MAMM SLAM: The 2013 winners
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Congrats to Beware of Pedestrians!
The 2013 MAMM SLAM winners
L-R, MAMM Director Jeff Shaw with Greg Farrington, Nate Harvey, Jake Bergeron, Ben Bergeron of Beware of Pedestrians, this year’s MAMM SLAM winners. Courtesy photo
Beware of Pedestrians
Scarborough High School/Gorham High School
Nate Harvey (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Bergeron (backing vocals, lead guitar), Jake Bergeron (bass), and Greg Farrington (drums)// Check them out
The prize package includes a cool $1,000 sponsored by the Rusty Rocket Foundation, along with coveted recording time, TV appearances, radio play, plum gigs and professional marketing direction.
MAMM SLAM 2013, Maine’s high school battle of the bands, was presented by The Maine Academy of Modern Music and Portland Music Foundation.
The winners of the individual categories are:
- Best Female Vocalist – Sam Savaun (The Stolen Mural)
- Best Male Vocalist – Nate Harvey (Beware of Pedestrians)
- Best Guitarist – Scott Ralston (Rupture The Fish)
- Best Bassist – Antonio Macomber (The Stolen Mural)
- Best Drummer – Drew Harmon (The Stolen Mural)
The judges were:
- Dan Bodoff – Co-Host/Founder, thefreezingprocess.net
- Megan Littlefield – Promotions Coordinator, WPXT-TV
- Anna Lombard – Musician, Anna & The Diggs
- Andrew Olson – Owner/Luthier, AO Guitars
- Matt Shardlow – Volunteer, Rusty Rocket Foundation
Herb Ivy of WBLM & WCYY was our host.
The Fogcutters were our special guest performers.
Congrats to all the MAMM SLAM finalists!
Mark It Zero
Portland High School/Deering High School
Samson Martin (vox, bass), Evan Sampson (rhythm guitar), Jacob Katsiaficas (lead guitar), Ben Kalicky (drums)// Check them out
The Stolen Mural
Casco Bay High School/Falmouth High School/Cheverus High School
Antonio Macomber (bass), Henry Coxe (guitar, synth), Sam Savaun (vocals), Drew Harmon (drums), Sebastian Andrew (guitar, synth)// Check them out
Rupture the Fish
Waynflete High School, Scarborough High School, Cape Elizabeth High School, Biddeford High School
Scott Ralston (guitar, vocals), Spencer Teachout (bass), Eamon Kelley (guitar), Ben Nason (drums)// Check them out
Simple Burden
Greely High School
Dylan Sinclair (guitar, lead vocals), Ryan Beagan (bass, backup vocals), Josh Medrano (drums), Joey Clayton (guitar)// Check them out
And the mainetoday.com Wild Card!
Zenith
Casco Bay High School, South Portland High School
Sasha McClure (guitar, vocals), Bert Clement (acoustic guitar)// Check them out
Kudos to all the MAMM SLAM bands
Battle Taxi
Falmouth High School, Deering High School, home school
Noah Beliveau (guitar), Colin Beliveau (bass, backing vocals), Jon Moore (drums), Christina Taylor (vocals, lyrics, backup guitar)// Check them out
Freudian Slip
Cheverus High School
Justin “Nicolas” Donatelli (guitar), Matthew Atienza (guitar), Elise Coleman (vocals), Drew Harmon (drums), Michael Lyons (bass)// Check them out
Her Majesty and Company
Casco Bay High School
Antonio Macomber (guitar), Logan Rausch (throat)// Check them out
Parenthesys
Windham High School
MacKenzie Libby (bass, vocals), Nick Dorr (drums), Glen Turcotte (guitar), Travic Grant (guitar, vocals)// Check them out
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