Rage 

Rage is the most popular all-night music show in Australia. It screens nationally on ABC TV. Rage was first screened in April 1987. On Fridays rage plays new releases followed by the ... See full summary »

Stars:

Powderfinger, Queens of the Stone Age, Chris Cornell

Cast

Series cast summary:
Powderfinger	...	Themselves 5 episodes, 1996-2010
Queens of the Stone Age	...	Themselves 4 episodes, 2001-2005
Chris Cornell	...	Himself 5 episodes, 1994-2005
Silverchair	...	Themselves 4 episodes, 1999-2004
Ian Astbury	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1995-2014
Alice Cooper	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1997-2011
Magic Dirt	...	Themselves 2 episodes, 1997-2005
Ben Harper	...	Himself 3 episodes, 1998-2009
Dave Grohl	...	Himself / ... 5 episodes, 1998-2005
Moby	...	Himself 2 episodes, 2000-2013
Gene Simmons	...	Himself 2 episodes, 2001
Paul Stanley	...	Himself 2 episodes, 2001
Grinspoon	...	Themselves 2 episodes, 2002-2012
The Music	...	Themselves 2 episodes, 2003
Jet	...	Themselves 2 episodes, 2004
Bernard Fanning	...	Himself 2 episodes, 2005-2016
Mia Dyson	...	Herself 1 episode, 2009
Ohad Rein	...	Himself 1 episode, 2010
Bill Oddie	...	Himself 1 episode, 2013
Nile Rodgers	...	Himself 1 episode, 2014
Tim Rogers	...	Himself 1 episode, 2016
Aerosmith	...	Themselves 1 episode, 1990
Jimmy Barnes	...	Himself 1 episode, 1990
Andrew Denton	...	Himself 1 episode, 1990
Christina Amphlett	...	Herself 1 episode, 1991
Elvis Costello	...	Himself 1 episode, 1991
Bob Geldof	...	Himself 1 episode, 1991
Billy Joel	...	Himself 1 episode, 1991
Vince Neil	...	Himself 1 episode, 1991
Victor Delorenzo	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Joe Elliott	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Gordon Gano	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Steve Kilbey	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Brian Ritchie	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Jon Stevens	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
Tortelvis	...	Himself 1 episode, 1992
The Baby Animals	...	Themselves 1 episode, 1993
Vernon Reid	...	Himself 1 episode, 1993
Terence Trent D'Arby	...	Himself 1 episode, 1994
Diesel	...	Himself 1 episode, 1994
Page Hamilton	...	Himself 1 episode, 1994
k.d. lang	...	Herself 1 episode, 1994
Kirsty MacColl	...	Herself 1 episode, 1994
Kylie Minogue	...	Herself 1 episode, 1994
Layne Staley	...	Himself - Guest Programmer 1 episode, 1994
Billy Thorpe	...	Himself 2 episodes, 1994-2007

Storyline

Rage is the most popular all-night music show in Australia. It screens nationally on ABC TV. Rage was first screened in April 1987. On Fridays rage plays new releases followed by the national Top 50. On Saturdays rage features Specials and guest programmers. Saturday nights 'Specials' can feature one particular band or artist, so viewers can see a number of videos by their favourite artists all in the one night. Rage has no presenter except on Saturdays shows when rage has musicians as guest VJ's. Rage won "Best National Music Video Programme" in the 1991 Australian Music Industry Awards. It repeatedly wins "Most Popular Australian Music TV show" in the Australian Music Awards. In 1998, rage released a double cd compilationand in November 1999 a second double cd compilation was put together. Rage often plays old episodes of Bandstand & Countdown hosted by Molly Meldrum.

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Plot Keywords:

music video | 

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Taglines:

Australia's all night music video show

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

1987 (Australia)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

720 min (length per episode varies)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Australia's longest running and most popular music video show.

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Connections

Featured in Gruen Planet: Gruen Nation 4 (2013)

User Reviews

Rage great Gauge and Unbeatable Music Video Show

Rage is Advertising free on The Peoples TV network not some media moguls toy.

Rage, therefore, is not beholden to play advertisers releases and their parent companies influences.

Rage plays a wide range of music that, yes, unashamedly plays the occasional crap Aussie new release - at least it proves its independence!

At the risk of stating the obvious. It's "prime time" (breakfast time)is taken up by the Top 50. Think about it - the Top 50 SINGLES sold. Such sales have had a real ability to be manipulated in the past - I once bought a new release I wanted for 50 cents (a 2 week special price) - it shot to the top of the charts. Dah! Byers of SINGLES are largely kids and fans and maybe if the album is largely crap. Byers of ALBUMS are very different, in that they are a far more diverse group, than single byers. People including me.

Since Rage began in 1987 I have seen the evolution of music forms. I am right now watching some fat under understandable bros wrapping some crapping with, what looks like, condoms on their heads... but someone buys it. It's all good to see the changing form over time (opps Delta Goodrams apparently permanent place in the Top 40 'Together we are one' seems to never move :)

The key is variety; and this shows links with ABCs JJJ radio and others enabling it to showcase up-and-coming artists which, when it all comes down to it, is what keeps Rage cutting edge!