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Kihei and West Side Clowns
August 30, 2009 | 08:38 PM

First of all, this Battle of the Bands business is very relevant because it was the first stepping stone that any local act could've used to get their band to a bigger audience, which the Throwdowns are now doing. So it is very not boring. Ask some of the artists in the competition who were robbed of their chance of getting thier music out there and off of maui if they think the battle is old and boring. And i hate this notion that people were saying "oh she deserved it, she's been doing it for a long time"....blah, blah, blah, to me that just means if you're in your mid 30's and your still doing this and you haven't made it, you aren't gonna make it and you suck.

And as for JoJo. Yes he organized it by getting all the bands in there, but I know for a fact that people above him had this competition rigged for Erin Smith to win. Because how else can you explain how some high school kids out played her in the first round, yet the judges still gave it to her.

And to the imbecile that said the battle had mostly cover bands is completely incorrect. There was one cover band, Silky Ringo. All the rest were originals, as a matter of fact Erin Smith actually played a cover of the Strokes at the Battle and thought no one would notice.

I was very close to this competititon and they way things were put together points all fingers to the competition being rigged.

If you were there for all the shows, you know how this S**t went down.

Awright!