Battle of the Bands
Groups duke it out, rain or shine
By Emily Baker
Skiff Staff

The annual Battle of the Bands competition, sponsored by TCU’s programming council, took place on schedule Saturday despite rainy conditions.

Photos by David Dunai/STAFF REPORTER Voigt (above) and Blue Sidd Honey (below) were two of the ten bands who competed in Battle of the Bands Saturday.

The event, which was scheduled to take place outside the Student Center, was moved to the Student Center Ballroom.

Matt Jones, a sophomore marketing major and lead singer of the band Boss Ordinance, said he was at first upset with the rainy conditions.

“We woke up that morning bummed out thinking nobody was going to be there,” said Jones. “I think the fact that housing sign-up was that day (in the Student Center) brought a lot of people by.”

And apparently so. Boss Ordinance won the popular vote contest and a prize of $200. Aggressive Christine won the judges’ vote contest which carried a prize of $300.

“We were pretty surprised to win,” Jones said. “We hadn’t played together since January.”

Two of the Boss Ordinance band members live out-of-state and drove into town Friday morning. Jones said the group rehearsed Friday and Saturday morning before the contest.

“We were pretty excited because we don’t have a fan base here to speak of,” Jones said.

Other bands competing were Mystree, Poetics As Usual, Virtue, Weeding Jodie, Blue Sidd Honey, Voigt, Olio and River’s End.

Emily Baker
e.k.baker@student.tcu.edu

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