West Australian Music Industry Awards

The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMis) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). The WAMi Awards are Western Australia Music’s night of nights, bringing together local music fans and members of local, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate another year of achievements for Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

History

WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia

Western Australia

. WAM first received project funding from the state government in 1989, and in the early 90s the word "rock" was dropped from the title to give the organisation scope to take on a broader constituency.

In 1994 the inaugural Kiss My WAMi Original Contemporary Music Festival was held. Other programs that have been successfully undertaken include the Act of Youth series of all-ages shows, the WA Song Contest (now WAM Song of the Year

WAM Song of the Year

WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia...

), Women in Rock and an annual CD compilation of Western Australian musical artists (the first "The Western Front" was undertaken in 1992 and featured The Pink Fluffy Bunnies, Allegiance and Storytime amongst others.)

2001 Awards

The 2001 WAMi Awards commenced with an opening party on Thursday 13 September 2001 and a closing party at the Globe Theatre on Sunday 16 September 2001.

Golden WAMi - Mark Genge
Most Popular Local Original Recorded Release - Half Deserted Streets : Fourth Floor Collapse
Fourth Floor Collapse
-History:Fourth Floor Collapse originated in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, playing their first show at the Rosemount Hotel in 1998. They became the most awarded unsigned band in Australia, taking out the Next Big Thing Competition in 1999 and winning ten Western Australian Music...
Most Popular Original Song - "Wake Up
Wake Up (Eskimo Joe song)
"Wake Up" is the first single by Eskimo Joe, taken from their debut album Girl. The video for the song won 'Best Video' at the 2001 ARIA Awards.The music video for the song features people with cardboard cut-out faces.-Track listing:-Release history:...

" : Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Most Popular Venue for Local Original Music - Amplifier Bar
Most Popular Local Original Music Radio Program - Garr and Genge Breakfast Show RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Most Popular Reviewer - Julian Tompkin (X-Press)
Most Popular Local Original Band Website - Fourth Floor Collapse
Fourth Floor Collapse
-History:Fourth Floor Collapse originated in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, playing their first show at the Rosemount Hotel in 1998. They became the most awarded unsigned band in Australia, taking out the Next Big Thing Competition in 1999 and winning ten Western Australian Music...
Most Promising New Local Original Band - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Most Popular Local Original Music Fanzine Website - Popstar
Most Popular Local Original Music Video - "Wake Up
Wake Up (Eskimo Joe song)
"Wake Up" is the first single by Eskimo Joe, taken from their debut album Girl. The video for the song won 'Best Video' at the 2001 ARIA Awards.The music video for the song features people with cardboard cut-out faces.-Track listing:-Release history:...

" : Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Most Popular Local Original Music Television Programme - 'Klipart' Access 31
Most Popular Local Original CD Launch - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Best Live Sound Engineer - Ian Stuart
Best Sound Recording Engineer - Ben Glatzer
Best Record Producer - Ben Glatzer
Best Lighting Engineer - Jared Hawke
Best Band Photographer - Chris O'Halloran
Most Popular Local Original Band - Jebediah
Jebediah
Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...
Most Popular Male Original Bass Player - Louis Dunstan (Jed Whitey)
Most Popular Female Original Bass Player - Kelly Campbell (Showbag!)
Most Popular Male Original Instrumentalist - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

(Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

Band)
Most Popular Female Original Instrumentalist - Melanie Robinson (Myrtle)
Most Popular Male Original Guitarist - Nathan Gaunt (Nathan Gaunt Band)
Most Popular Female Original Guitarist - Kate Andrews (Subject To Flooding)
Most Popular Male Original Vocalist - Michael Miller (Fourth Floor Collapse
Fourth Floor Collapse
-History:Fourth Floor Collapse originated in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, playing their first show at the Rosemount Hotel in 1998. They became the most awarded unsigned band in Australia, taking out the Next Big Thing Competition in 1999 and winning ten Western Australian Music...

)
Most Popular Female Original Vocalist - Laura G (Purrvert)
Most Popular Male Original Drummer - Daniel Salter (Jed Whitey)
Most Popular Female Original Drummer - Belle Verdiglione (Plump)
Most Popular Original Indie Act - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Most Popular Original Country Act - The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...
Most Popular Original Blues Act - Dave Hole
Dave Hole
Dave Hole is an Australian slide guitarist known for his style of playing rock and roll and blues music.-Biography:...
Most Popular Original Aboriginal Music Act - Kerri-Anne Cox
Most Popular Original Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Most Popular Original World Music Act - African Music Congress
Most Popular Original Folk Act - B Movie Heroes
Most Popular Original Goth/Industrial Act - Cell 7
Cell 7
[ cell 7 ] is an electronic industrial band formed in Perth, Western Australia. Starting in the early 1990s, [ cell 7 ] was initially influenced by IDM artists such as Autechre and Aphex Twin as well as the more mainstream sounds of Depeche Mode, the Cure and Nine Inch Nails...
Most Popular Original Funk Act - Showbag!
Most Popular Original Punk Act - Capital City
Most Popular Original Pop Act - Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...
Most Popular Original Rock Act - Fourth Floor Collapse
Fourth Floor Collapse
-History:Fourth Floor Collapse originated in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, playing their first show at the Rosemount Hotel in 1998. They became the most awarded unsigned band in Australia, taking out the Next Big Thing Competition in 1999 and winning ten Western Australian Music...
Most Popular Original Electronic Act - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
Most Popular Original Metal Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Most Popular Original Acoustic Act - B Movie Heroes

2002 Awards

Golden WAMi for Contribution to the Industry - Mark Genge - RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Most Popular Local Original Album - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

- Girl
Girl (Eskimo Joe album)
Girl is the debut album by Eskimo Joe, released on 20 August 2001. The album reached number 29 on the Australian Album Charts and went gold. The album was nominated for four ARIA Awards....
Most Popular Local Original Single/EP - The Panics
The Panics
The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...

- The Panics (debut EP)
The Panics (EP 1)
The Panics is the first EP by The Panics, released on 14 January 2002 by littleBIGMAN Records."My Brilliant Career" and "Four Walls" were recorded by Adam Keane at Survival Studios, with strings recorded in Gooseberry Hill by a friend of Jae Laffer. "Give Me Some Good Luck" and "Wake Up" were...
Most Promising New Band - The Panics
The Panics
The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...
Most Popular Original Local Music Video - Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...

- "The Movement"
Favourite CD Launch - Rhibosome
Rhibosome
Rhibosome were a three piece electronic outfit from Western Australia.-Biography:The genesis of Rhibosome began in 1998 when two members began playing in a street theatre percussion group called Whak...
Favourite Venue for Local Original Music - Grosvenor Hotel
Best Local Original Music Website - Perthbands
Most Popular Local Music Radio Program - Breakfast - RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Most Popular Local Aboriginal Music Act - Kross Kulcha
Most Popular Local Original Blues Act - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

and the Black Eyed Dogs
Most Popular Local Original Indie Act - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Most Popular Local Original Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Best Reviewer - Julian Tompkin - X Press
Best Record Producer - Shaun O'Callaghan
Best Sound Recording Engineer - Shaun O'Callaghan
Best Live Sound Engineer - Ian Stuart
Best Lighting Engineer - Jared Hawke
Best Band Photographer - Chris O'Halloran
Most Popular Local Original Band - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Most Popular Local Original Electronic Act - Rhibosome
Rhibosome
Rhibosome were a three piece electronic outfit from Western Australia.-Biography:The genesis of Rhibosome began in 1998 when two members began playing in a street theatre percussion group called Whak...
Most Popular Local Original Pop Act - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Most Popular Local Original Rock Act - Fourth Floor Collapse
Fourth Floor Collapse
-History:Fourth Floor Collapse originated in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, playing their first show at the Rosemount Hotel in 1998. They became the most awarded unsigned band in Australia, taking out the Next Big Thing Competition in 1999 and winning ten Western Australian Music...
Most Popular Local Original Country Act - The Automasters
Most Popular Local Original Punk Act - Gyroscope
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
Most Popular Local Original Folk Act - John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
Most Popular Local Original Funk Act - Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...
Most Popular Local Original Metal Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Most Popular Local Original World Music Act - African Music Congress
Most Popular Male Original Vocalist - John Butler
John Butler (musician)
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...

