2003 Rockquest??

Anybody got any picks for this years national final?????

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No, have you?

aye.. finally. something rockquest related.
What do people think so far of what they have seen and stuff? Any good bands etc hat people should look out for?

prepare to meet The House Wives.

The Black Monroe from Wanganui - Mad rock n roll motherfuckers!!

I pick Falter from Chch. They are flippin' wicked! And i actually mean that- they have a full, professional sound- not bad for a three piece*

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after the rotorua one is over ill have quite a few to post up of my band Mass Debate + the other 6 or so entries

your numetal band, right nonbreed? Korn all the way.

nah sorry its not ah
i left that numetal band earlier this year

you lie. I don't like liars.

youre ignorant, so i guess the feelings mutual

good luck for the rockquest non breed

haha :)

so many typical rockquest bandnames

thats the best part of it all

damn straight gru, after all they are following the tried & true rockquest formulas:

i) get a CRAAZY person's name (Elwood) and the name of an animal (And The Fish), but make the animal CRAAZZY sounding (ie Elwood And The Crazy Fish)

ii) get a CRAAAAAZZY word and spell it all wrong and CRAAZZZZY (ie Refrigeratah) or put a Z on the end of it (ie Refrigerataz) or put a number at the end of it (Refrigerator 10)

iii) get a MAD CRAZY catchphrase and call your bandname simply that (ie Over The Line, Step Off, Counting Sheep, Correct Change Only, Minimum Fare Two Sections)

finally iv) Take a boring single word. CRAAAZY !. (ie Twig, Door, Fridge, Bottle)

vi) if all else fails think of something mildly offensive or involving bodily function and attach it to any one of the above

if you win, try not to have too much acid.

Where are the rockquest dates/venues? The coke website is pretty awful to use and those rockquest crowds always seem to go nuts

REGION HEATS VENUE FINAL DATE
Southland Sun. 06 April The Embassy Fri. 02 May
Otago Sat. 05 April Student Union Hall Sat. 03 May
Christchurch Sat. 10 &
Sun. 11 May Theatre Royal Sat. 24 May
Timaru Fri. 23 May Theatre Royal Fri. 23 May
West Coast Sat. 31 May Regent Theatre Sat. 31 May
Nelson/Marlb Sun. 04 May Trafalgar Centre Fri. 30 May
Wellington Sat. 07 June Wellington Town Hall Fri. 20 June
Manawatu Sun. 15 June Regent on Broadway Fri. 27 June
Taranaki Mon. 26 May TSB Showplace Fri. 13 June
Wanganui Sun. 08 June Memorial Hall Fri. 14 June
Waikato Sun. 25 May Founders Theatre Sat. 21 June
Auckland Sat. 28 June Dorothy Winston Centre AGGS Fri. 25 July
Manukau Mon. 23 June Venue TBA Sat. 26 July
North Shore Sun. 29 June Bruce Mason Centre Fri. 15 Aug
Northland Sun. 22 June Forum North Sat. 16 Aug
Napier Sun. 22 June Municipal Theatre Sat. 02 Aug
Gisborne Mon. 23 June War Memorial Theatre Fri. 01 Aug
Rotorua Fri. 30 June Convention Centre Fri. 08 Aug
Tauranga Mon. 30 June Mount Sport Stadium Sat. 09 Aug
SMOKEFREE PACIFICA BEATS NATIONAL FINAL Sat. 06 Sept WELLINGTON - TOWN HALL
COKESMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST NATIONAL FINAL Sat. 18 Oct AUCKLAND - BRUCE MASON CENTRE

the spaces fell out, the 1st date is the heats, the last is the final for the area.

hey when i went last, the coke and smoke were NOT free... but i did win a years supply of tampons!
yaynus.

LOL!!! what you gonna do with them?

There's a good young band from Manukau. Drop D. In a couple of years time they'll be pretty awesome. Not sure how well they'll go this year though cause it's only their first year.

perjury and jonny cum lately were really good at the wellington heats and are gonna tear up and the regionals.

