Wizard Rock People's Choice Awards 2009 Results

Okay, so the WRPCA's have finally been announced at Leaky Con and on Wizrocklopedia.

I will admit to being a little disappointed that most of them were won by the bigger names in the Wrock world, although I suppose that will always be the case. After all, the older established and better known bands like The Remus Lupins and Ministry of Magic will have a much larger fan base than bands like Split Seven Ways, and are therefore going to get more of the votes.

It was also clear that the results were dominated by bands from the US. Hopefully, with the amount of good quality bands that the rest of the world are producing, international bands might have a better showing in future years' awards (with the help of things like the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club), although the US bands still have a huge advantage in gaining fans with being able to tour the US, which many of the international bands can't afford to do.

There was some good news for the UK Wrock scene, with RiddleTM winning four awards, including best female singer, but this left the talent of such great bands as Peeved, Split Seven Ways and Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office unrewarded.

Anyway, without further ado here are the results of the Wizard Rock People's Choice Awards 2009:

Best Male Vocals: Ministry of Magic

Best Female Vocals: RiddleTM

Best New Artist: Madam Pince and the Librarians

Best Full Length Album: Goodbye Privet Drive by Ministry of Magic

Best EP: A War Amidst Pop Songs by The Mudbloods

Best Album Art: Frankie Franco III for Goodbye Privet Drive by Ministry of Magic

Best Song: Seven Potters by The Remus Lupins

Best Solo Artist: Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls

Best Duo: The Moaning Myrtles

Best Group Effort: Minstry of Magic

Best Band From Beyond The Grave: The Remus Lupins

Best Band Featuring a Magical Creature: The Basilisk in Your Pasta

Best Hufflepuff Band: Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls

Best Gryffindor Band: The Remus Lupins

Best Slytherin Band: Draco and the Malfoys

Best Ravenclaw Band: The Moaning Myrtles

Best Non Hogwarts Band: The Whomping Willows

Best Kept Secret Award: RiddleTM

Best Youth Effort: The Hungarian Horntails

Band of the Year: Ministry of Magic

Best Music Video: Covah Yr Junk by Jace MacDonald

Best Live Act: Ministry of Magic

Band Using the Most Exotic Instrument: The Parselmouth's for the use of Eia's tap shoes

Best Collaboration: Goodbye Privet Drive by Ministry of Magic with Kristina Horner

Best Dance Song: Seven Potters by The Remus Lupins

Best Holiday Song: Nargles in the Misletoe by The Moaning Myrtles

Best Comedy Song: Covah Yr Junk by Big Whompy

Best Folk/Country/Blues Song: A Pensieve Full of Unrequited Love by The Mudbloods

Best Techno/Electronica Song: The Bravest Man I Ever Knew by Ministry of Magic

Best Punk Song: I Believe in Nargles by The Whomping Willows

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song: In Which Moaning Myrtle Moans by The Moaning Myrtles

Best Memorial Song: The Bravest Man I Ever Knew by Ministry of Magic

Best remixed Song: It's Still Snowing, Danny Dementor's remix of Catchlove's It's Snowing

Best Metawizard Song: For Jo by RiddleTM

International Awards: Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls and RiddleTM

Finally, the Lifetime Achievement Award went to The Remus Lupins

It might seem that I was being a bit negative about the awards, but I didn't mean to be. All the artists who won strongly deserved it; after all I own almost all the albums by these bands and would love to see them all live one day (yes, I know, I should have been at Leaky Con where most of them have been playing this weekend!)

I just feel that with the wealth of talent in the Wrock world these days I'm not sure that these awards do justice to the hard work put in by some of the lesser known bands who have produced albums that are at least as good as, if not better than the better known bands. After all if you only have 700 friends on your Myspace, you can't possibly hope to reach the same amount of people as a band with over 20,000 friends on theirs!