M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2005  

The Golden Dawn Goldenstate (CA) National pick: Everlea (Canada) WINNER M.E.A.N.Y. 05 Locksley LushLifeKills Do You See The Dark NY Pick of the Year: Locksley Twin-A

M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2005 was an incredible success!
M.E.A.N.Y. FEST concluded last year's event on December 30th at world famous CBGB with LOCKSLEY being awarded the grand prize winner, Twin-A as runner up. The finalists DO YOU SEE THE DARK, THE GOLDEN DAWN, GOLDENSTATE, LUSHLIFEKILLS AND EVERLEA also rocked out with special guests SUICIDE CITY with former members of Biohazard and Kitty. Judges included Michael Musto, Village Voice; Michelle Oakes, Director of A&R -TVT Records; Kristin Bredimus, Festival & Conference Director NEMO; Stephen Norris Mitchell, Atlantic Records; and Lourds. Over 260 bands performed in ten NYC venues and close to 15,000 people attended over the week of rock. Previous sponsors of M.E.A.N.Y FEST include Jack Daniel's, Guitar World Magazine, The Village Voice, NYRock.com, NY Press, THE ORCHARD, Hilton Hotels, Notorious Radio, and of course Sonicbids.

COMING SOON- Watch for an incredible M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2006 will rock NY like no other! We're coming up from underground!

Special Guest BANDCAMP signed to division of Atlantic Records! The Kin M.E.A.N.Y. Fest Winner Eve's Fault Marwood MORE Under- whelmed

JUDGES Dean Kramer KINGSOFAR.com Jonathan Clarke Q104.3 Aaron Lovell NEW YORK PRESS Michael Musto The Village Voice LOURDS

M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2004 has concluded with another amazing Pre-New Year's Eve Bash at CBGB. Over 500 people packed CBGB and what an incredible night of great music took place!

The fest began in September when 266 bands performed all over NYC and audiences voted in their favorites. Over 10,000 people once again attended ten New York venues for M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2004.. It came down to the finalists EVE'S FAULT, MORE, THE KIN, UNDERHELMED, and MARWOOD. Our national pick of the year from San Diego was MY AMERICAN HEART. Our judges this year had a really tough time with the amazing talent they had to choose from.

Our special guest Lzzy Hale in HALESTORM put on a great performance as she opened up the MEANY FEST finals. Then Marwood took the stage as the first finalist of the evening and we were in full swing. Crowds poured into CBGB thoughout the night. Later in the evening, our special guest BANDCAMP took the stage. Congrats to BANDCAMP who have just been signed to the Atlantic Recording Group! The crowd went crazy for both of our special guests and all the finalists throughout the evening!

Congratulations to THE KIN for taking first place and winning 30 hours of recording time. Congrats to UNDERWHELMED for winning a radio package from Notorious Radio and recording time from Threshold Studios. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!