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Whatzup Magazine's Best Of 2003

'Whammy' Award Winners
'Best Cover Band'... 'Best Funk Band'... 'Best Live Band'... 'Performer of the Year'

Whatzup Magazine's Best Of 2004

'Whammy' Award Winners
'Best Funk Band'... 'Best Live Band'...

'Performer of the Year'

Whatzup Magazine's Best Of 2005

'Whammy' Award Winners

'Best Live Band'...'Best Funk Band'...Best Cover Band'...

'Performer of the Year'

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We would like to extend a huge Freakin' "Thank You" to all our friends, family and peers who have voted for us in these awards over the years!

2005 Performer of the Year

17.83% Freak Brothers*

16.31% Plow*
9.99% Definitely Gary*
9.86% Matt Sturm Band*
8.47% Mike Conley*
7.46% Unlikely Alibi*
2.02% Third Frame
1.64% Teays Vein
1.52% Nostalgia
1.39% Slagg
1.26% Twelve and Two
1.14% Borrowed Time Band, Color By Numbers, Tri-State Killing Spree
1.01% Good Night Gracie, Pop ‘n’ Fresh
0.76% Migraines, Sirface
0.63% Brother, Echo’s Hill, Left Lane Cruiser, Legendary Trainhoppers

Others with Votes (more than one):
Big Dick & The Penetrators, Matt Taylor, Pleasing Melani, RuleSeven, Sankofa, Tenfold Back, Un-finished Business, Coda, Consumed by Fury, G-Money, Glitch, Chinese Express, Chris Dodds, Dakota Sunrise, Father & Son, Geo Trio, Jacob’s Well, Made to Change, Northpointe, Pheen, Rudisill, Shilo, Silverado, Under the Wake, Walkin’ Papers

2004 Winner: Freak Brothers
2003 Winner: Freak Brothers
2002 Winner: Strut Train
2001 Winner: Wailhounds
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: n/a
* On the ballot

Winners

Last Thursday night’s Whammy Awards got a bit freakish. Freakish, that is, in the fact that Fort Wayne’s live funk staple The Freak Brothers walked away with the Performer of the Year Award for the third year in a row. While that particular recognition is perhaps the most coveted amongst all of the categories, whatzup readers decided to go ahead and give them the Best Live Performer, Best R&B Performer and Best Funk Performer of 2005 as well. See what we mean by freakish?

The uninitiated should know that The Freak Brothers are the result of several different guys who finally found each other after years of bouncing within a concentrated circle of horn-based funk, soul, jazz and R&B acts. The main lineup today consists of seven members (deep breath): Dan Mihuc, guitar/vocals; Adam Martin, bass; Brandon Rentfrow, sax/guitars/vocals; Adam Rudolph, drums/vocals; Matt Cashdollar, sax/flute/vocals; Dan Cappelli, sax/vocals; and finally Bryan Osborne, trumpet/vocals.

Just before their Whammy night performance, Rentfrow, Rudolph and Cappelli sat down with whatzup to help untangle The Freak Brothers’ past, as well as give some insight on the local music scene and why the Whammys do matter.

The liquor demographic

“We all kind of filtered into the band one at a time,” Rentfrow explained. “Five of us were in a band years ago, which was called Always in the Fridge. We played funk and Motown covers. That band broke up, and we all kind of went off and did other things. Then some of these Freak Brothers guys started playing a weekly house gig out at Bill’s Bistro [now Mid City Grill] on Thursdays. They started off as real informal, you know, as kind of a gig to play on Thursday nights, and it just kind of blossomed, I guess.”

Rentfrow, who joined the group about a year after their Bistro streak, continued, “It’s not like [the band’s founders] were even playing songs that the whole band knew. They didn’t get together to rehearse anything. That gig at Bill’s was there if they could get the music together. It was just something where if everyone happened to know the same song, they’d play it.”

“It was completely spontaneous at that point,” drummer Rudolph said. “That’s what it was. Completely unrehearsed. We’d play a lot of standards - well our idea of standards - tunes that we’d all kind of know. Definitely when we first started, we’d do tunes that were a little bit easier to play, and let them develop loosely. That’s what we did.”

