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Posted win 2017 JCC Battle of the Bands
Nine bands rocked the Sam Pomeranz
Jewish Community Center for four-anda-half
hours Saturday night, January 14.
This 15th annual high school Battle of the
Bands concert drew a crowd of over 300 to
the JCC Neulander Family Sports & Fitness
Center’s Schayes Family Gymnasium
where the many up-and-coming musicians
played a wide range of musical styles. The
fans grooved and ate it all up. In the end,
returning classic rock band Posted from
Marcellus Sr. High School rose to the top
and was crowned this year’s winner.
Along with bragging rights, Posted
received a $200 cash prize, eight hours
of studio time at More Sound Recording
Studio in Syracuse, an interview segment
on 95X radio’s Locals Only show, an
opening act slot for an upcoming show at
The Lost Horizon and the headline slot
at this summer’s Contact Community
Services’ TeenFest event.
“This has truly been a milestone
Battle of the Bands concert,” said Mick
Hagan, JCC’s director of children and teen
services. “For 15 years we’ve been bringing
local high school musicians together to
showcase their talents and make them rock
stars for an evening.
It’s so awesome that
we’ve been able to
grow this thing into
Central New York’s
biggest battle of the
bands competition
exclusively for high
school musicians.
I’m so impressed
by the bands that
played this year and
how successful our
Battle of the Bands
event has become.”
The hard
rocking Posted is
no stranger to the
Battle of the Bands. They were tied for
third in last year’s show. This year the fivemember
group came out swinging with a
boat load of confidence and enthusiasm. It
was like they had something to prove. And
they did indeed prove that they were up
to the task. Playing a high-energy set that
included both originals and some cover
The JCC’s Mick Hagan (far left), director of children
and teen services, is pictured with 2017 Battle of the
Bands winner Posted after awarding their $200 prize.
The band’s members, from left, are Dan Wrona,
guitar; Nate Murphy, lead vocals; Sam Hayduke,
percussion; Riley Burns, bass; and Josh Winoski,
percussion.
songs, Posted
delighted their
large and vocal
fan contingent.
In fact, they
brought out
more fans than
any other band.
“We’d
like to thank
the JCC for
putting on
this awesome
event,” said
Posted’s lead
singer Nate
Murphy. “It’s
so great how
they pull all of
this together and give high school bands a
chance to play out. It was so incredible to
be here with so many good bands.”
The other members of Posted are
Dan Wrona, lead guitar; Josh Winoski,
percussion; Riley Burns, bass guitar; and
Sam Hayduke, percussion. They’ve been
playing together for about four years.
They describe their musical style as classic
rock influenced
by jazz, fusion,
progressive rock
and funk. Some
of the bands that
have influenced
them include Rush,
Phish, Steeley Dan
and Led Zeppelin.
“We think that
this is such a cool
event and we were
Rock band Posted from Marcellus High School won the JCC’s Battle of the Bands
competition on Saturday, Jan. 14. The concert, held at the JCC, featured nine high
school bands from across Central New York. Pictured, from left, are Posted members
Josh Winoski, percussion; Dan Wrona, lead guitar; Nate Murphy, lead vocals; and Riley
Burns, bass guitar. Not pictured is Sam Hayduke, percussion.
so glad to be a part
of it twice,” said
Posted guitarist
Dan Wrona. “A
great event to get
people out to see
and support local live music, and for us to
meet more people like ourselves.”
The other bands that battled it out with
Posted this year were White Moorman
from Fayetteville-Manlius High School;
XLATERALS from East Syracuse Minoa
Central High School; Summer School
Valedictorian from Liverpool High
School; Band2oh9 from Marcellus; Vivid
Recall from Christian Brothers Academy,
Liverpool and Baker High School
(Baldwinsville); Decent from Lafayette
Junior-Senior High School; Final Velocity
from Baldwinsville; and The Mutants from
F-M, Jamesville-DeWitt High School and
Baldwinsville. Coming in second place was
Vivid Recall and third was XLATERALS.
Judges for the 2017 Battle of the
Bands were Scott Dixon (dXn), 95X radio
personality; Bob Staffa (B.O.B), 95X radio
personality; and Garrit Peck and Max
Marcy from last year’s winning band The
Cuddlefish.
This year’s Battle of the Bands was
sponsored by More Sound Recording
Studio, 95X, Pepsi and Contact
Community Services. For every high
school student admission, the JCC donated
$1 to his or her school district’s music
department.
For more information about the Battle
of the Bands, contact Mick Hagan at 315-
445-2040, ext. 129, or mhagan@jccsyr.org.
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