Best New Artist: Classic Case Rerelease: Senses Fail - Let It Enfold You Hip-Hop/Rap Album: Fort Minor - The Rising Tied R&B Album: Destiny's Child - #1's Pop Album: The Click Five - Greetings From Imrie House Emo Album: Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree Screamo Album: Story of the Year - In The Wake Of Determination Indie Rock Album: Death Cab For Cutie - Plans Punk Rock Album: MXPX - Panic Acoustic Album: Alicia Keys - Unplugged Gothic Rock Album: I Am Ghost - We Are Always Searching Hard Rock Album: Staind - Chapter V (ehhh?) Metal Album: Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil Instrumental Album: --- Country Album: Big & Rich - Comin' To Your City Album of the Year: Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree Single of the Year: Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down Music Video of the Year: My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You Live Band of the Year: Green Day Tour of the Year: Vans Warped Tour 2005 Record Label of the Year: Victory Records Music DVD Release: Green Day - Bullet In A Bible Album Cover Art: Fort Minor - The Rising Tied Worst New Artist: Bloc Party (I think they're new?) Rerelease: Hawthorne Heights - Silence In Black and White Hip-Hop/Rap Album: David Banner - Certified R&B Album: The Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business Pop Album: Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me Emo Album: --- Screamo Album: Finch - Say Hello To Sunshine Indie Rock Album: --- Punk Rock Album: --- Acoustic Album: --- Gothic Rock Album: --- Hard Rock Album: Nickelback - All The Right Reasons Metal Album: --- Instrumental Album: --- Country Album: --- Album of the Year: Nickelback - All The Right Reasons Single of the Year: Pussy Cat Dolls - Don't Cha Music Video of the Year: Hawthorne Heights - Niki FM Live Band of the Year: The Black Eyed Peas Tour of the Year: --- Record Label of the Year: --- Music DVD Release: --- Album Cover Art: --- Others Breakthrough Artist: Fall Out Boy Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: Mest Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: Hawthorne Heights Worst Band Break Up: Blink 182 Most Annoying Song: Hawthorne Heights - Niki FM Most Overrated Band: Hawthorne Heights Most Controversial Artist: Kanye West
Best New Artist: N/A Rerelease: N/A Hip-Hop/Rap Album: N/A R&B Album: N/A Pop Album: N/A Emo Album: N/A Screamo Album: N/A Indie Rock Album: N/A Punk Rock Album: Thrice- Vheissu or Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso Acoustic Album: N/A Gothic Rock Album: N/A Hard Rock Album: Thrice - Vheissu Metal Album: N/A Instrumental Album: N/A Country Album: N/A Album of the Year: Thrice- Vheissu Single of the Year: Image Of The Invisible - Thrice Music Video of the Year: Image of the Invisible - Thrice Live Band of the Year: N/A Tour of the Year: N/A Record Label of the Year: N/A Music DVD Release: N/A Album Cover Art: Thrice - Vheissu Worst New Artist: N/A Rerelease: N/A Hip-Hop/Rap Album: N/A R&B Album: N/A Pop Album: N/A Emo Album: N/A Screamo Album: N/A Indie Rock Album: N/A Punk Rock Album: N/A Acoustic Album: N/A Gothic Rock Album: N/A Hard Rock Album: N/A Metal Album: N/A Instrumental Album: N/A Country Album: N/A Album of the Year: N/A Single of the Year: N/A Music Video of the Year: N/A Live Band of the Year: N/A Tour of the Year: N/A Record Label of the Year: N/A Music DVD Release: N/A Album Cover Art: N/A Others Breakthrough Artist: N/A Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: N/A Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: MCR, Britney Spears, BEP, limpbizkit Worst Band Break Up: blink-182 Most Annoying Song: anything by hawthorne heights, MCR, or any emo or bitchy whiney music which does include just about all pop. Most Overrated Band: MCR Most Controversial Artist: N/A ---- I listened to two new albums this year. Two. I rarely have been keeping up with the music scene let alone paying attention. Thus, I only answered 10.
