The Global Battle of Bands 2010 World Finals @ KL Live Centre

I went to Global Battle of Bands (GBOB) at KL Live last weekend courtesy of Nuffnang for being the first 15 to comment on their web, “How will you spend the winning prize worth USD 100k”. For the very first time, GBOB final, was held in Malaysia. Contestants from 18 countries battle for the top honour as the World Champion!

First band to perform, last year champion from China- Rustic. They dressed like those typical chinese from the 70s with that “lion’ hair, tight pants and big shirts.

The unexpected winner- Dubtonic Crew representing Jamaica. Richer by USD100k which I assume they will use to buy weeds back in Jamaica.. lol..Try to link Jamaica with music and we will get reggae for sure. Dubtonic Crew is different from the rest. To my ears, they blended reggae and rock and we get “slow rock”. Are them a worthy champ? Well, from my opinion, there are some bands who perform better than Dubtonic Crew..Etc- The Tillegra Damned (Australia) and Voodoo Vanity (Norway).

One of the judges for the night is Kee Marcello. Marcello who? Heard of the song “Final Countdown” by Europe? Yes? Kee Marcello is the former guitarist for that band! He played “Final Countdown” at the end of the show!!

Bombers, our very own champion was the most supported band (expected). An energetic performance by them. One of the lead guitarists threw his guitar to the floor after their performance! Too high already or either overconfident that he will have money to buy a new one =p and he threw to the crowds who really fight for that guitar! Look at how many hands on the guitar!

Our friendly neighbor, Thailand was represented too- Luminasion. Their lead guitarist, Pop Worawit is one hell of a good shredder! His skills are awesome! We chatted a while after their performance, they are approachable and friendly. We will visit them when we visit Bangkok. Oh ya, mentioned about friendly..one of their member is very “friendly”@ hamsap.

One of my favorite band, The Tillegra Damned from Australia. I believe they deserved to be in Top 3. Sadly, one of their members took off his pant and shows everyone his nicely polished ass to deliver the message “Kiss My Ass” for disagreeing with the final decision. “Telan lah kekalahan anda dengan hati yang mulia”

I respect Bombers (Malaysia) in that. Though they lost but they didn’t act like a boy without his trousers. You know what I mean..I said that because when I approached them for photo after the show and congrats them..They whispered to me ‘Tak pe, akan cuba lagi’   Seriously, Itu aku tabik! Telan kekalahan dengan hati yang mulia!

Champions from other countries..The Amazing Insurance Salesman from China! What weird is..there are billions of musicians in China, but 2 “mat salleh” represented them!

We got rappers from Morocco- Nope. I love their song. They deserved to be in Top 4. The crowds sing along with them. I have no idea what they rap about but it is very nice to hear. Funny part- we won’t realize if they made a mistake in rapping.

We have Guns N’ Roses performing too!! Experienced from Belgium, they look like Guns N’ Roses!

Scaletta from England. Lead singer dressed like Snow White. One of the very few girls in this edition.

Then, the “green alien” @ Liltle Shrek from Urkraine – Magua. Thumbs up for Magua’s performance.

Prettiest band among all comes from Norway- Voodoo Vanity. Lead guitarist looks like a damn hot pretty girl. They can sing, they can play, they can make up..and They definitely ROCKZ!

Before the judges announced the winner, our local band “Hujan” performed. KL Live hamper hujan!

Congrats to all the champions from each countries..and Jamaica, not only good in athletic but they can rock as well. Dubtonic Crew- cheers!

Thanks Nuffnang for the tickets!