# Terrastock

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{{Short description|Occasional music festival mainly held in the USA}}
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'''Terrastock''' is a [music festival](/source/music_festival) organised periodically by [Phil McMullen](/source/Phil_McMullen), formerly editor of the ''[Ptolemaic Terrascope](/source/Ptolemaic_Terrascope)'' and since 2005 the publisher of the [Terrascope Online](/source/Terrascope_Online) website.  The event typically features independent bands playing [psychedelic rock](/source/psychedelic_rock). It has been held on six occasions in the US and once in London, UK.

==Origin==
The first Terrastock event was initially conceived by Phil McMullen and Robert Jaz of the [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island) based band V. Majestic in the winter of 1996/1997. Robert Jaz had asked McMullen about holding a benefit concert in Providence, RI for the Ptolemaic Terrascope Zine. As the two formulated a plan for the benefit which quickly grew into more of a festival idea, McMullen suggested the name Terrastock and the two agreed. A wishlist lineup was conceived and a framework originated. The festival was then fully organized by McMullen and Jaz along with Mark Stone of the Providence-based band Medicine Ball, as well as the [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island), RI based record label Flydaddy, which was run by former Sub Pop employees, Kevin O'Leary and Adam Silverman. Flydaddy had previously released a Ptolemaic Terrascope benefit compilation called 'Succour.'<ref>{{discogs release|831236|Succour - The Terrascope Benefit Album}}</ref>

An arrangement was made with a friend of Robert Jaz's, the poster artist, James Draper, who was also the operator of an art gallery/speakeasy performance space called The Renegade Gallery/The Rogue Lounge which was located in Providence within an industrial space in the old [Atlantic Mills](/source/Atlantic_Mills). The space hosted the three-day festival and garnered much national and local press.

In November 2010 McMullen "unashamedly" admitted that the Terrastock festivals "were directly influenced and inspired by the now legendary [Zig Zag Benefit Concert](/source/The_Amazing_ZigZag_Concert)".
<ref>{{cite web|last=McMullen|first=Phil|title=The Amazing ZigZag Concert|url=http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Reviews_November10.htm|work=Terrascope online reviews - November 2010|publisher=Terrascope.co.uk|accessdate=3 December 2010}}</ref>

==Chronology==
*Terrastock 1: The Rogue Lounge, [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), 25 &ndash;27 April 1997
*Terrastock 2: Custer Avenue Stages, [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), 17 &ndash;19 April 1998
*Terrastock 3: University of London, [London](/source/London), 27 &ndash;29 August 1999
*Terrastock 4: The Showbox, [Seattle](/source/Seattle), 3 &ndash;5 November 2000
*Terrastock 5: The Axis, [Boston](/source/Boston), 11 &ndash;13 October 2002
*Terrastock 6: AS220 & the Pell Chafee Performance Center, [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), 21 &ndash;23 April 2006
*Terrastock 7: Mellwood Art & Entertainment Center, [Louisville, Kentucky](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky), 19 &ndash;22 June 2008

==Terrastock Lineups==

===Terrastock 1===
[Silver Apples](/source/Silver_Apples), [Abunai!](/source/Abunai!), [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), Thee Hydrogen Terrors, [Deviants](/source/The_Deviants_(band)), [Cul de Sac](/source/Cul_de_Sac_(band)), [Barbara Manning](/source/Barbara_Manning), Science Kit, [The Azusa Plane](/source/The_Azusa_Plane), [The Lothars](/source/The_Lothars), [Primordial Undermind](/source/Primordial_Undermind), [Orans](/source/Orans), [Neutral Milk Hotel](/source/Neutral_Milk_Hotel), [Supreme Dicks](/source/Supreme_Dicks), [Mary Lou Lord](/source/Mary_Lou_Lord), [Tadpoles (band)](/source/Tadpoles_(band)), [Flying Saucer Attack](/source/Flying_Saucer_Attack), [Medicine Ball](/source/Medicine_Ball), [The Bevis Frond](/source/The_Bevis_Frond), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), Alva, [The Olivia Tremor Control](/source/The_Olivia_Tremor_Control), [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), The Alchemysts, [Papas Fritas](/source/Papas_Fritas), [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), Hilkka, Lhasa Cement Plant, V. Majestic, [Hovercraft](/source/Hovercraft), [Richard Davies](/source/Richard_Davies_(musician)), [Magic Hour](/source/Magic_Hour_(band))

