Global Battle of the Bands Newsletter 2012/13 Vol 1: Newcastle, Warrnambool, Melbourne & Sydney
NEWCASTLE Interview with “New Black Shades’’ How did you find out about GBOB? From TV Musical influences? Red Hot Chilli Peppers, John Butler, ACDC
The first of the 2012 GBOB Heats fired up this year in Newcastle. The competition took place at the Great Northern Hotel where local bands gathered to show their musical skills. New Black Shades, the winners of the night, are a group of fresh talent worth keeping an eye out for! Tortoise Head Platoon put on a strong performance to take out second place.
What are you looking forward to from now? Playing and travelling How did you form and how long have you been together? Through friendship, and now we’ve been together as a band for 5 months. How did you find the local Heat? Fun! We enjoyed the experience!
Tortoise Head Platoon, 2nd place.
New Black Shades, winners of Newcastle.
Happy crowd at Newcastle.