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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

JonesWorld tonight at Limelight!

I will be joining the world's largest funk/rock mob JonesWorld at the "Funk the Tax Man" concert event tonight at Limelight! Come on out and have a GREAT TIME!

Busy Easter Weekend! Buzzies tomorrow & JonesWorld on Sat!

I hope you're gearing up for Good Friday!
It will be a GREAT Friday night at the Rutledge for the 2009 Local Buzz Rock Awards! There will be tons of bands, live music, awards and of course adult beverages! I hope everyone can make it. The proceeds benefit the National Kidney Foundation and we will have donor cards as well as green "Donate Life" wrist bands there for your donations.

On Saturday night JonesWorld will be providing the soundtrack to your party at the Limelight downtown. I'll be joining them on stage for some funk rock just in time for tax season. Get your funk on and grab some grub - mmmmm Monel's catering!!!

Hope to see you in the clubs this weekend!

ROCK ON!

2009 LOCAL BUZZ ROCK AWARDS nominee listing

GOPHER ENTERTAINMENT, TOXIC ENTERTAINMENT and DIAMOND SOUND STUDIOS proudly present:

THE 2009 LOCAL BUZZ ROCK AWARDS

To benefit The National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee

APRIL 10th 2009 at The Rutledge Live Music Venue

Hosted by Aljon Go and Tony Stone with special guests

PERFORMERS INCLUDE:

The Compromise, Michael James, Error 51, Voodoo Prophet, The Worsties, Kings In Pieces, Broken Frame, Beautifully Crude and the reunion of The Beauty School Dropouts!

AWARD CATEGORIES:

BAND OF THE YEAR
Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

LISTENER'S CHOICE AWARD (fan voting is now closed)
Framing Hanley
Lovers and Liars
Kings In Pieces
Mindset Defect
After Elvis
American Bang

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Frank Sass, sound engineer

SONG OF THE YEAR
"For You" Beautifully Crude
"Holding on to Nothing" Lovers and Liars
"Butterflies" Michael James
"Paint the Sky" Mindset Defect
"Barely Breathe" Broken Frame
"Tone Deaf" The Worsties

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"It's All About to Change" Broken Frame
"The Ties That Bind" Beautifully Crude
"2FNHot" Mondo Primo
"Volume 1" The Becoming
"And Nothing But the Truth" fORMER
"The Invisible Man" Halo Stereo

BEST NEW ARTIST
Gone City
Lover's Ball
The Worsties
Push Button Start
Manic Bloom
Kings In Pieces

BEST ALTERNATIVE/POP-ROCK
The Worsties
Mondo Primo
Shirock
The Compromise
Auto Vaughn
Safety Suit

BEST ROCK
Halo Stereo
fORMER
Beautifully Crude
After Elvis
November
The Royce

BEST METAL
Mindsplitter
Piranah
Error 51
Deadchain
Mindset Defect
Voodoo Prophet

BEST PUNK/HARDCORE/UNDERGROUND
Fist of the North Star
Look What I Did
The Creeping Cruds
The Blacklist Royals
The Carry-ons
The Running

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA/SINGER SONGWRITER
The Last Straw
Michael James
Chris Hurt
Mellow Down Easy
Hollywood Cowboy
Shaky DeVille

BEST MALE VOCALIST
Nixon - Framing Hanley
Caleb Owens - The Becoming
Tyler Meritt - Broken Frame
Michael Ashley - Beautifully Crude
Michael James
Josh Baker - Ugene

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Dacia - Atomic Blonde
Heather Jacks - The Heather Jacks Record
Katie Kerkhover
Melissa Montgomery - Upside of Envy
Anna Worstie - The Worsties
Jen Halverson- HipKitty

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

BEST BASSIST
Look What I Did
fORMER
The Compromise
Beautifully Crude
American Bang
Auto Vaughn

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

Special thanks to the Grafix Lab.