===Terrastock 2===
[50 Foot Hose](/source/50_Foot_Hose), [The Azusa Plane](/source/The_Azusa_Plane), [Roy Montgomery](/source/Roy_Montgomery), [Grimble Grumble](/source/Grimble_Grumble), [Kendra Smith](/source/Kendra_Smith), [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), [The Mountain Goats](/source/The_Mountain_Goats), [Alastair Galbraith](/source/Alastair_Galbraith_(musician)), [Mick Farren & the Deviants](/source/The_Deviants_(band)), [Bevis Frond](/source/Bevis_Frond), [Medicine Ball](/source/Medicine_Ball), V Majestic, [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), [Young Fresh Fellows](/source/Young_Fresh_Fellows), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), Masaki Batoh & Michio Kurihara of [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1984_band)), [Tom Rapp](/source/Tom_Rapp), Stone Breath, [Neutral Milk Hotel](/source/Neutral_Milk_Hotel), [The Olivia Tremor Control](/source/The_Olivia_Tremor_Control), [Elf Power](/source/Elf_Power), [The Loud Family](/source/The_Loud_Family), [Primordial Undermind](/source/Primordial_Undermind), Alva, [Loren Mazzacane Connors](/source/Loren_Mazzacane_Connors), [Green Pajamas](/source/Green_Pajamas), Spaceheads, [Silver Apples](/source/Silver_Apples), Alchemysts, [Pelt](/source/Pelt_(band)), [SubArachnoid Space](/source/SubArachnoid_Space), [Cul de Sac](/source/Cul_de_Sac_(band)), [The Lothars](/source/The_Lothars), [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), Clockbrains, [Mudhoney](/source/Mudhoney), Brother JT & Vibrolux

===Terrastock 3===
[Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), [Man](/source/Man_(band)), [Green Pajamas](/source/Green_Pajamas), Lucky Bishops, [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), Freed Unit, Spaceheads, [The Azusa Plane](/source/The_Azusa_Plane), Pat Orchard, [Air Traffic Controllers](/source/Air_Traffic_Controllers), [The Bevis Frond](/source/The_Bevis_Frond), Alchemysts + Simeon, [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), [Tom Rapp](/source/Tom_Rapp), Spacious Mind, Warser Gate, [The Lothars](/source/The_Lothars), Kirk Lake, Pop Off Tuesday, [Bablicon](/source/Bablicon), [Mac MacLeod](/source/Mac_MacLeod), [Abunai!](/source/Abunai!), [Hood](/source/Hood_(band)), [Broken Dog](/source/Broken_Dog), My Drug Hell, [White Hotel](/source/White_Hotel), [Piano Magic](/source/Piano_Magic), [Arco](/source/Arco_(band)), The Autumn Leaves, Green Ray

===Terrastock 4===
Ethereal Counterbalance, [Voyager One](/source/Voyager_One), [The Lothars](/source/The_Lothars), [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), The Monkeywrench, [Tarentel](/source/Tarentel_(band)), [Wellwater Conspiracy](/source/Wellwater_Conspiracy), [Abunai!](/source/Abunai!), [Charalambides](/source/Charalambides), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1984_band)), [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), [The Minus Five](/source/The_Minus_Five), Martyn Bates, Crome Syrcus, Pat Orchard, [Subarachnoid Space](/source/Subarachnoid_Space), [Amber Asylum](/source/Amber_Asylum), [The Linus Pauling Quartet](/source/The_Linus_Pauling_Quartet), [The Green Pajamas](/source/The_Green_Pajamas), [Doug Yule](/source/Doug_Yule), [Moe Tucker](/source/Moe_Tucker), Stone Breath, [Delicate AWOL](/source/Delicate_AWOL), [Donovan's Brain](/source/Donovan's_Brain), [Six Organs Of Admittance](/source/Six_Organs_Of_Admittance), [Kinski](/source/Kinski_(band)), [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), Children Of The Rainbow, [Country Joe McDonald](/source/Country_Joe_McDonald), The Alchemysts, [The Bevis Frond](/source/The_Bevis_Frond)

