Thursday, November 26, 2009

Kiss Battle Of The Bands Times And Details

More details have came in for the Kiss Battle of the Bands! Here's what you guys need to know, this will be updated throughout the day as I learn more! Looks like another band dropped out, as yet another band has confirmed involvement! On a Facebook status post, Sykotyk Rampage singer/guitarist Dirk Becker announced that they're in the battle, and were looking for input on what songs to perform! This leaves another opening for a band's removal, but I'm not reasonably sure to make a guess, so I'm gonna wait and see. For the record, the 20 bands I assumed were in the lineup are in the last post, so one of them is out. Remember, I'm NOT connected with the organization of the Battle in ANY WAY! Well, it's great to see Sykotyk Rampage confirmed for the Battle, they're one of the most unique bands in the Sault, it'll be interesting to see how far they go! Thanks to the Frigault family, Mikey Hawdon, Tony Marcello, and Glen Thomas for this additional info: The battles will have a daily cover charge of $4, and each night of the battle will start at 9:00 PM! Sadly, it is NOT all ages. Crank Sound Distribution are handling the sound for the entire battle, ensuring that everything will sound awesome! Also, the individual band order will be decided by a random drawing on each night of the battle! You won't know when you're playing until they draw your band's name! Each band gets about 5 minutes setup time too, guitarists must provide their own amps. With that in mind, here's the bands I know to have confirmed their day for their performance! This is in no order except for when I first heard the news. And remember, this can always be subject to change, I'm just calling it as I see it: (NO LONGER UPDATING BANDS ON THIS POST, CHECK THE NEWEST SMS POST FOR UPDATED INFO!) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH: 1. Garden of Bedlam (Source: Announcement on event page, link here) 2. Nebraska Arms (Source: Announcement on event page, link here) 3. Flat Stanley (Source: Drummer Glen Thomas told me on MSN) 4. Sykotyk Rampage (Source: Facebook group e-mail from the band) 5. Dirty Virgin (Source: Band announcement on event page, link here) 6. Huckster (Source: Band announcement on event page, link here) 7. Blues Harvest (Source: Keith Conway on their event page, link here) 8. Stiffler's Mom (Source: Greg Simpson on a SooNet forums thread) 9. 10. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST: 1. Stillbroke (Source: Band announcement on event page, link here) 2. Lion Ride (Source: Band announcement on event page, link here) 3. Sense of Truth (Source: Drummer Kev Riain on our Facebook page) 4. Bring The Fallen (Source: Wall posting on their Facebook page) 5. Gsis Murphy (Source: Wall posting on their Facebook group) 6. The Billy Bastards (Source: Announcement on event page, link here) 7. Wishbone (Source: E-mail sent to attendees on their event page) 8. Nixxon Dixxon (Source: E-mail from guitarist's mother Cami Hubbard) 9. UNKNOWN DAY: (Sources come from Tym Morrison, Rick White, and a list provided by Jay Perron from The Canadian) Caveman Morrison (21st to sign up, entry depends on a dropped band) The Fury (No official word, but they are confirmed entrants) Middle of Nowhere (No official word, but they are confirmed entrants) (Note: MBM have dropped off due to inavailability of their drummer, source is from a reply on their Facebook page's wall. Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide are likely off too due to conflicting tour dates in Southern Ontario, but if you hear different on them, let me know!) E-mail me at robfigures@hotmail.com or message Rob Figüres on Facebook if you have ANY info on the battle! If something's wrong, changed, missing, or mistyped, LET ME KNOW! I'm doing my best to keep everyone informed in the absence of official statements, so I need all the help I can get! Thanks everyone!

2 comments:

Marco said...

Dude, you are amazing!! You better be geating some sort of grant from the gov't. Rock on!!!

marco

The Sault Metal Scene said...

Thanks Marco! Someone's gotta do this, the organizers still haven't released information, it helps to have someone updating everyone!