By Carl

February 22, 2011 12:44 PM | Link to this

It’s funny how every year it seems to me that all these bands no one has heard of get to be “The Best In Dayton”. Really, wow I’m impressed. I think all that’s really happened here is much to do about nothing. Music isn’t a contest it’s a art form. If you’re in a band that’s doing well you have my respect. This isn’t a forum for the best, it’s just people that have managed to have a few buddies vote for them on here. I’m sure the Best Band in Dayton is pulling in the big bucks now….NOT.

By Carl

February 22, 2011 12:44 PM | Link to this

It’s funny how every year it seems to me that all these bands no one has heard of get to be “The Best In Dayton”. Really, wow I’m impressed. I think all that’s really happened here is much to do about nothing. Music isn’t a contest it’s a art form. If you’re in a band that’s doing well you have my respect. This isn’t a forum for the best, it’s just people that have managed to have a few buddies vote for them on here. I’m sure the Best Band in Dayton is pulling in the big bucks now….NOT.

By Brad

May 12, 2010 8:57 AM | Link to this

I don’t know who put this vote together but I go and watch bands almost every weekend and want to give a shout out to my boys in Shadowlife. www.shadowliferocks.com .

By Nathan Lewis

October 25, 2009 2:54 PM | Link to this

we wanna thank everyone who voted for us. really glad to be doin what we’re doin. y’all make us feel real special :) can’t say enough positive things about dayton and the players around town who make this music scene as kickass as it is. be well friends!

By Slim Henry

October 13, 2009 1:07 PM | Link to this

Magic Jackson is a great band. Great musicians. Well deserved!

By Emily

October 12, 2009 5:14 PM | Link to this

Well done, Magic Jackson! Hopefully the people who haven’t had a chance to listen to your music will look you up and find out just how awesome you are. You guys sounded tight at J Alans on Saturday!

By Jack

October 12, 2009 4:41 PM | Link to this

those guys deserved it my dads good friends son nathan lewis is in the band magic jackson they are very good

By confused chica

October 12, 2009 4:11 PM | Link to this

I’ve never heard of half these bands and some of the ones I have heard of are just ok & some of them suck eggs. My boyfriend & I see alot of live bands and our favorites are Last Call and Powder Keg. There are great musicians in Dayton!

By RS Tipton

October 12, 2009 2:07 PM | Link to this

there are arts in Dayton? who knew

By Tim

October 12, 2009 1:59 PM | Link to this

There is only ZUEL………….

By DIDDLEY

October 12, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this

Our band’s motto is MUSIC FROM SOUL TO SOUL and I know each band on here pours their hearts & soul to put their music out there at every gig each week. It’s so cool that 31 bands made the list and there are about another 20 or so that should have made it. Support the local live music ROCKING IN DAYTON! Thanks activedayton.com for allowing this venue for so many bands to get their names out there!! KEEP THE MUSIC COMING MY MUSIC BRUTHAS & SISTAS!!!

By Jon Arnold of the Eric Jerardi Band

October 12, 2009 12:40 PM | Link to this

Dayton is so lucky to have so many bands of high talent. If you don’t think that voting is accurate, shake it off! At least now you know that there are other bands out there. And most likely bands that care about there craft as much as the band you might have seen the weekend before. At the end of the day, were all buds in the same boat and just want to make YOU the fan happy along with getting OUR rocks off playing tunes! Oh…and vote Eric Jerardi this year for Best Blues or I’ll cry! LOL

By DIDDLEY

October 12, 2009 10:25 AM | Link to this

Thanks so much for all of the votes and support! WE LOVE YOU LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

By Oxymoronatron

October 12, 2009 8:00 AM | Link to this

What about GBV?

By TJ

October 10, 2009 11:06 PM | Link to this

Where is Element on this list??????

By Cheryl

October 10, 2009 8:59 PM | Link to this

LAST CALL IS AWESOME………CHRIS REYNOLDS ROCKS

By Kathy Dixon

October 10, 2009 8:43 PM | Link to this

The best band is Last Call they rock

By mike jones

October 10, 2009 9:23 AM | Link to this

well i see all you who have not heard of Majic Jackson are thinking this is fixed all i have to say is your missing out on some GREAT sh*t just go see them and im sure you will change your vote

By MJ

October 9, 2009 7:02 PM | Link to this

not fixed…workin my a*s off to get our crowd to vote for us. flattered that the support we’ve been shown is enough to warrant clams of shenanigans :) thanks to all our fans! big show @ J-Alans with Romeo Champagne this Saturday night! if you haven’t checked out our show before, it’d be a great chance for us to put our best foot forward for ya!

