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[[image:BE2002008.jpg|thumb|right|Waikato Times article from September 2002, detailing that year's competition]]
 
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Band competition similar to the [[Battle of the Bands]], organised  and supported by [[Click Sound]]. Inaugural winners in 2000 were the [[Dead Pan Rangers]]. The last Band Experiments competition was held in 2002.<br>
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''The Band Experiments'' was a band competition similar to the [[Battle of the Bands]], organised  and supported by [[Click Sound]]. Inaugural winners in 2000 were the [[Dead Pan Rangers]]. In its innaugural year, several bands changed thir names for ''the Band Experiments'' to avoid being removed from the playlist of [[UFM]], who at that time ran the annual [[Battle of the Bands]]. The last Band Experiments competition was held in 2002.<br>
  
 
==Winners==
 
==Winners==
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[[Band Experiments 2002|2002]]: [[Nimbus]] <br>
 
[[Band Experiments 2002|2002]]: [[Nimbus]] <br>
 
[[image:Befusion024.jpg|thumb|left|Review of the final of the 2000 competition in ''[[Fusion]]'' magazine]]
 
[[image:Befusion024.jpg|thumb|left|Review of the final of the 2000 competition in ''[[Fusion]]'' magazine]]
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==Published Articles==
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*''City Musicians Switch Titles in Bid to Win Battle of the Ban'', [[Waikato Times]], 6 June 2000, P3
  
 
[[category:Events]]
 
[[category:Events]]

Revision as of 12:14, 18 July 2008

Waikato Times article from September 2002, detailing that year's competition

The Band Experiments was a band competition similar to the Battle of the Bands, organised and supported by Click Sound. Inaugural winners in 2000 were the Dead Pan Rangers. In its innaugural year, several bands changed thir names for the Band Experiments to avoid being removed from the playlist of UFM, who at that time ran the annual Battle of the Bands. The last Band Experiments competition was held in 2002.

Winners

(Click years for details on heats).

2000: Dead Pan Rangers
2001: Daisy Chain Halo
2002: Nimbus

Review of the final of the 2000 competition in Fusion magazine

Published Articles

  • City Musicians Switch Titles in Bid to Win Battle of the Ban, Waikato Times, 6 June 2000, P3