Ferdy added Best Album & Best Track to their recently collected Brit Awards, and 2004's Mercury Music Prize.
This year's event took place at London's Hammersmith Palais. New Order, who won the Godlike Genius Award, played a four song set. Songs played were new single 'Krafty', 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', ’Blue Monday', and 'Crystal' which Bernard Sumner dedicated to The Killers. No, I don't know why either.
Pete Doherty didn't show - sensible boy - but Carl Barat did to pick up the Libertines' Best British Band award which he then dedicated to his estranged band mate and friend. The award was presented by Graham Coxon who picked up the Best Male Solo Artist.
Finally, former DiS Records signees Kaiser Chiefs bagged the Philip Hall Radar Award. Well done lads.
Here's the award's list in full - yes, even the 'silly' ones:
Best British Band – The Libertines
Godlike Genius Award – New Order
Best Album – Franz Ferdinand ‘Franz Ferdinand’
Best Event – Paul McCartney/Glastonbury 2004
Best Live Band – Muse
Best New Band – Razorlight
Best Solo Artist – Graham Coxon
Best Track – Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Take Me Out’
Best International Band – The Killers
The John Peel Award For Musical Innovation - The Others
The Phillip Hall Radar Award – Kaiser Chiefs
Best Video – Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’
Best Music DVD – Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’
Best Film – ‘Shaun Of The Dead’
Best TV Show – ‘Little Britain’
Best Radio Show – Zane Lowe
Best Dressed – Brandon Flowers, The Killers
Worst Dressed – Britney Spears
Best Live Venue – London Carling Brixton Academy
Best Website – NME.COM
Hero Of The Year – John Peel
Villain Of The Year – George W Bush
Sexiest Man – Brandon Flowers, The Killers
Sexiest Woman – Gwen Stefani
Worst Album – Busted’s ‘A Present For Everyone’
Worst Band – Busted
DiScuss: NME readers predictable? Whatever next? Since when have The Others been musical innovators? Since when does shouting a lot on the radio merit an award (and yes we're talking about you Zane Lowe)? Go on - have a damn good bitch, below...
Franz Ferdy make off with two NME Awards
Franz Ferdy make off with two NME Awards
Didn't think DOHerty would turn up, surprised that Carl did though.
Shaun of the Dead wasn't funny
I see that Zane Lowe won an award that Zane Lowe dedicated to Zane Lowe because Zane Lowe loves Zane Lowe and can't stop talking about Zane Lowe.
I think Muse's trophy cabinet must be full from winning "Best live band" repeatedly.
All in all Typical NME, surprised that Libertines/Babyshambles didn't win the whole damn thing considering that you pick up a copy of NME and Pete's on every single fucking page.
Zane Lowe.
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
If it's the guerilla gigs thing, then Embrace were doing a similar thing about two years before them.
If it's the bassist's haircut, then Robert Smith was doing a similar thing 25 years ago.
If it's writing songs 'for ver kids', then Sham69 had that covered about 20 years ago.
If it's being able to 'sing' like a wounded walrus, then I think, again Embrace had that kinda covered early doors.
If it's sounding like a baking tray being dropped in a bathroom, then hey, innovative you are lads.
And Gwen Stefani is not an attractive woman. She may be 'cool' and 'on the cutting edge', but she ain't pretty. But it matters little.
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I'd do her but as long as she didn't sing.
thought i'd share that with you.
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The Others are dire, but then again i wouldnt understand them because i grew up reading the Daily Express. i'm the kinda person theyre hoping to destroy.
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i'd do him just as long as he didn't sing.
ahem...
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Lots of girls seem to fancy Brandon Flowers. Deserving winner I'd have thought.
Better him than his older brother, Mike.
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Poor bloke is probably turning in his grave.
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Simon: Whatcha doin?
Nick: Peeing through my cock!
I find that much more interesting than the awards.
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It's an OUTRAGE!!!!
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Busted ‘A Present For Everyone’ won worst album, does that mean alot of NME readers bought it?
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He is a fucking dick and should fuck off back to New Zealand. He loves himself bigtime.
And as for this Pete Doherty - what a wee shite he is.
Why so much coverage? He is a talentless smackhead.
I hope he gets over his drugs habit, gives up on trying to be a rockstar and goes and works in Matalan so we can all forget about the greasy haired, rotten teethed stinkbomb.
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I prefer the eGigs awards - http://www.egigs.co.uk/index.php?a=10803
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
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im actually cranky now.
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they won their own award. anger.