However, improvisational public jam sessions were just the starting point for what would become one of the city’s most renowned acts. Rudolph said the initial idea for The Freak Brothers was as spontaneous as the band’s set list in their Bistro days.

“We really started sharpening our pencils a little bit, and we thought, ‘Wow, we should actually rehearse,’” he said. “That’s really honestly how it happened. It built up at Bill’s Bistro. The bar owners were like, ‘Hey this is pretty damn cool. We didn’t think you could get people in here.’ Their staff was surprised. They weren’t huge crowds, but typical for Thursday nights in Fort Wayne for a bar of that size.”

He added, “But, they were drinking liquor, and that happened to become our target demographic. We still go for that now. We want liquor drinkers out there.”

Rentfrow interjected, “They seem to be the kind of people that are drawn to what we do. They’re not the penny-draft people, per se. They’re usually people that a lot of times work during the week and they really want to go out on the weekend.”

“All of the bar owners tell us that we sell more liquor than anybody else,” Rudolph said. “Even if the audience is smaller, we sell more liquor than some of the weeknight acts that draw water.”

He made sure to add that The Freak Brothers are all about performing for all types of audiences, saying that they’re still busting out their “Sexy MF” cover at frat parties.

Beautiful fans

Both Rentfrow and Rudolph said that the Whammys are a special honor because each award is decided not by a single publication or other entity, but by fans.

“Making it in a reader’s poll is awesome,” Rudolph said.

As far as The Freak Brothers’ fans are specifically concerned, Rentfrow doesn’t hesitate to credit them with providing the band with continued motivation, recognition and success. “There’s nothing but positivity there,” he said. “The fans are gracious, they’re generous, they’re complimentary of us all the time. It’s never a secret how much they appreciate what we do. I feel like a night like tonight is really important, because, first and foremost, it’s an honor and a privilege to be playing music at all, much less to have people appreciate it as much as they have appreciated us. I can’t tell you how humbling it is just to even be nominated for something like this.

“We’ve been really fortunate,” Rentfrow continued. “We have beautiful, beautiful fans. I mean, yeah, beautiful physically, but that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s so rare that we have a fight at one of our shows, because people come and they bring the best side of themselves, and they spread it around.”

“We’ve played clubs that have told us, you know, ‘Watch out, there might be a fight,’” Rudolph said. “But no, the guys are standing around watching the girls dance, and they’re like, ‘This is great!’ And you know what? It’s cool enough for me to dance to too, you know what I’m sayin’?”

Rentfrow also commented on how he feels the local music scene has continuously improved over the past few years.

“I was just talking to Dan Mihuc, our singer. We were sitting back watching Left Lane Cruiser and talking about how much the overall quality of the scene as a whole has risen in the last couple of years,” Rentfrow said. “We were talking about having seen things develop from years ago, when Columbia Street first started doing M.O.M.’s on Tuesday nights, and there was nobody doing anything except for The Jury, the Migraines and Strut Train. To see it develop from just a few bands into what it is now and to see the quality going up and up and up is really cool.”

It feels good...

Of course, The Freak Brothers went on to win the Performer of the Year award, and after the fact, Todd Roth, frontman of whatzup Battle of the Bands champs Unlikely Alibi, said, “I’ve known those guys anywhere between eight and 20 years. Most of them and myself all went to high school and played together, as well as in college, in some different bands. I’m happy for them. They’re all great musicians. They put on a good show. I’m never going to knock those guys.” Roth was also up on stage, trumpet in hand, during The Freak Brothers’ Whammy night performance.

Rentfrow reiterated his appreciation for the fan support after the big win was announced, saying, “It’s humbling, to be voted in a readers poll for something like this three years in a row. It’s surreal is what it is.”

As for the band’s future, Cappelli made sure to point out that The Freak Brothers, who are known for their unique funkified takes on cover songs, are actively working on original material. According to Rudolph, the band intends to make their act a “viable business for all of us.”

As far as their primary motivation for continuing to push the funk, Cappelli simply said, “It feels good ... to get funky.”

That about sums up The Freak Brothers right there.

