Watch all the action from the final of the Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands final, held at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury.
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Video: Battle of the Bands winners
Shropshire group The Jackdaws have been declared the winners of this year’s Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands. Watch them in action here, and read the full story of their success in today’s Shropshire Star.
Bands set to do battle
So, the Battle of the Bands’ finals night is upon us. It’s been a long time coming.
Battle hopefuls are revealed
The five unsigned bands who will fight it out for prizes in the final of the Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands 2009 have been unveiled.
BOB: Decadence in Berlin
After spending the best part of two years perfecting their art and playing countless gigs around the Shropshire area, Decadence in Berlin decided to record their first demo, and in March 2009 they recorded 3 tracks with Ben Millington of NewBreed fame at the Smash Rooms, Ketley.
BOB: Mitsu’s Run
Formed as recently as early 2008, Mitsu’s Run spent their first 6 months holed up in the Ex-servicemen’s club in Oswestry.
BOB: Run Fast Turn Left
Run Fast Turn Left started life in late 2006 originally as a side project but quickly becoming bigger and bigger the band felt themselves devoting more and more time to the band.
BOB: Wooden Boy
Wooden Boy are fresh out of Leeders farm studios (www.leedersfarm.co.uk), where they have been working with Andy Blackburn, and Nick Brine (oasis, The Darkness, The Stone Gods) on there highly anticipated debut E.P.
BOB: Deco
Deco, who based in Shrewsbury, are aiming at the creation of Art Rock albums, combining their influences Radiohead & Portishead, with the more mainstream edge of a heavy Placebo influence.
BOB: Callebra
Callebra are a Shropshire-based fourpiece whose diverse musical loves have combined to create their unique and memorable sound.
BOB: The Jackdaws
For a band of mildly disorganised twenty-somethings, The Jackdaws are a pretty determined and resilient bunch.
BOB: The Greens
The beautiful rural backwater of Shropshire may not be the most obvious place to go looking for new music, but melodic outfit the Greens are doing their best to buck that trend.
BOB: Young Fate
Emerging from the mean streets of Telford and Albrighton, Young Fate burst onto the hip-hop scene in 2005.
BOB: Hill Valley High
Hill Valley High started off as a five-piece group all attending New College in Telford – their music is a mixture of pop/punk/electro rock, with live performances that are more like parties instead of gigs.
Battle of the bands hots up
Local bands have been quick off the mark to fight for a place in the final of the 2009 Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands.
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