It's a problem I ran into last year when I was running it. I think I had a rule that two votes or something got the candidate into that genre, and as you saw, there were "What the Duece?" moments, like how Good Charlotte ended up being classified as Hard Rock, among other random mistakes. So in a sense, yes, it is a matter of opinion. However, classifying a band as something that it isn't (Case and point, Good Charlotte last year) should be avoided so confusion doesn't arise. See Amy? This is what you to look forward to.
Most bands fall into various genres, though. A lot of bands take home awards in two different categories (such as hard rock and metal).
There's a difference between punk and punk-rock. When looking at 'The Artist in the Ambulance', many classified Thrice as punk rock, meaning they have punk influences fused with hard rock. Although 'Vheissu' is more of a hard rock type album, they're sometimes referred to as a punk rock band.
yeah, i get your point mark. but even though TAITA was "fast", it wasn't punk or punk-rock, whatever you will call it. "fast" isnt an indicator for that. but in the end, we'll head for a dead-end if we go on discussing it. to my mind, thrice - vheissu is totally not punk, maybe because i live in germany and know some german punk bands whose music i truely dislike... (music, not lyrics)
Best New Artist: Bullet for my valentine Rerelease: KsE-Alive or just breathing Hip-Hop/Rap Album: The Game-Documentary R&B Album: N/A Pop Album: N/A Emo Album: N/A Screamo Album: Alexisonfire/Moneen-Switcheroo Series Indie Rock Album: Circa Survive-Juturna Punk Rock Album: Propagandhi-Potemkin City Limits Acoustic Album: City and Colour-Sometimes Gothic Rock Album: Children of Tragedy-S/T Hard Rock Album: Black Label Society-Mafia Metal Album: Strapping Young Lad-Alien Instrumental Album: N/A Country Album: N/A Album of the Year: Strapping Young Lad-Alien Single of the Year: Children of Bodom-In Your Face Music Video of the Year: Alexisonfire-Hey It's Your Funeral Mama Live Band of the Year: Nine Inch Nails Tour of the Year: NIN/QOTSA/DFA1979 Record Label of the Year: Metal Blade Music DVD Release: Lamb of God-Killadelphia Album Cover Art: Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth Worst New Artist: N/A Rerelease: N/A Hip-Hop/Rap Album: The Massacre. R&B Album: N/A Pop Album: N/A Emo Album: MCR-Three Cheers Screamo Album: N/A Indie Rock Album: N/A Punk Rock Album: N/A Acoustic Album: N/A Gothic Rock Album: N/A Hard Rock Album: N/A Metal Album: Fear Factory-Transgression Instrumental Album: N/A Country Album: N/A Album of the Year: Fear Factory-Transgression Single of the Year: N/A Music Video of the Year: N/A Live Band of the Year: N/A Tour of the Year: N/A Record Label of the Year: N/A Music DVD Release: N/A Album Cover Art: N/A Others Breakthrough Artist: Trivium Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: Comeback Kid Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: KORN/Limp Bizkit Worst Band Break Up: N/A Most Annoying Song: N/A Most Overrated Band: My Chemical Romance. Most Controversial Artist: N/A
i only bothered to do the ones i knew off hand. Best New Artist: Sims Rerelease: Dr. Dre - The Chronic DualDisc Hip-Hop/Rap Album: Sims - Lights Out Paris R&B Album: I hate R&B, but Bobby Valentino has better beats than any of the other no-singing muthafuckas so he wins. Pop Album: Gwen Stefani's album came out last year so Mariah Carey wins Indie Rock Album: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Metal Album: Between The Buried & Me - Alaska Album of the Year: Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having Single of the Year: Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly Live Band of the Year: Atmosphere Tour of the Year: Atmosphere/Blueprint/P.O.S 'Pour Me Another' Record Label of the Year: Rhymesayers Entertainment, of course. Breakthrough Artist: M.I.A. Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: P.O.S. Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: Fugees (that wasnt a comeback, that was a comewack.) Most Annoying Song: Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends Most Overrated Band: Most Controversial Artist: 50 Cent
Actaully, I did alot of "back-tracking" this year. Everything I downloaded pretty much was stuff from the 90's. --- Ever since I've started listen to Thrice (Somewhere about two years ago), I've been classifying them in the punk/punk rock genre ever since. I tend to refer to their old material (Identity Crisis, The Illusion of Saftey, First Impressions) but Artist In The Ambulance does have alot of more or less punk rock. So does Vheissu, whether or not you notice it. They're a punk-rock band even though they may not play all out complete punk music. Will, to me post-hardcore falls under the Punk Genre. But yeah, like Will said, It's a matter of opinion and we will end up in a dead-end if we discuss this further as Trumtram also said.
indeed, identity crisis is really punkish. and i get the point in classifying thrice as punk, but it's not even close to their musical abilities and songs which they've created.