Perjury were awesome man. Who were Johnny come lately?
Did u see Anime ;) ?

I do believe this is an oppourtunity for people to pretend that they're going to win.

Rockquest sucks. I'm above that crap.

likewise

I think rockquest is a great way of giving everyone a chance to be a rockstar for the night is bound to throw a few good bands up there!!!!

rock quest is pretty cool, but it has to much politics and money behind it, usually it aint the best band that wins, its the band that is most likely to bring in the money.
dont bother me much tho, its still mean to jump up on stage and go mad.

It depends why you enter rockquest really. Through Rockquest you make connections with people who you like (musically or personally) and they last. I think it's a matter of taking it as it comes and not worrying too much about winning or losing, because really it is impossible to pick a band out of so many fusions of genres to be better than the rest. Which is why I dislike competitions, but there are positives that come out of them. Interesting that some people think they are "above that", good for you, perhaps if I was above it I wouldn't need to mention it. Our band is a combination of people from different bands that met at rockquest when we were at school, and I know a lot of other successful bands who form through rockquest connections...

Rockquest is the breeding ground for new New Zealand rock. It's not a bunch of crappy old school bands playing Abba covers. It's new local rock and its freaking awesome.
And the Housewives are sure to win.

agreed.

yea!! rockquest is wicked : ) umm schmash jonny cum lately were from shc they were really good kinnda popy/rocky i guess but had this really wicked lead singer hu could belt out a tune extreamly well

and i didn't see Anime will they be playing tomorow nite ??? yea town hall is gonna be great

Anyone know who the main acts are for tomorrow night? (As Steriogram and Canvas were last year)

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yeah i got a pick! any band thats not like <<>>!
good!

Oh, settle, will you?
I reckon the reason you've been complaining about The Have all morning is that you have a crush on the lead singer.

So is that a dig at The Have or a dig at the genre??? It's pretty safe to say a "garage rock" band won't win this year, but due to the success of The Have, there are definately some bands in the same vain, probably some pretty good ones too!!!

by the sounds of things metal is winning this year

So... what did people think of last night?

haha last nite was kick ass...but then agen thts just my opinion huh lol
anime were shit....jks! they were the best band there

You guys were pretty good as well. Good to see a nice mix of genre last night. I don't think I saw anyone I could've compared to The Have at all. Magnum Opus and TWGHT were my personal favourites just because they were completely out there.

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haha, alex you loser :p made my heart jump aye.
I reckon u dudes or sixth density were the best aye. i cant really say anything about anime... i would come off up myself :p

so scmash...you be in anime. I must say you guys were ace. Anime, Perury and sixth density were definately the pick of the night.
Scmash, you guys need to play a pub gig in town soon. Not exactly my type of music, but you guys are easily on a par with most of the kiwi bands around. You guys would kick the ass of many an older band.

Ah so blink, you made it to the RQ then? I hope it was by choice rather than the chase of the almighty photographer's dollar......?

I didn't shoot any of the regionals, i'll prob be shooting the finals, and one of the semi-finals, but I was also doing some research for a possible ALH article.

aye, hardout bro. thanx :D we will i think, after we have done all these task things we gotta do.

yes t.w.g.h.t. were rocking, watch out for them hitting your local dick smith store any time now. also looking for gigs to play any ideas? we know we can probly play the drill with ease, also a couple more groupies would be nice.

im new to this rockstar thing

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they mita been the best band there but you guys rocked hard out GO PERJURY!

fuck sam man our camera guy was so shit.he chopped and changed and we only ended up getting bout 2 minutes of footage all up.gay! i think we got more of u than we did of us :p i hope tht gig on friday is all gd tho.

........and wen the hell are they gonna update the coke site i want sum fotos! lol im crapping myself about the work ahead ay.but am interested as to which band will end up helping us out.meh! hah did ne one like my break-string-in-the-frist-5-seconds-of-the-song thing? lol :S