(John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...

)
Most Popular Female Original Vocalist - Laura G (Purrvert)
Most Popular Male Original Bass Player - Mark Cruickshank (Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...

)
Most Popular Female Original Bass Player - Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah
Jebediah
Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...

)
Most Popular Male Original Drummer - Tom Brownrigg (Local Pricks)
Most Popular Female Original Drummer - Kate Read (Jonas)
Most Popular Male Original Guitarist - John Butler
John Butler (musician)
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...

(John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...

)
Most Popular Female Original Guitarist - Tash Sayers (Local Pricks)
Most Popular Male Original Instrumentalist - Stevie C (Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...

)
Most Popular Female Original Instrumentalist - Mel Robinson (Myrtle/Gata Negra)
Best Reviewer - Julian Tompkin - X Press
Best Record Producer - Shaun O'Callaghan
Best Sound Recording Engineer - Shaun O'Callaghan

2003 Awards

WAM's annual original contemporary music festival celebrated its 10th birthday in 2003. The metro component of the Kiss My WAMi Festival ran from Thursday 4 September through to Sunday 14 September.

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Local Original Act - The Panics
The Panics
The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...
Most Popular Local Original Album - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...

- Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants (album)
Land of the Giants is the second album from the Western Australian hip hop group, Downsyde. It was released through Virgin/Hydrofunk Records in March 2003. Guest on the album included DJ Fdel and Porsah Laine....
Most Popular Local Original Live Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Most Popular Local Original New Act - Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
Most Popular Local Original Indigenous Act - Gina Williams
Most Popular Local Original Music Video - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...

- ("El Questro")
Most Popular Local Original Music Website - Perthbands
Most Popular Local Original Venue - Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Local Original Music Event -In The Pines
Most Popular Local Original Indie Rock Act - The Fergusons
The Fergusons
The Fergusons were a five piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Fergusons formed around late 1999/early 2000, comprising Al Nistelburger , Mike Bruce , Wayne Beadon , Grant Joyce and Matt Wheeler . Beadon and Joyce met when forming the band Hornbaker and...
Most Popular Local Original Urban Music Act - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
Most Popular Local Original Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Most Popular Local Original Male Vocalist - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

(Nathan Gaunt & The Blackeyed Dogs)
Most Popular Local Original Female Vocalist - Katy Steele
Katy Steele
Katy Steele is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.-Biography:Katy Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele in Perth, Western Australia on 9 September 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family...

(Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

)
Most Popular Local Original Guitarist - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

(Nathan Gaunt & The Black Eyed Dogs)
Most Popular Local Original Instrumentalist - Stevie Callum (Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...

)
Most Popular Local Original Single or EP - The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

("Let Your Love Be Love")
Most Popular Local Original Blues & Roots Act - John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
Most Popular Local Original World Music Act - B Movie Heroes
Most Popular Local Original Country Act - Pete Stone & The Assistance
Most Popular Local Original Electronic Producer - Soundlab
Most Popular Local Original Live Electronic Act - Rhibosome
Rhibosome
Rhibosome were a three piece electronic outfit from Western Australia.-Biography:The genesis of Rhibosome began in 1998 when two members began playing in a street theatre percussion group called Whak...
Most Popular Local Original Heavy Rock Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Most Popular Local Original Bassist - Matt Geary (The Nordeens)
Most Popular Local Original Drummer - Matt Maguire (Adam Said Galore
Adam Said Galore
Adam Said Galore is a three piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.- History :The band was formed in 1994, by Andrew Ryan, Simon Struthers, Matt Maguire and Michael Lake, from Perth, Western Australia...

)

Industry Voted Awards

Golden WAMi For Contribution to the Industry - Luke Rinaldi
Best Record Producer/Engineer -Shaun O'Callaghan
Best Act Management - Phil Stevens Management
Best Music Photographer - Chris O'Halloran
Best Reviewer/Presenter (Media Award) - Mark Genge
Best Live Sound Engineer - Ian Stuart
Best Lighting Engineer - Jared Hawke

Hall Of Fame

In 2004 WAM took the decision to instigate a new "WAM Hall of Fame". The intention is to induct people who have made outstanding contributions to the Western Australia

Western Australia

n contemporary music industry into this Hall of Fame each year during the WAMi Festival.

The collection of luminaries of the Western Australian music industry were recognised with a presentation ceremony at the WAMi Weekender opening party held in Foundation Week, 3-8 June 2004. The following is an amalgamation of people whom had been previously recognised through various WAM awards since 1985 and were inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.

The inductees were:

Joe Cipriani
Steve Gordon
Brian Peacock
Micheal Dwyer (editor Xpress magazine, Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...

& reporter Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Australia
Rolling Stone Australia is an Australian-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published monthly, it is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone was initially released in Melbourne in May 1970 as a supplement in Revolution, an...

(Australia))
Peter Woodward
Anna Gare
Anna Gare
Anna Gare is an Australian musician and television personality. She is one of four judges on Channel Ten's reality television program, Junior MasterChef Australia, although she is neither a formally trained chef nor trained cook.-Biography:...

(The Jam Tarts)
Dom Mariani (The Stems
The Stems
The Stems were an alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1983 and were heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop. They broke up in 1987, reformed in 2003 and released a new album in 2007.-Formation:...

, The Someloves
The Someloves
The Someloves, were a alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. They were noted for their 1980s power-pop underground style.-Biography:...

, DM3, Dom Mariani & the Majestic Kelp)
John Meyer (Everest, Airforce, Saracen, Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life"...

, John Meyer Band, Chain)
(Shirley (née Smith) Pochee
Mark Genge
Suze DeMarchi
Suze DeMarchi
Suze DeMarchi is an Australian singer/songwriter best known for fronting the band Baby Animals .-Biography:...

(Baby Animals
Baby Animals
Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia.-Early history:The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 by singer Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie, and bassist Eddie Parise...

)
Lucky Oceans (The Zydecats)
Kim Salmon
Kim Salmon
Kim Leith Salmon is an Australian indie rock musician and songwriter, who attained fame in June 2004, when he was inducted into the West Australian Music Industry Association Hall of Fame....

(The Scientists
The Scientists
The Scientists are an influential post-punk band from Perth, Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as Exterminators and then Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydney/London-based swamp rock band of the 1980s...

, Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon
Beasts of Bourbon was an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times - Beginnings :...

, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists were an Australian indie rock band formed by Kim Salmon in 1987 when he was living in Perth between the final two tours by The Scientists...

)
Steve Tallis
Richard Lane
Bob Gordon
RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Brett Rowe
Luke Rinaldi

2005 Awards

The 2005 WAMi Awards were held on Tuesday 22 February hosted by Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

's Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck is an Australian radio announcer best known for his work at the national youth broadcaster, Triple J...

. The WAMi Awards were held in the beautiful outdoor setting of the Beck’s Verandah, at the Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

Concert Hall and the stars were shining as award winners were presented their WAMi cakes. Jebediah

Jebediah

Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...

, Carus, The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....

, Red Jezebel

Red Jezebel

Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...

, Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp and The Panda Band

The Panda Band

The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...

performed live at the ceremony. Inductees into the WAM Hall of Fame were Bon Scott

Bon Scott

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980...

(AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

), Martin Clarke and Dave Hole

Dave Hole

Dave Hole is an Australian slide guitarist known for his style of playing rock and roll and blues music.-Biography:...

