Band competition settled
Published: February 4 2016 at 11:10
This year's band competition is now settled! Norwegian sleaze rockers NITRAIN came in as number one, Swedish melodic hard rockers SAFFIRE secured second place, and American punk rock n rollers WARNER DRIVE ended up on spot number three! Besides these three winners, Sweden Rock's promotors have chosen to give this year's "wild card" to American BANDITOS, who deliver a fantastic mix of bluegrass, country, punk, southern rock, boogie rock n roll etc. Congratulations to all winning bands! We look forward to seeing you at Sweden Rock!
1. NITERAIN - NORWAY
2. SAFFIRE - SWEDEN
3. WARNER DRIVE - USA
Wild Card. BANDITOS - USA
FINAL RESULT:
1. NiteRain - Norway
2. Saffire - Sweden
3. Warner Drive - USA
4. Frontback - Sweden
5. Strangers - Spain
6. The Pete Flesh Deathtrip - Sweden
7. Reverse Grip - Canada
8. Banditos - USA
9. Friday Night Specials - Sweden
10. Sold My Soul - Poland h
11. Eleine - Sweden
12. Jolly Joker - Spain
13. With Heavy Hearts - Sweden
14. Permian Incident - Norway
15. Gaelbah - Spain
16. Mr. Riot - Italy
17. The Gloria Story - Sweden
18. Eden's Curse - UK
19. Blacksmith Legacy - Sweden h
20. Fearless - Sweden
21. Stone Brigade - Sweden
22. Fejd - Sweden
23. My Dear Addiction - Sweden
24. Emma Varg - Sweden
25. Forever Still - Denmark
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Published 19 April 2024 at 11:00
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Published 12 April 2024 at 11:39
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Published 11 April 2024 at 12:07
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Published 11 April 2024 at 09:26
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Published 5 April 2024 at 11:00
