Smokefree RockQuest 2005 | |
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | September 22, 2005 |
Recorded | 2005 |
Genre | Rock |
Label | Warner Music |
Smokefree RockQuest 2005 is a compilation album featuring the finalists from the 2005 high school "battle of the bands" Rockquest held annually in New Zealand. This event was held in the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday 3 September 2005.
The judges of this years event were Anika Moa, Willy McAlistair from The Edge, Tania Deans from NZ on Air, Matt Headland from Warner Music and music producer Malcolm Welsford
The Electric Confectionaires won the 2005 Smokefreerockquest. Its members, from Auckland's Takapuna Grammar, - Haddon Smith (keyboard), Jaisi Sheehan (lead guitar and vocals), Rob Fenton (drums) and Calum Gunn (bass guitarist) - had been together only about three months.
Their prizes included:
Second place went to another North Shore band, Midnight Youth from Rangitoto College in Mairangi Bay, who received the Rockquest Promotions Best Song Award, worth $500.
Third place was The Legions of Sound from Wanganui High School.