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Most Popular Album - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

- A Song is a City
A Song Is a City
A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
Most Popular Single/EP - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

- "From The Sea"
Most Popular Live Act - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Favourite Newcomer - Snowman
Snowman (band)
Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
Most Popular Music Video - Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

- "Beautiful To Me"
Most Popular Music Website - Perthbands
Most Popular Music Venue - Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Event - Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...

General Awards

Golden WAMi for contribution to the WA Music industry in 2004 - Nigel Bird
Most Promising New Act - The Panda Band
The Panda Band
The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
Best Indigenous Act - The Pigram Brothers
The Pigram Brothers
The Pigram Brothers are a 7 piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia formed in 1996.They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports - forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's Bran Nue Dae in 1990 – a musical that received...
Media Award for outstanding contribution in 2004 - RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Management Awards for outstanding achievements in 2004 by a Manager - Philip Stevens
Best Live Sound Engineer - Gavin Tempany
Best Record Producer/Engineer - Dave Parkin (Jebediah
Jebediah
Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...

, Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...

, Snowman
Snowman (band)
Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...

)
Best WA Based Record Label - Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....

Genre Category Awards

Best Blues/Roots Act - The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Commercial Pop Act - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Best Country Music Act - The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Funk Act - Dyslexic Fish
Best Hard Rock/Metal Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Best Indie/Pop Act! - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Best Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Best Live Electronic Act - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
Best Punk Act - Gyroscope
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
Best Rock Act - End of Fashion
End of Fashion
End of Fashion are an Australian power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of singer and guitarist Justin Burford, guitarist Rodney Aravena, bassist Simon Fasolo, and drummer Mike Hobbs. The group gained mainstream attention with their 2005 single "O Yeah", which reached...
Best Urban Music Act - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
Best World Music Act - B Movie Heroes

Craft Category Awards

Best Male Vocalist - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

(Nathan Gaunt & The Blackeyed Dogs)
Best Female Vocalist - Katy Steele
Katy Steele
Katy Steele is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.-Biography:Katy Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele in Perth, Western Australia on 9 September 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family...

(Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

)
Best Guitarist - Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt
Nathan Gaunt is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Nothingwomb, was released in 1999. His style is an eclectic mix of rock, pop, blues, and folk. Along with vocals, Gaunt plays a variety of instruments including the guitar and piano.-Early life:Gaunt was born in Darwin,...

(Nathan Gaunt & The Blackeyed Dogs)
Best Drummer - Angus Diggs (Monkey Boy)
Best Electronic Producer - Lo-Key Fu
Lo-Key Fu
-Biography:Lo-Key Fu is a contemporary producer, performer and remixer based in Perth, Western Australia who composes various styles of Breakbeat and performs his own music as a live electronic act...
Best Bassist - Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah
Jebediah
Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...

)
Best Instrumentalist - Kathy Potter
Best DJ - Greg Packer

2006 Awards

The 2006 WAMi Awards were held on Tuesday 21 February on the Becks Verandah at the Perth Concert Hall, hosted again by Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck is an Australian radio announcer best known for his work at the national youth broadcaster, Triple J...

(from Triple J

Triple J

). The awards featured performances by The Panics

The Panics

The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...

, Snowman

Snowman (band)

Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...

, The Fuzz and Schvendes

Schvendes

Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...

plus a surprise special guest performance from John Butler

John Butler (musician)

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...

. Inductions into the WAM Hall of Fame were Stephen and Alan Pigram (The Pigram Brothers

The Pigram Brothers

The Pigram Brothers are a 7 piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia formed in 1996.They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports - forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's Bran Nue Dae in 1990 – a musical that received...

), James Baker

James Baker (musician)

James Baker is a rock musician from Perth, Western Australia. He has drummed with, and was instrumental in the founding of several influential Australian bands including The Scientists, Le Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon, and The Dubrovniks.-Early days:Baker has named Ronnie Bond of The Troggs as...

(Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

, The Scientists

The Scientists

The Scientists are an influential post-punk band from Perth, Australia, led by Kim Salmon, initially known as Exterminators and then Invaders. The band had two primary incarnations: the Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s and the Sydney/London-based swamp rock band of the 1980s...

, Beasts of Bourbon

Beasts of Bourbon

Beasts of Bourbon was an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1983, with a line-up that has changed as the band splintered and reformed several times - Beginnings :...

and The Manikins

The Manikins

The Manikins were a protopunk and new wave band from Perth, Australia.-History:The band formed in August 1976 as the Cheap Nasties. Their debut gig was at The Rivervale Hotel in mid-1977. They lay claim to the title of Perth's first punk band...

) and David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

(The Triffids

The Triffids

The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

/The Blackeyed Susans

The Blackeyed Susans

The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...

Public voted awards

Most Popular Act - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Most Popular Album - Gyroscope
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....

- Are You Involved?
Are You Involved?
Are You Involved? is the second major label album release by Perth alternative rock band Gyroscope. The album was released on 25 September 2005 in Australia and debuted at #20 on the Australian album charts...
Most Popular Single/EP - Schvendes
Schvendes
Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...

- "Turn Out Your Lights"
Most Popular Live Act - Gyroscope
Gyroscope
A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. In essence, a mechanical gyroscope is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation...
Favourite Newcomer - Eleventh He Reaches London
Eleventh He Reaches London
Eleventh He Reaches London is a five-piece Post hardcore band formed in late 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.The band's name comes from the story of Don Juan from Lord Byron. In the eleventh chapter, the protagonist reaches London....
Most Popular Music Video - End of Fashion
End of Fashion
End of Fashion are an Australian power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of singer and guitarist Justin Burford, guitarist Rodney Aravena, bassist Simon Fasolo, and drummer Mike Hobbs. The group gained mainstream attention with their 2005 single "O Yeah", which reached...

- "O Yeah
O Yeah
"O Yeah" is the debut single by Australian power pop band End of Fashion, taken from their 2005 self-titled debut album. The song is featured in the video game FIFA Street 2.-Track listing:-Info:...

"
Most Popular Music Website - Perthbands
Most Popular Music Venue - Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Event - Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...

General awards

Golden WAMi for contribution to the local music industry - Luke Rinaldi
Management Award for outstanding achievement - Philip Stevens
Media Award for outstanding contribution - RTRFM
RTRFM
RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
Best Record Producer/Engineer - Dave Parkin (Jebediah
Jebediah
Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...

, Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel
Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...

, Snowman
Snowman (band)
Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...

)
Best Live Sound Engineer - Michael ‘Fletch’ Fletcherhttp://www.myspace.com/digitalduck
Best WA Record Label - Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
Most Promising New Act - Schvendes
Schvendes
Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
Best Indigenous Act - Richard Walley
Richard Walley
Dr Richard Walley OAM is a Nyoongar man, one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers, who has been a campaigner for the Indigenous cause.-Biography:...

Genre category awards

Best Indie/Pop Act - The Panda Band
The Panda Band
The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
Best Rock Act - Gyroscope
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
Best Hard Rock/Metal Act - Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
Best Punk Act - Gyroscope
Gyroscope
A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. In essence, a mechanical gyroscope is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation...
Best Commercial Pop Act - Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Best Urban Music Act - Downsyde
Downsyde
Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
Best Blues/Roots Act - The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Best World Music Act - B Movie Heroes
Best Country Music Act - The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills
The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Funk Act - Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays
Best Live Electronic Act - Astronaut

Craft Category Awards

Best Electronic Producer - Pendulum
Best Guitarist - Drew Goddard (Karnivool
Karnivool
Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

)
Best Female Vocalist - Katy Steele
Katy Steele
Katy Steele is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.-Biography:Katy Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele in Perth, Western Australia on 9 September 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family...

(Little Birdy
Little Birdy
Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

)
Best Instrumentalist - Tristen Parr (Schvendes
Schvendes
Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...

, Fall Electric)
Best Bassist -Ben Franz (The Waifs
The Waifs
The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

)
Best Drummer - Gabriel Nicotra (The Panda Band
The Panda Band
The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...

, Rollerskates
Rollerskates (band)
Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...

