The first show was held in December 1989 though it was simply called the KROQ Xmas Bash. In 1990 the show became bigger and attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers. It takes place over a weekend in mid-December, and has in recent years been broadcast for free on KROQ-FM's website.[1]
Bands listed in alphabetical order (or, if known, in reverse order of night's performance).
| Date |
Lineup |
| December 1, 1990 |
Dramarama, The Havilinas, Chris Isaak, The Posies, Social Distortion, Soho, The Trash Can Sinatras |
| December 21, 1991 |
Ian McCulloch, Alison Moyet, School of Fish, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smithereens, This Picture, The Wonder Stuff |
| December 12, 1992 |
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, The Violent Femmes |
| December 11, 1993 |
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, The Wonder Stuff |
| December 10, 1994 |
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, Weezer |
| December 16–17, 1995 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Bush, Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Joan Osborne, Oasis, Sonic Youth, The Presidents of the United States of America, Foo Fighters, Porno for Pyros, Toadies, No Doubt
Night 2 (Sunday): Bush, Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Joan Osborne, Silverchair, Radiohead, Goo Goo Dolls, Garbage, Wesley Willis, Tripping Daisy, The Rentals
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| December 13–14, 1996 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, Garbage, Jewel, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple, Poe, Tracy Bonham
Night 2 (Sunday): Bush, 311, The Presidents of the United States of America, Beck, Orbital, Cake, Eels, Republica, The Wallflowers
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| December 5–6, 1997 |
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, Third Eye Blind, 311 |
| December 11–12, 1998 |
Night 1 (Friday): Korn, The Offspring, Hole, Blink-182, Barenaked Ladies, Reel Big Fish, Sugar Ray, The Cranberries
Night 2 (Saturday): Depeche Mode, Billy Corgan, Garbage, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Goo Goo Dolls, Cake, Everlast, Semisonic, Soul Coughing
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| December 11, 1999 |
One Night (Saturday): Bush, Blink-182, Rob Zombie, Beck, Tori Amos, Foo Fighters, 311, Oasis, Fiona Apple, Save Ferris, Powerman 5000
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| December 16–17, 2000 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Papa Roach, No Doubt, Deftones, Weezer, Moby, Incubus (w/ orchestra), Fuel, 3 Doors Down, Coldplay, At the Drive-In
Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day, Papa Roach, No Doubt, Deftones, Weezer, Moby, Incubus (w/ orchestra), Everclear, Disturbed, Linkin Park
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| December 8–9, 2001 |
Night 1 (Saturday):Linkin Park, Blink-182, Staind, System of a Down, Bad Religion, P.O.D., Sum 41, Puddle of Mudd, Alien Ant Farm
Night 2 (Sunday):Linkin Park, Staind (acoustic), Bush, Foo Fighters, 311, No Doubt, Coldplay, Nickelback, Pete Yorn, Remy Zero, Travis (canceled)
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| December 7–8, 2002 |
Night 1 (Saturday): P.O.D., Disturbed, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, The Used, Zwan, New Found Glory, Trust Company, Taproot
Night 2 (Sunday): Creed, Coldplay, Beck (w/ The Flaming Lips), Jack Johnson, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Fallon, The Vines, Jurassic 5
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| December 13–14, 2003 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Linkin Park (headliner), The Offspring, P.O.D., AFI, Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Chevelle, Thrice, The Distillers
Night 2 (Sunday): Korn (headliner), Blink-182, Jane's Addiction, 311, Staind, Rancid, Brand New, Jet, Trapt
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| December 11–12, 2004 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Jimmy Eat World, Interpol, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Gwen Stefani (special guest), Modest Mouse, Muse, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, Keane, Snow Patrol, The Music
Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day (headliner), Velvet Revolver, Incubus, Social Distortion, Papa Roach, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, The Used, Chevelle, My Chemical Romance, Hoobastank (canceled)
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| December 10–11, 2005 |
Night 1 (Saturday): System of a Down (headliner), Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Rise Against
Night 2 (Sunday): Depeche Mode (headliner), Coldplay, The White Stripes, Jack Johnson, The Bravery, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Nada Surf
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| December 9–10, 2006 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Foo Fighters (headliner), AFI, Incubus, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Papa Roach, +44, Wolfmother, Saosin
Night 2 (Sunday): Foo Fighters (headliner), The Killers, Beck, The Raconteurs, Evanescence, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Gnarls Barkley, Snow Patrol, She Wants Revenge
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| December 8–9, 2007 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Linkin Park (headliner), Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Serj Tankian, Angels & Airwaves, Paramore
Night 2 (Sunday): Muse (headliner), Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, The Killers (surprise appearance), The Shins, Silversun Pickups, Feist, Spoon
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| December 13–14, 2008 |
Night 1 (Saturday): The Offspring (headliner), Stone Temple Pilots, Rise Against, AFI, Staind, Three Days Grace, Slightly Stoopid, Hollywood Undead
Night 2 (Sunday): The Cure (headliner), The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Kanye West (Surprise Appearance), Franz Ferdinand, Scott Weiland, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend
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| December 12–13, 2009 |
Night 1 (Saturday): AFI (headliner), Rise Against, Alice In Chains, Sublime with Rome (Surprise Appearance), Thirty Seconds to Mars, Three Days Grace, Dead By Sunrise, Anberlin
Night 2 (Sunday): Muse (headliner), 311, The Bravery, Slightly Stoopid, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Cage The Elephant, Metric, White Rabbits
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| December 11–12, 2010 |
Night 1 (Saturday): The Smashing Pumpkins (headliner), Social Distortion, My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World, Bad Religion, Cake, The Dirty Heads, Anberlin, Switchfoot, A Day to Remember
Night 2 (Sunday): Phoenix (headliner), Vampire Weekend, Brandon Flowers, The Black Keys, Florence and the Machine, Neon Trees, The Temper Trap, Broken Bells, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
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| December 10–11, 2011 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Blink-182 (headliner), 311, Social Distortion, Sublime with Rome, Bush, Chevelle, Young the Giant, New Found Glory (Cancelled: Incubus)
Night 2 (Sunday): Jane's Addiction (headliner), The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Death Cab for Cutie, Florence and the Machine, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Cage the Elephant, Foster the People, The Naked and Famous, Grouplove
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| December 8–9, 2012 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Linkin Park (headliner), Rise Against, Bush, Garbage, Slightly Stupid, Awolnation, The Lumineers, Walk the Moon, The Gaslight Anthem, Two Door Cinema Club, Youngblood Hawke
Night 2 (Sunday): The Killers (headliner), Jack White, No Doubt (surprise appearance), fun., M83, Neon Trees, Passion Pit, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, Alex Clare, Imagine Dragons
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| December 7–8, 2013 |
Night 1 (Saturday): Kings of Leon (headliner), Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Grouplove, Foals, New Politics
Night 2 (Sunday): Arcade Fire (headliner), Phoenix, Lorde, The Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Fitz and the Tantrums, Portugal. The Man with special guest Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, Bastille, Atlas Genius
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| December 13–14, 2014 |
Night 1 (Saturday): System of a Down (headliner), Linkin Park, Incubus, Fall Out Boy, Bush, Rise Against, Walk the Moon, New Politics, Royal Blood
Night 2 (Sunday): No Doubt (headliner), The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Tears For Fears, Imagine Dragons, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Alt-J, Vance Joy (Cancelled: U2)
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