Hole Lead 'Bammies' Nominees
The 22nd annual California Music Awards, a.k.a. the "Bammies," will be held Saturday
(March 13) at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Begun by BAM
magazine in 1977-78 as the Bay Area Music Awards, the Bammies are given in
numerous categories, most of which are voted upon statewide by readers of BAM.
The recipients of two awards are chosen privately: The Bill Graham Lifetime
Achievement Award, which will go this year to Dr. Dre and Ice Cube for
their stellar contributions to the world of hip hop, and the Arthur M. Sohcot Award, named
for a late BAM attorney, which will be awarded to hard-rocking philanthropist
Bonnie Raitt for community service and excellence in performance. The rock
group Hole lead the balloting with six nominations, including Outstanding
Album for Celebrity Skin, Outstanding Female Vocalist (Courtney Love),
Outstanding Single and Outstanding Rock/Pop Album. Metallica, Korn
and Third Eye Blind are nominated for four Bammies each, followed by Rancid
with three. Attendees and possible performers at the Bammies this year include Dr. Dre,
Bonnie Raitt, Primus, Tracy Chapman, Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones,
Ratdog), Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys), Money
Mark, Chris Isaak, Cake, Third Eye Blind, Joan Baez, the Long Beach Dub All Stars, the
Donnas, Thomas Dolby Robertson, Tony Toni Tone and saxophonist Dave
Ellis.