20th International Music Awards (Birdies)
14th March 2010

Yesyesyes, the Birdies are still going in 2010. This is the thread where you say how great you are. Be completely shameless. ;)
Posting here does not guarantee you a nomination, but you're like, a million times more likely to get one if you do. Or something.
DO NOT OVERDO THE IMAGES. If you have a lot, please use montages and/or links. Or I'll eat your soul ....

The categories are -
Best Band
Best Solo Artist
Best Band Member
Best Underground Artist
Best Newcomer
Best Artwork
Best Album
Best Single
Best Collaboration
Best Website
Best Live Act
Best Gig/Tour/Festival
Most Attractive Male
Most Attractive Female
Best Record Label/Management
Best Personality
(I hope the four new categories are good.)

And the judges are -
Katy-Soph (Bikki) Hetestien, Pyromasochist
Billy Jacobs, Failed Youth
Johnny Johnson, The Rockers
Nick Edmondson, Pilot
Pauli Schwartz, Transferium Project
Ryan Ross Hernandez
Regan Futrell
Angel (Le Fierce)
Jimmy Him, The Nimrods

How to judge (OOCish) -
1. Pick 1-3 nominations in each category. Do not vote for yourself.
2. PM them to old.gregg (do not send them to me, or post them publicly) on or before 7th March 2010.

If you need to know anything else, just ask Jakey or me,
-b.k.x.

More About Plugging & Nominating ....
You may be wondering, why is everyone showing themselves off? Why should I do that? Isn't it just cocky, shameless, etc. to nominate yourself?
1. Plugging yourself in this thread is not nominating yourself, you aren't guaranteed a nomination if you post and show off here. However, it does help .... how? Because there are a lot of us. Judges are unlikely to have the time and/or stamina to go trawling through a ton of threads to pick. So, if you write here, in a nutshell (or maybe the whole nut if you're really going for it), what you want to achieve and why you should, then you're much more likely to get your nominations.
2. It's true, nobody likes a showoff. But we make exceptions here - a good cocky, shameless show-off of a roleplay is GOOD! Remember, YOU ARE THE BEST!

Edited by user 08 March 2010 02:17:49(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Yup. Just added that.

I'd like to formally put up Enoch, Sudan, Pharaohs, and the Theosophical Society (henceforth known as the Theosophical Society Collective) up for Best Band and Best Underground Band. We've been nominated for Best Band and Best Album numerous times, but have never won a single album amongst any of the various groups making up the collective. We've recently released a comprehensive 4-album compilation series of archival, unreleased Enoch material, a 3-album compilation series of a working album by Sudan that was never assembled, despite all the songs being written, a new studio album from Sudan, the third of three three-disc albums by the Grand Society, and two new albums from Pharaohs. We've been around for gobs of time and are widely considered the greatest progressive collective around. Our work has inspired people from award-winning groups like Herr Fische, Waterlelie, The Black Gates, and the Nimrods, yet we have not yet won a single award. Personally, that makes us feel like an Icon and no further awards for us ever would be the most fair, but that is honestly some vanity! Anyway, we think we've done well enough to warrant a Best Band for the collective, or at the very least, Best Underground Band.

Best Album

Sudan - Engines of Decay

The guys from Sudan worked long and hard on this one, piecing together songs over the 65 weeks their compilation series had been released bit by bit. It features a new sound for them, rooted in much more direct songwriting that still contain progressive and technical structures. It's fast, heavy, progressive, and technical, and is a clear indicator of their place at the top of the progressive metal movement currently working on the charts. See HERE for more details.

The Grand Society - The Sandman / Lucifer / Transmetropolitan

We aren't suggesting all three should win, but are putting each up individually. The entire Theosophical Society, as well as Herr Fische and the Black Gates, came together to form the second version of the Grand Society and, over the course of over a year of trading tapes and flying to our studios in America, Australia, and the UK, came up with three separate three-disc long albums, each a massive concept piece in their own right and the first two being related storywise indirectly. These are each easily the most demanding, complex, lavish, rich, and intricate pieces ever put to tape, possibly being exceeded only by the albums of the first iteration of the Grand Society. And since the combo of The Celestial I / II didn't even get a nod last time, it would be a crying shame if we were passed up again.

Come to think of it, we'd like to put up The Grand Society Mk. II for Best Collaboration. Can we put up the supergroup itself or do we have to pick a specific album/song?

And remember us for the Icon!

- Langdon

I haven't really gone through that .... I'll say yes, collapse award can be a group, album or song, as long as it's some sort of multiple thing ....

Best Solo Artist
Aurora Fortin - with 24,000,000 singles sold and 9,500,000 albums shifted, Aurora has made a major impact in pop music. Her last two albums went #1, and her third is sure to do the same. She's played in huge stadiums, and entertained people all over the world. She's also given birth to twins and come out of the closet during all of this. Who else could do the same?

Best Artwork
Madison O'Leary - "Ecstasy"


Best Album
Aurora Fortin - The Price of Fame
Written solely by Aurora Fortin, The Price of Fame chronicles her life at the top of the pop industry and the things she's gone through. In the time that she created The Price of Fame, she carried twins, came out to the world and found love. What else could she have done? The inspiration is evident in the album, which charted at #1 in Australia/New Zealand, Asia and Europe. It also debuted at #1 on the world charts.

Best Collaboration
Madison O'Leary & Sexy Star - "The Glamour, Glitter & Tears World Tour"

Best Website
Madison O'Leary's official website

Most Attractive Male
Sexy Star

Most Attractive Female
Aurora Fortin

If the award title is blue, the line below it is clickable link.

Best Band- The Chickmunk Girls

Edited by user 06 March 2010 10:50:12(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Most Attractive Male - Jason Smith of Mind

How is that NOT sexy?

Best Newcomer - Mind have done a lot since the last IMAs. We've released a couple of successful albums, gained support from a lot of our influences. In a matter of months, we've gone from a little known band to supporting some of our favourite bands on tour.

Best Underground Act - Yeah yeah, support and success and stuff, however Mind aren't as commercially successful as they are critically. Their charting pales in comparison to many of the more successful rock and pop artists and since Underground is where we've gained our success, this is where we feel we belong.

Best live act - Burning flags and shooting fireworks out of our asses. On stage.

Best website - You may be constantly annoyed at the fact that we fill it up daily with useless crap, however, we take caare of it and make sure all our fans are informed through the power of the interwebs.

I hope i've done enough :)

Best Newcomer: Exit, obviously. All our releases from the first album made it to at least the top fourty, and only one didn't reach the top 20. A number 6 single, a number 11 single and our debut album came in at number 5(UK Charts).

Best Artwork: Exit-Three Months



Best Album: Exit by Exit purely for the impact the debut album made selling so many for a debut release. Has propelled Exit to fame.

Best Single: Exit-Three Months for the lyrics really. The opening to the song 'She's had three in three months, she thinks it's an achievement, the type who flirts with other blokes at family bereavements' really sets the song off to what is just an honest song about what a lot of women are becoming, fat slags.

Best Live Act: Exit. Their gigs aren't fancy, not really many flashing lights, just an all round sing a long where everybody joins in and gets pissed.

Best Record Label/Management: Molotov :D

Best Personality: Mike Widdows, just for sunbathing in the rain.

Edited by user 02 March 2010 04:59:01(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Rather than advertise for a chance at a nomination i'm just gonna say I hope we win.

-Zachary Barr