RUNNERS-UP: Joe Ely, Kim Wilson (the Fabulous Thunderbirds), Billy Prahblem (the Jitters), Mike Shea (the Devils), Randy “Biscuit” Turner (Big Boys), Josh Jordan (Body Nightclub), Phil Ritcherson (Extreme Heat), Junior Medlow Williams (the Cobras), Bevis Griffin (Banzai Kik), Ty Gavin (the Next), W.C. Clark, Bruce Spelman (Extreme Heat), Tony Kinman (Rank & File), Luis Salinas (Kamikaze Refrigerators), David Moerbe (Austin All-Stars), Sebastian Williams (Pressure), Lloyd Doggett

This article appears in March 4 • 1983.

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