By powerwasher

October 9, 2009 6:55 PM | Link to this

who is magic jackson and how r they beating hathorne, the story changes and the devil wears prada combined?????????fixed?

By Oxymoronatron

October 9, 2009 11:11 AM | Link to this

I would like to register a formal complaint. Why is the Turkish delight not on this list! I under stand why we are NOT on the list since we got second place in the band playoffs. but as a fan of the Turkish delight I really question what is going on here. They won the Dayton band playoffs! you would think I could at least vote for them as a write in.

also … alphabetical order would be cool just a thought. and robots always mess everything up

By You Indie

October 9, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this

Minutes and Kuan are undeniably rad, but they aren’t the ONLY bands in Dayton taking chances with their art. Any band that has slept on a floor, practiced tirelessly, piled their gear and bodies in a van to get to the show, played a venue they’ve never played before to an audience they’ve never played to before is taking a huge chance. Those bands are sacrificing their time and comfort to take a chance on their art, which is huge. Now check out an interview I did with Kuan at You Indie.

By Daniel

October 8, 2009 11:17 PM | Link to this

This is a pretty decent list of local bands but where’s the love for truly interesting bands like Kuan or Minutes? They may not play very often but they are the ONLY bands that are taking chances with their art and are undeniably the most innovative and creative bands in the majestic Gem City. I still love The Story Changes though.

By Old Jaded rocker

October 8, 2009 11:04 PM | Link to this

Cheers to activedayton for continually supporting the local music scene and drawing attention to it with things like this. Sadly though, I know for a fact that last year was won by a programmed bot adding votes. I imagine this year will be no different.

By Diane Howe

October 8, 2009 10:41 PM | Link to this

The Werks has us hooked. The energy level is above and beyond when they’re in the house. They rise way up to the occasion.

By dyt music fan

October 8, 2009 10:28 AM | Link to this

good luck to all the bands! dayton’s music scene is killin it right now ;) there’s a few names missing off the list, but all in all i think there should be some good competition for who is “best in dayton”.

By Scooby

October 8, 2009 7:42 AM | Link to this

oops, Desalitts page is myspace.com/desalitt

By Scooby

October 8, 2009 7:41 AM | Link to this

Good Luck to all the bands, check out our page at mypace.com/desalitt,

By JO

October 7, 2009 4:04 PM | Link to this

IF YOU LIKE LONG IMPROV FACE MELTING JAMS CHECK OUT THE WERKS!!!!! DEFINITELY DAYTON’S #1 ROCK BAND.. COME SEE A SHOW WHEN THEY GET BACK FROM ROCKIN THE ROCKIES OUT WEST.. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!

WWW.THEWERKSMUSIC.COM

By laffin sam

October 7, 2009 2:45 PM | Link to this

man you people need to check out he werks…somethis serious is goin wrong when theres only that many votes.face melting fun thewerksmusic.com

By Curt

October 7, 2009 2:34 PM | Link to this

Not Gary!! LOL!! I want to wish all the bands good luck. We all work hard at play so, I’m happy to see these bands getting recognized. There are a few missing too. I’m glad to be a part of our city’s rich musical heritage, Thanks!

By Kim Jones

October 7, 2009 2:32 PM | Link to this

I received an email asking about our schedule for DIDDDLEY, you can check it/us out at www.myspace.com/diddleyband. Thanks for the interest and votes!!!!

By scott

October 7, 2009 2:16 PM | Link to this

LOL….ok i was told to make this correction in order to get more votes:

That’s Spungewurthy FEATURING Curtis Sanford and Gary Gates.

By Sean

October 7, 2009 1:22 PM | Link to this

Hey Eldon. No, last name is Mayo. Phone number is 937-824-8197. Call me and I will talk to you all day about how great Joe is.

By ActiveDayton.com

October 7, 2009 12:39 PM | Link to this

This list of nominations came from local music fans … so if your favorite didn’t make the list this year, be sure to remember to nominate your favorite next year. At ActiveDayton.com, click on the Best of Dayton tab and go to nominations. Thanks everyone for voting.

By Scott

October 7, 2009 11:52 AM | Link to this

BTW….no biggie it happens ALL the time LOL….but it’s spelled Spungewurthy.

www.myspace.com/spungewurthy www.spungewurthy.com …in case you are interested in us.

By Amber

October 7, 2009 11:40 AM | Link to this

Go Shamus Stone!!!!

All the bands on here had to be nominated by the Dayton fans….. so did you nominate your favorite band to be voted for by all of Dayton?

By Kim Jones

October 7, 2009 10:42 AM | Link to this

darn dyslexia, sorry HIGGINS AND MADEWELL ROCK!!!!

