It's a Thursday night. A great night for the finals that'll see the one band win the first ever Hard Rock Battle of the Bands Singapore, and move on to a worldwide online competition, before they chance to win a spot on stage at Hard Rock Calling, where they'll get to rock thousands of screaming fans, in London, plus a round-trip ticket, three nights in a first-class hotel, and a generous amount of spending cash.
I arrived right about when the last of the 6 bands began their performance. The floor was packed with fans and their respective friends. 
And sure enough it was a brave performance... helped on by Jagermeister shots at the bar.
Meanwhile, live commercial rock tunes played on-stage.
Before long, the inevitable question had to be asked. "What's special on tap?"
Kronenbourg Blanc. A fruity, draught wheat/white beer, with slight hints (expected of wheat beers) of orange peel, coriander and vanilla, but well hidden, and not as citrusy as a Hoegaarden.
It's French.
Meanwhile, the bar was getting really busy...
Everyone, including the Jim Beam girls, were eagerly waiting for the judges to return with the final results.
After half an hour of deliberation, the judging panel announced the winner of the first ever Hard Rock Battle of the Bands Singapore 2011 – B.A.R.B. (short for BayAreaRocBlasta), a creative and talented local band which plays different genres including reggae, rap and rock.
And that's that. Now where did John go?
Somebody needs to tell Steve we've found the 'old lady' he left behind over 13 years ago.
But nobody's listening huh?
Good night, Hard Rock.
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