Best New Artist: The Killers Hip-Hop/Rap Album: Black Eyed Peas-Monkey Business R&B Album: Alicia Keys-Unplugged Pop Album: Mariah Carey-The Emancipation of Mimi Punk Rock Album: Fall Out Boy-From Under the Cork Tree Hard Rock Album: Disturbed-Ten Thousand Fists Country Album: Carrie Underwood-Some Hearts Album of the Year: Gorillaz-Demon Days Single of the Year: Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc. Music Video of the Year: Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc. Record Label of the Year: Virgin Records Album Cover Art: Fort Minor-The Rising Tied Worst New Artist: Hawthorne Heights Hip-Hop/Rap Album: John Cena-You Can't See Me Emo Album: Green Day-American Idiot Punk Rock Album: My Chemical Romance-Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Single of the Year: "Niki FM"-Hawthorne Heights Music Video of the Year: "Holiday"-Green Day Others Breakthrough Artist: Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: The Killers Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: Green Day Most Annoying Song: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"-Green Day Most Overrated Band: The Used Most Controversial Artist: KanYe West
EVERYONE! I need a few more votes to make sure that I have a few up in each category. I need them especially in the worst section too. So please vote, and if you didn't vote for worst, then vote for worst. Thanksssss.
Best New Artist: Test Icicles Rerelease: Duran Duran - The Greatest (rereleased with extra tracks and dvd) Hip-Hop/Rap Album: Fort Minor - The Rising Tied R&B Album: n/a Pop Album: Robbie Williams - Intensive Care Emo Album: Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree Screamo Album: Finch - Say Hello To Sunshine Indie Rock Album: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Punk Rock Album: Propaghandi - Potemkin City Limits Acoustic Album: City and Colour - Sometimes Gothic Rock Album: n/a Hard Rock Album: Deftones - B-Sides and Rarities Metal Album: Trivium - Ascendancy Instrumental Album: Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw Country Album: n/a Album of the Year: Deftones - B-Sides and Rarities Single of the Year: n/a Music Video of the Year: n/a Live Band of the Year: Bloodhound Gang Tour of the Year: Bloodhound Gang Record Label of the Year: n/a Music DVD Release: Duran Duran - The Greatest Album Cover Art: Fort Minor - The Rising Tied Worst New Artist: Fall Out Boy Rerelease: HIM - Dark Light (nudge nudge wink wink) Hip-Hop/Rap Album: 50 Cent - The Massacre R&B Album: n/a Pop Album: My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Emo Album: My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Screamo Album: Alexisonfire/Moneen - Switcheroo Series Indie Rock Album: Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV Punk Rock Album: n/a Acoustic Album: n/a Gothic Rock Album: HIM - Dark Light Hard Rock Album: n/a Metal Album: n/a Instrumental Album: n/a Country Album: n/a Album of the Year: HIM - Dark Light Single of the Year: Pussy Cat Dolls - Don't Cha Music Video of the Year: n/a Live Band of the Year: The Killers Tour of the Year: n/a Record Label of the Year: n/a Music DVD Release: n/a Album Cover Art: HIM - Dark Light Others Breakthrough Artist: Trivium Artist That Will Hit It Big In 2006: Test Icicles Artist Should Hang Up Their Boots: Queen Worst Band Break Up: Blink 182 Most Annoying Song: My Chemical Romance - Helena Most Overrated Band: HIM Most Controversial Artist: Robbie Williams
best metal album: mudvayne~lost and found best live band: slipknot single of the year: mudvayne~happy (um, i don't know any worst things, i don't even do the mainstream music thing anymore...)