BotB IV - Get the Grrrlsss Out!

Over v$500,000 in prizes!!!



Welcome to Battle of the Bands IV


So, we are fast approaching the end of BotBIII, and therefore time to start putting the thinking caps on for our next season.

The theme of this season will be all about...



GET YA GRRRLLLLS OUT!!!




So we have had 3 full seasons of BotB so far, and remarkable as it has been, we have actually had as many seasons as there have been women featured in this competition in total!

At the risk of sounding all PC, time to rectify this. Time to inject some estrogen into this sausage fest. And why not, when there are loads of talented women out there, whose deserve recognition and a chance for the spotlight.

Here is a chance to celebrate some of those talents!


So, for this contest you may select a solo female recording artist OR a band that includes at least 1 permanent female member.



There are a few rules for this contest though...

• Bands are eligible so long as they include at least 1 woman in their fixed line up. The don't necessarily have to be the vocalist, so long as they are part of the band, and not just a guest.

So to clarify, a band that has a female vocalist is just as suitable as is one in which there is a female guitarist, bass player etc. For example, The Rebel Spell is eligible, as WretchedErinn is/was the guitarist of that band.

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• Ideally it would be preferred to not have to rely on previously featured artists at all, and as there has only been a couple of eligible artists (Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, Fleetwood Mac) previously entered it shouldn't be too difficult to find a suitable alternative.
  

However if your heart is set on repping as one of these, so be it.

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When?
It all gets underway...

Sunday, 25 October


So there is loads of time to decompress from BotBIII, as well as pick someone suitable and plan your path to glory for this coming contest.

Up for Grabs!!!


The Champion not only walks away with the title, but pockets a cool
v$250,000



All that enter will get some part of a prize pool of over v$500,000!!!



Including:


v$50,000

Finalist


v$20,000

2 Semi-Finalists


v$10,000

4 Quarter Finalists

and additional prizes for winning Groups!





Get your thinking caps on!

Still have a few days while BotB III Finale is completed so there is no rush to submit artist choices (by PM ofc), although as always first in, first served in terms of laying claim to any particular artist.

New players are always welcome - the more the merrier - so join in on the craic!
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Feel free to put down expressions of interest, questions etc in here.

Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues
or whatever you choose
It's all up to you...s.

(Errr... I'll get my coat)
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When can we choose our artist, now?

 

I'm in. Bagging my artist early this time. :icon_mrgreen:

 

Yeah Pinstripe

 

Yeah, via PM.

 

in hopefully

 

* stumped here

 

I'm in

 

Lol, I posted like 16 in the opening post. Besides, women make up half the human race. Surely it ain't that difficult to think of one, lol. :smiley-laughing002:

As noted in the OP, they don't have to be female vocalists if you don't want, so long as at least 1 member of the chosen act is a woman.

And there is no rush - just short of 2 weeks until it starts, so yeah... loads of time.

 

women eh ..... off searching :icon_mrgreen: ... for a candidate no a bit of the other :smiley-laughing002:

 

I'm in.

 

I just don't listen to any bands with women in them (not on purpose :smiley-laughing002 and I don't like any women solo artists. Racking my brains here.. I might come up with something.

And in the OP I don't recognise most of them by their pictures Taz I need names :smiley-laughing002:

 

Thanks lads

In early this time.

 

Submitted my artist/band.

 

I've picked a band that I've only started listening to today.. for the sole purpose of having someone to select :smiley-laughing002:

I do like them a lot so far though

 

Featured in the OP...

The Rebel Spell was mentioned by name.

Pictured:

Madonna ~ Nina Simone ~ Janis Joplin
Evanescence
Epica ~ Garbage
Sonic Youth ~ Pixies
Alicia Keys - Taylor Swift - Beyonce
Smashing Pumpkins ~ White Stripes ~ Superjesus
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Other artists off the top of my head:

Talking Heads, Concrete Blonde, Slits, Parliament-Funkadelic, Elastica, Ella Fitzgerald, Clouds, Blondie, Veruca Salt, Sleater-Kinney, Sioxsie & the Banshees, The Donnas, The Bangles, The Raincoats, Fleetwood Mac, Always, Sumo Cyco, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Carpenters, Pink, Avril Lavinge, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Melissa Etheridge, Kylie Minogue, Patti Smith, Baby Animals, Falling Joys, Hole, Supremes, Honeyblood, Sugarcubes/Bjork, Joan Jett, Portishead, Cher, Sinead O'Conner, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, Cranberries, Corrs, Spiderbait, Pretenders, Cardigans, Texas, Paramore, Abba, Fiona Apple, Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Babes in Toyland, Shona Knife, Belinda Carlisle, Spicegirls, Katy Perry, Transvision Vamp, The Distillers, L7, Coctaeu Twins/This Mortal Coil, Eels, Broken Social Scene, Ash, Bikini Kill, Killing Heidi, The Divynls, Jack Off Jill, Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, X-Ray Spex, Hope Sandoval, Magic Dirt, B-52's, Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Nicki Minaj & Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs.

Obviously there are loads more, but was just looking to highlight from a range of genres there are loads to choose from.

 

There's a female duo from Glasgow called Honeyblood that are quite good. Pop punk/indie rock. Would have picked them but only 1 album so far.

 

Yeah, have heard them... and had them in my list, lol.

They are pretty cool.

 

In and band chosen. Number 4's got my name on it. I am a ladies man after all whereas yous are just a bunch of lady boys.

 

TimFloyd should go The Vaselines