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KUALA LUMPUR: Punk rock band Y2K rocked their way to the tune of RM50,000 when they were pronounced champion of The Global Battle of the Bands (GBOB) Challenge Malaysia last night.

The finals took place at the packed Club C18 in front of a prestigious judging panel comprising Ali Bakar, Zamani Ibrahim and Sarwanie Ahmad, Life Records production and promotion executive Ismail Ali and ROTTW publisher and managing editor Mohd Rom Mohd Noor.

With this win, the three-piece outfit from Kuala Lumpur, who were masked, also won a recording contract with Life Records and a trip to London as the official Malaysian representative.

They will compete with 37 of the world's best bands in a three-day music festival, The Global Battle of the Bands or The GBOB Challenge, to be held in London, England on Dec 4.

During the finals last night, Y2K, which comprises Khairil Mokhzani Bahar aka Monsieur Poubelle (bass/vocals), Paul Naquiddin Mohd aka The Naq (drums) and Saiful Azlan Freezailah aka Hermano Grande (guitar/vocals) beat five other equally talented bands.
They performed their self-composed piece Lara, a Malay and English number, and From A Distance.

Dynamism, great skills, good tunes, snappy lyrics and a tight performance clinched them the win.

"We were just having fun on the stage. If we didn't, we were not doing it right," Khairil said. He was excited about the GBOB Challenge in London. "We hope to put in a very good performance there."

Go International Group is proud to be associated as event organiser and co-sponsor of Global Battle of the Bands, Malaysia. The group organises Doppelganger Open Mic - A Go Community Project and has been actively organising gigs and events in the Klang Valley since 2002. Founder and host Jasmine Low continues to put together shows to unearth local bands, singer songwriters and poets. For further details, contact us at: openmickl@gmail.com.