2005

• Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
  
  
• Garbage
  Garbage (band)
  Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
  
  
• Megadeth
  Megadeth
  Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
  
  
• JJ72
  JJ72
  JJ72 were an alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland. After forming in 1996, they signed to Lakota Records in 1999, releasing two hit albums before splitting in 2006.-Formation & early years:...
  
  
• The Kills
  The Kills
  The Kills is a rock band formed by American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince . Their first three albums, Keep On Your Mean Side, No Wow, and Midnight Boom, have garnered much critical praise...
  
  
• Andy Smith
• Andromeda
  Andromeda (Swedish band)
  Andromeda are a progressive metal band from Sweden formed in 1999. They are currently signed to Massacre Records, Replica Records and Avalon/Marquee. The style emphasizes on strong keyboards and technical drumming. The band is also well known for the smooth vocals of David Fremberg.They have...
  
  
• Duman
  Duman (band)
  Duman is a Turkish rock band. The band combines elements of traditional Turkish folk music with modern rock and grunge...
  
  
• Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...
  
  
• Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil is a Turkish composer and singer.-Biography:He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1950. He moved to Istanbul after starting elementary school which he finished at Sultanahmet Elementary School in Istanbul. He completed his middle school and high school education at Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi...
  
  
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Kurban
  Kurban
  Kurban is a Turkish rock band formed in 1995. The members are Kerem Tüzün, Burak Gürpınar, Deniz Yılmaz and Özgür Kankaynar....
  
  
• Gürol Ağırbaş
• Ceza
  Ceza
  Bilgin Özçalkan better known by his stage name Ceza is the most commercially famous and influential Turkish rapper. His albums have featured many artists including Sezen Aksu, Candan Erçetin, Tech N9ne, Dr. Fuchs, and his sister Ayben...
  
  
• Rebel Moves
• Nev
• İhtiyaç Molası
• Kesmeşeker
  Kesmeseker
  Kesmeşeker is a Turkish rock band, founded around 1990 by Cenk Taner , Belen Ünal , Tayfun Çağlar , and Melih Rona ....
  
  
• Çilekeş
  Çilekes
  Çilekeş is a Turkish rock band active since 2002.-Band history:Çilekeş was founded in 2002 in Ankara...
  
  
• 110
  110
  Year 110 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Priscinus and Scipio...
  
  
• Direc-t
  Direc-t
  Direc-t is an Alternative rock band from Turkey. Its line-up includes Alex Tintaru, Bilge Kösebalaban and Özgür Peştimalci.- Band history :A car accident resulted in the naming of the band Direc-t in 1997. The band's name Direc-t means "post", named after the post that they crashed into...
  
  
• Dorian
  Dorian (Turkish Rock Band)
  Dorian is a Turkish rock band. The band members are İlkin Kitapçı, Mehmet İncilli, Alex Tintaru, Afşar Yağcıoğlu and Murat Ötünç.-History:Dorian was found in 2000 in Istanbul/Turkey and found its final cast in 2002...
  
  
• Hayko Cepkin
  Hayko Cepkin
  Hayko Cepkin is a Turkish musician of Armenian ethnicity who is mostly known for the unique music he constructs that ranges from alternative metal to melodic tunes...
  
  
• Bağdat Avenue
  Bagdat Avenue
  Bağdat Avenue is a notable high street located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey. The street runs approximately from east to west in the Maltepe and Kadıköy districts, almost parallel to the coastline of the Sea of Marmara...
  
  
• 100 Derece
  100 Derece
  100 Derece, also known as 100 °C and Yüz Derece is a Turkish punk rock band. They describe their music as a "Punk'n Roll", which is a mixture of 1950s rock n'roll, 1960s reggae as well as 1980s and 1990s punk rock.-History:...
  
  
• Yüksek Sadakat
  Yüksek Sadakat
  Yüksek Sadakat is a Turkish rock band that was formed in 1997, but became popular in early 2005 with their album with the same name. The bass player used to be the editor of a music magazine called Blue Jean. Their music is a mix of pop rock with powerful beats utilizing Turkish instruments,...
  
  
• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Zardanadam
• Tiktak
  Tiktak
  Tiktak was a Finnish music group consisting of six school girls from northern Helsinki, who met at . Their debut album, Friends, included songs written by Maki Kolehmainen and was a huge hit in Finland, with unusually strong sales in the rest of Europe, especially Scandinavia. The band's music was...
  
  
• Kara Kedi
• Deja Vu
  Déjà vu
  Déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation, even though the exact circumstances of the prior encounter are uncertain and were perhaps imagined...
  
  
• Suitcase
  Suitcase
  A suitcase is a general term for a distinguishable form of luggage. It is often a somewhat flat, rectangular-shaped bag with rounded/square corners, either metal, hard plastic or made of cloth, vinyl or leather that more or less keeps its shape. It has a carrying handle on one side and is used...
  
