Pulp Summer Slam

Pulp Summer Slam is an annual music festival in the Philippines. It is founded and produced by Pulp Live World Productions, Inc.. The festival consists of local and international rock and metal bands with the occasional line-up of hip hop, ska, reggae, pop rock, and other genres. The event is held every year during the summer in Manila, Philippines and every year around 30,000 fans show up for the event.

Pulp Summer Slam held its 10th anniversary at the Amoranto Stadium featuring Lamb of God and Testament as headliners and 30 local and foreign bands on 17 April 2010.

Pulp Summer Slam was produced to cater to the readers of Lokal Tee Brand [1], a rock music magazine in the Philippines. Produced by Pulp Magazine publisher and major concert promoter Vernon Go, Pulp Summer Slam during its early years always falls on April 30 . The relevance of the date to the Pulp Summer Slam is due to Pulp Magazine's early nature – controversial and gory photo shoots were often featured on the cover. Pulp Summer Slam is famous for gathering more than 30 bands in its line up every year, as well as the 30,000 or more rock fans who show up every year. Many rock fans from all over the country come to this one day show and dress in costumes or bizarre outfits. Often referred to as "The Slam", Pulp Summer Slam has become an annual tradition for rock fans in the country.

In its latter years, Pulp Summer Slam started to bring in international bands as headliners. This made the Pulp Summer Slam become known all over the world. Many ticket buyers from Asia started to drop by the Philippines to witness the show and experience the festival. International bands who came in for Pulp Summer Slam were Death Angel, Darkest Hour, Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Testament, Anthrax, Hellyeah and Nervecell, Arch Enemy, August Burns Red, Blessthefall, Periphery and We Came As Romans.

During the early years, Pulp Summer Slam has a two-band stage setup to accommodate quick changeovers for each local band. When headliners started coming in, the stage was made to accommodate three-band set ups. On Pulp Summer Slam 10, the stage had a four-band set up to accommodate 2 headliners.

Pulp Summer Slam is produced by Pulp Live World Productions, Inc., one of the major show producers in the Philippines. Pulp Live World is known for its ability to pull off the most outrageous, intricate technical riders and concept-themed shows. Last March 15, 2007, Pulp Live World produced a show for Shadows Fall in which a moving giant zombie was constructed as the band's backdrop. This show is featured in Shadows fall's DVD release "Madness in Manila". Another one of Pulp Live World's biggest shows are Super Junior's Super Show 2 (April 10, 2010) and Super Show 3 (February 26, 2011), wherein the production included more than 300 stages platforms, LED screens, hundreds of lights and pyrotechnic for a one night show in Araneta Coliseum for 9,000 fans and 10,000 fans respectively.

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