Battle of the Bands 1996

The 1996 Battle of the Bands was run by Contact 89FM and held at the Wailing Bongo. The winners of each heat are denoted with an asterisk(*), and the bands are listed in the order they played.

Heat 1 - July 25
Usine
Captain Stubing
Gas*
Bleed

Heat 2 - August 1
Department of Corrections*
Trucker
Disjecta Membra
Psyclops

Heat 3 - August 8
Lizard
Grok*
100 Monkeys
The Lobes

Indie pop band 100 Monkeys at the time of this performance were actually called Lure, however, changed their name in time for the final, due to there being a Blackmetal band also called Lure competing in Heat 4

Heat 4 - August 15
The Greasers
The Poppets
Leithe*
Lure

Final - August 22
100 Monkeys
Leithe
Gas
Grok - FIRST
Trucker - SECOND
Department of Corrections - THIRD

Trucker and 100 Monkeys were wild card entries to the final.