Link2Wales 2002 Poll Results

LINK2WALES 2002 POLL RESULTS

‘Fix’ I hear you cry, it’s a scam & I did encourage it & some of you, fair play did go to town! Some of you didn’t realise it’s a link2wales poll & we got all sorts of votes, including plenty of shameless people voting for themselves.
Here’s the top 3 results for each category from 208 votes, awards ceremony will be held at Les & Rita’s Chippy in Rhyl 30th Feb 2003

Fave Band
Pocket Venus (40)
Nameless (24)
Stiff Kittens (23)

• Best Single
  Pocket Venus – Make It Through Your Day (42)
  Nameless – Salt Flats (40)
  Skinflick – Two Ton Loser (16)

• Best Album
  Mclusky – Do Dallas (19)
  Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way (6)
  ISOR – 0 To 60 in 27 Feet (4)

• Fave Song
  Nameless – Children (14)
  Pocket Venus – Through Your Day (8)
  Stiff Kittens – Gutless (7)
  Skinflick – Burns Bright (7)
  Pocket Venus – Like You (7)

• Best Vocalist
  Chris Yates – Pocket Venus (73)
  Al – Nameless (33)
  Charlotte Church (5)
  Terry Foster – Homespun (5)

• Best Guitarist
  Steve Jones – ex Pocket Venus (24)
  French – Nameless (17)
  XXX – Nameless (17)

• Best Bassist
  Reverend – Nameless (34)
  Naldo Algieri – Pocket Venus (26)
  Nicky Wire – Manics (21)

• Best Keyboardist
  Dave Robinson – Pocket Venus (39)
  Steve Sync – Alien Matter (37)
  Teflon Monkey – Nameless (30)

• Best Drummer
  Dems – Nameless (34)
  Cumi Pants – Alien Matter (23)
  Pete Ryan – Pocket Venus (14)

• Best Gig / Event of 2002
  Pigstock Festival (41)
  Nameless, Mainline & Transposer @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Jul02 (9)
  Idelwild & Black Swans, Bangor Uni (8)

• Best Venue
  The Breeding Ground, Rhyl (48)
  Barfly, Cardiff (25)
  Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (23)

• Fave Radio Show
  Adam Walton’s Musical Mystery Tour (59)
  Mark & Lard (51)
  Radio Amgen (19)

• Best Website
  link2wales.co.uk (112)
  tourdates.co.uk (9)
  skinflick.org.uk (6)

• Fave Magazine/Fanzine
  Propaganda (21)
  Honk (11)
  Beano (7)
  Viva Sparky (7)

• Hero of The Year
  Chris Yates – Pocket Venus (17)
  Neil Crud (16)
  Paul Hammond (9)

• Twat of The Year
  George W Bush (19)
  Neil Crud (19)
  Manufactured Boy Bands (16)

• Biggest Story of 2002
  Pocket Venus vs The Bluetones (22)
  Pocket Venus punch up at Pigstock (18)
  Joe Strummer’s Death (17)

• Worst Band
  Manufactured Boy Bands (34)
  Kobe (18)
  Hooper (14)

• Hopes for 2003
  No war with Iraq (22)
  Pocket Venus make it big (13)
  New wave of Welsh bands make it big (10)

• Fears for 2003
  War with Iraq (43)
  Pocket Venus don’t make it big (12)
  Pocket Venus make it big (7)

So there you have it; totally fixed, can’t say I was pleased to be voted equal Twat of The Year along with George Bush! Though it was pleasing to see a vote rigging war going on between Nameless & Pocket Venus. The Stiff Kittens did have a strong bash in the beginning but faded out quickly.
Other interesting votes that never made it to the top 3…
Best band – S Club Juniors
Best website – trickswithdicks.com & thehun.net
Best fanzine – The Watchtower, The Gas Installer
Story of the year – Rhys Mwyn actually apologises to someone.
Fears for 2003 – Daisy S Club Jnrs gets kidnapped.

Until next year…