its that time of year again!

[kittiping]

Hey, I know I got a lot of friends out there, and a good number of them are nominated in a bunch of categories for the 2005 Grand Band Slam. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Visit http://valleyadvocate.com/bandslam/2005/voting.html and fill out your information, and vote for your favorite bands. I just want to bring forth those I know and feel worth recognizing and hope that other friends of mine on Myspace will take the time to fill out a five minute survey:

New Group:
Prescription America
Space Captain
Stare Down The Sun
State of Fate
Swill Merchants
The Room

Groove Rock:
Bathtub Mary

Party Band:
Trailer Park

Roots Rock:
Noledge
The Room

Agressive Rock:
Adam's Rib
NIM
Melodram

Rock:
Stare Down The Sun
Thirty Stones

Metal:
Once Beloved
Tempus Mori
State of Fate
Under Falling Skies

Punk/Hardcore/Emo:
Farewell Radiance
Hotblack
Hydraulic Sandwich
Pallet
Suffery System
The Smokey Wambas

Indie/Alt:
Esthetic
Swill Merchants
Fancy Trash

Pop:
Maxxtone
Running With Karma
Space Captain

Folk:
Marty Helly

Singer/Songwriter:
Mark Schwaber

Experimental:
Q

Funk:
Patiokings

Reggae/Ska:
Fear Nuttin' Band

At. Country:
Angry Johnny & The Killbillies
Lonesome Brothers
Ware River Club

Cover Band:
Orange Crush

Tribute Band:
BAD MAGICK (twice the tribute band that most tributes are!)

Guitarist:
Paul Bridge (Maxxtone)
Steve Fay (Swill Merchants)
Josh Friend (Thirty Stones)
Jason Hyde (Q)
Chad Kuzontkoski (Under Falling Skies)
Tim LaFlamme (State of Fate)
Pete Maserati (Maxxtone)
TJ Nellis (State of Fate)

Bass Player:
Eric Bousquet (Q)
Anthony Cruz (Running With Karma)
Whit Cass (Noledge)
Benjamin Jon (MOV)
John St Onge (Swill Merchants)
Nicki St James (Under Falling Skies)

Keyboards:
Chris Couchon (Yucky Octopus)

Drummer:
Jon Adams (Maxxtone)
Rob Charette (Prescription America)
Jay Cole (The Room)
Jonathan Girard (Thirty Stones)
Colby Kuzontkoski (Under Falling Skies)
Adam LaFlamme (State of Fate)
Anthony Mignalga (Swill Merchants)
Matt "9" Raymond (Stare Down The Sun)
Eric White (Q)

Male Vocalist:
Eric Arena (The Room)
Eric Baldwin (Under Falling Skies)
Matthew Eryk (Stare Down The Sun)
Aaron Fay (Maxxtone)
Eric Finnegan (State of Fate)
Keith Hopkinson (Thirty Stones)
Rich Tardy (Swill Merchants)

Female Vocalist:
Melissa Benerakis (Q)
Rachael Balancoff (Hydraulic Sandwich)

anyone on Myspace that hasn't added me can find me at www.myspace.com/djkissy