RUNNERS-UP: Noxx (New Order at Nightlife); Anne Sherwood (Dan Del Santo, Soap Creek); Rock Savage (Jim Retherford, Creative Opportunity Orchestra); Guy Juke (Moaner-Groaner Orchestra); Nels Jacobsen (King Sunny Ade); Guy Juke (Joe “King Carrasco); Andy Blackwood (Wall of Voodoo, Nightlife); Revis (Lisa Gilkyson, Sixth Street Live); Guy Juke (Carnaval ’83)

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