The winners of the categories will be announced Friday December 19th.
Lists
End Of The Year List: Best Guitarist
The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The fifth category is best guitarist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year and must be the only guitar player in the group. . And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
1. Mark Engles- Black Map
2. Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
3. Paul Balmer- Machines Learning
4. Joshua Holland- Wild Throne
5. Shaun Morgan- Seether
6. Shaun Lopez- Crosses
End Of The Year List: Best Drummer
The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The fourth category is best drummer. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year. . And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
1. Chris Robyn- Black Map
2. Mike Land- Aeges
3. Brian Hollenbeck- And We Are Them
4. Ben Thatcher- Royal Blood
5. Noah Burns- Wild Throne
6. John O’Connell- He Whose Ox Is Gored
7. Morgan Rose- Sevendust
End Of The Year List: Best Bassist
The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The third category is best bassist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year. . And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
1. Joseph Breckinridge- With Our Arms To The Sun
2. Ben Flanagan- Black Map
3. Austin Barber- Obliterations
4. Jeff Johnson- Wild Throne
5. Tony Baumeister- Aeges
6. Michael Kerr- Royal Blood
End Of The Year List: Best Album Cover
The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The second category is best album cover. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The album/EP must have been released this year. . And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
1. With Our Arms To The Sun: A Far Away Wonder (Justin Slattum)
2. Mastodon: Once More Round The Sun (Skinner)
3. And We Are Them: City Of Ghosts (Chris Matalone)
4. Every Time I Die: From Parts Unknown (Joby Ford)
5. Wild Throne: Blood Maker (Orion Landau)
6. Obliterations: Poison Everything (Derrick Snodgrass)
End Of The Year List: Nominees For Best Guitar Duo
We are now in December and the end of the year lists will be coming out soon. So I thought why not start the first annual Audioeclectica Awards. The first category this year is guitar duos. Here are the requirements to be in this category. Must have released an album/EP this year. Must be 2 guitar players in the band. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
1. Mastodon- Brent Hinds and Bill Kellher
2. With Our Arms To The Sun- Josh Breckinridge and Joseph Leary
3. And We Are Them- Chris Matalone and Nick Bradford
4. Aeges- Kemble Walters and Cory Clark
5. New Cathedral- Ricky Stevens and Scott Perez
6. Slipknot- Jim Root and Mick Thompson
7. Wovenwar- Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso
8. Sevendust- Clint Lowery and John Connolly
9. Every Time I Die- Jordan Buckley and Andy Williams
10. At The Gates- Andres Bjorler and Martin Larsson
List: Best Female Rock Singers
Here is a list of the best female singers in rock music…in no particular order. I’m sure I missed some so add them in the comments!
1. Shirley Manson- Garbage
2. Joan Jett
3. Lita Ford
4. Janis Joplin
5. Aimee Echo- Human Waste Project/The Start
6. Courtney Love- Hole
7. Grace Slick- Jefferson Airplane
8. Stevie Nicks- Fleetwood Mac
9. Brody Dalle- The Distillers
10. Hope Sandoval- Mazzy Star
11. Delila Paz- The Last Internationale
12. Kim Gordon- Sonic Youth
13. Cristina Scabbia- Lacuna Coil
14. Amber Webber- Black Mountain/Lightning Dust
15. Arden Fisher- Dekades
16. Meg Myers
17. Fiona Apple
18. Ann Wilson- Heart
19. Wendy O Williams- Plasmatics
20. Patti Smith
21. Karen O- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
22. Alanis Morrisette
23. Skin – Skunk Anansie
24. Chrissie Hynde- The Pretenders
25. Emily Armstrong- Dead Sara
26. Alison Mosshart- The Kills
All Time Favorite Albums
I keep seeing people posting about their all time favorite albums. I figure why not throw mine in too. These are in no particular order with the exception of number 1, due to the fact that this album got me into music.
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
Deftones- Around The Fur
The Velvet Underground & Nico- “Banana”
Alice In Chains- Dirt
Alice In Chains- Jar Of Flies
Failure- Fantastic Planet
Down- Down I- Nola
Metallica- Ride The Lightning
The Doors- The Doors
Neurosis- A Sun That Never Sets
Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
Mastodon- Crack The Skye
By: Brian Lacy
Lists: Second Albums Better Than The Debut
The criteria for this list is that it has to be LP’s not EP’s. Yes some bands next albums after their debut were EP’s.
1. Pearl Jam- VS
2. Mastodon- Leviathan
3. Alice In Chains- Dirt
4. Metallica- Ride The Lightning
5. Radiohead- The Bends
6. Deftones- Around The Fur
7. Poison The Well- Tear From The Red
8. Nirvana- Nevermind
9. A Perfect Circle- The Thirteenth Step
10. Killswitch Engage- Alive Or Just Breathing
11. Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
12. Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
13. Pantera- Vulgar Display Of Power
14. Isis- Oceanic
15. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
16. Megadeth- Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying
17. Iron Maiden- Killers
18. Live- Throwing Copper
19. Cold- 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage
20. Slayer- Hell Awaits
21. Brand New- Deja Entendu
22. Incubus- Science
23. White Zombie- La Sexorcisto
Worst Comeback Albums
After witnessing the abomination that is now Soundgarden recently, it got me thinking of all the bands that have come back and released such mediocre and bad albums. The criteria for this list is that the band had to have called it quite for sometime then reconvened or took a long time off. Here is the list so far:
1. Soundgarden- King Animal
2. Stone Temple Pilots- Self Titled
3. Smashing Pumpkins- Zeitgeist
4. Motley Crue- Saints Of Los Angeles
5. Jane’s Addiction- Strays/ The Great Escape Artist
6. Blink 182- Neighborhoods
7. Eminem- Relapse
8. Guns N Roses- Chinese Democracy
9. Black Flag- What The…
10. Def Leppard- Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
11. Metallica- St. Anger
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