battle of the bands

well we(lot55) went to colchester last night to compete. there was 3 bands but one of them pulled out coz the singer hurt her self some how??????? so that left the two bands. the other guys were from colchester and had a possey of people. family and friends. us there was ony us and richard wills dad. we played first, and i must say we did play quite well. the voteing was down to the audience, there were cards to fill out as to which band you liked, so whoever got the most votes went through. well the other band leigion severn finished and we all packed up our gear and waited for the result. of course it was on the cards that they would get through as it was thier home town and they had fans there to see them, and we had none. the result was read out by the judge and we went through!!!!!!! it then started kicking off a bit. fans of the other band were complaining to the judges about everything and it all got a bit heated. but at the end of the day the judge used his noggen and saw that we were the better band. they were most put out. but to be fair they wernt that professional. as the drummer forgot his snare stand and his cymbal stand. and they forgot a mike so i lent them mine, and kev lent them some drum hardware. they also coverd 1 song. they started the set in the wrong key and then started again. so they didnt have a very professional attitude to things really.

the voteing system i thought was a bit shit tho. coz you could have some crappy school kids band come down and play rubbish but go through if they brought loads of mates. didnt really make sence to me. you really need to have a panel who decides. the drummers dad was really trying to make a point of things. and i can understand why but its all a bit shit really. but hey were throughto the regional finals so that should be a fun.