By Kim Jones

October 7, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this

I’d like to give a nod to a great duo that didn’t make the list but TOTALLY ROCKS - HIGGINS MAD MADEWELL!!!! Go Jeff & Erin!!

Dayton has a great variety of local musicians!

By Tony

October 7, 2009 10:35 AM | Link to this

Where is Achilles Crutch? A great local band that seems to do well lin markets all around Dayton.

By vcfan

October 7, 2009 9:49 AM | Link to this

Where is Velvet Crush???

By Kevin C

October 7, 2009 5:31 AM | Link to this

The Cereal Killers are a verty entertaining and energetic band playing all your favorite hits from from 3 decades!

By John Burgher

October 6, 2009 9:58 PM | Link to this

What happened to “The Exploding Toads?” or “3 of a Kind?”

By grapil

October 6, 2009 9:41 PM | Link to this

Hey I def. vote for the Cereal killers! And the guitarist has to be one of the best around! Has anyone seen him do a solo? He’s awesome!!

By Shane Kemplin

October 6, 2009 9:01 PM | Link to this

I apologize to Joe and the 1984 NFL Draft. I too, sent out a mass email. And unfortunately, this Eldon character used the email address I sent it from to attach to a couple of his comments. These are not the type of fans that the CK Boys want, nor do we need. I’m already reaping the SPAM mail from his antics! Good luck to all bands! And I wish my bruthas from Ithika were on this list because they definitely deserve to be on here with the rest of us! Support Local Live Music!!

By Amber (Shamus Stone)

October 6, 2009 7:55 PM | Link to this

Good Luck to all the bands.

By LJ

October 6, 2009 7:44 PM | Link to this

What about ITHIKA, SHADOWLIFE, RATTLE CAN, ELEMENT, etc…? These bands play the best clubs in the greater Dayton area, and have large followings. No offense, but don’t know a lot of these bands.

By Vanfield Entertainment

October 6, 2009 6:50 PM | Link to this

Check out myspace.com/vanfieldentertainment and come check out ROOKiE (myspace.com/rookieohio) on Saturday October 17th,2009 at Stubbies.

By Scooby

October 6, 2009 6:48 PM | Link to this

Desalitt at Mcguffys/ October30th opening for the Black Mollys, good luck to all bands

By ashalicious

October 6, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this

1984 Draft is amazing! And everybody loves Joe!!
go! go! go! go! One More Song!

By SHAWN

October 6, 2009 5:41 PM | Link to this

SHAMUS STONE ROCKS.. AND THEY ROCKED X-FEST

By mikey

October 6, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this

I don’t think joe from the 1984 NFL Draft , would cheat, he’s a pretty solid guy. He sent out an email to all his friends, and they are voting. I suggest other bands utilize their resources…IE..email, myspace, facebook, twitter..etc.. to get their followers to vote. quit whining theres atleast 10 bands that could have atleast 100 votes by now too, if they were motivated enough to get votes! thanks mikey

By the 1984 NFL Draft

October 6, 2009 5:17 PM | Link to this

I buy that I got 100 votes in an hour - it is directly correlational to the email blast that I sent to my mailing list. That list has over 1000 names on it as I have been building over the last 5 5 years of touring. I don’t expect much more - I did what any normal band would do. I told people about the poll and hoped they would vote. No hard feelings. I like a lot of the bands on this list. In fact, I will vote for the story changes because those dudes have brought it for years.

By SW

October 6, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this

Spungewurthy appreciates the nomination, DDN! Thank you.

By Eldon

October 6, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this

But this isn’t Shane. I just used his email because he is the one that sent me a request to vote for his band. Just like I’m using yours now! :-) Do you think I would use mine??? Heck no, I’m going to drop 30,000 votes on “The Wholigans” on the final day and prove that this poll is crap!
Today, online polls! Tomorrow, the world! Bwa ha ha ha ha!

By Concerned

October 6, 2009 4:13 PM | Link to this

I have to admit….how does one go from no votes to over 100 in less than an hour. It’s highly doubtful that over 100 people started voting at roughly the same time. Interesting, or should I say disheartening.

By Eldon

October 6, 2009 4:02 PM | Link to this

Oh, you are so right, Bill!

By Bill

October 6, 2009 3:55 PM | Link to this

Settle down Shane… they have 100 votes, not millions.

Besides, almost all these polls are shams… look through the archive :D

By Kim Jones

October 6, 2009 3:54 PM | Link to this

Join DIDDLEY, LATTER & UNDONE Saturday 10/10/09 at Jackass Flats from noon to 9 pm at the Motorcycle Awareness Ralley for www.leslieswings.com!!! PEACE YALL and thanks for all the votes, we appreciate it so much!!!