2005 Best Live Band

21.84% Freak Brothers*

9.71% Unlikely Alibi*
9.95% Matt Sturm Band*
7.52% Definitely Gary*
6.80% Consumed By Fury*
5.70% Twelve and Two*
4.73% Plow
2.31% Teays Vein
1.94% Good Night Gracie
1.82% Borrowed Time Band, Nostalgia
1.70% Slagg
1.46% Color By Numbers
1.33% Pop ‘n’ Fresh
1.21% Tenfold Back
1.09% Legendary Trainhoppers, Sirface, Tri-State Killing Spree
0.85% Migraines
0.73% Pleasing Melani, Take Sides, Under the Wake
0.61% Big Dick & The Penetrators, Brother, Coda, Third Frame

Others with Votes (more than one):
Echo’s Hill, Glitch, Mike Conley Band, RuleSeven, Silverado, Thumper D, Brown Bottle Band, Left Lane Cruiser, Shilo, Un-finished Business, Chinese Express, Fabulous Rhythm Kids, Jacob’s Well, The Lurking Corpses, Made to Change, Mimi Burns Band, Northpointe, Pheen, Pop ‘n’ Fresh Revue, Rudisill, Walkin’ Papers

2005 Best Funk Performer

46.79% Freak Brothers*

17.74% Poppa Woody & The Stiffs*
16.20% Definitely Gary*
13.55% Good Night Gracie*
1.68% Nostalgia
1.12% Unlikely Alibi
0.98% G-Money

Others with Votes (more than one):
White Trash Disco

2004 Winner: Freak Brothers
2003 Winner: Freak Brothers
2002 Winner: Strut Train
2001 Winner: Strut Train
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: n/a
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: n/a
* On the ballot

2005 Best R&B Performer

51.53% Freak Brothers*

24.03% G-Money*
10.14% Ty Causey*
9.31% Chris Worth*
1.53% Nostalgia
0.83% Unlikely Alibi

Others with Votes (more than one):
Big Dick & The Penetrators, Borrowed Time Band, Pop ‘n’ Fresh, Todd Harrold Trio

2004 Winner: G-Money
2003 Winner: G-Money
2002 Winner: Chris Worth
2001 Winner: Todd Harrold
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: Brand New Bag
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: G-Money Band
* On the ballot

And Also...

(Featuring members of The Freak Brothers)

2005 Best New Performer

24.42% Unlikely Alibi*

18.46% Good Night Gracie*
14.68% Legendary Trainhoppers*
13.37% Consumed By Fury*
6.83% Rudisill*
5.96% C.R.
1.60% Teays Vein
1.31% Big Frame
1.16% Pleasing Melani, Under the Wake
1.02% Echo's Hill, Slagg

Others with Votes (more than one):
Taj Maholics, Tenfold Back, Twelve and Two, Un-finished Business, Chinese Express, Color by Numbers, Lee Miles, Made to Change, Poppa Woody & the Stiffs, RuleSeven, Silverado
Best New Performer
2004 Winner: Plow
2003 Winner: Matt Sturm Band
2002 Winner: Troolee Dangerous Blues Revue
2001 Winner: homeless j
2000 Winner: Shelly Dixon Band
1999 Winner: NA
1998 Winner: NA
1997 Winner: NA
Best New Solo Artist
2001 Winner: Matt Gates
2000 Winner: Matt Sturm
1999 Winner: NA
1998 Winner: NA
1997 Winner: NA
* On the ballot

Winners Unlikely Alibi are on a roll. After winning a tight contest in the Battle of the Bands II last August, ska/rock band have walked away with the Best New Performer Whammy.

The "new performer" moniker is really a just a technical term in this case. Calling a band "new" seems to imply that the members are new to being in a band, period. That is not the case. The guys in Unlikely Alibi are anything but "new" to music or being in bands. In fact, they’ve all been in bands before, successful bands, really good bands. So it should come as no surprise that they should get recognized for their latest project.

Unlikely Alibi formed last November when frontman Todd Roth connected with Tony Timms and Duane Alexander. Timms and Alexander, bass and drums, respectively, are founding members of the now defunct Strut Train. Roth, who sings and plays organ and trumpet, was in Heavy Step, formerly Skavossas, Strut Train and Heavy Step both had considerable success in the early part of the millennium, with Strut Train winning multiple Whammy awards for their live performances and CD Aww Yeah, and both Strut Train and Heavy Step touring successfully throughout the Midwest. The addition of CookiePuss founder and guitarist Jerome Schooley rounds out the core. But, as anyone who caught the last couple of rounds of the whatzup Battle of the Bands knows, Unlikely Alibi double in size now and again. Added to the mix are Freak Brothers Matt Cashdollar on alto sax and Dan Cappelli on baritone sax, Aaron King on trombone and Curtis Shaw on vocals. It’s enough to have a four-piece Unlikely Alibi. With eight guys on stage, it’s like a turbocharger kicking in.

