Wild Rocket, made up of Byron Bay High School year 9 students, Zephyr Penhaligon-Breeze and Kai Akib, have taken out two awards.
They took first place in this year’s YouthRock competition in Sydney last weekend against eight other bands. YouthRock is an official event for NSW Youth Week 2024, highlighting talented teenage contemporary bands and songwriters. It is a joint operation between Belmore Boys High School, Youth Week, and YouthRock. The event attracted 36 bands in total this year from schools across NSW.
First prize
The first prize includes 3-5 days studio time to have a single produced and mastered by the Banton Brothers, a video clip produced by Mainstreet Studios, a professional photoshoot, a gig booked by the Harbour Agency and more.
In addition, the band have just heard that Wild Rocket have also jointly won the Boom Crash Rockstar competiton, also held in Sydney playing to a packed audience in Paddington RSL.
They will now receive a spot on a major festival main stage, with the possibility of signing a worldwide digital recording deal.
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