2004 READERS POLL RESULTS


 


 The following is a compiled listing of the Top Choices and Top Picks of Midwest BEAT Magazine readers from our 2004 Reader’s Poll Survey posted in our DEC 2004 / JAN 2005 issue of the publication.

 

 

NATIONAL CATEGORIES

 

 

 TOP 3 NATIONAL ARTISTS  2004

 

 GREEN DAY

 U2

 GRETCHEN WILSON

 

 ARTISTS YOU WISH WOULD  – “JUST GO AWAY!”

 

 KELLY OSBOURNE

 MICHAEL JACKSON

 ASHLEE SIMPSON

 

 BEST 3 NEW ARTISTS 2004

 

 FALLOUT BOY

 Bowling For Soup

 The Killers

 

 WORST 3 NEW ARTISTS 2004

 

 ASHLEE SIMPSON

 Lindsey Lohan

 Hillary Duff

 

TOP 3 NATIONAL ALBUMS 2004

 

 GREEN DAY ~ “American Idiot”

 Brian Wilson ~ “Smile”

 The Steepwater Band ~ “Dharmakaya”

 

 WORST 3 ALBUMS 2004

 

 ASHLEE SIMPSON ~ “Autobiography”

 William Hung ~ “Inspiration”

 Janet Jackson ~ “Damita Jo”

 

 BEST BEST MUSIC DVD 2004

 

 DAVID BOWIE   –  “A REALITY TOUR” DVD

 

 REMAKE / COVER OF 2004

 

 Song: “SUMMERTIME BLUES”

 Artist: RUSH

 

 BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK 2004

 

 “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”

“Mean Girls”

“Alfie”

 

 BEST REISSUED CD 2004

 

 TYRANT’S REIGN

“Tyrant’s Reign”

 Self-Titled Reissue Package

 

 COOLEST CELEBRITY  2004

 

 JOHNNY DEPP

 Jamie Foxx

 

 UNCOOLEST CELEBRITY  2004

 

 KELLY OSBOURNE

 Paris Hilton

 

 


 

REGIONAL CATEGORIES

 

 

TOP 3 ORIGINAL REGION ARTISTS 

 

 STELLAR ROAD

 The Steepwater Band

 The Crawpuppies

 

TOP 3 REGION COVER GROUPS

 

 HISTORY’S END

 X-Girlfriend

 The Crawpuppies

 

TOP 3 REGION TRIBUTE ARTISTS

 

 BONFIRE – “AC/DC Tribute”

 Evenflow – “Pearl Jam Tribute”

 Blizzard Of Ozz – “Sabbath/Ozzy Tribute”

 

TOP 3 NEW REGION ARTISTS

(Artist which has debuted since Nov. 2003)

 

 ASTERIA

 Farewell To February

 River’s Burden

 

TOP 3 REGION HEAVY / METAL ARTISTS

 

TERMINAL FIX

 Tyrant’s Reign

 Quick Change

 

TOP 3 REGION BLUES ARTISTS

 

 STEEPWATER BLUES BAND

 Planetary Blues Band

 Deb Seitz

 

TOP 3 REGION COUNTRY ARTISTS

 

 DAYNA MALOW BAND

 Jimmy Henrich

 Mack’s Creek Band

 

TOP 3 REGION R&B/FUNK ARTISTS

 

 TIMEPEACE

 Together

 Triple Dose

 

TOP 3 REGION JAZZ ARTISTS

 

 FREEK JOHNSON

 The Jeff Brown Trio

 The Chicago Horns

 

TOP 3 REGION ACOUSTIC GROUPS

 

ACOUSTIC X

 Echofarm

 Az/Iz

 

TOP 3 REGION SOLO ACOUSTIC ARTISTS

 

 ERIC LAMBERT

 Jeremy Williams

 Steve Vansak

 

TOP REGION MALE VOCALIST

 

JACK DALY of STELLAR ROAD

 

TOP REGION FEMALE VOCALIST

 

 TINA DOHL OF X-GIRLFRIEND

 

TOP REGION GUITARIST

 

 JEFF MASSEY of THE STEEPWATER BAND

 

TOP REGION BASSIST

 

 MIKE LUBECK of BONFIRE

 

TOP REGION DRUMMER

 

CHRIS KARP of THE CRAWPUPPIES

 

TOP REGION KEYBOARDIST

 

WAZ LISEK of FREEK JOHNSON

 

TOP REGION PERCUSSIONIST

 

JESSE HERNANDEZ of TIMEPEACE

 

TOP REGION HARMONICIST

 

JODY NOA of THE SHO’ NUFF BAND

 

TOP REGION BRASS INSTRUMENTALIST

 

BEN MOLLIN  ~ Saxophone

 

TOP REGION SONGWRITER(S)

 

MICHAEL CONNELLY, JOE WINTERS

TOD BOWERS & JEFF MASSEY

 of THE STEEPWATER BAND

 

TOP LOCAL ALBUM of 2004

 

“DHARMAKAYA” from THE STEEPWATER BAND

 

TOP REGION STUDIO PRODUCER

 

JOHN CARPENTER

 THUNDERCLAP STUDIO / Hammond, IN

 

TOP LOCAL ALBUM ART of 2004

 

“DHARMAKAYA” from THE STEEPWATER BAND

 

TOP LOCAL ARTIST WEBSITE

 

 www.HistorysEnd.com  of the band: History’s End

 

TOP 3 LOCAL RADIO STATIONS

 

 WXRD/X-ROCK

 

 94.7/THE ZONE

 

 WDRV/The Drive

 

TOP 3 LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITIES

 

 FREAK & BRIAN THE WHIPPING BOY

of 94.7 FM/The ZONE

 

TOM LOUNGES & SCOTTY ROSENBERG

of X-ROCK 103.9  FM/ Night Rock

 

MANCOW of Q101 FM

 

TOP LIVE MUSIC CLUB (N.W. Ind.)

 

 CRONIES CHARHOUSE & GIN MILL in KOUTS, INDIANA

 

TOP LIVE MUSIC CLUB (IL burbs)

 

 O’MALLEY’S in Alsip, Illinois

 

TOP LIVE MUSIC CLUB (Chicago)

 

 THE DOUBLE DOOR in CHICAGO, Illinois

 

BEST JAM NIGHT (N.W. Indiana)

 

 LaROSA’S PIZZERIA in HAMMOND, Indiana

 

BEST JAM NIGHT (IL burbs)

 

 TOMMY’S PLACE in BLUE ISLAND, Illinois

 

TOP AREA CONCERT HALL

 

STAR PLAZA THEATRE in MERRILLVILLE, Indiana

 

WORST AREA CONCERT HALL

 

THE RIV THEATRE in CHICAGO, Illinois

   


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