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All except for yours, smart guy.

Has anybody kicked J Hall's ass yet? What a Douche that guy is. I don't think a lot of people would have given them their vote if they knew what a Dick he was going to be about it. Congrats goes out to Helmet Years War...

RE: Hundred Years War

You realize JHall was making fun of himself, right?

PS - thanks for the Helmet comparison.=

WOW, some one figured out we're ripping off helmet unapologetically..........nothing gets by this town!!!

hundrad years war should appalogize to not only metal fans but the the seen in genaral. you guy sound like helmat, and thats not funny for anyone! have some respact.

I myself have never heard of "Hundred years war", and from now hearing there music...the pitch REALLY needs to get a clue, whatever in the fuck made them think this band even desreved to called "Metal"?

Even though I didn't really take what the one dude said on stage seriously, I could see why slow people would misunterstand it.

Most ironic part of the show though, how many punk kids showed up for an awards show...NOW THATS PUNK!!! Haha, lame.

J Hall was making fun of himself? Good because he's a fucking idiot. Cute!

And for the record...The Pitch doesn't randomly pick nominees for the awards. A large panel of KC/Lawrence music gurus, writers, agents, record store owners, club owners, etc, submit their nominations months in advance...don't blame The Pitch for it's nominations.

If you haven't heard of Hundred Years War or haven't met most of the guys through one of their other bands over the years, it's clear that you just don't get out that much.

"...a large panel of KC/Lawrence gurus." That's comedy. Way to stick up for a boring band.

Hey Jason, I think we've come to a revelation through these here confangled commenters:

Next year, The Pitch should let anonymous message board trolls and sore losers pick the nominees for the awards!

Hey guys - way to get all worked up about a local music award.

Sincerely,

Drummer of best metal band in all of KC and the entire region.

Diversity in music is what makes music great.

Odd that fans of music would be pissed because musicians are talented enough to play multiple styles of music with conviction as well as playing music as part of a way of life and not as a passing phase.

To the haters, if any are still following this discussion:

So which local bands would you hold up as practitioners of real metal?

Another nugget for you all:

The Metal category (or Metal/Hardcore category as it was called until this year) has only been a category for maybe 7 or 8 years. Having been on the nominating think-tank for many years, I lobbied for it's inclusion super hard back when. Let's have a look at a list of winners up to now...

SEASON TO RISK won the first two years. Not a very traditional "metal" band (at least how some of you describe metal) in the least, but one of the best heavy bands to ever play anywhere EVER.

COALESCE won the next year. Also not your average "metal" band by any means...insanely original though and totally pummeling.

I believe SALT THE EARTH won the year following. Great band, great songs, LOTS of touring...still not very "metal" though.

Then THE ESOTERIC won two or three years in a row. My favorite band ever of all time. Had a hard time fitting in with other "metal" bands on the road. But...you guessed it...not really "metal." More like Failure or Hum playing REALLY heavy songs.

Not sure who won last year off the top of my head.

Just trying to point out that maybe the "KC Metal Scene" has a far more broad palette when it comes to the heavy...maybe it's time to broaden yours.

After attending the Pitch Music awards I realized that the Category's as well as the winners come off as strange, but it is what it is.

Heard Josephine Collective open the Awards show...Great energy, great sound, but no way I would call them a Pop band!

Pendergrast put on a good show as well, but I was reminded of 80's Rock, not Folk Americana while watching them.

The bands that win are the bands that stay local, play local, build a local following based on years of being in the music scene and going through 4 or 5 different local bands...

In the Pop category the ONLY band I had not seen live was the band that won and they won with more votes than all but two acts, including tech N9ne...

I'm almost 40 and I was SERIOUSLY surprised at the age of the Bands that won...I think 90% of the winners were older than me!

In the end, this voting is a contest of who can get the most people to take 10 minutes to fill out a vote...If I had to go to a City against City Battle of the Bands, most of the winners would not be the Bands I'd take to face off in a contest.

you forgot Lamb of God, which would represent most all of the other bands in our category.

I seriously don't take The Pitch seriously after that 100 Years War foolishness.

Whatever to what the dude said on stage (joking or not, yelling something like that into a room of drunk, already angry people was a pretty bad idea).

100 Years War has about 15 friends on MySpace and I've never even heard of them playing a show, and they're certainly not "metal", and should've have been on the ballot anyway. The Pitch totally disrespected the metal scene, but that's nothing new.

You've really shown you don't give a shit about The Metal scene, Pitch. Don't count on my support anymore.

by cherryh butler and monica watrous
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"It’s Saturday night at the Record Bar, and the attendance is, well, kind of sad.

In this dimly lit Westport venue, the fans barely outnumber the band, local metal group Hundred Years War, a foursome of average guys thrashing and hollering.

A half-dozen dudes in hoodies stake out spots on the hardwood near the stage, sipping brews and plaintively nodding like bobble heads. The burly doorman, who wears a homemade T-shirt that reads, “Go Back to Power and Light,” drifts in to listen."

The article goes on to say there is no metal scene in kansas or excuse me its "under the radar" this is the picture they painted for every metal band in KC.
This is why people are pissed...If an eighth of the people that voted for you showed up to your show there would have been at least 30 people there but there wasn't. Any one of the other bands nominated could have packed that place. Your valiant effort to defenend your self makes me think some ballot stuffing was in order.

Thanks for all your hard work Hundred Years Suck. Your worthlessness shall be forgoten.