DEMON ENERGY BATTLE OF THE BANDS - 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
2016 NATIONAL FINAL RESULTS:
| 1st Place: | THE RUBICS | |
| 2nd Place: | ROYAL JACKETS | |
| Equal 3rd Place: | HARVEY KNOWS A KILLER |
| Best Songwriters Award: | RUBITA | |
| ROYAL JACKETS | ||
| Most Passionate Performers Award: | THE GENTLEMEN CALLERS | |
| BLACK ALPINE | ||
| HEARSE NURSE | ||
| Best Vocalist Award: | JESSE SAMU OTIUM | |
| Best Bassists Award: | Justin Cartwright NATION | |
| AARON STRICKLAND GIDZVOON | ||
| Best Guitarist Award: | GIDEON VOON GIDZVOON | |
| Aidan Courtnell BLACK ALPINE | ||
| Best Drummer Award: | Anthony Ashworth LIES WITHIN | |
| EMILY RIORDAN BITTERCUP | ||
| SAM EDMONDS ELLERY DAINES | ||
| Peter Mathieson THE VORTZ | ||
| Best Instrumentalist Award: | Miharo Gregory(KEYS)NATION | |
| RUBITA (SAX) | ||
| TOP 10 SCORING BANDS: | 1. THE RUBICS | |
| 2. ROYAL JACKETS | ||
| 3. HARVEY KNOWS A KILLER | ||
| 4. RUBITA | ||
| 5. BLACK ALPINE | ||
| 6. OTIUM | ||
| 7. THE GENTLEMEN CALLERS | ||
| 8. NATION | ||
| 9. EMPIRE | ||
| 10. EGOVALVE |
Congrats to all the bands for winning their regions and putting on such enthusiastic, quality sets this weekend; sooo many amazing bands, there sure is a huge amount of NZ talent out there.
Thanks to everyone that came along to the shows and supported the bands, the event, the venues and helped make it a success.
Big thanks to all the musicians for their efforts and creativity, it was a real pleasure working alongside you all. Thanks to the sponsors for all the great support, prizes and opportunities. Thanks to our partner venues, their owners, managers, staff and the sound engineers and lighting techs, also all the photographers and video folks.
National Final team (Thank you all so much)
- Sound Engineer / Audio Guru Mark Peterson
- Lighting technicians River Featherstone / Paige Lamb
- Drum supplier / Guru Dave Morello of Rock You Mental / Tama, Paiste, Cymbal Sox, Musicworks
- Kings Arms team Maureen, Lisa, Peter, Chenoa, Jug, Phil
- Event organisers Andrew Featherstone / Jenny Catalan
- Videographer Nikolas / Waikato Rocks
- Photographers Ngamihi Photography, Brian Livingstone
- Judges Tony, Nicole, Aimee, Andrew and Dave
- Special Guest Band Bakers Eddy
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