Roth said winning as Best New Performer is a bit of a surprise. "I didn’t think we’d get it," Roth said. "We were up against some good competition."

Unlikely Alibi shuffled and ska’d and got the Whammy crowd off to a good start with a bouncy set highlighting their infectious style. Roth is a bundle of energy and he gets the band into grooves that make your feet begin moving of their own accord. They are fun to watch. And they will be fun to watch for years to come, with any luck. And chances are good for more Whammys in the future. They just won’t come in the "new" band category.

Remembering the 2004 Awards...

Performer of the Year 2004

29.23% Freak Brothers*

14.77% Mike Conley*
11.85% Brown Bottle Band*
11.85% Matt Sturm*
2.31% Nostalgia
2.15% Plow, Take Sides
1.69% Brother
1.54% Tri State Killing Spree
1.38% Third Frame
1.23% Epidimic
1.08% Blame It On Rio, Go Dog Go, Sirface
0.92% Color By Numbers, Migraines
0.77% CookiePuss, Creep, John Minton, Shilo
0.62% Plain Crashers, Wailhounds
0.46% Kevin Hiatt, Leeko, Moser Woods, Pop 'N' Fresh

Others with Votes (more than one):
Big Dick & The Penetrators, Borrowed Time Band, Common Union, Descended, Fabulous Rhythm Kids, Friday the 13th, Hoochie Mama Get-Down, Kenny Taylor, The Lurking Corpses, Saints Never Surrender, Sub-Surface, Throwdown Inc.

2003 Winner: Freak Brothers
2002 Winner: Strut Train
2001 Winner: Wailhounds
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: n/a
* On the ballot

Winners

In the new, carb-light Whammy Awards Show, the Freak Brothers provided the meat, the spice and the flame under the frying pan.

Winners for the second year in a row of the Best Live Performer Whammy - and winner of the Best Funk Performer and Best Live Band Whammy Awards as well - the Freak Brothers brought the awards show to a climax with their typical, non-stop funk fest. As their set began, for the first time all night, the crowd rushed the stage, staked out dance spots and shimmied like your sister Kate.

Bassist Adam Martin, usually the only band member foolish enough to speak to the press, assured fans the band is well aware of their presence.

“That was great,” he said of the crowd’s reaction. “We always like playing in rooms that are that big because people are really into it. That was a typical reaction. There’s a whole lot of energy built up, and we can feel it onstage. It’s like a balloon popping. We can feel it, and we react to it,” Martin said.

If the decorous Mr. Martin seemed to be straying into adult imagery at one point, he can be forgiven. That respected social observer Doc West introduced the band by noting that, if memory recalls, “You can always tell when the Freak Brothers are onstage because all the really hot girls are there.”

Or words to that effect. A typical Freak Brothers performance always raises the energy level with its seamless blend of funk, rock n’ roll, R&B, soul, hip-hop and jazz. The band doesn’t talk onstage, and members barely stop between songs. No wonder the “really hot girls” find themselves interested. They’re like the perfect date.

The Freak Brothers - who last year also won the Best Funk Performer, Best Live Band and Best Rock Performer/Covers - consist of Martin; Matt Cashdollar on sax, flute and vocals; Dan Mihuc on guitar and vocals; Adam Rudolph on drums and vocals; Brandon Rentfrow on sax, guitar and vocals; Dan Capelli on sax and vocals; and Bryan Osborne on trumpet and vocals. Gone from last year’s award-winning lineup is Dana Dancer, with Rentfrow moving from sax to guitar to take his place. The band uses trumpets and saxophones, in addition to guitars and drums, to hammer home its dance-till-you-drop campaign theme.

Band members have known each other for years and some have played together since elementary school, later attending North Side High School. Now that they’re grown up, day jobs include sales, engineering, insurance underwriting and attending college. Ages range from 22 to 30.

