You Ain't Putting Up a Fight
August 29, 2009 | 10:59 PM

I for once am stunned and lost for words to express my opinion on these haters.

Seems a lot of people agree your assessments except the Fans, Radio, Industry and Peers. That's OK, (insert cowardly insult here)

I really don't know where to begin, but I'll do my best to at least point out a few things mentioned above and elsewhere lately.

**"The battle of the bands was rigged by their friends"....No, the voting was based on audience response. Were you there? and yes, "that was so last year"

**Arguing whether they shouldn't be classified as 'Rock' is a point well taken. Am I to assume they are amazing if you classify them as 'Pop''?

**All the crap about the quality and ability of her voice is non-sense. Have you heard Anthony Kiedis of the Chilli's, Perry Ferrell of Jane's Addiction, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Bradley Nowell of Sublime, the dude from Nickelback, Kurt Cobain, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, KISS etc. Live? They suck-ass live, bordering on tone-deafness. I don't wanna hear it. Vocally they are light years ahead those people. Besides, since when did singing in key become 'rock star'?

**Someone said Anuhea could draw 800 people also. You know she performed at the show also right? That's all I'm gonna say unless someone else wants to write their opinion of her performance. She didn't even stick around to socialize or watch the Throwdowns. Her tweet 4 hours later said, "Last night at Throwdowns thing was ridiculous."

**And one last thing, do some research on Ola Shaw of the Throwdowns. No, really look him up, he's already accomplished what many of you say the Throwdowns won't do.

Thank you for reading and also hating on the bands I play in past and present.

Shawn Michael, Bass Player