Saturday, April 11, 2009

The 2009 Local Buzz Rock Awards - RESULTS

Thanks to your support we were able to sell out the Rutledge and raise money and awareness for the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee!

Thanks go out to Toxic Entertainment, Gopher Entertainment Group, Diamond Sound Studios, The Grafix Lab and of course the Buzz for assisting with the event! Thank you to all our performers and everyone in attenance! It was a special night indeed!

We should have some great viral videos from Tony Stone's flip-cam as well as a ton of pictures posted on our website soon. Check back soon for more info!!!

THE COMPROMISE - performer


BEST GUITARIST:

Voodoo Prophet
Dead Air Radio
The Last Straw
Fist of the North Star
The Creeping Cruds
Mindset Defect

WINNER - Mindset Defect

BEST BASSIST:

Look What I Did
Former
The Compromise
Beautifully Crude
American Bang
Auto Vaughn

WINNER - Former

THE WORSTIES - performer

BEST PERCUSSIONIST:

Piranah
Dead Air Radio
Mindset Defect
Voodoo Prophet
Broken Frame
Framing Hanley

WINNER: Mindset Defect

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST:

Dacia for Atomic Blonde
Heather Jacks
Katie Kerkhover
Melissa Montgomery for Upside of Envy
Anna Worstie for The Worsties
Jen Halverson for Hip Kitty

WINNER: Katie Kerkhover

MICHAEL JAMES - performer

BEST MALE VOCALIST:

Nixon for Framing Hanley
Caleb Owens for The Becoming
Tyler Meritt for Broken Frame
Michael Ashley for Beautifully Crude
Michael James
Josh Baker for Ugene

WINNER: Josh Baker/Ugene

BEST ROOTS / AMERICANA / SINGER SONGWRITER:

The Last Straw
Michael James
Chris Hurt
Mellow Down Easy
Hollywood Cowboy
Shaky DeVille

WINNER: Michael James

VOODOO PROPHET - performer

BEST PUNK / HARDCORE / UNDERGROUND:

Fist of the North Star
Look What I Did
The Creeping Cruds
The Blacklist Royals
The Carry-ons
The Running

WINNER: The Blacklist Royals

BEST METAL:

Mindsplitter
Piranah
Error 51
Deadchain
Mindset Defect
Voodoo Prophet

WINNER: Voodoo Prophet

BROKEN FRAME - performer

BEST ROCK:

Halo Stereo
Former
Beautifully Crude
After Elvis
November
The Royce

WINNER: Former

BEST ALTERNATIVE / POP ROCK:

The Worsties
Mondo Primo
Shirock
The Compromise
Auto Vaughn
Safety Suit

WINNER: Safety Suit

TONIGHT’S SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE... THE BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUTS - performer

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Frank Sass, Sound Engineer

BEST NEW ARTIST:

Gone City
Lover’s Ball
The Worsties
Push Button Start
Manic Bloom
Kings In Pieces

WINNER: Manic Bloom

BEAUTIFULLY CRUDE - performer

SONG OF THE YEAR:

“For You” by Beautifully Crude
“Holding on to Nothing” by Lovers and Liars
“Butterflies” by Michael James
“Paint the Sky” by Mindset Defect
“Barely Breathe” by Broken Frame
“Tone Deaf” by The Worsties

WINNER: Michael James "Butterflies"

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

“It’s All About to Change” by Broken Frame
“The Ties That Bind” by Beautifully Crude
“2FNHot” by Mondo Primo
“Volume 1” by The Becoming
“And Nothing But The Truth” by Former
“The Invisible Man” by Halo Stereo

WINNER: “And Nothing But The Truth” by Former

ERROR 51 - peformer

LISTENERS CHOICE:

Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

WINNER: After Elvis

BAND OF THE YEAR:

Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

WINNER: Mindset Defect

KINGS IN PIECES - performing

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