Florence, Italy | 4 | Third-best drummer |
Muff | Hannover, Germany | 5 | |
Sirupop | Vienna, Austria | 6 | |
Slave to the Squarewave | Toronto, Canada | 7 | Second-best guitar |
Toupé | Southampton, UK | 8 | Best bass, second-best drummer, best show, best arrangements |
Klem | Paris, France | 9 | Best drummer |
Sutrapumo | Copenhagen, Denmark | 10 | |
Elikan Dew | Berlin, Germany | 11 | |
Inborn | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 12 | |
Revoc On | Milan, Italy | 13 | |
Jove | London, UK | 14 | Best singer |
Bist | Munich, Germany | 15 | Best bess player, best keyboard player |
Inertia | Rome, Italy | 16 | |
Broken Pictures | Montreal, Canada | 17 | |
Flangers | Montpellier, France | 18 | |
BSK | Zurich, Switzerland | 19 | |
Duke | Bordeaux, France | 20 | Best guitar, second-best bass |
Crave | Madrid, Spain | 21 | |
Sleeping Sun | Ruhrgebiet, Germany | 22 | Second-best guitar |
Toadstool | Genoa, Italy | 23 | |
Mahout Operator | Frankfurt, Germany | 24 | |
Adrenalin | Cologne, Germany | 25 | |
Maechtig | Hamburg, Germany | 26 | |
2002
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
Munshy | Paris, France | 1 | Winning band, best guitar, best drummer, best singer, best live show |
Kerosin | Berlin, Germany | 2 | 2nd band, 3rd-best drummer |
Stone Park | Stockholm, Sweden | 3 | 2nd-best drummer, best original song |
Direct Line | Montreal, Canada | 4 | Third-best drummer |
Orange Marmalade | Zurich, Switzerland | 5 | |
Ners | Bologna, Italy | 6 | |
Uncle Rock | London, UK | 7 | Second-best guitar |
The Grand | Copenhagen, Denmark | 8 | |
Verdrengungskuntler | Hamburg, Germany | 9 | |
Jay Kod | Brussels, Belgium | 10 | Best bass |
Itchy Poopzkid | Mannheim, Germany | 11 | |
Desert Rain | Dortmund, Germany | 12 | |
2001
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
Willowtree | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 | Winning band |
Sincere | Brussels, Belgium | 2 | 2nd band |
Morris | Copenhagen, Denmark | 3 | Best song |
Sore! | Hamburg, Germany | 4 | Best guitar |
Mindjuice | Munich, Germany | 5 | Best guitar |
Athenais | Montpellier, France | 6 | Best singer |
Pimate Pookie | Hannover, Germany | 7 | Best show |
Thaibnakkel | Frankfurt, Germany | 8 | Best bassist |
Deadline | Munich, Germany | 9 | |
Tiger Fernandez | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 10 | |
13 Ampsun | London, UK | 11 | |
Big-Tingsagwan | Paris, France | 12 | Best drummer |
Free Fall | Dortmund, Germany | 13 | Best bassist |
330 Mle | Vienna, Austria | 14 | |
Zero Tre | Florence, Italy | 15 | |
Rearview | Cologne, Germany | 16 | |
Frozen Peas | Zurich, Switzerland | 17 | |
Introdusco | Milan, Italy | 18 | |
Variety | Karlsruhe, Germany | 19 | Best bassist |
Drew | Rome, Italy | 20 | |
2000
Finalist Band |
City/Country |
Place |
Prize |
Altzheima | Karlsruhe, Germany | — | |
Zen | Rome, Italy | — | |
Big Bang | Paris, France | — | |
L.D.C. | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | — | |
The Oujia Problem | London, UK | — | |
No places were awarded this year.
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