)
Best DJ - Greg Packer
Best Male Vocalist - Andy Citawarman (Snowman
Snowman (band)
Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...

)

2007 Awards

The 2007 WAMi Awards were held on Wednesday 21 February co-hosted by Triple J

Triple J

's Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck

Robbie Buck is an Australian radio announcer best known for his work at the national youth broadcaster, Triple J...

and Rosie Beaton

Rosie Beaton

Rosie Beaton is an Australian radio announcer, best known for her work at Australian youth radio station Triple J.-Radio career:In 2001, Beaton was appointed host of Triple J's evening music program Super Request which airs weekdays at 6pm...

. The WAMi Awards saw a return to the Beck’s Verandah, at the Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Concert Hall and after years of presenting cakes to WAMi Award winners, 2007 sees the winners presented with a WAMington. Eskimo Joe

Eskimo Joe

Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

gave a special acoustic performance with performances by Little Birdy

Little Birdy

Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...

, Dave Hole, The Stems

The Stems

The Stems were an alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1983 and were heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop. They broke up in 1987, reformed in 2003 and released a new album in 2007.-Formation:...

and WAMi nominees Double Entendre. The Farris Brothers from INXS

INXS

INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

were inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

Most Popular Album
- Bob Evans
  Kevin Mitchell (musician)
  Kevin Edward Mitchell , is an Australian musician, known for his role as the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Jebediah and also his solo work under the stage name of Bob Evans....
  
  - Suburban Songbook
  Suburban Songbook
  Suburban Kid is the first studio album by the Australian singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell, under the pseudonym Bob Evans. The album was co-produced by Mitchell and Simon Stuthers . Suburban Kid has been described as "an album of youthful introspection, love and loss"...
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
  Black Fingernails, Red Wine
  Black Fingernails, Red Wine is the third studio album by Eskimo Joe, released on 10 June 2006. The album became their first Australian ARIA Albums Chart #1, debuting at that spot on the chart week of 19 June 2006. The album has been certified 4x Platinum in Australia. It is their best selling album...
- Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  - Snowman
  Snowman (album)
  Snowman is the self-titled debut album, released by the Australian band Snowman on 23 September 2006. All the words and music were written by Snowman....
- The Panda Band
  The Panda Band
  The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
  
  - This Vital Chapter
  This Vital Chapter
  This Vital Chapter is the first album from The Panda Band, released in Australia on 8 May 2006 and in the United States on 12 September 2006 - subtitled 'We're Almost Not Even Here'. The album features new recordings of radio favourites "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" , "Eyelashes" and the most...

Most Popular Single/EP
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine
  Black Fingernails, Red Wine (song)
  "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" is the first single by Australian alternative rock band Eskimo Joe, taken from their third studio album of the same name. It has been their most successful single to date: their first song to chart in the top ten of the ARIA Singles Chart ; spent 19 weeks in the top...
  
  "

Most Popular Live Act
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

Favourite Newcomer
- Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...

Most Popular Music Video
- Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  - "You Are A Casino"

Most Popular Music Website
- Perthbands.com

Most Popular Music Venue
- Amplifier Bar

Most Popular Music Event
- Big Day Out
  Big Day Out
  The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
- In The Pines
- WAMi Festival
- Southbound
  Southbound (festival)
  Southbound is an arts, camping and music festival. A variety of Australian and international artists perform at this event. The festival occurs annually, early January, at the Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton, Western Australia.-History:...

Industry Awards

Most Promising New Act
- Faith In Plastics
- Mink Mussel Creek
- Streetlight
- Sugar Army
Best Record Producer/Engineer
- Al Smith
- Dave Parkin
- Shaun O'Callaghan
- Adam Spark
Media Award-Individual
- Bob Gordon
- Dave Cutbush
- Mike Wafer
- Peter Barr
Best Male Vocalist
- Andy Citawarman (Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  )
- Ian Kenny (Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  /Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  )
- Justin Burford (End Of Fashion
  End of Fashion
  End of Fashion are an Australian power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of singer and guitarist Justin Burford, guitarist Rodney Aravena, bassist Simon Fasolo, and drummer Mike Hobbs. The group gained mainstream attention with their 2005 single "O Yeah", which reached...
  
  )
- Kavyen Temperley (Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  )
Best Female Vocalist
- Abbe May (The Fuzz)
- Katy Steele
  Katy Steele
  Katy Steele is the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of four piece rock band Little Birdy.-Biography:Katy Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele in Perth, Western Australia on 9 September 1983, and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brother are the youngest in the family...
  
  (Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
  
  )
- Rachael Dease (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
- Storm Wyness (Sex Panther)
Best Guitarist
- Ant Gray (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
- Drew Goddard (Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  )
- Sean Pollard (New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia formed in early 2004.-History:Joseph Derwort, Sean Pollard and Benjamin Golby of New Rules For Boats first met at Perth Modern School, where all three had music scholarships, although they didn't form the band until after they...
  
  )
- Jeremy Martin (Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London is a five-piece Post hardcore band formed in late 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.The band's name comes from the story of Don Juan from Lord Byron. In the eleventh chapter, the protagonist reaches London....
  
  )
Best Bassist
- Ben Franz (The Waifs
  The Waifs
  The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...
  
  )
- Benjamin Golby (New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia formed in early 2004.-History:Joseph Derwort, Sean Pollard and Benjamin Golby of New Rules For Boats first met at Perth Modern School, where all three had music scholarships, although they didn't form the band until after they...
  
  )
- David Namour (Rollerskates
  Rollerskates (band)
  Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...
  
  /The Panda Band
  The Panda Band
  The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
  
  )
- Pete Jeavons (Thrust)
Best Drummer
- Gabriel Nicotra (Rollerskates
  Rollerskates (band)
  Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...
  
  /The Panda Band
  The Panda Band
  The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
  
  )
- Ian Chater (The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays are an indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia.-Biography:The Bank Holidays were conceived by James Crombie and Wibekke Reczek whilst holidaying in Norway , who several weeks later in London enlisted old school friend Nat Carson to form the band...
  
  )
- Rob Nassif (Gyroscope
  Gyroscope (band)
  Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
  
  )
- Steve Judd (Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  )
Best Instrumentalist
- Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
  
  )
- Stephen Callan (Rollerskates
  Rollerskates (band)
  Rollerskates are a five piece indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. Rollerskates mix of electronic sounds, tight dance music, hip-hop undertones, rock elements and touches of funk have seen this five piece grow into a popular music group in Perth.-Early years:Rollerskates were...
  
  /The Panda Band
  The Panda Band
  The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...
  