“It’s an honor for us to win two years in a row,” Martin said. “We didn’t expect to win this year. It’s a tribute to our fans that they would vote for us like that.”

After more than three years of playing 80 to 100 gigs a year, that fan base is growing - and growing fanatical. The Freak Brothers are an amalgamation of two earlier bands, Always in the Fridge and former Performer of the Year Strut Train. All members are steeped in their favorite styles and reportedly don’t rehearse, instead using performances to build the jams and polish the act.

They polished it so well recently that they got themselves invited to play a wedding - in Big Bear, California, about an hour outside of Los Angeles.

“A couple about to be married saw us play at Columbia Street West. The bride-to-be was from Fort Wayne, and the groom was from L.A. They decided they had to have us play at their wedding, so they paid our way, put us up for three nights and had us play at the reception. His dad was a composer for Paramount, and we got to see his Grammys. It was pretty cool,” Martin said.

While on the Left Coast the band made a few industry contacts it hopes will lead to other things. In the meantime, the band has expanded its travels to include regular trips to Bloomington and Piggys in Angola. The Freak Brothers also play regularly at The Sidepocket Pub, Munchie’s on Dupont Road, the Sword and Saber in New Haven and at Zambuca’s in Fort Wayne.

Although the band has a live CD, recorded at Columbia Street West, work has lagged on producing a studio effort. Martin said it’s tough enough to gather the guys, who live from Bloomington to northern Indiana, for a show, let alone a couple of weeks to record. Upcoming shows include Zambuca’s on March 12 and Munchie’s on Dupont on March 17.

“And we want to thank Doug Driscoll (publisher of whatzup) for creating the Whammy Awards Show,” Martin said. “Before him, there was nothing like it in Fort Wayne. (Alex Vagelatos)

Best Live Band 2004

25.84% Freak Brothers*

12.72% Brown Bottle Band*
10.17% Matt Sturm Band*
8.70% Sirface*
6.56% Second Sun*
2.54% Plow, Take Sides
2.41% Nostalgia
2.28% Brother
1.61% Blame It On Rio
1.34% Tri-State Killing Spree
1.20% CookiePuss, Epidimic
1.07% Color By Numbers, Migraines, Saints Never Surrender
0.94% ButtonHead, Creep, Third Frame, Wailhounds
0.80% Shilo
0.67% Pop 'N' Fresh
0.54% Definitely Gary, Plain Crashers, Possum Trot Orchestra, Shunned
0.40% Borrowed Time Band, GroovyUs, The Lurking Corpses, Truck Stop Cutie, White Trash Disco

Others with Votes (more than one):
The Agency, The Answer, Big Dick & The Penetrators, Descended, Fabulous Rhythm Kids, Hoochie Mama Get-Down, Junkyard Band, Moser Woods, Party House, Reflex, Sealing Pandora, Spork, Teay’s Vein, Throwdown Inc., Unfinished Business, Walkin’ Papers

2003 Winner: Freak Brothers
2002 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
2001 Winner: Strut Train
2000 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1999 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1998 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1997 Winner: Blue Moon Boys

* On the ballot

Best Funk Performer 2004

50.16% Freak Brothers*

31.75% Wailhounds*
13.02% G-Money*
2.38% Nostalgia
0.63% Todd Harrold
0.48% Definitely Gary

Others with Votes (more than one):
n/a

2003 Winner: Freak Brothers
2002 Winner: Strut Train
2001 Winner: Strut Train
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: n/a
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: n/a
* On the ballot

Remembering the 2003 awards...

Performer of the Year 2003

16.73% Freak Brothers*

11.82% Sirface*
11.27% Hoochie Mama Get-Down*
10.00% Go Dog Go*
9.64% homeless J
9.45% Matt Sturm
4.26% Tri State Killing Spree
3.45% Matt Taylor
1.82% Mike Conley
1.45% Brown Bottle Band, Definitely Gary, Nostalgia
1.27% Brother
1.09% Blue Moon Boys
0.91% CookiePuss, Hillbilly Casino

