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Smokehead
Joins The Search For The UK’s Greatest
Unsigned Rock Band With The Marshall
Ultimate Band Contest.
Smokehead Whisky, in association with
Marshall and Lick Library, is sponsoring
the greatest unsigned rock band battle
of all time, with the most coveted prize
in the music industry: The Marshall
Ultimate Band Contest (UBC).
Launched on 1 October in partnership
with rock ‘n’ roll’s spirit of choice,
Smokehead Whisky, the Marshall UBC is
calling all rock gods in-the-making to
get online and submit their music video.
Not only will the winning band receive
an amazing set of prizes, their music
will be heard by top music industry
insiders and influencers, receiving the
honour of a Marshall endorsement for one
year.
A full endorsement for guitar and bass
players from Marshall Amplification is
sought after by all the top artists
around the world. Bestowed on the likes
of Slash and Jimi Hendrix, in the past
the only way to get the endorsement was
to already be signed and making waves
within the music industry.
Not only will the winning band have full
Marshall artist support and loan of gear
for a year, they will also win a
fantastic bands’ worth of Marshall amps
including a bass stack and guitar stack.
The prize also includes Smokehead
Whisky, the powerful Islay Single Malt
which has become the drink of choice at
rock events including the Classic Rock
Roll of Honour Awards and High Voltage
Festival; a four-track demo re-master
courtesy of Metropolis Studios;
Licklibrary DVDs and Classic Rock
magazine will put a track from the
winning band on a classic rock
covermount CD.
Entry is simple and free. Bands need to
register with the website, uploading
their own YouTube video of original
music to www.marshallubc.com. The top 20
groups with the most votes will then go
through to the second round, where five
bands will be selected to compete in the
final before Christmas at Marshall HQ in
Milton Keynes, performing live in front
of an audience and respected industry
judges.
Paul Marshall, Artist and Customer
Liaison Manager of Marshall
Amplification said: “The aim of the
Marshall UBC is simply to find the best
unsigned band out there and give them a
shot. We have brought together some huge
music-obsessed sponsors in Smokehead,
Classic Rock Magazine, Lick Library and
Metropolis, all passionate and committed
to supporting and promoting some of the
best raw talent that the UK has to
offer. Entries have just opened and
already the standard is immense.”
Iain Weir, Marketing Director of Ian
Macleod Distillers, brand owners of
Smokehead Whisky said: As a powerful,
peaty Islay Single Malt, Smokehead is
irreverent, powerful and not for the
faint-hearted - the perfect mix to
become a true rock brand. We are
honoured to be involved and working with
the iconic Marshall Amplification on
this exciting project. Through the
Ultimate Band Contest, our work with
Classic Rock Magazine and High Voltage
Festival, we are cementing Smokehead’s
reputation and its synergy with the rock
world.”
For more details, rules of entry and to
enter see www.marshallubc.com or
www.facebook.com/MarshallUBC
Closing date for entries to Marshall UBC
is 15/11/10
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