  )
- Tristan Parr (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
- Andy Citawarman (Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  )
Best Electronic Producer
- HiRO?
- Lo-Key Fu
  Lo-Key Fu
  -Biography:Lo-Key Fu is a contemporary producer, performer and remixer based in Perth, Western Australia who composes various styles of Breakbeat and performs his own music as a live electronic act...
- Pendulum
  Pendulum (band)
  Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
- Shane Norton
Best Blues/Roots Act
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
- Andrew Winton
- Blue Shaddy
  Blue Shaddy
  Blue Shaddy is an Australian blues/roots band who formed in 1999.-Biography:Blue Shaddy have independently released four albums and have received national airplay on Triple J.The group has been showcased in the US through Tin Records...
- Toby
Best Country Music Act
- Connie Kis Andersen
- Ronni Rae Rivers
- Felicity Groom
- The Jayco Brothers
Best Rock Act
- Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
- The Wednesday Society
- Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
- The Silents
  The Silents
  The Silents are an psychedelic rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Biography:Benjamin 'Lloyd' Stowe and Jamie Terry began writing and recording songs in 2002, heavily influenced by early sixties psychedelic and beat music. They then began looking for a rhythm section with similar rock’n’roll...
Best Indi Pop Act
- New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia formed in early 2004.-History:Joseph Derwort, Sean Pollard and Benjamin Golby of New Rules For Boats first met at Perth Modern School, where all three had music scholarships, although they didn't form the band until after they...
- The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays are an indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia.-Biography:The Bank Holidays were conceived by James Crombie and Wibekke Reczek whilst holidaying in Norway , who several weeks later in London enlisted old school friend Nat Carson to form the band...
- Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire were an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia.-History:Institut Polaire formed as a three piece in 2004 by an American ex-pat , an English born scientist and a country boy moved to the big city...
- Faith In Plastics
Best Indigenous Act
- The Pigram Brothers
  The Pigram Brothers
  The Pigram Brothers are a 7 piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia formed in 1996.They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports - forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's Bran Nue Dae in 1990 – a musical that received...
- Richard Walley
  Richard Walley
  Dr Richard Walley OAM is a Nyoongar man, one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers, who has been a campaigner for the Indigenous cause.-Biography:...
- Alice Haines
- Bartlett
Management Award
- Heath Bradby
- Phillip Stevens
- Scott Adam
- Juliet John
Media Award-Organisation
- Drum Perth
- RTRFM
  RTRFM
  RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
- Xpress
- Rockus
Best DJ
- Dan The Man
- Fdel
- Charlie Bucket
- Moflo Leigh
Best Hardcore/Punk Act
- Miles Away
- From The Ruins
- Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London is a five-piece Post hardcore band formed in late 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.The band's name comes from the story of Don Juan from Lord Byron. In the eleventh chapter, the protagonist reaches London....
- Extortion
Best Hard Rock Metal Act
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
- Subtruck
  Subtruck
  Subtruck is a heavy groove rock band that was formed in 1998 in Perth, Western Australia by singer/guitarist Phil Bradley, previously of The Jackals.-Biography:The band also features Kris Goodwin on drums and Robert Troup on bass...
- Pathogen
- Voyager
Best Commercial Pop Act
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
- The Sleepy Jackson
  The Sleepy Jackson
  The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...
- Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
- Bob Evans
  Kevin Mitchell (musician)
  Kevin Edward Mitchell , is an Australian musician, known for his role as the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Jebediah and also his solo work under the stage name of Bob Evans....
Best Jazz Act
- Sam Anning
- VOID
- Matt Jodrell
- Mace Francis Orchestra
Best WA Record Label
- Blazing Strumpet
- Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
- QStik Records
- Sic Squared Records
  Sic Squared Records
  Sic Squared Records is an Australian independent record label established in 1999 to promote Western Australian heavy rock bands.-History:Founded by Adam Scott, the label's debut release was by local band T-cells, the label gained nation recognition with the release of the hugely successful Heavy...
Golden WAMi
- Heath Bradby (Manager - Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  )
- Peter Barr (RTRFM
  RTRFM
  RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
  
  )
- Paul Sloan (promoter)
- Scott Adam (QStik Records)
Best Sound Engineer (live or studio)
- Al Smith
- Dave Parkin
- Ian Stuart
- Luke Willot
Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act
- Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
- Drapht
  Drapht
  Drapht is an Australian hip hop singer from Perth, Western Australia. Drapht is a member of the Syllaboliks crew, which comprises fellow Australian hip hop artists from Perth.-Biography:...
- Che'Nelle
  Che'Nelle
  Cheryline Lim known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian recording artist. in 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI.-1983-2005: Early life:...
- Hunter
Best Live Electronic Act
- Sir Apple
- Pendulum Live
  Pendulum (band)
  Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
- Fdel
- The Resonance
Best Funk Act
- Lysistrata
- The Roast
- The Crux
- Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays
Best World Act
- Double Entendre
- Collective Latino
- Zarm
- David Hyams And The Miles To Go Band

2008 Awards

The 2008 WAMi Awards where held at the Perth Festival Beck’s Music Box (on the Esplanade, Perth) on Thursday 21 February. The event was co-hosted by Caroline Tran

Caroline Tran

Caroline Tran is an Australian radio announcer on the national youth broadcaster Triple J.She moved to Melbourne, Australia, from Vietnam with her family when she was three. As an adult, she worked several other jobs before getting involved with radio broadcasting at the Australian Film...

(Triple J

Triple J

) and Peter Barr (RTRFM

RTRFM

RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...

92.1). The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Jebediah

Jebediah

, Birds of Tokyo

Birds of Tokyo

Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...

, Blue Shaddy

Blue Shaddy

Blue Shaddy is an Australian blues/roots band who formed in 1999.-Biography:Blue Shaddy have independently released four albums and have received national airplay on Triple J.The group has been showcased in the US through Tin Records...

, Yabu Band with special guests Groovylips and the Yang, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke and DJ's Dan the Man & Rok Riley. The WAM Hall of Fame, was not part of the ceremony, with the Executive Director of WAM, Paul Bodlovich, announcing that WAM were planning to hold a separate Hall of Fame event later in the year. The winners and the nominees of the 2008 WAMi's were:

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
- The Panics
  The Panics
  The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...

Most Popular Music Website
- Perthbands

Most Popular Live Act
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

Most Popular Single/EP
- Gyroscope
  Gyroscope
  A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. In essence, a mechanical gyroscope is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation...
  
  – “Snakeskin
  Snakeskin
  Snakeskin may refer to:*Snakeskin, a material that is made from the skin of a snake*Snakeskin , a song by Australian band Gyroscope*Snakeskin , a New Zealand film*Snakeskin , a side project of Tilo Wolff from Lacrimosa*Snakeskin Glacier...
  
  ”

Most Popular Album
- Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  – Day One
  Day One (Birds of Tokyo album)
  Day One is the debut album from Birds of Tokyo, released on February 3, 2007 on independent label, Egg Records, through MGM Distribution. The album was recorded at Studio Couch, Fremantle, Sing Sing Studio, Melbourne, Big Rock Studio, Dunsborough, Loop Studios, West Perth and Underground Studios,...
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Grand National
  Grand National (album)
  Grand National is the fourth album by the John Butler Trio. Somewhere between 22 to 25 songs were considered for this album, some created during or before Sunrise Over Sea....
- The Panics
  The Panics
  The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...
  
  – Cruel Guards
  Cruel Guards
  Cruel Guards is the third studio album by Australian indie rock band The Panics, released on 13 October 2007 on Dew Process.-Background:...
- Red Jezebel
  Red Jezebel
  Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...
  
  – How I Learnt To Stop Worrying
Favourite Newcomer
- Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia
- Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
- Harlequin League
  Harlequin League
  Harlequin League are a Perth based rock band formed in 2007.-Biography:Harlequin League were the winners of the 2007 The Next Big Thing competition ....
- Sneaky Weasel Gang
Most Popular Music Video
- Gyroscope
  Gyroscope
  A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum. In essence, a mechanical gyroscope is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation...
  
  – “Snakeskin
  Snakeskin
  Snakeskin may refer to:*Snakeskin, a material that is made from the skin of a snake*Snakeskin , a song by Australian band Gyroscope*Snakeskin , a New Zealand film*Snakeskin , a side project of Tilo Wolff from Lacrimosa*Snakeskin Glacier...
  
  ”
- Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire were an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia.-History:Institut Polaire formed as a three piece in 2004 by an American ex-pat , an English born scientist and a country boy moved to the big city...
  
  – “City Walls and Empires”
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – “Good Excuse
  Good Excuse
  "Good Excuse" is a promotional only release by Australian jam band, The John Butler Trio from their fourth studio album Grand National."Good Excuse" was released in March 2007 in Australia by Jarrah Records and in the United States by Atlantic Records....
  
