Facts and Figures

School with Most Bands Entered in a Single Year

Canterbury Boys High – 6 Bands         (Teacher: Matthew Nicholls)

School with Most Consecutive Years of Entries

Erina High (8 Years)        2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Warners Bay High  (7 Years)        2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Canterbury Boys High (5 Years)                 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Schools who have entered the Most Number of Years (8 or more)

Warners Bay High  (16 Years)    1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024

Rose Bay Secondary College (14 Years)      2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024

Duval High / Armidale High (12 years)     2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023

Erina High (9 Years)        2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015

Belmore Boys High (8 Years)               1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2019

Bands Travelling the Furthest (more than 700km)

Obessed – Coomealla High (1997)    approx.  1000km

Da Manager – Kingscliff High (2023, 2024)    approx. 810km

Melizma – Barham High (2004)   approx.. 770km

Pure Rust – Bourke High (1996)    approx. 750km

The Quick – Casino High (209)     approx.. 715km

Keep Left – Casino High (209)     approx.. 715km

Band with Most Consecutive Years of Entries (3 or more)

Minotaur – All Saints Casula  (3)            1991, 1992, 1993      

Absent – Cranbrook School (4)          2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 

Exploding Daisies – Maroubra High (3)          1989, 1990, 1991

Metal Fatigue – Balmain High (3)            1990, 1991, 1992

Cytosis – Keira High (3)         2022, 2023, 2024

Elliot Road – Lucas Heights Community School (3)         2017, 2018, 2019

Leaf – Moruya High (3)         1996, 1997, 1998

Haley Warner Bands (4) – Lucas Heights Community School:   Cloud 9 (2005), Cloud 9 (2006), Cloud 9 (2007), Bleached Academy (2008, 2009)

98% Uncertain – Winmalee High (3)     2006,  2007,  2008

Something In Common – Erina High (3)     2005, 2006, 2007

Defiant Sound – Winmalee High (3)     2011, 2012, 2013

Salute To Sundown – Duval High (3)     2011, 2012, 2013

Mercify – Warners Bay High (3)          2008, 2009, 2010

Schools with Most Bands entered into YouthRock  (7 or more)

Warners Bay High: 24

Karnage (1995), Emulate (1995, 1996), Crossfire (1997), Extortion (2002), Once Were Tadpoles (2002, 2003), Whoopachang (2005), Sky Falls on Felix (2005),  The Chestnuts (2009, 2010), Halyard (2009, 2010), Castover (2010), Black Jack(2010), God Stoned Crows (2010), The Social Scene (2011), Yorston St (2011), The Episets (2012), September Chase (2012), Days Diminished (2012), The Dalliants (2013), Codi Kaye and the Unappreciated (2014), Vendetta (2015),  Never Odd Or Even (2015), Shade (2015), Puerile (2022, 2023), Industry Plant (2023, 2024)

Duval High / Armidale High: 22  

Deffective (2003), TFD (2004), Stolen Sanity (2006), Stolen Sanity (2007), Readimade (2009), The Reck (2009), The Stowaways (2010), Aftershock (2010), Unit 15 (2010), Salute To Sundown (2011, 2012, 2013), Wintershadow (2011), Blessed Agony (2011), Fresh Nelson (2011, 2012), SeveneveS (2012), Earth 2 Mars (2012), Contour (2012), I Took The Crown (2013), Hazel Bair (2013), Take 2 (2014), Olympian (2014), The Window (2014), Bohemia (2015), nobodyReally (2022), Archie Todd (2023)

Rose Bay Secondary College: 17 

Troll Cookies (2003), Striptank (2004), 690 (2005), Pseudotrandisestablishmentarianist (2005), Creep (2006), The Strays (2007), Barracuda Level (2008), The Scholars (2012), Gone Electric (2013, 2014, 2015), The Citizens (2013, 2014, 2015), The Dawsons (2014), Haze Trio (2016), Dirty Sherbet (2018), Malakyte (2018), Hot Heads (2018), Lion Victories (2022), Mess (2022), Opus (2024)

Canterbury Boys: 16      

Unknown (1988), Background Noise (1989), Carutherears(1989), Euphoria (1989), Teen (1989), 3 D’Arrigos(1990), Dead Erections (1990), Death or Glory(1990), One (1990), Pluto (1990), Euphoria (1990), Natas (1991), Heartland (1991), Sevil Natas (1992), Denial (1995), Stooged (1996)

Belmore Boys: 13  

Foreign Accent (1988), Tech Noir (1988), Purple Valiants (1988), Wize Move (1989), Sons of the Purple Valiants (1989), Orpheus (1990), Wize Move (1990), Smoove (1995), Colour Blind (1996), Peakhour (1997), The Majestics (2000), Samoana Soul (2001), Forever Young (2019)

Erina High: 13

Last Forgotten Wish (2005), Red Pandora (2007), Something In Common (2005, 2006, 2007), Lost But Found (2008), Black Phoenix (2009), Patro (2009), First Aid Emergency (2010); Oleander (2010), Valley of Kings (2011, 2012), The Rest (2011, Roman IV (2011), Almost Famous (2012), Loose Connections (2015)

Balmain High / SSC Balmain Campus: 10

Demonic Possession (1989), We’re It (1989), Slim La Beef and the Spare Ribs (1990), Metal Fatigue (1990, 1991, 1992), Red Baron (1992), The Cheeks (1992), Magic Lisa (1995), Ad Nauseum (1998), Who’s Fred (2003), Lapidated (2004)

Winmalee High: 10

Just A State (2004), Hungry Fish (2006), Jacks Beanstalkin (2006), 98% Uncertain (2006, 2007, 2008), Sleep Intense (2009), Brotherfunk (2010), Defiant Sound (2011, 2012, 2013), The Metrics (2013), Merlin Twist (2013), Penny Dreadful (2017)

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts: 10  

Aneggnart (1996), Green Lounge (1997), Infringement (1998), Gerald? (2001), Blue Lotus (2003), Funkatronic (2007), The Fontaynes (2009), shanghai taxis (2012), The Lazy Eyes(2017), Hill (2018, 2019)

Elizabeth Macarthur High: 9  

Essence (1993), Honeyness (1994), Armageddon (1994), Bomb Head (1995),Shiva (1995),  Chaotic Realm (1995, 1996), Melchizadeck (2001), Deka (2003), Due Back Wednesday (2006)

Lucas Heights Community School: 9 

Parasite (1998), Lost Citizen (2003), Cloud 9 (2005, 2006), Bleached Academy (2008), Pointless Suffering (2011), Truth or Tragedy (2012), Elliot Road (2017, 2018, 2019), 57 Minutes (2016), Dolor (2022, 2023)

Keira High: 7   

Vendetta (1992), Self Titled (2003), Third Departure (2015), OK Hotel (2016),  Floodway (2019), Cytosis (2022, 2023, 2024), Shakamoto (2023)

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts: 7

Zach Gervaise and the Maze (2010); The Maze (2011), Blueberry Circuit (2012), Finding Light (2017), Spit Chewy (2018), Pipoltr (2023, 2024), Empure (2024)