Best Music Poll 2001
The Worcester Phoenix has stopped publishing, but we can't call it quits without announcing the local winners in the 2001 Best Music Poll. Below are our first-place finishers and runners up, plus this year's crop of readers' picks (i.e. bands who received the most write-in votes). The results of our national poll will be online at thephoenix.com, on May 16. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to the thousands of Wormtown music fans who voted. And yes, we are having the party. See you at the Lucky Dog Music Hall (89 Green Street, Worcester) on Friday, May 11, when we'll be handing out awards at the Ho-Down Chili Barbecue. The Lucky Dog phone number is (508) 363-1888.
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Rock Act
First place: Hitch
Runners up: Dirt Junkie, Jason James and the Bay State House Rockers, Cosmo
Readers' pick: Clutch Grabwell
New Act
First place: Go!
Runners up: No Crime Done, Hunter Orange Overdose, Tunnel Drill
Readers' pick: Sidetracked
Pop Act
First place: Carry the Zero
Runners up: Huck, Curtain Society, Snakes and Ladders
Readers' pick: Gearhead
Solo Artist
First place: Bill McCarthy
Runners up: Jen Spingla, Joanne Geeze, John Burrows
Readers' pick: Jake Shore
Hard-Rock/Metal Act
First place: Red Mercury
Runners up: Officer Down, Controlled Aggression, Wunderlick/Capitol Seven (tie)
Readers' pick: HoKaHa
Rap/Hip-Hop/DJ
First place: Hank Scorpio
Runners up: DJ X-Kaliber, Mingo, Nytmare
Readers' pick: DJ Soup
Punk Act
First place: Flip 55
Runners up: Prizefighter, Musclecah, Villain
Readers' pick: True Biffs
Roots/Swing Act
First place: Fatwall Jack
Runners up: Little Red and the Riders, Bombay Jim and the Swingin' Sapphires, Jumpin' Juba with Steve Hurl
Readers' pick: Blind Tiger Swing Posse
Blues Act
First place: Shakey Steve and the BluesCats
Runners up: Wildcats, Soulcasters, British Yankees
Readers' pick: Troy Gonyea
Folk Act
First place: Jentri
Runners up: Valerie and Walter Crockett, James O'Brien, Patty Keough
Readers' pick: John Burrows
Jazz Act
First place: Cassandre McKinley
Runners up: Johnny Dollar Experiment, Kakalla, Jay Tyer Quartet
Readers' pick: Worcester Jazz Orchestra
Groove/Jam Act
First place: Krakow
Runners up: New Pond Fondle, Space'n, Oak Street Jam Band
Readers' pick: Jive
Hardcore/Rapcore Act
First place: Dr. Bewkenheimer
Runners up: Second Class Citizen, Bane, Change of System/Year of Our Lord (tie)
Readers' pick: Skulltoboggan
Country Act
First place: Rodeo Clowns
Runners up: Goldrush, Gale Force, Dave Pike and the Good Ole Boys
Readers' pick: Handles/The Revolution (tie)
Cover Band
First place: Uncle Wally
Runners up: Time Capsule, Group Therapy, Spit Shine
Readers' pick: Counter Attack
Recording
First place: Officer Down, "Pieces"
Runners up: Little Red and the Riders, Jumpin' for Joy; Curtain Society, Volume, Tone, Tempo; Thinner, The Roger Project/Valerie and Walter Crockett, Emily's Angel (tie)
Readers' pick: No Crime Done, No Crime Done
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