The EDGE Magazine / Your Texas Rock Connection / 21 Best Cover Group 1. BIG BALLS 2.. Wasted Youth 3. Mindcrime 4. The Eggmen Best Blues Group 1. JUNKYARD MARY 2. Shelly Knight & The Living Dead Best Death Metal Band 1. HATCHETWORK 2. Vesperian Sorrow 3. War Within 4. By Any Means Neces- sary 5. Azoth Best Party Band 1. JOLLY GAROGERS 2. Dirty Wormz 3. 4 Second Load 4. Teabag 5. Robbie and the Robots Best New Act of 2005 1. Closedhandpromise 2. Junkyard Mary 3. Quartershackle 4. Azoth Best Local Show 1. 101X SEPT. 21 REDRUM 2. Dirty Wormz 3. Meyvn 4. Crux Shadows 5. Hatchetwork Best Flyer 1. LUCID DEMENTIA Best Professional DJ 1. CHUCK LOESCH - 101X 2. Shelly Knight - 95.5 3. Trina Quinn - 101X Best Amateur DJ 1. VILE KYLE (KAOS959.com Radio) Best Local Radio Feature 1. NO CONTROL (Chuck Loesch) 101X Best Male Singer 1. JASON MCMASTER (Broken Teeth) 2. Rick Clark (Meyvn) 3. Ken Lockman (Powderburn) 4. Jeff Shelton (Hatchetwork) 5. Aaron Canady (Shrapnel) Best Female Singer 1. ERIN BYRNE (Junkyard Mary) 2. Cassie Boone (Meet Fist) 3. Holly Fowler (Lucid Dementia Best Guitarist 1. DREW CREEL (Meyvn) 2. Jon Simpson (Meyvn) 3. Jimmie White (Hatchetwork) 4. Arturo Jaime (Quartershackle) 5. Josh Klayman (Powderburn) Best Bassist 1. GREG ENKLER (Powderburn) 2. Ken Liao (Meyvn) 3. Storey (Closedhandpromise) 4. Blaine Matte (Quartershackle) 5. Cody Foster (War Within) Best Drummer 1. JOSH MONTANO (War Within) 2. Luann Williams (Junkyard Mary) 3. Brad Olson (Meyvn) 4. Chris Farrell (Quartershackle) 5.Greg Stewart (Shrapnel) Best Acoustic Guitarist 1. ERIN BYRNE (Junkyard Mary) 2. Rick Del Castillo (Del Castillo) Best Turntabelist 1. DJ COLE 2. Xavier (Closedhandpromise) Best Group Website 1. SHRAPNEL www.shrapnel- online.com Closedhandpromise Best CD Release 1. EDGE CD Comp. Vol 3 2. Azoth Best CD Layout 1. IMAGES OF VIOLENCE 2. Shrapnel Best Public Music Access Show 1. PURE METAL SICKNESS 2. Raw Time WRITE INS: Best Birthday Party – Erin Byrne at Redrum Sept. 24 th Best Heart Stopping Adventure – Luann Williams Best Puppet Show – Lucid Dementia JOLLY GAROGERS