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Thunderdome is a famous concept in hardcore techno and gabber music that was mainly used for a series of parties and CD-albums. It was organized by the Dutch entertainment company ID&T. The first party was organized in 1992 and the party held in December 2012 was advertised as being the end of Thunderdome. ==History== Before the ''Thunderdome'' concept was started ID&T organized a big rave called ''The Final Exam'', that was held on 20 June 1992. This was the first attempt to bring hardcore and gabber to a wide audience and the first event organized by ID&T, who would later go on to organize other big dance music events such as ''Tomorrowland'', ''Mystery Land'', and ''Sensation White'', and ''Black''. Later in 1992 they organized the first ''Thunderdome'' party, which was simply titled ''The Thunder Dome''.〔(Thunderdome a Decade event site )〕 In 1993, ID&T / Arcade Records also started a ''Thunderdome'' compilation CD-series with popular gabber music. ID&T also sold other kinds of merchandise such as t-shirts, bomber-jackets, caps and even an energy drink (''Thundertaste''). The ''Thunderdome'' concept was considered important to the popularization and spreading of gabber music during the 1990s.〔Billboard July 26, 1997 (p. 44 ) at Google Books〕 Though it was the biggest and most popular concept in the scene through most of the 1990s, that title is now being rivaled by other events, such as the ones organized by Masters of Hardcore. In late 1999 ID&T took a break from the ''Thunderdome'' concept and stopped producing the parties and CDs. The break lasted until 2001,〔 when they resumed throwing parties and producing CDs. After the restart, one or two parties each year were held. In 2002 the concept for the party was the ten-year anniversary of ''Thunderdome''. A CD〔(Various - Thunderdome X - A Decade - Live ) at Discogs〕 that was recorded live at the party and an anniversary DVD〔(Thunderdome a Decade ) at the Internet Movie Database〕 were released, both entitled ''Thunderdome a Decade''. In 2007, the 3 CD set ''XV: 15 Years Of Thunderdome'' was released. The December 2012 event was advertised as being the end of Thunderdome.〔(Thunderdome.com - Thank you for 2012 )〕 An anniversary compilation album was also released. A press release for this album announced that: "It all comes full circle now. It’s time to let Thunderdome become what it always has been: a legend."〔(Thunderdome.com - Thunderdome compilation out now [CD + Digital] )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thunderdome (music festival)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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