[OC Music Awards] Social Distortion To Receive Orange County Impact Award
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Social Distortion performing live in Studio R
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the OC Music Awards kicked off on January 4th with seven weeks of free showcases at different venues across the county. 35 local artists will compete for the titles of Best Live Band or Best Live Acoustic and a performance slot at the 2011 OC Music Awards, March 5 at the Grove of Anaheim.
Longtime KROQ favorites with a recent acoustic performance in KROQ’s Studio R for Kevin & Bean and a killer performance at The Palladium, Orange County punk rock godfathers, Social Distortion, are honored recipients of the Orange County Impact Award from the 2011 OC Music Awards.
From the OC Music Awards press release:
“Each year OC Music Awards presents two outstanding achievement honors for Orange Country Impact and Lifetime Achievement. The Orange County Impact Award honors a renowned local band or artist for their impact on the Orange County music scene…The 2011 10th anniversary OC Music Awards is pleased to announce Social Distortion as Orange County Impact Award recipient.
“With over thirty years of success as one of the pioneering bands of the original Southern California punk rock movement, Fullerton formed Social Distortion continues to make an unforgettable contribution through music in Orange County and around the globe.”
“The January 2011 release of their seventh studio album titled Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes led the band to their first career network television performance, a Billboard Top 200 debut at number 4, an extensive tour schedule including Australia and Europe, and plans to continue writing new material for near future albums. 2011 marks the start of a record breaking year for one of Orange County’s most influential bands and it is with great honor that OC Music Awards present Social Distortion with the Orange County Impact Award.“
We have been interviewing all thirty-six bands that have played the OC Music Awards Showcase Series and the finals are on Thursday and Friday of this week.
2011 Showcase Finals
Thurs. 2/24, 6pm – Fullerton Museum – (Listening Wall Exhibit Opening, FREE, All Ages)
Thurs. 2/24,7pm – Fullerton Museum
(Best Live Acoustic Finals, FREE, All Ages)
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FAN VOTE WINNER: Danny Maika (7:30pm)
Canvas (8:15pm)
Parker Macy Blues (9:00pm)
Micah Brown (9:45pm)
Stacy Clark (10:30pm)
RSVP: FACEBOOK
Fri. 2/25, 7:30pm – The Galaxy Theater
(Best Live Band Finals, FREE, All Ages)
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FAN VOTE WINNER: We Are the Arsenal (8pm)
Railroad to Alaska (8:45pm)
Kiev (9:30pm)
The Steelwells (10:15pm)
Blok (11:00pm)
RSVP: FACEBOOK
CHECK OUT INTERVIEWS AND PICTURES OF ALL 36 BANDS THAT COMPETED:
- Preacher’s Sons
- Semi Sweet
- The Colourist
- The Steelwells
- The New Limb
- Skee
- Honeypie
- Headshine
- Canvas
- Stacy Clark
- The Gromble
- Strange Birds
- May McDonough
- Kiev
- California Condors
- The Orange Effect
- Brothers of the Castle
- I Hate You Just Kidding
- Case Brothers
- Fast Forward Romance
- She Screams Remedy
- Entice
- Railroad to Alaska
- Pistolero
- Seedless
- Justin Soileau
- Micah Brown
- Parker Macy Blues
- Danny Maika
- Foxxhound
- Echo Echo
- Stereofix
- Fiction Reform
- We Are The Arsenal
- BLOK
- Sederra
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