Best Rock Band/Covers

25.58% The Wailhounds* 24.04% Misfit Toys* 22.96% Little Green Men* 12.48% Actual Size* 2.31% Phil's Family Lizard 1.85% Bel Airs 1.23% Buttonhead, Rosemary Gates 0.62% Always in the Fridge, Coda, Life Sentence, Shelley Dixon Band 0.46% Cavefish, Dane Wilkins & The Average Lovers, The Orbiters, That Guy 0.31% Abraham, Dr. Seuss, Go Dog Go, Gold Room, Hangman, Not My Kids Others with Votes: Beggarman Thief, Brand New Bag, Downbreed, Elvis Cidal Tendencies, Heavy Step, Hoodoo Meatbucket, The Jury, Massokissed, Mudbone, Pop 'N' Fresh, Spyne, Stygma, Surface, Todd Harrold Trio 1999 Winner: Actual Size 1998 Winner: Michaelanjelo 1997 Winner: Rushville Whig * On the ballot

Gee, Joe Trammel, you could have been a little enthusiastic after your band, The Wailhounds, had won their Whammy for Best Rock Band/Covers. "First of all, it was great just to be nominated and have that much recognition. To receive the award left me speechless. We hadn’t expected to win. There are so many good bands in town. It was just wonderful." Obviously, we’re just teasing Joe. The Wailhounds, which began as an idea among old friends five years ago, became a band about a year after that. All four members - Trammel, bass; John Warney, drums and percussion; Noah Golden, lead guitar, bass; and Scott Wasvick, lead vocals and various instruments - had known each other at Snider High School, and there were various alliances of friendships and dating of sisters. Just the thing to cement the bonds among musicians. Ages range from 23 to 28. "We’ve pretty much played all of Indiana, from Hammond to Evansville, wherever we could find a bar with a stage," Trammel said. The music produced by The Wailhounds is best described as "psychedelic groovy with a blues-based sound." They like to touch all the bases in a live show, from jazz to country to classic rock n’ roll. There’s plenty of 70s rock n’ roll, such as Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. But there’s also about 50 percent original music, also played in the aforementioned crowd-pleasing style. "We’re trying to get our own music out there, but we do the covers to help keep the attendance up and the excitement about what we’re doing. The originals portion of the show is, I think, the highlight. We really get to shine and cut loose a little bit. The crowd dances more to our originals than to our covers," Trammel said. The past has been great for The Wailhounds, but the future lies in the studio. Trammel said the band is planning to lock itself in Sweetwater Productions in March to record half a dozen tunes for a demo CD. "Our goal is to play music full-time," Trammel said. "This is our life."

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