  ”
- Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
  
  – “Swimming With Sharks”
Most Popular Music Event
- In The Pines
- Perth International Arts Festival
  Perth International Arts Festival
  The Perth International Arts Festival is Australia's longest running cultural festival, held annually in Western Australia between February-March. The program features contemporary and classical music, dance, theatre, opera, visual arts, large-scale public works, Lotterywest Festival Films and the...
- Southbound
  Southbound (festival)
  Southbound is an arts, camping and music festival. A variety of Australian and international artists perform at this event. The festival occurs annually, early January, at the Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton, Western Australia.-History:...
- The WAMi Awards
Most Popular Venue
- Amplifier Bar
- Hyde Park Hotel
- Mojo's Bar
- Rosemount Hotel

Industry Voted Awards

Golden WAMi
- Heath Bradby
- Juliet John
- Peter Barr
- Steph Edwardes
Most Promising New Act
- Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia
- Astral Travel
- Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
- Harlequin League
  Harlequin League
  Harlequin League are a Perth based rock band formed in 2007.-Biography:Harlequin League were the winners of the 2007 The Next Big Thing competition ....
Best Sound Engineer (Live or Studio)
- George Kailis
- Ian Stewart
- Laurie Sinagra
- Luke Willott
Best Record Producer/Engineer
- Adam Spark
- Al Smith
- Dave Parkin
- Shaun O’Callaghan
Best WA Record Label
- Blazing Strumpet Records
- Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
- Love Is My Velocity
  Love Is My Velocity
  Love Is My Velocity is a Perth, Australia-based independent record label. Originally started as an indie club night in 2003, it became a record label representing mainly Perth bands in 2006...
- Qstik Records
Media Award Individual
- Bob Gordon
- Dave Cutbush
- Mike Wafer
- Peter Barr
Media Award Organisation
- The Drum Magazine
  Drum magazine
  A drum magazine is a type of firearms magazine that is cylindrical in shape, similar to a drum. Instead of rounds being stored flat, as in a more common box magazine, rounds in a drum magazine are stored in a spiral around the center of the magazine, facing the direction of the barrel.There are...
- Rockus.com.au
- RTRFM
  RTRFM
  RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
  
  92.1
- Xpress Magazine
Management Award
- Steph Edwardes
- Philip Stevens
- Heath Bradby
- Juliet John
Best Rock Act
- Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
- Capital City
- Snowman
  Snowman (band)
  Snowman were a band originally from Perth, Western Australia. They relocated to London in 2008, and disbanded in 2011.-History:Snowman began playing together in various incarnations and under different names during their high school years. Joseph McKee and Andy Citawarman met when they were...
- Sugar Army
Best Commercial Pop Act
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
- Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
- The Panics
  The Panics
  The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...
- Red Jezebel
  Red Jezebel
  Red Jezebel is a four piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Early years:The band competed in the WA final of the Australian National Campus Band Competition at North Perth's Planet Nightclub in 1997...
Best Indie Pop Act
- The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays
  The Bank Holidays are an indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia.-Biography:The Bank Holidays were conceived by James Crombie and Wibekke Reczek whilst holidaying in Norway , who several weeks later in London enlisted old school friend Nat Carson to form the band...
- The Burton Cool Suit
- Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire were an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia.-History:Institut Polaire formed as a three piece in 2004 by an American ex-pat , an English born scientist and a country boy moved to the big city...
- New Rules For Boats
  New Rules for Boats
  New Rules for Boats is a five piece band from Perth, Western Australia formed in early 2004.-History:Joseph Derwort, Sean Pollard and Benjamin Golby of New Rules For Boats first met at Perth Modern School, where all three had music scholarships, although they didn't form the band until after they...
Best Hardcore/Punk Act
- Extortion
- The Homicides
- Miles Away
- Project Mayhem
Best Hard Rock/Metal Act
- Cease
- Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London is a five-piece Post hardcore band formed in late 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.The band's name comes from the story of Don Juan from Lord Byron. In the eleventh chapter, the protagonist reaches London....
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
- Pathogen
Best Blues/Roots Act
- Abbe May and The Rockin’ Pneumonia
- The Dave Mann
  Dave Mann
  David Carl Mann is a former professional American football punter. He played college football at Oregon State University and was drafted in the 7th round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League. He played for the Cardinals for three seasons as a punter,...
  
  Collective
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Funk Act
- The Bluejays
- Funkola
- Lysistrata
- Sunshine Brothers
Best Jazz Act
- Graham Wood Quintet
- Mace Francis Orchestra
- Matt Jodrell Quartet
- Void
Best Country Music Act
- The Jayco Brothers
- Jeff Strong
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
- Polly Medlen
Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act
- Che’Nelle
- Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
- Fdel
- Rhyme Audial
Best Electronic Act
- Brash and Sassy
- Electric Limousine
- Pendulum
  Pendulum (band)
  Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
- The Transients
Best DJ
- Charlie Bucket
- Dan the Man
- Greg Packer
- Gruesome Twosome
Best World Act
- David Hyams and The Miles To Go Band
- Electric Kora Land
- The Flying Carpathians
- Zigatango
Best Indigenous Act
- Bartlett
- Djiva
- Peter Brandy
- The Pigram Brothers
  The Pigram Brothers
  The Pigram Brothers are a 7 piece Indigenous Australian band from the pearling town of Broome, Western Australia formed in 1996.They were heavily involved in Broome's musical and theatrical exports - forming the original backing band for Jimmy Chi's Bran Nue Dae in 1990 – a musical that received...
Best Electronic Producer
- Dave McKinney (Flow Dynamics, Soul Harmonics)
- Pendulum
  Pendulum (band)
  Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
- Roly Skender
- Sardi
Best Bassist
- Greg Sanders (Kill Teen Angst)
- Ian Berney (The Wednesday Society, Sugar Army)
- Mat Cheetham (Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
  
  , Sunshine Brothers)
- Roy Martinez (Dave Mann
  Dave Mann
  David Carl Mann is a former professional American football punter. He played college football at Oregon State University and was drafted in the 7th round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League. He played for the Cardinals for three seasons as a punter,...
  
  Collective, Cinema Prague)
Best Guitarist
- Andrew Winton
- Adam Spark (Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  )
- Ant Gray (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
- John Butler
  John Butler (musician)
  John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...
Best Male Vocalist
- Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
  
  )
- Dave Mann
- Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  )
- Nathan Gaunt
Best Female Vocalist
- Abbe May (Abbe May and The Rockin’ Pneumonia)
- Felicity Groom (Felicity Groom and The Black Black Smoke)
- Katy Steele (Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
  
  )
- Rachael Dease (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
Best Drummer
- Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  )
- Nigel Bird (Bob Evans, Mo Wilson and the Drivers)
- Pete Guazzelli (Fall Electric)
- Russell Loasby (Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire
  Institut Polaire were an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia.-History:Institut Polaire formed as a three piece in 2004 by an American ex-pat , an English born scientist and a country boy moved to the big city...
  
  )
Best Instrumentalist
- Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
  
  , Felicity Groom & the Black Black Smoke)
- Glenn Sarangapany (Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  )
- Tara John (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  )
- Tristan Parr (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  , Fall Electric)

2009 Awards

The 2009 WAMi Awards were held at the Metro City nightclub on Thursday 7 May, with the event hosted by Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...

. The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Drapht

Drapht

Drapht is an Australian hip hop singer from Perth, Western Australia. Drapht is a member of the Syllaboliks crew, which comprises fellow Australian hip hop artists from Perth.-Biography:...

, The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....

, Djva, Project Mayhem and the Sneaky Weasel Gang. Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner (musician)

Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...

(The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

) was inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame, as a separate event on Wednesday, 6 May 2009.

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act
- Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
- Sugar Army
  Sugar Army
  Sugar Army are a three-piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Where Do You Hide Your Toys :Formed in 2005 and receiving a Triple J Next Crop in November 2007. The band received two nominations, "Favourite Newcomer" and "Most Promising New Act", at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry...
- Tame Impala
  Tame Impala
  Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock band from Perth, Australia. They are signed to Modular Records. The band came to prominence in 2010 with the release of their first debut album, Innerspeaker. Their name refers to the impala, a medium sized antelope...
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Most Popular Live Act
- Birds of Tokyo
- Gyroscope
  Gyroscope (band)
  Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
- Tame Impala
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Most Popular Album
- Abbe May and the Rockin' Pneumonia - Howl and Moan
- Birds of Tokyo - Universes
  Universes (album)
  -Charts:-Credits:* Produced by Adam Spark & Birds of Tokyo* Engineered by Kieran Kenderessy & Adam Spark* Mixed by Tim Palmer At Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood California* Distributed by MGM Distribution Australia...

