MNSka would like to congratulate the Secondhand Ska Kings and Dred I Dread for making it to the semifinals of the Fox 9 Battle of the Bands 3!  This puts them in the top 15 bands in the competition.  There are 5 rounds of voting, the first of which has already begun.  At the end of each round, the bottom 2 vote-getters will be eliminated from the competition until 5 finalists remain.

MNSka is proud to be represented by these bands and needs you all to start voting for them!  You can vote once per hour, meaning it is possible to vote 24 times a day!  We understand you all have lives, but show your support and let’s see if we can get a little ska and reggae in the finale event on August 6th at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN.

You can vote for Secondhand Ska Kings and Dred I Dread HERE.

FOX 9 (Mpls – St. Paul) is hosting its 3rd annual Battle of the Bands!  Click on the banner above to register your band.  REGISTER NOW, your entry form must be received by 11:59 pm on June 14th, 2009.  The finals will be held at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN on August 6th.

Last year, MNSka band Sajak made it to the Finals at the Fine Line.  Let’s see if we can get some more ska bands to enter and show the Twin Cities the level of talent here at MNSka!

Copycats Media is one of the competition’s sponsors and will be providing a full CD replication package (design and mastering included) for the winner and download cards for the runner up.  There’s also a bunch of other cool prizes, like recording studio time, merchandise from Twin Town Guitars, and absurd gift certificates from Border Foods (Free Pizza Hut for a year, $500 @ Taco Bell, $250 @ Sonic).

More information regarding the contest can be found at Copycats Media and at FOX 9.

MNSka would like to thank Chris from Copycats Media for submitting this story!