Ayrshire bands get ready to do battle

Sep 26 2008 by Stef Lach, Kilmarnock Standard

RISING stars of the Ayrshire music world are preparing for battle in this year’s Unsigned Battle of the Bands.

The event, run by East Ayrshire Council in association with EP Music, is back bigger and better than ever before.

Following the success of the Unsigned competition last year as part of the Amplify festival, which saw the triumph of local band The Symptoms, bands are again invited to compete for a coveted support spot at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow.

To be considered, send your demo to East Ayrshire Council by the closing date of Friday, October 3.

A panel of judges will then select bands to go forward to a live battle of the bands nights in Kilmarnock’s Grand Hall.

Like last year, the selected bands will battle it out on Saturday, October 25, with the audience and a panel of judges deciding who will make the shortlist. The winning acts will then be put to an online public vote.

Previous winners the Cider Spiders and the Symptoms played a support slot at King Tut’s in Glasgow and have gone from strength to strength, including playing the T Break stage at 2007 T in the Park and Live at Loch Lomond in 2008.

To enter this year’s competition send demos to Unsigned, The Palace Complex, 9 Green Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BN by Friday, October 3.