Most Popular Single/EP
- Tame Impala - "Tame Impala" (EP)

Favourite Newcomer
- Tame Impala

Most Popular Music Video
- Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
  
  - "Fortune and Fame"

Most Popular Music Event
- Southbound
  Southbound (festival)
  Southbound is an arts, camping and music festival. A variety of Australian and international artists perform at this event. The festival occurs annually, early January, at the Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton, Western Australia.-History:...

Most Popular Music Venue
- Fly by Night Musicians Club

Most Popular Music Website
- www.fasterlouder.com.au (Perth)

Industry Voted Awards

Golden WAMi
- Kristy Pinder

Most Promising New Act
- Tame Impala
  Tame Impala
  Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock band from Perth, Australia. They are signed to Modular Records. The band came to prominence in 2010 with the release of their first debut album, Innerspeaker. Their name refers to the impala, a medium sized antelope...

Best Male Vocalist
- Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo, Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  )

Best Female Vocalist
- Abbe May

Best Guitarist
- Luke Dux (The Floors, Will Stoker and the Embers)

Best Bassist
- Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kills Devil Hills, Will Stoker and the Embers)

Best Drummer
- Matt Maguire (Schvendes, Adam Said Galore)

Best Instrumentalist
- Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
  
  , The Devil and Abbe May, Felicity Groom and The Black Black Smoke)

Best Electronic Producer
- Tomás Ford

Best DJ
- Dan The Man

Best Rock Act
- Birds of Tokyo

Best Commercial Pop Act
- The Panics
  The Panics
  The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...

Best Indie Pop Act
- Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke

Best Hardcore / Punk Act
- The Painkillers

Best Hard Rock / Metal Act
- The Devil Rides Out

Best Blues / Roots Act
- Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia

Best Funk Act
- Sneaky Weasel Gang

Best Jazz Act
- VOID
Best Country Music Act
- Jane Germain and the Yahoos
- The Fancy Brothers
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
- The Lazy Railway
Best Urban/Hip Hop Act
- Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
- Drapht
  Drapht
  Drapht is an Australian hip hop singer from Perth, Western Australia. Drapht is a member of the Syllaboliks crew, which comprises fellow Australian hip hop artists from Perth.-Biography:...
- MC Able
- The Typhoons
Best Live Electronic Act
- Pendulum
- The Transients
- The Voltaire Twins
- Tomás Ford
Best World Act
- Grace Barbe
- David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
- Mukti
- Zarm
Best Live Sound Engineer
- Dave Carter
- Ian Stewart
- Luke Willott
- Rene De Vries
Best Record Producer/Engineer
- Alan Smith - Begerk! Recording Studio
- Dave Parkin - Blackbird Studio
- Laurie McCallum - Sumo Sound Studio
- Rob Grant - Poons Head
Indigenous Act of the Year
- Djiva
- Peter Brandy
- The Yabu Band
- Warangka Band
Best WA based Record Label
- Firestarter
- Good Cop Bad Cop Records
- Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
- Love Is My Velocity
  Love Is My Velocity
  Love Is My Velocity is a Perth, Australia-based independent record label. Originally started as an indie club night in 2003, it became a record label representing mainly Perth bands in 2006...
Media Award (Individual)
- Aarom Wilson
- Bob Gordon
- Dave Cutbush
- Mike Wafer
Media Award (Organisation)
- Drum Media
  Drum Media
  Drum Media is a free weekly tabloid-sized music and lifestyle magazine established in 1990 and based in Sydney, Australia. It is distributed throughout Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and Canberra, and surrounding districts. A separate weekly issue began circulating in Perth in September 2006. The...
- perthbands.com
- RTRFM
  RTRFM
  RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
- Xpress Magazine
Management Award
- Heath Bradby
- Steph Edwardes
- Jodie Regan
- Philip Stevens

2010 Awards

The 2010 WAMi Awards were announced Thursday 20 May 2010 at Capitol Nightclub, Perth, with the event hosted by Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall

Lindsay McDougall

Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall is an Australian radio presenter for national youth network Triple J and guitarist in Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb.- Frenzal Rhomb :...

(Triple J

Triple J

) and Peter Barr (RTRFM

RTRFM

). The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Sugar Army

Sugar Army

Sugar Army are a three-piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Where Do You Hide Your Toys :Formed in 2005 and receiving a Triple J Next Crop in November 2007. The band received two nominations, "Favourite Newcomer" and "Most Promising New Act", at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry...

, Will Stoker and the Embers, the Brow Horn Orchestra, Black Poet and Hayley Beth. The 2010 WAMi Craft Awards were announced on Monday 17 May at The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth. Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor (musician)

Matt Taylor is an Australian blues musician. He is best known for his work with long-lasting blues band Chain and for the hit song "I Remember When I Was Young".-Biography:...

(Chain

Chain (band)

Chain are an Australian blues band formed in Melbourne as The Chain in late 1968 with a lineup including guitarist, vocalist Phil Manning; they are sometimes known as Matt Taylor's Chain after lead singer-songwriter and harmonica player, Matt Taylor...

, Matt Taylor Band) was inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act
- Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
- Gyroscope
  Gyroscope (band)
  Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
- Sugar Army
  Sugar Army
  Sugar Army are a three-piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Where Do You Hide Your Toys :Formed in 2005 and receiving a Triple J Next Crop in November 2007. The band received two nominations, "Favourite Newcomer" and "Most Promising New Act", at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry...
Most Popular Live Act
- Boys Boys Boys!
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
- Sugar Army
- Tomás Ford
Most Popular Music Website
- Fasterlouder.com.au
- Perthbands.com
- Rtrfm.com.au
- Spaceshipnews.com.au
Most Popular Album
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  - Inshalla
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – April Uprising
  April Uprising
  The April Uprising was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876, which indirectly resulted in the re-establishment of Bulgaria as an autonomous nation in 1878...
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  – Sound Awake
  Sound Awake
  Notes"Deadman" does not run until 12:04, it stops at 10:08, and is followed by a re-recorded version of the closing song from Themata, "Change ", which then segues into "Change "...
- Sugar Army
  Sugar Army
  Sugar Army are a three-piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Where Do You Hide Your Toys :Formed in 2005 and receiving a Triple J Next Crop in November 2007. The band received two nominations, "Favourite Newcomer" and "Most Promising New Act", at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry...
  
  – The Parallels Amongst Ourselves
Favourite Newcomer
- Emperors
- The Jackards
- The Joe Kings
- Tim & Jean
  Tim & Jean
  Tim & Jean is the name of an indie-pop duo from Mandurah, Australia. The group consists of Tim Ayre and Jean Capotorto.-Biography:The band began by recording demo tapes in Capotorto's bedroom studio in Mandurah...
Most Popular Music Venue
- Amplifier Bar
- Mojos Bar
- Rocket Room
- Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Single / EP
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – "Foreign Land
  Foreign Land (song)
  "Foreign Land" is the first single by Eskimo Joe, taken from theirfourth studio album Inshalla. It was released on 3 April 2009 on the Australian iTunes store and was released 17 April 2009 as a digital EP and physical single....
  
