History Main / BattleOfTheBands

Compare DanceOff. In some cases characters may enter to win the attention of a LoveInterest, in which case this trope overlaps with ArtistsAreAttractive.

* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingBattleOfTheBands'', as the title suggests, has ComicBook/GhostSpider's band The [=MJs=] entering one, although the story ends with their performance, so we don't learn who actually won. But their main rival, [[ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} Screaming Mimi]], had already been defeated in regular battle and missed the contest altogether.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* A major part of the world of ''Webcomic/Nova44''

* In ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Star-James-Lincoln-Collier/dp/0590072064 Rock Star]]'' the protagonist's band gets into a nationwide Battle of the Bands, but the protagonist himself is grounded from playing because he's failing math. When his replacement gets injured he does it anyway and the band wins, which leads to him running away from home to become a rock star. [[AnAesop It doesn't work out]].
%%* The Creator/GraemeBase book ''The Worst Band in the Universe''.

* MTV Brazil had a game show, ''Covernation'', featuring a duel between two cover bands, with contests ranging from knowledge (quizzes on the original artist, identify songs from short snippets on the piano) and ability (playing a song from the other band with just a tab, the final [[GoldenSnitch and decisive]] duel between two instruments) to just plain whimsical (VolleyingInsults between bands, the singer trying to enter on his cue in spite of fans delaying him).

-->-- '''[[EnthrallingSiren Adagio Dazzle]]''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''

* MTV Brazil had a show, ''Covernation'', featuring a duel between two cover bands, with contests ranging from knowledge (quizzes on the original artist, identify songs from short snippets on the piano) and ability (playing a song from the other band with just a tab, the final [[GoldenSnitch and decisive]] duel between two instruments) to just plain whimsical (VolleyingInsults between bands, the singer trying to enter on his cue in spite of fans delaying him).

->''"So the Rainbooms want to turn this into a real Battle of the Bands? Then let's'' battle!"

* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingBattleOfTheBands'', as the title suggests, has Comicbook/GhostSpider's band The [=MJs=] entering one, although the story ends with their performance, so we don't learn who actually won. But their main rival, [[Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Screaming Mimi]], had already been defeated in regular battle and missed the contest altogether.

* Music/TheHappyFits: The video for [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIV5A-Sj_Q “Hold Me Down”]] takes place at a battle of the bands, with the band playing every single group of competitors.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' episode "Battle Of The Bands" had the titular duo enter said competition with Cat playing guitar and Dog playing the drums. However, due to Cat's insistence that they play really, really soft, they were nearly booed out of the competition, until the Greases showed up, having mistaken the competition for an actual battle, which results in [=CatDog=] finally winning the Battle of the Bands.

* ''Film/{{Crossroads}}'' climaxes with a [[SeriousBusiness high-stakes]] guitar duel between Eugene and Jack Butler (real life guitar god Music/SteveVai), the latter of whom made a DealWithTheDevil and now works for him.

-->-- '''Adagio Dazzle''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''

* Season 2 of ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' has a storyline revolving around the various teams gearing up for a "Battle of the Bands", each of them decking themselves out in band apparel and instruments. The villains decide to get in on this with their own band, only to realize too late that this was [[spoiler:a literal ''Battle'' of the Bands. Despite using instruments and dressing as musicians, the various teams compete not in music, but in combat. All of their instruments have hidden weapon capabilities. Except the villains, the only ones who showed up with ''actual musical instruments'', and get pounded as a result.]]

* ''Franchise/MarvelRising: Battle of the Bands'', as the title suggests, has Comicbook/GhostSpider's band The [=MJs=] entering one, although the story ends with their performance, so we don't learn who actually won. But their main rival, [[Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Screaming Mimi]], had already been defeated in regular battle and missed the contest altogether.