  

2004

• Faithless
  Faithless
  Faithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide...
  
  
• Queensrÿche
  Queensrÿche
  thumb|250px|right|Queensrÿche's classic line-up performing at the [[Sauna Open Air Metal Festival]] 2011 in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. Left to right: bass Eddie Jackson, lead vocals Geoff Tate, drums Scott Rockenfield and guitars Michael Wilton....
  
  
• Starsailor
  Starsailor (band)
  Starsailor is an English post-britpop band, formed in Leigh, Warrington and Greater Manchester. By 2009, they had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.-Early history:...
  
  
• Anathema
  Anathema (band)
  Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
  
  
• Evergrey
  Evergrey
  Evergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...
  
  
• Mono
  Mono (Japanese band)
  Mono are a Japanese post rock band, formed in 1999 in Tokyo, Kantō, Honshū. The band consists of Takaakira Goto , Yoda , Tamaki Kunishi , and Yasunori Takada .Mono have released five studio albums...
  
  
• Hundred Reasons
  Hundred Reasons
  Hundred Reasons are an English rock band from Farnborough, Hampshire, composed of Colin Doran , Larry Hibbitt , Andy Gilmour , Andy Bews and Ben Doyle . Originally, the band was signed to Columbia Records in mid April 2001, after fourteen months of near-constant touring...
  
  
• Teoman
• Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil is a Turkish composer and singer.-Biography:He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1950. He moved to Istanbul after starting elementary school which he finished at Sultanahmet Elementary School in Istanbul. He completed his middle school and high school education at Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi...
  
  
• Pentagram
  Mezarkabul
  Mezarkabul is a Turkish metal band formed by Hakan Utangaç and Cenk Ünnü. Mezarkabul is known for integrating Anatolian elements into their music. Mezarkabul means 'accepting the grave', or literally 'grave accept' in Turkish....
  
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• Feridun Düzağaç
  Feridun Düzagaç
  Feridun Düzağaç is a Turkish rock music singer and songwriter, usually known for his pessimistic and melancholic songs.-Early career:...
  
  
• Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...
  
  
• Aslı
• Ogün Sanlısoy
  Ogün Sanlisoy
  Ogün Sanlısoy is a Turkish rock musician and a pioneer among Turkish heavy metal vocalists.-Biography:Born in Gölcük, Turkey in 1971. Graduated from Mimar Sinan University as an industrial product designer...
  
  
• Düş Sokağı
• Cem Köksal
  Cem Köksal
  -Biography from Cem Köksal's official website:Cem Köksal was born in Istanbul on July 3, 1976. He started his musical life in primary school playing mandolin. His childhood was filled with music of the 60s due to his parents' influence. In 1987 he switched from mandolin to guitar. Theoretical music...
  
  
• Replikas
  Replikas
  Replikas is a avant-rock, experimental rock band from Istanbul, Turkey.-History:Their debut album, Köledoyuran was released in 2000, on Ada. Their second album, Dadaruhi followed in 2002. After signing with Doublemoon records, the band released their third studio album, Avaz in 2005...
  
  
• Ceza
  Ceza
  Bilgin Özçalkan better known by his stage name Ceza is the most commercially famous and influential Turkish rapper. His albums have featured many artists including Sezen Aksu, Candan Erçetin, Tech N9ne, Dr. Fuchs, and his sister Ayben...
  
  
• Aylin Aslım
  Aylin Aslim
  Aylin Aslım is a Turkish singer/songwriter.Aylin was born in Lich, Hessen, Germany into a Turkish family but moved back to Turkey when she was only one year old. She sang in several rock and electronica bands in several clubs in Istanbul. Her first album Gelgit -released in 2000 was more of an...
  
  
• İhtiyaç Molası
• Telvin
• Müslüm Gürses
  Müslüm Gürses
  Müslüm Akbaş , better known as Müslüm Gürses is a Turkish folk singer.He was born in 1953 in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. He married Muhterem Nur in 1983....
  
  
• Fairuz Derin Bulut
• Gripin
  Gripin
  Gripin is a rock band based in Istanbul, Turkey. Also Gripin is a medicine name for flu. The members are Birol , Murat , Evren , Ilker and Arda .- The beginning :...
  
  
• maNga
  MaNga
  Manga is a Turkish nu metal band whose music is mainly a fusion of Anatolian melodies with electronic elements. In 2009, they won both the Best Turkish Act award from MTV Turkey and consequently the Best European Act award from MTV Networks Europe in MTV Europe Music Awards 2009...
  
  
• Çilekeş
  Çilekes
  Çilekeş is a Turkish rock band active since 2002.-Band history:Çilekeş was founded in 2002 in Ankara...
  
  

External links

• RockIstanbul, official web site of the festival
• RockIstanbul ORG, site of RockIstanbul ORG, organizer of the festival
• RockTurkie, Turkie Festival