  "
- French Rockets / Injured Ninja – 12” Split + DVD
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – "One Way Road"
- Umpire – "Streamers"
Most Popular Music Video
- Blac Blocs - "NVDA"
- Brash and Sassy – "No Milk For You"
- Injured Ninja – "IDDQD"
- Sugar Army – "Tongues in Cheeks"
Most Popular Music Event
- Big Day Out
  Big Day Out
  The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
  
  (Perth)
- In the Pines
- Soundwave (Perth)
- St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (Perth)

Industry Awards

Most Promising New Act*
- Boom! Bap! Pow!
- Emperors
- Goodnight Tiger
- The Joe Kings
Best Live Sound Engineer
- Dave Carter
- Ian Stewart
- James Newhouse
- Rene De Vries
Best Record Producer / Engineer
- Al Smith
- Dave Parkin
- Max Ducker
- Rob Agostini
Indigenous Act of the Year
- Djiva
- Moana Dreaming
- Peter Brandy
- Yabu Band
Best WA Based Record Label
- Firestarter Music
- Good Cop Bad Cop
- Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records
  Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
- Walking Horse
Media Award, Individual
- Aarom Wilson
- Bob Gordon
- Dave Cutbush
- Mike Wafer
Media Award, Organisation
- Fasterlouder.com.au
- RTRFM
  RTRFM
  RTRFM is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the...
- The Drum Media
  Drum Media
  Drum Media is a free weekly tabloid-sized music and lifestyle magazine established in 1990 and based in Sydney, Australia. It is distributed throughout Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and Canberra, and surrounding districts. A separate weekly issue began circulating in Perth in September 2006. The...
- X-Press Magazine
Management Award
- Jodie Regan
- Laith Tierney
- Philip Stevens
- Steph Edwardes
Golden WAMi
- Aarom Wilson
- Andrew Ryan
- Dave Cutbush
- Peter Barr
Best Male Vocalist
- Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
  
  )
- Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo
  Birds of Tokyo is a four-piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album Day One, gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the AIR Independent Album charts, spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top 10.In 2008, the band released Universes,...
  
  , Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
  
  )
- Pat McLaughlin (Sugar Army)
- Will Stoker (Will Stoker & the Embers)
Best Female Vocalist
- Abbe May
- Felicity Groom
- Hayley Beth
- Novac Bull (Boom! Bap! Pow!)
Best Guitarist
- Andrew Ryan (Adam Said Galore
  Adam Said Galore
  Adam Said Galore is a three piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.- History :The band was formed in 1994, by Andrew Ryan, Simon Struthers, Matt Maguire and Michael Lake, from Perth, Western Australia...
  
  , Felicity Groom & the Black Black Smoke, Fall Electric)
- Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
- Jay Marriott (The Novocaines)
- Luke Dux (The Floors, Timothy Nelson & the Infidels, Will Stoker & the Embers)
Best Bassist
- Anthony Jackson (Birds of Tokyo)
- Cameron Hines (Mile End/Mongrel Country)
- Ian Berney (Sugar Army)
- Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kill Devil Hills, Will Stoker and the Embers)
Best Drummer
- Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo, Sons of Rico)
- Ben Stacy (Tangled Thoughts of Leaving)
- Jamie Sher (Sugar Army)
- Matt Maguire (Schvendes
  Schvendes
  Schvendes are a band of brothers and sisters from Perth, Western Australia. They write stories about murder, mayhem, love and loss upon a background of gentle Rhodes piano, pounding drums, screaming guitar, soaring cello and vocals, which have been described as both sweet and terrifying...
  
  , Adam Said Galore
  Adam Said Galore
  Adam Said Galore is a three piece indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia.- History :The band was formed in 1994, by Andrew Ryan, Simon Struthers, Matt Maguire and Michael Lake, from Perth, Western Australia...
  
  )
Best Instrumentalist
- Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills, Abbe May, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke)
- Chris Cobilis (The Tigers, The Sabre Tooth Tigers, smrts)
- Glenn Sarangapany – (Birds of Tokyo)
- Tristan Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)
Best Electronic Producer
- Tomás Ford
- Naik
- Trilby Temperley (Cloud Kollectiv, She Selexx)
- ShockOne
Best DJ
- Charlie Bucket
- Micah
- Rex Monsoon
- ShockOne
Best Rock Act
- Karnivool
  Karnivool
  Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...
- Sugar Army
  Sugar Army
  Sugar Army are a three-piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.-Where Do You Hide Your Toys :Formed in 2005 and receiving a Triple J Next Crop in November 2007. The band received two nominations, "Favourite Newcomer" and "Most Promising New Act", at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry...
- Tame Impala
  Tame Impala
  Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock band from Perth, Australia. They are signed to Modular Records. The band came to prominence in 2010 with the release of their first debut album, Innerspeaker. Their name refers to the impala, a medium sized antelope...
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Commercial Pop Act
- Boys Boys Boys!
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
- Gyroscope
  Gyroscope (band)
  Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
- Tim & Jean
  Tim & Jean
  Tim & Jean is the name of an indie-pop duo from Mandurah, Australia. The group consists of Tim Ayre and Jean Capotorto.-Biography:The band began by recording demo tapes in Capotorto's bedroom studio in Mandurah...
Best Indie Pop Act
- 6s + 7s
- Boys Boys Boys!
- Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
- Umpire
Best Hardcore / Punk Act
- Break Even
- Chainsaw Hookers
- Extortion
- Project Mayhem
Best Hard Rock / Metal Act
- Chaos Divine
  Chaos Divine
  Chaos DivineOriginPerth, Western AustraliaGenresProgressive metalYears active2005–presentLabelsFirestarter Music & DistributionStudio Albums2011 - The Human Connection2009 - AvalonEPs2006 - RatioMembersSimon Mitchell...
- Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London
  Eleventh He Reaches London is a five-piece Post hardcore band formed in late 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.The band's name comes from the story of Don Juan from Lord Byron. In the eleventh chapter, the protagonist reaches London....
- The Devil Rides Out
- Voyager
Best Blues / Roots Act
- Abbe May
- Blue Shaddy
- Cal Peck and the Tramps
- The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills
  The Kill Devil Hills were formed in 2003 in Fremantle, Western Australia as an acoustic, country-tinged 3-piece, which slowly swelled its ranks to become a rambling 6-piece outfit....
Best Funk Act
- Boom! Bap! Pow!
- Funkalleros
- The Brow Horn Orchestra
- Sneaky Weasel Gang
Best Jazz Act
- Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
- Jamie Oehlers Quartet
- Johannes Luebbers Dectet
- The Graham Wood Trio
Best Country Music Act
- Connie Kis Andersen
- Jane Germain and the Yahoos
- The Fancy Brothers
- The Jayco Brothers
Best Urban Hip Hop Act
- Downsyde
  Downsyde
  Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...
- Drapht
  Drapht
  Drapht is an Australian hip hop singer from Perth, Western Australia. Drapht is a member of the Syllaboliks crew, which comprises fellow Australian hip hop artists from Perth.-Biography:...
- Mathas
- The Typhoons
Best Electronic Act
- Naik
- The Transients
- Tomás Ford
- Voltaire Twins
Best World Act
- David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
- Grace Barbé
- Ziggy New Generation
- Zydecats

Kiss My Camera Competition

Running annually alongside the WAMI awards, the Kiss My Camera competition invites photographers, music lovers and photomedia artists to submit their WA music pictures for selection by a panel of judges. Since its inception in 2009 the finalists have been featured in the Western Australian Museum

Western Australian Museum

The Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia.The Western Australian Museum has seven main sites: two in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle , and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder...

for several months once the judges have selected the winner, after this the exhibition tours exhibition spaces in regional Western Australia

Western Australia

External links

West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) official website

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History

2001 Awards

2002 Awards

2003 Awards

Public Voted Awards

Industry Voted Awards

Hall Of Fame

2005 Awards

Public Voted Awards

General Awards

Genre Category Awards

Craft Category Awards

2006 Awards

Public voted awards

General awards

Genre category awards

Craft Category Awards

2007 Awards

Public Voted Awards

Industry Awards

2008 Awards

Public Voted Awards

Industry Voted Awards

2009 Awards

Public Voted Awards

Industry Voted Awards

2010 Awards

Public Voted Awards

Industry Awards

Kiss My Camera Competition

See also

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