EWB Music Awards 2

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Best Band of 2004: Slipknot

Best Album: Slipknot - Vol 3. The Subliminal Verses

Best Debut Album: Breed 77 - Cultura

Best Single: Green Day - American Idiot

Breakthrough Artist: Damageplan

Best Video: Korn - Word Up

Best Festival Moment: Rasmus Getting Booed Off The Stage At Reading

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Korn

[Benji]

Best Band of 2004: Franz Ferdinand

Best Album: "Franz Ferdinand" by Franz Ferdinand

Best Debut Album: Umm... see above really

Best Single: "Burn, Burn" by Lostprophets

Breakthrough Artist: Franz Ferdinand

Best Video: "Call On Me" by Eric Prydz

Best Solo Act: Damien Rice

Best Live Act of 2004: CK Fuckin' Y

Best Festival Moment: Chairs, 50 Cent, Fun

Hero Of the Year: Billie Joe Armstrong

Villain of the Year: The Rasmus

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Billie Joel (Okay he hasn't done much recently but he still deserves his place)

[Guest Mr McFarlane]

damn, i had no idea this board was so.... rock

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[Hellfire]

Best Band of 2004 - I don't know many groups, but I'll go with the Living Legends here, the whole group is fucking good.

Best Album - Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2 (it came out in late 2003 so i dont know if it would count, but alot of other people were posting stuff from 2003 as well)

Best Debut Album - Sabac - Sabacolypse: A Change Gon Come

Best Single - Jadakiss - Why

Breakthrough Artist - Kayne West

Best Solo Act -

[Steeb]

Best Band of 2004 - Coheed & Cambria

Best Album - Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth:3

Or if that doesn't count then The Cure - Self-Titled

Best Debut Album - Kasabian - Self-Titled, I think.

Best Single - Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines

Breakthrough Artist - Kasabian

Best Video - Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines

Best Solo Act - Morrissey

Best Live Act of 2004 - The Mars Volta

Best Festival Moment - Morrissey's set @ Carling Weekender

Hero Of the Year - Morrissey

Villain of the Year - The Rasmus

Outstanding Contribution to Music - Morrissey/The Smiths

[Colly]

Best Band of 2004: Probably Franz Ferdinand, no ones really stood out that much this year. Either that or theres too many good ones, this was hard to pick.

Best Album: Who Killed... The Zutons

Best Debut Album: The Futureheads - The Futureheads

Best Single: Ordinary Boys - Talk Talk Talk (Britpop is back!)

Breakthrough Artist: The GLC

Best Video: GLC - Half Man Half Machine (ten fags please!)

Best Solo Act: The lovely Charlotte Hatherley (Or Morrissey, but he's less attractive)

Best Live Act of 2004: The Zutons

Best Festival Moment: Didnt do one this year unfortunately, my TV tells me Macca at Glastonbury, or 50 Cent at the Carling Weekend.

Hero Of the Year: Carl Barat

Villain of the Year: Pete Doherty (or whatever div at the NME gave the Embrace album 1/10)

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Menswe@r. Or possibly Dodgy.

Edit: Angry Baboon, isn't it a bit late to list The Libertines as a breakthrough band when really their breakthrough happened late 2002-early 2003? They had asically made it by the time Time For Heroes was released.

Edited October 6, 2004 by Colly

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Best Band of 2004 - Maroon 5

Best Album - A grand don't come for free - The Streets

Best Debut Album - Greatest Hits - Goldie Lookin Chain

Best Single - Me against the music - Britney Spears/Madonna

Breakthrough Artist - Joss Stone

Best Video - Guns don't kill people - Goldie Lookin Chain

Best Live Act of 2004 - Madonna(Should say Coldplay, but haven't seen or heard them live at all this year)

Hero Of the Year - Madonna

Villains of the Year - Slipknot

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Madonna

Edited October 7, 2004 by JohnnyPerfect

[LygerMark]

Best Band of 2004 - Maroon 5

Best Album - College Dropout by Kanye West

Best Debut Album - College Dropout by Kanye West

Best Single - How Come by D12

Breakthrough Artist - Kanye West

Best Video - My Band by D12

Best Solo Act - Kanye West

Best Live Act of 2004 - Kenny Chesney

Best Festival Moment - Fiddy getting nailed by bottles

Hero Of the Year - Kanye West

Villain of the Year - Ashlee Simpson

Outstanding Contribution to Music - Rick James (because hes Rick James bitch)

[zero]

Best Band of 2004: Auf der Maur

Best Album: Auf der Maur - "Auf der Maur"

Best Debut Album: Auf der Maur - "Auf der Maur"

Best Single: Velvet Revolver - "Fall to Pieces"

Breakthrough Artist: Auf der Maur

Best Video: Jay-Z "99 Problems"

Best Solo Act: Morrissey

Best Live Act of 2004: Metallica

Best Festival Moment: Tie: 1) Judas Priest's return at Ozzfest. 2) The entire Curiosa festival.

Hero Of the Year: Kanye West

Villain of the Year: Let's make it two in a row for the RIAA

Outstanding Contribution to Music: Ray Charles