MTV's Video Music Awards 2000: If I Only Had a Brain (NY Rock)
Score: 79
September 2000 — How much did the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City suck? After all, when MTV started years ago, videos were plentiful, like tourists in Times Square. And, once again ironically, the MTV awards are self-authenticating – since they're virtually the only place to see videos, they may as well create awards for their own programming, which is basically content supplied by someone else.

Los Grammys (NY Rock)
Score: 79

NY Rock Gallery
Score: 77
Photos: 1. Jessie Diamond at Pianos, New York, NY (Red Bull Buzz Band Search, May 2005). May 2005 - Jan 2006: Photos of Bret Michaels of Poison (Albany, NY, 2003), Tor of Joker Five Speed (CBGB, NYC, 2005), little girl giving "rock fingers" at Def Leppard concert (Jones Beach, NY, 2003). Jun - Oct 2004: Photos of Nick Vivid, singer of NY-based band Drag Citizen (Continental, NY, March 2004), Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith (Jones Beach, NY, August 2002), Gene Simmons of Kiss (...

God to Grammy Winners: Don't Thank Me for That Lousy Song (NY Rock)
Score: 77
Best Pop Vocal Album went to Steely Dan for Two Against Nature, their first all-new album since 1979. Steely Dan also picked up the awards for Album of the Year and Worst Attitude at an Awards Show. Musical Show Album: "Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida," original Broadway cast, lyricist Tim Rice, composer Elton John.

NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
The 49th Annual Grammy Awards featured the ugliest stage display of all time. Rebel girl Joan Baez introduced the Dixie Chicks who performed "Not Ready To Make Nice." by Jeanne Fury: Jan '07: The Casualties, Max's Kansas City Project Benefit Oct '06: Mika Miko, The Supersuckers, Social Distortion, Joan Jett Sept '06: Sleater-Kinney, Rancid Jul '06: Homocorps, Panic!

NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
It's a snotty, prissy, heavy rocking and rollicking storm of mascara and sweat featuring classic tracks like "Rock N Roll Whore," "Ride," and "Party Starts Now," and it also includes a Ramones medley performed slowed down and nasty-ified. Modey Lemon, Thunder and Lightening (Birdman) If garage rock were schooled on speed metal and the Butthole Surfers, maybe we'd have more Modey Lemons. On their third release, The Second Great Awakening, Fireball Ministry – the First Church of Rock N Roll –...