page_title: Chilean rock
section_title: Massive Festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Chilean rock / Digital era in the 21st century (2005–present) / Massive Festivals
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context_page_description: Chilean rock is rock music and its corresponding subgenres produced in Chile or by Chileans. Chilean rock lyrics are usually sung in Spanish so can be considered as part of rock en español, although sometimes are sung in English as well.
  Rock music was first produced in Chile in the late 1950s by bands that imitated, and sometimes translated, international rock and roll hits from the U.S. This movement was known as the Nueva Ola. Although original bands started to emerge as well in the early 1960s.
  During the second half of the 1960s, after the success of rock and roll music, the Nueva Canción Chilena and Fusión latinoamericana genres were born in Chile, bringing to fame artists like Violeta Parra and Victor Jara as extremely influential folk singers, or Los Jaivas and Congreso who were more instrumentally elaborated.
  In the 1970s, however, there was a decline in the country's rock scene as a result of the military dictatorship imposed by the 1973 coup d'état. From 1973 to 1990, all forms of rock music were prohibited, causing stagnation in the music industry. Nevertheless, an underground scene grew up with new genres such as heavy metal, punk and new wave music.
context_section_description: In the 2010 "Festival El Abrazo" (The Hug Festival), held in Santiago to celebrate 200 years of independence for both Chile and Argentina, Chilean heavyweights Los Jaivas and Los Tres were joined by well-known Argentinean artists like Charly García and Fito Páez, among others. Meanwhile, Los Bunkers were, in 2011, the first Chilean band to play Coachella in the United States.
  In April 2011, Chile hosted Lollapalooza Chile, the first of the famous Lollapalooza festivals to be held outside the United States. Its success was such that it returned again from 2012 to 2019 and attracted international artists like The Killers, Kanye West, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys and hundreds of other big names. Chilean acts like Los Bunkers, Chico Trujillo and Anita Tijoux have also performed at the Chicago version of Lollapalooza.
  Another big festival was La Cumbre del Rock Chileno (The heights of Chilean rock) being held in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018. Hundreds of Chilean bands performed, included major artist as well as emerging ones.
  In 2012, and again in 2013, a new festival called Metal Fest has launched in Chile, bringing together renowned local metal bands with top international artists such as Anthrax, The Misfits and Blind Guardian.
  Another outstanding festivals are Rock en Conce (Also known as REC), held since 2015 in Concepción, considerated as the capital city of Chilean rock. Besides Concepción, there are also another important festivals such as Rockódromo and Rock Carnaza in Valparaíso,  Fluvial in Valdivia, Woodstaco in Maule Region and Chiloé Metal Fest in Chiloé Archipelago.
caption: The Flaming Lips – Lollapalooza Chile 2011
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