July 31, 2001 – With help from a panel of celebrity judges, Pamela Anderson named rap/rock indie band Squeezetoy the winner of Jam with Pam, the online music contest, hosted on beer.com, to find the best unsigned band in North America. The panel of judges included music lovers, Natalie Raitano, Pamela's co-star on her television show, "V.I.P.," Kenna, rising musical star recently signed by Flawless of the Interscope label, and Jeanette Jenkins, the only woman to win NBC's "Fear Factor."

"The final round of Jam with Pam was really close. But in the end we just had to go with Squeezetoy. They really know how to jam," said Pamela Anderson. "Thanks to all the bands for taking a chance, and to all the fans for helping Jam with Pam and beer.com discover Squeezetoy, who I think is the hottest new band around."

Pamela and her friends met recently in Los Angeles at a private party to vote on the three finalists. Pamela selected the top MP3s after more than 600,000 fans voted for their favorites from over 950 songs submitted.

As victor, Squeezetoy will play at the Rolling Rock Town Fair 2.0 on August 4, 2001, a daylong music event and interactive festival featuring Stone Temple Pilots, among other notable bands, and will have a CD professionally recorded in Los Angeles. The two other finalists were Counterbalance from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and pinch from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

"With music industry leaders bombarded with thousands of unsolicited CDs every year, bands fight tough battles just to get noticed," said Aidan Tracey, general manager, beer.com. "With an authentic battle of the bands program like beer.com's Jam with Pam, bands get a real shot at making it in the big leagues because music fans vote for their favorites. This means the winning band will have many supporters who will want to hear them play."

"We are ecstatic! Winning beer.com's Jam with Pam finally gives us the chance to put it all on the line and do what we do best -- make awesome music," said Daniel Dickerson, bassist, Squeezetoy. "Getting to play alongside our favorite bands, meet Pamela Anderson, and record an album in Los Angeles are overwhelming thoughts. Only in rock and roll can something like this happen."

Fusing crunch, funk, classical guitar and hip-hop beats to create their sound, Squeezetoy cites 311, Rage Against the Machine, and Outkast, as their musical influences. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Squeezetoy consists of lead vocalist Jason Martin, drummer, Zack Johnson; bassist, Daniel Dickerson; guitarist, Brian Dickerson; vocalist Omatade Adeniyi; and, DJ John Yu (J.U.). Together for two years, the band has performed at music festivals, clubs and theatres on the East Coast.

To enter the contest, unsigned bands uploaded an MP3 file to www.jamwithpam.com from March 15, 2001, to May 31, 2001. Music lovers voted for their favorites in three qualifying rounds that took place over three months. Each round produced a "Six Pack" of songs from which Pamela selected one each "Six Pack" to go to the final grand prize round. Another contest is slated for 2002.