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Battle of the Bands

About Me

HEAT ONE

HEAT TWO

"I have always, from day one, stressed that this 'battle' be about music and fun. I hoped that any element of competition would be forgotten and we put on the best shows with the best bands around. This year we turn five... We've had some amazing bands play some amazing shows attended by some amazing fans - Let's make sure 2009 maintains that tradition." - Dan xx

That's it 12 amazing bands 2 awesome nights... we now have our final 5 to play Saturday, August 8 at the Cheese and Grain Frome.Congratulations: Casino Drive, Counting Days, Doctor Nut, Here On Out and Johny's Day Out!Thank you to to all the bands who played and all the people who supported them

Roll on August 8th!
The winners will be given £1,000 from the Standard and Guardian Series.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/02/2007
Band Website: Facebook "Sg Botb"
Band Members: Dan Biggane:
Organiser & Editorial
Will Angeloro:
"Sound Guy"
Steve-o & Louise:
Editorial support & Promotions

Influences:
BotB 2008
Location: Cheese & Grain, Frome
Date: Sat, July 19 2008
Winners: All Guns Blazing
Runners Up: Grizwald & The Bo Ties, Jakarta, Sky Babies, The Volt

BotB 2007
Location: Cheese & Grain, Frome
Date: Sat, July 7 2007
Winners: Fin Raziel
Runners Up: Blackchalk, Crescent Shoreline, The Joe Public

BotB 2006
Location: Cheese & Grain, Frome
Date: Sat, July 8 2006
Winners: Mnemosyne
Runners Up: Bloody Tourists, Three Quaters In, Tijuana

BotB 2005
Location: The Granary, Frome
Date: Sat, May 14 2005
Winners: Shut Up Benson
Runners Up: Kortez, Souls, Three Quarters In

Sounds Like: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Afghan Whigs, AFI, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, The Almighty, Anthrax, Arctic Monkeys, Ash, Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion, The Beatles, Be Your Own Pet, Biffy Clyro, The Black Crowes, Black Flag, Frank Black, Bloc Party, Blur, Bonnie Prince Billy, Blind Melon, Brand New, The Breeders, The Bronx, Bullet For My Valentine, Cancer Bats, Johnny Cash, The Charlatans, The Clash, Converge, Alice Cooper, Corrosion of Conformity, Creature With The Atom Brain, Crowbar, David Lynch movies, Deus, Dinosaur Jr, The Distillers, Down, The Dude (from The Big Lebowski), The Dwarves, Eagles of Death Metal, Steve Earle, Epitaph Records, Everclear, Every Time I Die, Family Guy, Fallout Boy, Feeder, Finch, Foo Fighters, From Autumn To Ashes, FFAF, Fugazi, The Gallows, Gaslight Anthem, The Get Up Kids, Green Day, Guns 'N' Roses, The Gutter Twins, The Haunted, Hell Is For Heroes, Helmet, Bill Hicks, Hundred Reasons, Jane's Addiction, Joyrider, Jimmy Eat World, Damien Jurado, Kasabian, The Killers, Killswitch Engage, Kyuss, Lamb Of God, Mark Lanegan, Led Zeppelin, Less Than Jake, The Libertines, Linkin Park, Lit, Lostprophets, Machine Head, Mad Capsule Markets, Mad Season, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon, Maximo Park, Metallica, Minor Threat, Misfits, Motley Crue, Mudhoney, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Nofx, Oasis, Operation Ivy, Alan Partridge, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Pennywise, Pixies, The Pogues, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine, The Ramones, Rancid, Refused, Reel Big Fish, Rocket From The Crypt, Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams, Screaming Trees, Sepultura, The Sex Pistols, Jack Skellington, Skid Row, Slayer, Slipknot, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Soulwax, Bruce Springsteen, The Specials, Stone Roses, Stone Sour, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes, Sub Pop Records, Sugar, Tad, Taking Back Sunday, Temple Of The Dog, Terrovision, Therapy?, Three Colours Red, Tim Burton movies, Transplants, Trivium, Twilight Singers, Tom Waits, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, The Wildhearts, ZZ Top (seriously, check out Tres Hombres).... and far too much Cigarettes & Alcohol

My Blog

Facebook

The S&G BotB facebook has been up and running for a while now and if you're a fb fan we'd love it if you come on over and say hi!As a wee treat for facebookers we have recently posted some crowd shots...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:29:00 GMT

BotB 2009 Heat two, Paulton review

Heat Two, Paulton Rovers Football Club, 20-06-2009The action moved to Paulton Rovers Football Club on Saturday and, with a little encouragement, the crowd swarmed around the stage for opening act Divi...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:04:00 GMT

BotB 2009 Heat One, Frome, review

Heat One, Frome Football Club, 19-06-2009After a delayed start to heat one, Crescent Shoreline took to the stage in front of a packed Frome Football Club. With the unenviable task of kick-starting thi...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:59:00 GMT

BotB 2009

Ok, it's been a while...and things have been a bit  manic for one reason or another...But as you might know we have some pretty major gigs coming up - Starting this Friday!!!I'll level with you the ta...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:24:00 GMT

Looking Back part four - a brief look at BotB 2008

Last year was a real testament to how far the Battle of the Bands competition had developed since we first started out  bigger, bolder and brasher than ever before.Buoyed by our success in the Newspa...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Looking Back part three - a brief look at BotB 2007

With Mnemosyne's blistering BotB '06 winning set still ringing in our ears, 2007's competition soon came around and we launched it in typically excited but apprehensive fashion.Would 2007 be anywhere ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Looking Back part two - a brief look at BotB 2006

After being overwhelmed by the success of the inaugural Battle of the Bands I must admit I was slightly apprehensive as we launched its follow-up.Despite claiming it would be 'bigger, bolder and brash...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT

Looking Back part one - a brief look at BotB 2005

Back, when we started Battle of the Bands in 2005, I really didn't know what to expect.The only thing I was sure of was that there was a lot of talented musicians in our region.I wanted to help promot...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 11:16:00 GMT

update

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Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:14:00 GMT

Keeping Music live since 2005

BATTLE OF THE BANDS IS BACK FOR A FIFTH YEARI'm so pleased to announce that we launch the award-winning () Somerset Standard and Guardian Battle of the Bands in tomorrow's papers (Thursday, April 2)Fi...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:44:00 GMT