Battle of the Bands 1996
The 1996 Battle of the Bands was run by Contact 89FM and held at the Wailing Bongo. The winners of each heat are denoted with an asterisk(*), and the bands are listed in the order they played.
Heat 1 - July 25
Usine
Captain Stubing
Gas*
Bleed
Heat 2 - August 1
Department of Corrections*
Trucker
Disjecta Membra
Psyclops
Heat 3 - August 8
Lizard
Grok*
100 Monkeys
The Lobes
Indie pop band 100 Monkeys were called Lure at the time of this performance. However, they changed their name by the final due to a Blackmetal band also called Lure competing in Heat 4
Heat 4 - August 15
The Greasers
The Poppets
Leithe*
Lure
Final - August 22
100 Monkeys
Leithe
Gas
Grok - FIRST
Trucker - SECOND
Department of Corrections - THIRD
Trucker and 100 Monkeys were wild card entries to the final.