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In the four weeks since playing the third preliminary round of the competition, Executive Smack, an indie band made up of Lewis & Clark High kids, had to find a new drummer and write a new set. They didn't feel right about calling themselves Executive Smack in the finals so they changed their name to Lazurwuulf (obviously) and dubbed themselves techno.

Whatever they did — the spontaneity, the heavy German name, the 100 or so glow sticks they threw to the crowd — was right: The group edged out Yukon the Archer by 10 votes when all was said and done. According to Dale Strom, it's the first time a wild card band has won.

Strom echoes the sentiment of RAWK president Dave Crume printed in last week's Inlander in regards to future plans for the competition: "As you may have heard, the RAWK board has not committed to doing the RAWK Final Four in the future, so only time will tell."