TRIBUTE BAND
OZONE RANGERS
TOP NEW ROCK BAND
WIDOW
TOP POP ROCK BAND
MIRROR MIRROR
NEW CLASSIC ROCK BAND
ROCK RATS
l to r - Dave Gramza (keyboards), Frank Vito (drums),
Bob Wilczak (guitar),
Tim Wright (vocals/guitar),
Fritz Van Leaven (bass)
CLASSIC ROCK BAND RUNNER UP
LEGEND
Frank Grizanti,
Tracy Russell - Top Keyboardist
Rick Ryan - Runner up Bass
and Tom Ryan
TOP ROCK ORIGINAL BAND
RUNNER UP
TOKYO ROSE
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
RUNNER UP
CALVIN NICHOLS - TROLLS
POP ROCK MALE VOCALIST
RUNNER UP
RICHIE DERWALD
- NIGHTWING
POP ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
JEAN DEEGAN - MIRROR MIRROR
1989 BUFFALO MUSIC AWARDS
MANIKINS – NOVEMBER 1989
BUFFALO AREA MUSIC AWARDS ADD NEW CATEGORIES TO STOP FEUDING
Reprint:The Buffalo News
November 21, 1989
by Dale Anderson
News Critic
The two opposing camps in local music – the cover bands which play hit songs, and the original bands, which play songs they write themselves – came together Monday night at the ninth annual Buffalo Area Music Awards in Manikins Nightclub.
Producers Rick and Marsha Falkowski, heeding complaints that previous Music Awards slighted original bands, created nine new “alternative / original “categories for them.
The result was a high-powered intermingling of the area’s rock & pop musicians in an eight-hour program featuring ten bands on two stages playing for a crowd that exceeded 1,500.
GOO GOO DOLLS - TOP ALTERNATIVE ROCK GROUP
The most dramatic moment was a short, furious, expletive-filled set by the Goo Goo Dolls, whose guitarist, Johnny Goo Goo, created a disturbance at last year’s awards by protesting the dearth of original bands. This year he got one of the winners’ plaques.
Lounge singer Lance Diamond threw roses into the crowd before launching into supercharged versions of the Temptations’ “My Girl” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Down on the Corner.”
The biggest winner was the trio Party Squad, which took first-place awards for each of its players and was voted best Classic Top 40 Band to boot.
Rockcandy, the toast of the 1987 awards, took four firsts as well, one as best Rock Original Band and three for individual players.
Three new members were inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame – guitarist Ernie Corallo, who played in Stan Szelest’s Ravens in the 60’s; journeyman R&B singer Billy McEwen of the Soul Invaders and Alan Thompson of the Tweeds, best bassist for three years running.
Two special awards were also given. One went to Rick Rose, leader of the most successful Canadian band to play the area. The other, for “reunion of the year,” went to the Road, the area’s biggest band of two decades ago, which regrouped last summer.
The winners and runners-up:
BLUES / R & B BAND
Soul Invaders
Willy May Band
NEW CLASSIC BAND
Rock Rats
Endless Summer
CLASSIC TOP 40 BAND
Party Squad
Only Humen
CLASSIC ROCK BAND
Kixx
Legend
TOP 40 BAND
Skin Tight
Lance Diamond Band
POP ROCK BAND
Mirror, Mirror
XKwisit
GROUP VOCALS
Only Humen
33 West
NEW ORIGINAL BAND
Them Jazzbeards
Beat City
ALTERNATIVE ORIGINAL BAND
Goo Goo Dolls
Beat Goes Bang
THRASH BAND
Terminal Grace
Cannibal Corpse
NEW ROCK BAND
Widow
Dragonfly
TRIBUTE BAND
Ozone Rangers
Wild Knights
ROCK BAND
Trolls
Jamie Moses Band
HARD ROCK BAND
White Lies
Nasty Habits
ROCK ORIGINAL BAND
Rockcandy
Tokyo Rose
NON-LOCAL BAND
Ice Water Mansion
Ice Nine
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
Pat O’Connor Band
Light Years
SOLO / ACOUSTIC PERFORMER
Joe Head
The Dooley’s
POP ROCK SAXOPHONIST
Jack Prybylski – Streetlife /Them Jazzbeards
Nick Salamone – Big Wheelie
POP ROCK DRUMMER
Mike Cox – 33 West
Rick McEvoy – Only Humen
POP ROCK BASSIST
Frank Pusateri – Only Humen
Nick Veltri – Big Wheelie
POP ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Rick McGirr – Party Squad
Ned Wood – 33 West
POP ROCK GUITARIST
Dave Elder – Party Squad
Billy Martin, Jr. – Exotic Pets
POP ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Jean Deegan – Mirror, Mirror
Linda Mutton – Xkwisit
POP ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Mark Dixon – Party Squad
Richie Derwald – Nightwing
ROCK DRUMMER
David Joel – Rockcandy
Tim Edborg – Tokyo Rose
ROCK BASSIST
Guy Nichols – Trolls
Rick Ryan – Legend
ROCK KEYBOARDIST
Tracy Russell – Legend
Matt Young – Stride
ROCK GUITARIST
Michael Hund – Standard / Jamie Moses Band
Bob Muhlbauer – Ozone Rangers
HARD ROCK GUITARIST
Stephen Shaw – Rockcandy
Howie Simon – Ice Water Mansion
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Donna Palmer – Widow
Christine Demrick – About Time
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Joie Anes – Rockcandy
Calvin Nichols - Trolls
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL DRUMMER
Greg Gizzi – Nullstadt / Them Jazzbeards
Bill Moore – Terry & the Headhunters
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL BASSIST
Paul Mordaunt – Standard/ Jamie Moses Band
Kent Weber – Nullstadt/Fems
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST
Francis Preve – Beat Goes Bang
Jeffrey Mueller – Standard
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL GUITARIST
Johnny Goo – Goo Goo Dolls
Jim Whitford - Pine Dogs
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL FEMALE VOCALIST
Gretchen Schultz – Pine Dogs
Sue Kincaid – Beat City
ALTERNATIVE/ORIGINAL MALE VOCALIST
Terry Sullivan - Terry & the Headhunters
James Stark – Beat Goes Bang
ALBUM
Nullstadt - “Flesh”
Scott Muir – “You’re So Good”
SINGLE
Dark Stone “Back on Top/Lonely in Love”
Dooley’s – Seasons of Love/Ring In”
TAPE
Standard – “Standard Time”
Jacklords – “Mother’s Rock”