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Seriously, count the articles mentioning him in the past 200 news articles on the site. It'll shock you.
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A) The functions don't always work,
B) Staff don't reply to problems in emails especially with passwords loss, meanin you have to start new accounts again and again,
C) U subscribe to the emails about particular artists and they don't arrive,
D)U don't exist when u log in
E) The messageboard has gone!
Anything else?!!!!!! Worst site ever!
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they were a joke, but we knew they would be. thats why i'm at dis and not nme.com
nice to see graham coxen get something though, and Paul McCartney
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Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
get bent...
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Also, the bassist from The Others is possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen. Ever. Is it me or is he about 45 and gaining the pounds fast?
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You have to be fucking joking.
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
I don't mean to disrespect Peel or anything, but I do have an inkling that a certain cockney smackhead might've won if Peel hadn't died first...
And his death seems to have been the cue for the Brits, NME et al to take his name in vain.
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Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
how topical.
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
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It was taken from a fictitious band in a Mountain Goats song.
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
and another thingzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
*men in white coats move in after darting the delirious moose*
Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
A once great paper is now a fucking irrelevance.
This list is horrific and so predicable of the last few years of it's appalling editorship.
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NME Slating
but the fact remains that the NME is an important part of the british music scene, always has been, always will be.
The NME awards is the only credible awards ceremony out there at the minute, and it is voted for by the people. and whilst you argue that most of these people are trendy boy/girl idiots who also follow hype (explains why Franz always win. is anyone else sick of them?) YOU yes YOU could have done something about it when voting for nominees and winners.
I myself buy NME along with a lod of other magazines and i frequent NME.com along with other music websites.
Read about a bit people and get a load of different viewpoints to think about.
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well I guess so, but it's only because they have the money to promote their brand. The sad fact is that the Brat awards used to be an alternative to the Brits, celebrating acts that would have had no chance at the Brits. Look at the winners this year, most of them won something at the Brits. Where's our alternative now?
And yes, I did waste 5 minutes voting in the poll, and obviously none of the artists I voted for won.
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Shit! I'm turning into an old woman. Where's my knitting?
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think that makes it pretty original
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Its more a case of providing a reasoned alternative to the prescribed "holy gospel" that appears to be laid down by the populist tabloid element of the music press.
The NME are probably one of the reasons why eac and every one of Drowned In Sound's contributors bothered to care about music in the first place.
Unfortunately, their recent descent into promoting derivative faeces such as The Libertines, Jet and Kasabian renders their contribution to the development of new music futile at best.
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Like Dom said above, it was reading the NME that made me want to do something with music, so it will always have a special place in my critical soul.
Ahhhh. such playing nice.
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For everybody everywhere, the NME was better when they were younger. I'm the same. I make no secret of the fact that NME was my music bible for a considerable period of time. I mean, if I'd only ever read things like Pitchfork and Stylus, would I ever have discovered some of my favourite bands - the Manics and the Super Furries to name two? Probably not.
And yet still I indulge in the NME slating of which you speak. Why? Because I'm convinced that, in the last few years, it has got worse. The writing is worse. The reviews are a fraction of the size they used to be. The paper itself is smaller and slimmer and dominated by graphics and photography. And, in spite of all this, it's way more expensive.
I still buy the Christmas issue every year. I hold out hope for it. Joking aside, it is something of a national treasure, and I'd hate to see it disappear forever. But ever since it got its monopoly with the death of Melody Maker, it's been in steady decline, and sadly is coming to be replaced with vastly superior online alternatives, such as this one right here.
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and the live reviews - "what happens" - "what this means".... christ. are they writing for 8-year olds? [hopefully not, given their recent nationwide crusade to get everyone on shrooms.]
xxx
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Melody Maker, granted.
Select, fo' shizzle.
But the NME...? Nah.
Still read mates' copies all the same, mind.
But it had no Mr Agreeable, and was therefore not worthy of my pocket money.
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NME used to flip flop around far too often. Despising bands until they became cool and then liking them until they became mainstream. They probably still do - I only used to read friends copies for the gig listings and releases and now we have the net for that.
Sponsored by hair gel? Keep your awards you image focused tossers. I'll just stick to the music.
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Franz Ferdy win two NME Awards
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But Zane Lowe... what an absolute arse. I turn on mtv2 to see him sat on a fucking couch with Kele, talking about... yep, you guessed it, himself...
If only he could die...
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but wtf is up with that skank out of the killers winning sexiest man hello people carl barrat!!!!
and how exactly does busted win best band when everyone slags them off and says they aren't a band!!!!