===Terrastock 5===
NonLoc, Pat Orchard, ST37, Stone Breath, The Iditarod, [Hopewell](/source/Hopewell_(band)), [The Essex Green](/source/The_Essex_Green), [Charalambides](/source/Charalambides), [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1984_band)), Ethereal Counterbalance, [Greg Weeks](/source/Greg_Weeks), The Lucky Bishops, [Paik](/source/Paik), [Six Organs of Admittance](/source/Six_Organs_of_Admittance), [Dipsomaniacs](/source/Dipsomaniacs), [Landing](/source/Landing), [Motorpsycho](/source/Motorpsycho_(band)), [Surface of Eceon](/source/Surface_of_Eceon), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), [Tom Rapp](/source/Tom_Rapp), The Hushdrops, The Alchemysts, [Lilys](/source/Lilys), Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys!, [The Sunshine Fix](/source/The_Sunshine_Fix), [The Lothars](/source/The_Lothars), [Sonic Youth](/source/Sonic_Youth), [Delicate AWOL](/source/Delicate_AWOL), [The Bevis Frond](/source/The_Bevis_Frond), Lockgroove, [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), [Kinski](/source/Kinski_(band)), The Spacious Mind, [Subarachnoid Space](/source/Subarachnoid_Space), [Acid Mothers Temple](/source/Acid_Mothers_Temple)

===Terrastock 6===
[Avarus](/source/Avarus_(Finnish_band)), [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), Black Forest/Black Sea, [Bridget St. John](/source/Bridget_St._John), Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, [Charalambides](/source/Charalambides), [Cul de Sac](/source/Cul_de_Sac_(band)), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), [Fursaxa](/source/Fursaxa), [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(1984_band)), [Glenn Jones](/source/Cul_de_Sac_(band)), [The Green Pajamas](/source/The_Green_Pajamas), [Kemialliset Ystävät](/source/Kemialliset_Yst%C3%A4v%C3%A4t), [Kinski](/source/Kinski_(band)), The Kitchen Cynics, [Sharron Kraus](/source/Sharron_Kraus), [Landing](/source/Landing), [Larkin Grimm](/source/Larkin_Grimm), [Lightning Bolt](/source/Lightning_Bolt_(band)), The Magic Carpathians Project, [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), [Marissa Nadler](/source/Marissa_Nadler), MV+EE with the Bummer Road, [Paik](/source/Paik), P.G. Six, [Jack Rose](/source/Jack_Rose_(guitarist)), [Salamander](/source/Salamander_(band)), St. Joan, Spacious Mind, [Spires that in the Sunset Rise](/source/Spires_that_in_the_Sunset_Rise), [Tanakh](/source/Tanakh_(band)), [Thought Forms](/source/Thought_Forms), [Urdog](/source/Urdog), [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl)

===Terrastock 7===
The Photographic, Parlour, [Elephant Micah](/source/Elephant_Micah), Dead Maids, [Hush Arbors](/source/Hush_Arbors), United Bible Studies, [Sharron Kraus](/source/Sharron_Kraus), [Ignatz](/source/Ignatz), [Antietam](/source/Antietam), Black Forest/Black Sea, Sleeping Pill, [Tanakh](/source/Tanakh_(band)), [Plastic Crimewave Sound](/source/Plastic_Crimewave), [The Linus Pauling Quartet](/source/The_Linus_Pauling_Quartet), [Major Stars](/source/Major_Stars), [Damon and Naomi](/source/Damon_and_Naomi), Helena Espvall, [Oneida](/source/Oneida_(band)), [Wooden Shjips](/source/Wooden_Shjips), [Tara Jane O'Neil](/source/Tara_Jane_O'Neil), [Kinski](/source/Kinski_(band)), MV+EE with the Golden Road, [Bardo Pond](/source/Bardo_Pond), [Grails](/source/Grails_(band)), [Motorpsycho](/source/Motorpsycho_(band)), Sapat, [Mono](/source/Mono_(Japanese_band)), [Kohoutek](/source/Kohoutek), Sexfist, Rob Sharples, [Thee American Revolution](/source/Thee_American_Revolution), Insect Factory, [Simply Saucer](/source/Simply_Saucer), [Pelt](/source/Pelt_(band)), Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers, [The Entrance Band](/source/The_Entrance_Band), [Windy and Carl](/source/Windy_and_Carl), [Paik](/source/Paik), [Makoto Kawabata](/source/Makoto_Kawabata)

==See also==
*''[Ptolemaic Terrascope](/source/Ptolemaic_Terrascope)''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Events/Events_Index.htm Terrascope events page]
*[https://woolfmusic.weebly.com/ Woolf II – A Terrascope Celebration 2019]
*[http://www.terrascope.co.uk/TerrastockNation/Family_Tree.htm The Terrastock Nation]
*[http://www.fakejazz.com/articles/terrastock5_ps.shtml Review of Terrastock 5]

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Category:Music festivals in London
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