Here are the 20 bands selected to compete at the 3rd Annual High School Battle of the Bands May 9 and 10 at Sleeptrain Pavilion in Concord. Check our site next week to hear their demo songs and find out more about these young musicians. The best 10 will go to the finals May 17. Bands will be selling tickets or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

These bands will perform on May 9:

Funky Bus & the U-Turns, R&B/Funk/Blues (Berkeley)
Dripsound Rock/ Experimental (De La Salle)
Stereo Divine Alt Rock (Las Lomas)
Dissimulated Metal (Heritage)
Budapeg Alt/ Experimental (Vacaville)
Fish For Spliffs Pop/ Rock/ Reggae/ Punk (Miramonte)
The Mark Reovos Progressive (Vallejo)
Skamikaze Pilots Ska/ Punk (Amador Valley)
Avery Mast Folk Rock/ Acoustic (Livermore)
Vintage Prose Alt/ Punk (John Swett)

These bands will perform May 10
Crimes Of Passion Rock/ Metal/Punk/Alt (Lynbrook)
Watson 387 Rock/ Pop (De La Salle)
The Thirst Busters Pop/ Rock (Berkeley)
The Pinstripe Rebellion Alt Rock (Acalanes)
J.C.P. Psychedelic Rock (Las Lomas)
Matchless Overthrow Thrash Metal (John Swett)
Break The Light Aternative Acoustic (Las Lomas)
To Whom It May Concern Screamo/Hardcore (Clayton Valley)
Killit Thrash Metal (College Park)

And a special shout out to the alternate band, which will perform if one of the Top 20 drops out: Las Lomas middle school band: Less than Clever Pop/ Alt/ Rock