2009 Battle of the Bands
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
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