The 6th Annual Arizona Daily Star Battle of the Bands On Feb. 20, 2009, six Southern Arizona high school bands competed at the Rialto Theatre in the Battle of the Bands. Click the links below to listen to each band's live performance. • We Draw the Tide • Steff Koeppen • The Kingsfoil • Soñar • Monterey • Idella The winner of the 2009 Arizona Daily Star Battle of the Bands, Monterey, spent Feb. 21, 2009 on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus recording a song and shooting a music video. Video: A behind-the-scenes look at Monterey on the bus Audio: Listen to 'Picardy's Turd' Story: Hanging with Monterey Video: 'Picardy's Turd' On Feb. 20, 2009, Idella won the Text Message Vote contest at the 2009 Battle of the Bands held at Rialto Theatre in Downtown Tucson. Watch highlights of their set Get all the information you need on the 2009 Battle of the Bands by reading the AZNightBuzz blog - The Battle Plan. The six finalists in the Arizona Daily Star Battle of the Bands took to the stage at Club Congress on Jan. 18, 2009 as a warm-up for the big show on Feb. 20. Video: Click here to watch highlights More video: • Monterey • Soñar • We Draw the Tide • Idella • The Kingsfoil • Steff Koeppen 16 Southern Arizona schools are represented in this year's Battle. Click on a band's name for more: Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind » Out of Sight Catalina Foothills High School » Bennu » Fatal Affiliation » Manic After Hours » The Opposables » Regular Dinosaur » We Draw the Tide Catalina Magnet High School » Winged Cienega High School » Legit Serious Coronado Middle School » Shreduction Desert View High School » Living with Insanity Empire High School » Carmine's Spider Green Fields Country Day School » Soñar Marana High School » Circles for Idiots » Idella » Steff Koeppen Mountain View High School » The Midnight Ramblers Nogales High School » Midway Sahuarita High School » Heroes at Hand St. Gregory College Preparatory School » Sawyer Salpointe Catholic High School » Call Me Ishmael » Chubbish Rubbish » They Talk » Those One Tucson High School » Del Bosska » High Fives for Wexler » Kings of Arziona » Monterey University High School » Effin' Friends » Evil Fudd » Icipher » The Kingsfoil » James Mills » The Shkanks • Coverage of the 2008 contest • Coverage of the 2007 contest • Coverage of the 2006 contest • Coverage of the 2005 contest • Coverage of the 2004 contest

First place: Monterey

Second place: Idella

Third place: Steff Koeppen

Popular Choice winner: We Draw the Tide

Live Text Vote winner: Idella

Members of the band Monterey took home top honors at the Arizona Daily Star's Battle of the Bands on Friday night, Feb. 20.

The eight-piece group, made up of teens from Tucson High Magnet School, won over a packed crowd of peers, parents and judges to receive, among other things, an appearance on KXCI (91.3-FM), a time slot at the 2009 Solar Rock festival at Himmel Park in March, and a professional recording session on board the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.

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More on the finalists:
• Idella
• The Kingsfoil
• Monterey
• Soñar
• Steff Koeppen
• We Draw the Tide

Also:
• Judges bring lots of experience
• Battle host Robert Shaw shakes it up
• The five previous champs
• Download a PDF of the Caliente cover

Listen to the six finalists:

• Idella
• The Kingsfoil
• Monterey
• Soñar
• Steff Koeppen
• We Draw the Tide

Listen to all 34 bands that entered:

Click each band's name below to listen to their
music and to learn more about them.

Band name: Bennu
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: Call Me Ishmael
School: Salpointe Catholic High School

Band name: Carmine's Spider
School: Empire High School

Band name: Chubbish Rubbish
School: Salpointe Catholic High School

Band name: Circles for Idiots
School: Marana High School

Band name: Del Bosska
School: Tucson High Magnet School

Band name: Effin' Friends
School: University High School

Band name: Evil Fudd
School: University High School

Band name: Fatal Affiliation
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: Heroes at Hand
School: Sahuarita High School

Band name: High Fives for Wexler
School: Tucson High Magnet School

Band name: Icipher
School: University High School

Band name: Idella
School: Marana High School

Band name: The Kingsfoil
School: University High School

Band name: Kings of Arizona
School: Tucson High School

Band name: Steff Koeppen
School: Marana High School

Band name: Legit Serious
School: Cienega High School

Band name: Living with Insanity
School: Desert View High School

Band name: Manic After Hours
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: The Midnight Ramblers
School: Mountain View High School

Band name: Midway
School: Nogales High School

Band name: James Mills
School: University High School

Band name: Monterey
School: Tucson High School

Band name: The Opposables
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: Out of Sight
School: Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind

Band name: Regular Dinosaur
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: Sawyer
School: St. Gregory College Preparatory School

Band name: The Shkanks
School: University High School

Band name: Shreduction
School: Coronado Middle School

Band name: Soñar
School: Green Fields Country Day School

Band name: They Talk
School: Salpointe Catholic High School

Band name: Those One
School: Salpointe Catholic High School

Band name: We Draw the Tide
School: Catalina Foothills High School

Band name: Winged
School: Catalina Magnet High School