By Eldon

October 6, 2009 3:42 PM | Link to this

Hey Sean. Let me guess! Your last name starts with a “J”? This poll is garbage! You have some nerd from the 1984 NFL Draft with an IP changer voting a million timesfrom one computer! When the truth is that most of these bands have had more fans at ONE show than the 1984 NFL draft has at all combined! IT’S A SHAM I SAY!!

By Matt

October 6, 2009 3:42 PM | Link to this

Rock on JRA!

By Sean

October 6, 2009 3:34 PM | Link to this

My friend Joe is the best rocker ever!

By SJ

October 6, 2009 3:33 PM | Link to this

I <3 Joe Anderl

By ??

October 6, 2009 3:26 PM | Link to this

Hopefully everyone is voting fair as the voting is supposed to be 1 vote per computer (per the rules).

By Eldon

October 6, 2009 3:15 PM | Link to this

What kind of sham is it when the band with the most votes (1984 NFL Draft) plays to an average of 10 people per show??? If they’re so good, why doesn’t these 100 people come to a friggin’ show????

By andy

October 6, 2009 3:09 PM | Link to this

The 1984 NFL Draft were awesome at the Dayton Music Fest.

By Amber

October 6, 2009 3:03 PM | Link to this

Shamus Stone plays on Friday Oct 16th @ McGuffy’s - opening for POP EVIL. Want tickets? Email amber@shamusstone.com or go to www.shamusstone.com. $12 Advance or $15 at the door.

Come out and see what all the HYPE is about!!!!!

By Jules

October 6, 2009 2:24 PM | Link to this

Ck rocks

By steve

October 6, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this

Word is The 1984 NFL Draft actually writes their own music and are good.

By b.w.

October 6, 2009 2:22 PM | Link to this

any of you ever see that guitar player from cereal kilers? SICK! makes me wanna quit!

By Idiana

October 6, 2009 2:16 PM | Link to this

Cereal Killers RAWK THE HOUSE DOWN!!!!

By Mindy

October 6, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this

My vote is for Cereal Killers!

By Paul

October 6, 2009 1:05 PM | Link to this

C-Killers Rock!

By Lindsey

October 6, 2009 1:04 PM | Link to this

They have a lot of energy and they do a lot of good covers. Fun guys to hang out with as well!

By Shane

October 6, 2009 12:56 PM | Link to this

Word on the street is that the Cereal Killers host ONE BIG PARTY at every show!!

That’s just the word on the street, so I’m just sayin’….

;-)

By terry

October 6, 2009 11:43 AM | Link to this

Awsome band.. Where are they playing this week?

By rich

October 6, 2009 11:38 AM | Link to this

Love the music choices

By Big Fan!!!

October 6, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this

GO DIDDLEY GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Music From Soul to Soul ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Chris Paxson

October 6, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this

As always, the Cereal Killers appreciate your support. We love you man!

By carrie griffith

October 6, 2009 10:59 AM | Link to this

best nwe band in dyton…. shamus stone!! they are awesome

By Stephanie

October 6, 2009 10:13 AM | Link to this

Shamus Stone rocks! You have to see or listen to them before you vote! Love ‘em!!!!

By M. Kemp

October 6, 2009 9:39 AM | Link to this

Cereal Killers are a bowl of sweet fun, entertainment, and musically delicious! Check them out and get you a taste!!

By m.lehman

October 6, 2009 7:22 AM | Link to this

Cereal Killers Rock!!!!!!

By WILLIAM...;-)

October 5, 2009 11:41 PM | Link to this

PARTY ON KIM JONES ———————-> THE DIDDLEYS ROCK OHIO…WooooT! ! !

By Amber

October 5, 2009 8:56 PM | Link to this

Shamus Stone is awesome! Come see them at their next gig. Check them out at www.shamusstone.com

By L.B.Jones

October 5, 2009 7:01 PM | Link to this

The Diddley band is up up up up, in my book.

By Joe

October 5, 2009 5:59 PM | Link to this

Cereal Killers rock the hizzy.

By Herb schene

October 5, 2009 5:46 PM | Link to this

Very good band. Wish I could see them more often. Tough when you live in Florida.

By Chris Butts

October 5, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this

This Band is awesome. Not to mention some Halloween antics coming soon :-)

By Kim Jones

October 5, 2009 3:23 PM | Link to this

Thanks to all who voted to get us in the poll and who are voting now. DIDDLEY kids ROCK!!!!!