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The 1997 Battle of the Bands was run by Contact 89FM and held at the Wailing Bongo. Bands are listed in the order they played, with the winners of each heat denoted with an asterisk(*).
Heat 1 - July 26
Vinegarlil
Mystery Machine
Tobermorie*
Datura
Heat 2 - August 2
Billy Peach
Trinket
The Nerve*
The Lobes
Heat 3 - August 9
Negative Eh
Mindless*
Kingsdolm
Mobile Stud Unit*
Heat 4 - August 16
Hollow Grinders*
other details unknown
Final - August 23
Mobile Stud Unit
The Hollow Grinders
Mindless
Tobermorie - SECOND
The Nerve - FIRST
Trinket - THIRD
In heat 3, MSU and Mindless were deemed first equal. Trinket gained the wild card to the final