Electric Heads wins Battle of the Bands

Published on 02 September 2025

Mount Alexander Shire Council is excited to announce the winner of Battle of the Bands 2025 is Electric Heads.

More than 220 people attended Battle of the Bands on Friday night at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal to watch six young bands and solo artists battle it out for the winning title.

The event gives young musicians aged 12-21 an opportunity to perform in a supportive and safe environment.

Hard rock group Electric Heads won the $500 first prize with all original, self-composed material.

The members are Fian Blundell on vocals and guitar, Cody Browne on electric guitar, Frankie Nixon on bass guitar and Tyrone Brown on drums.

After the winning announcement, the band was asked what they liked about the event:

“The energy and the atmosphere of the event was great. It’s so cool having a bunch of people in front of you jumping up and down, we had a really great crowd tonight.

“Seeing the headliner Elo and the Shinkicks play was really, really good, I’m very glad we weren’t competing against them, because they were great.

“But if you’re a band, don’t think that you can’t win, because you can always win. If you’re young, you should give it a go.”

Congratulations to the winners of Battle of the Bands 2025:

First prize: Electric Heads
Second prize: The Lexies
Third prize: Frieda Apolonia

Council would like to thank Theatre Royal for supporting the event.

The competition was organised by Council’s FReeZA Committee, Eight Metre Speaker. FReeZA is a Victorian Government funded program that supports music and cultural events run by, and for, young people aged 12-25 years. All events are fully supervised, accessible, and alcohol, drug and smoke free.

Photo thanks to Joseph Durham.