Bands on the Run

This article is about the VH1 reality television series. For the album by Wings, see Band on the Run.

Bands on the Run is an American reality competition television series which first aired on VH1 from April 2 to July 15, 2001. The show featured four unsigned bands competing for a prize package which included $50,000 in cash, $100,000 in musical equipment from Guitar Center, a showcase in front of recording executives, and a fully produced music video to be aired on VH1. In the season finale, it was revealed that the band Flickerstick won the competition.^[1]

Bands on the Run
Genre	Reality competition
Directed by	Kenny Hull Craig Borders Brendon Carter Mark Perez
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Dan Cutforth
Running time	42 minutes
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	April 2 (2001-04-02) – July 15, 2001 (2001-07-15)

Bands

Band Name	Home	Members	Genre
Flickerstick	Fort Worth	Cory Kreig (guitar/keyboards/vocals), Brandin Lea (vocals/guitar), Fletcher Lea (bass guitar), Rex Ewing (guitar/vocals), and Dominic Weir (drums/percussion).	Indie rock, alternative rock
Harlow	Los Angeles	Amanda Rootes (vocals/guitar), Chimene Gonzalez (bass guitar/vocals), Rayshele Teige (guitar/vocals), and Rebecca Gibb (drums/percussion).	Punk rock, goth rock
Josh Dodes Band	New York City	Josh Dodes (vocals/piano), Jo-Jo Moceri (drums/percussion), Daryl Wilkerson (bass guitar), Maiya Sykes (vocals), and Adrian Hartley (vocals).	Jazz fusion, pop rock
Soulcracker	San Diego	Beastie Ulery (vocals/trumpet), Sutton Althisar (vocals/guitar), A.P. Murray (bass guitar/vocals), Ramsey Fauset (guitar), and Bob Hamel (drums/percussion/vocals).	Alternative rock, powerpop

Format

Each band plays a gig in a selected city. The act that makes the most money from ticket and merchandise sales wins. They set the prices. They promote the shows. All they have to survive on are $20 a day per band member, gas and phone cards, and a hotel room.

— VH1, "Bands on the Run" Website

Episodes

Episode	Location	First Aired
1	San Francisco	2 April 2001
2	Chicago	8 April 2001
3	Chicago	15 April 2001
4	Cleveland	23 April 2001
5	Pittsburgh	30 April 2001
6	Columbus	6 May 2001
7	Columbus	13 May 2001
8	Nashville	20 May 2001
9	Memphis	28 May 2001
10	New Orleans	3 June 2001
11	Atlanta	10 June 2001
12	Atlanta	17 June 2001
13	Tampa	25 June 2001
14	Miami	1 July 2001
15	Miami	8 July 2001
16	Reunion Show	17 July 2001