 Kill The
Lights, A Column by Reef Valmont Presents:
THE TOP
TEN NW BANDS OF 1999
Kings
(and Queen) Of The NW...
1/ VOYAGER ONE -
170 points
Last year's placing - 11th (32
points)
Storming
The Castle - The Rest of The Big Winners...
2/ JUNO - 147
points
Last year's placing - 9th (34
points)
3/ DEATH CAB FOR
CUTIE - 129 points
Last year's placing - 3rd (98
points)
4/ NEVADA
BACHELORS - 61 points
Last year's placing - 2nd (99
points)
5/ THE DROP - 58
points
First year in
poll
6/ SUNSET VALLEY
- 55 points
Last year's placing - 10th (33
points)
7/ KINSKI - 54
points
Last year's placing - 95th (1 point
- as The Klauskinskis)
8/ LOLLY - 51
points
Last year's placing - 67th (5
points)
9/ PETER PARKER -
46 points
Last year's placing - 48th (6
points)
10/ PETE KREBS
AND GOSSAMER WINGS - 45 points
Last year's placing - 87th (4
points)
Double-figure
Runners-Up...
40 points -
QUASI
38 points - MARC
OLSEN
33 points - VEER, SPYGLASS
32 points - BUGS IN AMBER
29 points - FIVE
GEARS IN REVERSE, HEATHER DUBY
28 points - RUSTY WILLOUGHBY
26 points - VEAL, THE MELODY UNIT
24 points - RAT
CAT HOGAN, SEVERNA PARK
21 points - MODEST MOUSE
20 points - BUILT TO SPILL
19 points -
SEAWEED, SKY CRIES MARY
18 points - FAIRGROVE, KING BLACK ACID
17 points - HARVEY DANGER, JON AUER
16 points - GOODNESS
15 points - PEDRO THE LION, ALIEN CRIME
SYNDICATE, THE PIN-UPS, MAKTUB
14 points - BLUE SPARK, POLECAT, THE DELUSIONS
13 points - TAGGING
SATELLITES, HEAVY JOHNSON TRIO
11 points - HAYWIRE, SILKWORM
10 points -
MARIGOLD, CARRIE AKRE, EUREKA FARM, FREEWAY HOUSE, GRAIG MARKEL, PEDRO LUZ, BLYSS, PEARL JAM, SLEATER-KINNEY, LOVE BATTERY, DAMIEN
JURADO
Everyone
else who scored…
9 points -Katy
Davidson, Terry Lee Hale, Diamond Fist Werny,
Richmond Fontaine, Mel, The Champs, IQU, Saltine, Mocket, The Hulabees
8 points
-Dolour, Wolf Colonel, Shiver, Tight Bros From
Way Back When, Slowrush, The Makers, Miracle Baby, Firebrat, Bullet Train To
The Sun
7 points -
Congratulators, Hafacat, The Crabs, The Daylights, Parini,
#13 Baby, Josh White
6 points - Focus
North, Suplex, Elliot Smith, The Minders, A Project Called
Lincoln, Michael Serpe, Mobius, Caustic
Resin, Cadallaca, Zeke, Groceries, Little Luann, Critters Buggin', Mountain Con
5 points -
Unwound, Papillon, Blue Collar Love, Grindstone, CXQ5, Bell, Carissa's Wierd, Wussy
Beat Up The Jocks, This Busy Monster,
Revolutionary Hydra, Raft Of Dead
Monkeys, Fireball Brady, The Souvenirs,
Lucky Me, Tuffy
4 points - Head
Full Of Stars, Truly, Matchless, Dead Moon, Murder City
Devils, The Jimmies, Supersuckers, The
Catheters, The Kung-Fu's, Camaro Hair, Nicole
Campbell, Phonkbutt, Gerald Collier
3 points - Pinebox, Pink Martini, Cheralee
Dillon, Stephanie Schneiderman, Sloan, The Fastbacks,
Toothpaste 2000, The Briefs
2 points - - Rock Star Crush, Waxwing, Luther
Russell, Once For Kicks, Maroons, Atom Sane,
Green Pajamas, Chris Cornell, Mandarin
1 point -
Kilmer, Slint, Little Champions, Fernando, Big
Duke 6, Subdebs, Drive, Here Comes Everybody,
Automicans, Bastard Sons Of The Nuge, Tribute, Black Anger, Arron
Sprinkle, Satisfact
Voting
Young Team Heroes '99:
Carrie Akre,
Goodness
Steve Anderson,
Veer
Abe Beeson,
KCMU's Live Room
Robb Benson, The
Nevada Bachelors/Freeway House/Pandemonium
Bill Bernhard,
Sky Cries Mary/Head Full Of Stars
John Chandler,
The Rocket PDX
Anicee Cochran,
Jamzine.com
Dave Einmo,
Spyglass
Diana Einmo,
Dynamo Productions
Pete Everett,
Tuffy
Matt Garman,
Montesano Records
Ben Gibbard,
Death Cab For Cutie
Bo Gilliland,
Severna Park/Heather Duby
Terry Granillo, Good-Ink Records
Pete Greenberg,
Lefthanded Booking
Aaron Huffman,
Harvey Danger
Michael Hukin, Pandemonium/The Rocket/Loveless
Records
Amy Jones, Tuffy
Katy Keyboards,
Lolly
Deanna Knudsen, Good-Ink Records
Jeramy Koepping,
Voyager One/Head Full Of Stars
Hannah Levin,
Hothouse Cultivations/Pandemonium
Dave Liljengren,
Pandemonium/The Rocket
Adam McDaid,
Severna Park
Matthew McGowan,
Peter Parker
Aaron Mannino,
Tribute/Sophie Tucker
Denise Mannino,
Mannino Arts
Graig Markel,
Tagging Satellites
Doug Mikko, A
Project Called Lincoln
Barbara
Mitchell, The Stranger/Deluxxe Media
Sean Nelson,
Harvey Danger
Ryan Parker, The
Drop
Stephanie Pure,
Anti Teen Dance Ordinance
Mona Reed, Peter
Parker
Justin Renney,
Pandemonium
John Richards,
KCMU/Pandemonium/Loveless Records
Mark Richards,
Pandemonium
Heather Rodgers,
Iconoclast/Hooked Up Entertainment
Nadine Saez,
Britpop @ The Baltic
Michael Shilling,
Heather Duby
Kelly Simmons,
Lolly
Mike Thrasher,
Thrasher Presents!
Barbara
Trentalange, Spyglass
Ben Winters, The
Jimmystuarts
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