News about No Post Mortem printed by pepsismokefreerockquest'99

May 2 1999

Southland region pepsissmokefreerockquest heat results

The heats for the Southland region of the pepsismokefreerockquest were held on Sunday May 2nd 1999 and fourteen groups were chosen to perform at the forthcoming Regional Final.

The Judge at the heats was Christchurch musician/music teacher and Rockquest Trust trustee Glenn Common, who said "there was a huge range of styles represented, everything from metal to acoustic pop and everything in between. It was great to see the use of innovative instruments and some excellent vocals. I'm looking forward to the Regional Final, I'm sure it will be an awesome night".

The Southland Regional Final of of the national schools contemporary music competition pepsismokefreerockquest'99 is set to take place at The James Hargest Hall, Saturday May 22nd. The show starts at 8pm and finishes around 11pm and is Alcohol and Smokefree

Tickets are $12 and are available from Play It Again Records Ph 03 2186433

The fourteen finalist's, in no particular order are as follows:

May 22 1999

Southland Regional Final Results

The Southland Regional Final for this year's pepsismokefreerockquest was held in front of a large crowd at the James Hargest Hall. Judges for the evening were Nelson musician/music teacher and Rockquest Trust Trustee Peter Rainey and Christchurch musician and music teacher Glenn Common . According to Common, "the night was full of energy and enthusiasm with lots of commitment from all the groups. A strong performance with great vocals made No Post Mortem obvious winners."

The three groups placed at the Regional Final now go into the National Final selection and will be required to record a demo song at The Southland Polytechnic Recording Studio and organise, promote and perform a short tour of schools before reporting back to pepsismokefreerockquest'99 organisers, within six weeks. The National Finalist groups will be named early in September after the final selection process, when all groups in the National Final pool around the country have submitted their recordings and reports.

The three groups winning first, second and third place tonight won vouchers for musical equipment from The New Zealand Rockshop and their suppliers for themselves and their nominated school

September 5 1999

National Final Selection

The selection of the National Finalists of the schools contemporary music awards pepsismokefreerockquest'99 is now complete. Eight groups have made it through to the National Final which is to be held at the Christchurch Town Hall on the last day of term, Friday September 17th, at 7.30pm. Other special guests performing at the National Final include Zed, Garageland, Anika Moa, Iroam-Mix plus performances on a 'showcase stage in the foyer' from 6.45pm till 7.15pm. Tickets are on sale now from all Ticketek outlets nationwide. From 607 entries nationwide.....the following eight groups will compete at the National Final.

The top three groups at the final will win musical equipment from The New Zealand Rockshop and their suppliers - Fender, Roland, Marshall, Tascam, Ibanez, Dod, Gibson, Peavey, Digitech, Zildjian, Boss, Epiphone, Fender PA, for themselves and their schools. The top three groups will also win recording time at either Tandem Recording Studio in Christchurch, Marmalade Recording Studio in Wellington or York Street Recording Studio in Auckland.

Other Awards to be awarded at the National Final will include:

• The Pepsi Generationext Music Award - which will reward innovation with a prize of $1500 cash.
• The Pepsi Stage Image Award - with a prize of $1000 cash.
• The Contempo Muscianship Award - the winner will win a $3000 scholarship to attend one of the Contempo Groups tertiary institutes.
• The Telecom DARE Songwriters' Award with a cash prize of $1000.
• The winner of the Roland Tearaway Press Kit Competition with a prize of cash and equipment valued at $1800 will be announced, as will the winner of the ihug Website Award with a prize package valued at $5000.

National Awards that have been made so far:

• The winner of the Smokefree Pacifica Beats Award which was held in Wellington on August 27th was Iroam-Mix from Ngaruawahia High school. Iroam-Mix won $2500 cash, plus recording at York Street Recording Studio.
• The National Winner of the Most Promising Musician Award is Robine Prigg from Freyberg High School. Robine has won a one year scholarship at the Nelson School of music, plus $1500 cash.