Bodog Music Battle of the Bands Hits the Road to Find the Best Band in America
(PRWeb) January 26, 2007 -- Bodog Music's $1 Million Battle of the Bands has narrowed the field to 17 survivors culled from more than 7,000 entrants who signed up on the http://www.bodogmusic.com/ web site and participated in over 300 live battle concerts. Starting January 23, the 17 who remain will say "Cleveland Rocks" as the competition takes it on the road to the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where the final elimination tour and shooting of the Bodog Music Battle of the Bands reality show begins.
The tour manager for the Bodog Music Battle of the Bands will be noted KROQ DJ and Loveline host Stryker. Judges for the battles include legendary Sex Pistol John Lydon and Canadian Superstar Bif Naked. They will be joined on the road by an array of music notables who will test the competitors with challenges. The notables include: Bowling for Soup, members of Slipknot, the Exies, Avril Lavigne, the Barenaked Ladies, Steve Vai, Maxim model Julie Hinton and more.
As they visit six rocking cities -- Cleveland, Memphis, New Orleans, Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles -- on five plush Bodog tour buses, the bands will face a variety of ordeals and battles to finally decide which one is the best unsigned band in America and who wins the coveted million-dollar contract.
The 17 bands that will assemble in Cleveland range across all genres. Here are their names and the city from which each hails: The Mood (Atlanta), Ahimsa Sunrise (Washington, D.C.), Fall From Grace (Seattle), Fear Nuttin Band (Boston), Left 4 Dead (Chicago), Subversa (Houston), Ashmore (Dallas), The Desciples (Denver), Silverspork (Detroit), Blaxmyth (Los Angeles), Big Bang Radio (Miami), Leroy Smokes (Minneapolis), Idle Red (Phoenix), Strifer (San Francisco), BurnDown All Stars (Philadelphia), MuRdok (Tampa) and Live Society (New York).
Bodog.com Entertainment Founder Calvin Ayre noted, "The Bodog Music $1 Million Battle of the Bands has become even bigger than we imagined. It is so gratifying to have our contest become a force in independent music. The bands have been forced to the edge of their creativity in music and marketing and now the best will get to the next level in the finals on our reality TV show."
Film crews have been following every step closely in each city. This unique look into the Bodog Music $1 Million Battle of the Bands will take nationwide audiences front and center to the final rounds, where defeats, victories and personal triumphs will be documented.
The Bodog Music Battle of the Bands Elimination Tour will feature Battle Concerts across the U.S., starting in Cleveland on January 24 and Memphis on January 29.
About Bodog.com Entertainment
www.Bodog.com, with its head office located in the Caribbean nation of Antigua, is licensed in the United Kingdom and Kahnawake, Canada. Bodog.com Entertainment Founder Calvin Ayre, recognized as a world authority on branding in digital entertainment, was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's recent best-selling "Billionaires" issue. Bodog.com also has a thriving online community, which includes history-making World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jamie Gold (www.bodog.com/poker). Bodog.com Entertainment offers a host of entertainment services, including: online gaming (Bodog.com); an international record label (Bodog Music.com); a million-dollar band search competition (BodogBattleoftheBands.com); a publishing division (with an online magazine, BodogNation.com, and blog, BodogBeat.com); an events department renowned for producing parties that are stunning, chic and celebrity-filled; and an international television production division, which produces reality television series, such as BodogFight (BodogFight.com) and Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker (BodogTV). For more information, contact Media Relations at 1-866-892-3371. BODOG is a registered trademark of Bodog.com Entertainment Group.
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