Don't hold too much with award shows myself, but see them as symptomatic of our celebrity obsessed culture. That said, I'm a charitable soul and would congratulate the winners.

But if Bellowhead are best band, then The Bounty Hounds can be proud of themselves to have had 6 times more plays than Bellowhead on the Rochester Sweeps Myspace page. (and before anyone says, I know it's not a particularly representative sample, but I can dream)

If we have to have these things, it would be good if they were more representative, and I can only agree with the comments above about the Duncan McFarlane band, I had the pleasure of seeing them at Shrewsbury a couple of years ago. My only comment would be that I found Duncan's stage antics a little off-putting and distracted from some excellent music. If they are Yorkshires best kept secret, perhaps the 'Hounds' can stake a claim as East Anglia's best kept secret!

John