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Phoenix band FA/KE was recently crowned the first regional winner in Harrah’s Operating Company’s and MTV Games’ landmark Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition. Having competed during a Rock Band Night at Harrah’s Rincon in San Diego, the native Arizona band won the chance to battle it out with other victorious, local gamers at the Western Regional competition hosted by Hip-Hop icon and MTV News Correspondent Sway Calloway on April 16th at Harrah’s Las Vegas where they nabbed the top slot.

Avid Rock Band fans since the game first debuted, FA/KE is made up of singer (and financial planner) Shawn Alan Murphy, 31, guitarist (and investment advisor) Luke Rosenberg, 29, bassist (and bartender) J-T Hallett, 30, and drummer (and engineer) Perry Thomas, 25. The band explains their winning strategy, “We analyzed what songs would score a lot of points and would make us look and sound cool playing. Then we practiced in theatres, bars, hotel rooms and homes so we would be comfortable in any space.” Of their Western Regional victory, FA/KE says, “It was an experience that we will never forget.”

FA/KE will join three other winning bands, one from each of the upcoming regional competitions across the country, in Atlantic City on May 8th to enter to compete for the championship title. The ultimate winning band will be given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open for the legendary B-52’s at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on May 9th and will win $10,000 in prize money, making this the richest Rock Band competition in history.

The Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition is seeing unprecedented participation. Nearly 600 bands have registered to take the stage to compete across the country, and 54,000 people have visited the competition’s web site, http://www.harrahs.com/rockband.

For more information and official rules on the competition, please visit http://www.harrahs.com/rockband.

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