Others with Votes (more than one):
Second Sun, Sunny Taylor, Third Frame, Leeko, Nic Roulette, Wailhounds, Walkiní Papers, Andromeda, Borrowed Time Band, Chris & Paul, Edible, Francie Zucco, Jen Fisher, Kevin Hiatt, Kim Durr, Ty Causey

2002 Winner: Strut Train
2001 Winner: Wailhounds
2000 Winner: Strut Train
1999 Winner: Blue Moon Boys
1998 Winner: n/a
1997 Winner: n/a
* On the ballot

They look like the front line of a football team. But they sound like the first line of a rolling street party. With an onslaught of brass and wind instruments, a funky rhythm section and mixture of singing and rapping, they command a stage like a Hummer in a parking lot. But unlike those nonsensical beasts that are more parody than useful, this powerhouse actually has a purpose. They're the Freak Brothers, and they took the Whammys by storm winning Performer of the Year, Best Funk Band, Best Live Band and Best Cover Band.

The Freak Brothers arrived at Columbia Street West in a couple of white stretch limos. Before the evening ended one of the limos and the Performer of the Year Whammy fell apart. The Freak Brothers are hoping the same thing doesn't happen to them.

Though together as the Freak Brothers for a mere three years, this band of brothers have played music together in one form or another for nearly a decade. And it shows.

Formed from members of Always in the Fridge and Strut Train, two popular bands in their own right, the Freak Brothers' genesis really began in high school in the mid-1990s.

"We all just grew up together," says bass player Adam Martin. "A lot of us went to North Side together. Dan (Mihuc) and Dana (Dancer) grew up together." Martin, Matt Cashdollar, Brandon Rentfrow, Adam Rudolph, and Dan Cappelli were in Always in the Fridge, and Cashdollar and Brian Osborne were with Strut Train.

The familial nature the Freak Brothers possess allows the music to move seamlessly from song to song and surrounds the band in an atmosphere of fun.

"We just play things we grew up listening to," Martin says. "Jazz, funk, Motown. Everybody in the band is heavily into jazz."

The jazz element gives the Freak Brothers a freewheeling sound with lots of room for improvisation and exploration. Songs blend together, dip and turn, and come out as something new. Martin says they're students of the swamp-jazz-jam school of New Orleans-based bands such as Galactic and the Neville Brothers.

"We don't talk much onstage," he says. "And we don't have a set list. We have a list of songs we want to play. How and when we get to them is what makes it fun. It's a game to see who calls out the next song."

Martin says the band never rehearses. Instead, they use gigs as a sort of practice session. It's a time to learn new songs and figure out ways to get through a night of playing without the music getting stale. And that requires a skill that is essential to any serious band - listening.

"That's the jam element of the band," he says. "We're all good listeners. You have to be. It makes it fun for us and hopefully fun for the audience. We aspire to keep having a good time."

Applied to songs by Earth Wind and Fire, the Sugar Hill Gang, the Delights and the Rolling Stones, the style is very appealing. And it's infectious. The Freak Brothers have amassed a loyal following of fans who make it to most of their gigs. You could call them Freak Heads, I guess. And the core of the Freak Heads is not just Fort Wayne. The band plays regularly in Indianapolis, Lansing, Flint, Traverse City.

"We've gotten asked back dozens of times," Martin says. "We have a strong fan base here, but we also have regulars in the other places we play. It really comes as a shock to us how big this thing's gotten. I think a lot of the band members don't know how many people like us."

And it comes as a shock to a lot of people that this is a Fort Wayne band, Martin adds. "People can't believe that we're all in our 20s and all from Fort Wayne," he says. "So we have a live CD we hand out at shows. It gives them a little proof ."

Martin says the Freak Brothers are working on a CD of originals and are trying to get a couple of websites up and running.

As for the Whammys, Martin says he and the others were caught off guard. "We were totally shocked," he says. "We went in not expecting to win anything. A lot of people told us, 'you're playing last. You must have won.' But we weren't so sure. We were more happy to play in front of a new audience."

Martin says some of his friends think winning Performer of the Year is a bad omen. Last year's winner, Strut Train, is no more. But that's okay.

Martin says the band has a philosophy. "The main goal of the band is to give people the opportunity the forget what's outside the club for a few hours. They can go back to that tomorrow." The philosophy seems to work for the audience. Here's hoping it works for the Freak Brothers as well.