Okehampton Battle of the Bands is the South West's premier Battle of the Bands competition boasting a 13 year pedigree. We welcome applications from acts of all ages and covering all musical genres. There are only two main rules - no signed acts and no tribute bands and every year the event gets bigger and better as it reaches a wider audience.
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Okehampton Battle of the Bands and The Party in the Park is a community event organised by volunteers on a not for profit basis.
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This 4 piece, rock, metal, prog, indie, rock 'n' roll band are from Exeter and mention influences such as Tool, Faith No More, Lamb Of God, Pink Floyd, Deftones, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Isis & Clutch.
All the way from Brighton, these 3 guys say the are influenced by Muse, Radiohead & Placebo.
An ensemble of 8 musicians describing themselves as Victorian era music hall crossed with classical.
A five piece energetic rock band that take influence from Priestess, ZZ Top, Foo Fighters, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster & Velvet Revolver.
Solo acoustic artist hailing from Okehampton. He takes his influences from Ed Sheeran, Jamie T, The Wombats, Jake Bugg.
This Progressive Folk Rock foursome take their influences from the likes of Pink Floyd, All About Eve, Marillion, Jeff Buckley.
A 3 piece indie/punk band from Launceston they list their influences as Paramore & Don Broco.
An 8 piece Rock-Taiko fusion band from Okehampton.
This 4 piece rock band from Tavistock mention influences such as AC/DC, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix & Pearl Jam.
Pirate tinged punk, songs about rum!
Exeter's Out of Enemies will be bringing us some heavy this year, they mention influences such as Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Lamb of God & 36 Crazyfists.
They are a young, energetic Garage Rock band. Influences come from: Nirvana, Arctic monkeys, blink 182, fidlar, & The Beatles etc.
A 5 piece Indie/Electro/Punk band from Plymouth, who mention influences such as Weezer, Blue, The Clash, Metric.
A melodic metal/rock band from Plymouth, influences such as: Alter Bridge, Soundgarden, Metallica, In Flames, Queens of the Stone Age & Tool.
These Plymouth boys bring a varied mix of influences into a straight up energetic rock show.
Their songs are populated by a cast of gothic fairy tale characters including Rapunzel and a dead poet.
This Blues-Rock duo take influences from The White Stripes, Drenge & Black Keys.