WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia. WAM first received project funding from the state government in 1989, and in the early 1990s the word "rock" was dropped from the title to give the organisation scope to take on a broader constituency.
In 1994 the inaugural Kiss My WAMi Original Contemporary Music Festival was held. Other programs that have been successfully undertaken include the Act of Youth series of all-ages shows, the WA Song Contest (now WAM Song of the Year), Women in Rock and an annual CD compilation of Western Australian musical artists (the first "The Western Front" was undertaken in 1992 and featured The Pink Fluffy Bunnies, Allegiance and Storytime amongst others.)
The 2001 WAMi Awards commenced with an opening party on Thursday 13 September 2001 and a closing party at the Globe Theatre on Sunday 16 September 2001.
WAM's annual original contemporary music festival celebrated its 10th birthday in 2003. The metro component of the Kiss My WAMi Festival ran from Thursday 4 September through to Sunday 14 September.
In 2004 WAM took the decision to instigate a new "WAM Hall of Fame". The intention is to induct people who have made outstanding contributions to the Western Australian contemporary music industry into this Hall of Fame each year during the WAMi Festival.
The collection of luminaries of the Western Australian music industry were recognised with a presentation ceremony at the WAMi Weekender opening party held in Foundation Week, 3–8 June 2004. The following is an amalgamation of people who had been previously recognised through various WAM awards since 1985 and were inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
The inductees were:
Joe Cipriani
Steve Gordon
Brian Peacock
Micheal Dwyer (editor Xpress magazine, Melody Maker & reporter Rolling Stone (Australia))
Peter Woodward
Anna Gare (The Jam Tarts)
Dom Mariani (The Stems, The Someloves, DM3, Dom Mariani & the Majestic Kelp)
John Meyer (Everest, Airforce, Saracen, Rose Tattoo, John Meyer Band, Chain)
Shirley (née Smith) Pochee
Mark Genge
Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals)
Lucky Oceans (The Zydecats)
Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
Steve Tallis
Richard Lane
Bob Gordon
RTRFM
Brett Rowe
Luke Rinaldi
The 2005 WAMi Awards were held on Tuesday 22 February, hosted by Triple J's Robbie Buck. The WAMi Awards were held in the beautiful outdoor setting of the Beck's Verandah, at the Perth Concert Hall. The stars were shining as award winners were presented their WAMi cakes. Jebediah, Carus, The Kill Devil Hills, Red Jezebel, Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp and The Panda Band performed live at the ceremony. Inductees into the WAM Hall of Fame were Bon Scott (AC/DC), Martin Clarke and Dave Hole.
The 2006 WAMi Awards were held on Tuesday 21 February on the Becks Verandah at the Perth Concert Hall, hosted again by Robbie Buck (from Triple J). The awards featured performances by The Panics, Snowman, The Fuzz and Schvendes plus a surprise special guest performance from John Butler. Inductions into the WAM Hall of Fame were Stephen and Alan Pigram (The Pigram Brothers), James Baker (Hoodoo Gurus, The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon and The Manikins) and David McComb (The Triffids/The Blackeyed Susans).
Most Popular Act - Eskimo Joe
Most Popular Album - Gyroscope - Are You Involved?
Most Popular Single/EP - Schvendes - "Turn Out Your Lights"
Most Popular Live Act - Gyroscope
Favourite Newcomer - Eleventh He Reaches London
Most Popular Music Video - End of Fashion - "O Yeah"
Most Popular Music Website - Perthbands
Most Popular Music Venue - Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Event - Big Day Out
Golden WAMi for contribution to the local music industry - Luke Rinaldi
Management Award for outstanding achievement - Philip Stevens
Media Award for outstanding contribution - RTRFM
Best Record Producer/Engineer - Dave Parkin (Jebediah, Red Jezebel, Snowman)
Best Live Sound Engineer - Michael ‘Fletch’ Fletcher [1]
Best WA Record Label - Jarrah Records
Most Promising New Act - Schvendes
Best Indigenous Act - Richard Walley
Best Indie/Pop Act - The Panda Band
Best Rock Act - Gyroscope
Best Hard Rock/Metal Act - Karnivool
Best Punk Act - Gyroscope
Best Commercial Pop Act - Eskimo Joe
Best Urban Music Act - Downsyde
Best Blues/Roots Act - The Kill Devil Hills
Best Jazz Act - Hip Mo Toast
Best World Music Act - B Movie Heroes
Best Country Music Act - The Kill Devil Hills
Best Funk Act - Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays
Best Live Electronic Act - Astronaut
Best Electronic Producer - Pendulum
Best Guitarist - Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
Best Female Vocalist - Katy Steele (Little Birdy)
Best Instrumentalist - Tristen Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)
Best Bassist -Ben Franz (The Waifs)
Best Drummer - Gabriel Nicotra (The Panda Band, Rollerskates)
Best DJ - Greg Packer
Best Male Vocalist - Andy Citawarman (Snowman)
The 2007 WAMi Awards were held on Wednesday 21 February co-hosted by Triple J's Robbie Buck and Rosie Beaton. The WAMi Awards saw a return to the Beck’s Verandah, at the Perth Concert Hall and after years of presenting cakes to WAMi Award winners, 2007 sees the winners presented with a WAMington. Eskimo Joe gave a special acoustic performance with performances by Little Birdy, Dave Hole, The Stems and WAMi nominees Double Entendre. The Farris Brothers from INXS were inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
Most Popular Act
Eskimo Joe
Karnivool
Snowman
The Panda Band
Most Popular Album
Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Snowman - Snowman
The Panda Band - This Vital Chapter
Most Popular Single/EP
Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
Little Birdy - "Come On, Come On"
Schvendes - "Small Mercies, Sweet Graves"
Sex Panther - "Killer Pink"
Most Popular Live Act
Eskimo Joe
Karnivool
Schvendes
Snowman
Favourite Newcomer
Birds of Tokyo
Mink Mussel Creek
Streetlight
Sugar Army
Most Popular Music Video
Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
Little Birdy - "Come On, Come On"
Snowman - "You Are A Casino"
Antistatic - "Stand Up In Disguise"
Most Popular Music Website
Perthsounds.com
Rockus.com.au
Perthbands.com
wam.asn.au
Most Popular Music Venue
Amplifier Bar
Hyde Park Hotel
Mojos
Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Event
Big Day Out
In The Pines
WAMi Festival
Southbound
Most Promising New Act
Faith In Plastics
Mink Mussel Creek
Streetlight
Sugar Army
Best Record Producer/Engineer
Al Smith
Dave Parkin
Shaun O'Callaghan
Adam Spark
Media Award-Individual
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Peter Barr
Best Male Vocalist
Andy Citawarman (Snowman)
Ian Kenny (Karnivool/Birds of Tokyo)
Justin Burford (End Of Fashion)
Kavyen Temperley (Eskimo Joe)
Best Female Vocalist
Abbe May (The Fuzz)
Katy Steele (Little Birdy)
Rachael Dease (Schvendes)
Storm Wyness (Sex Panther)
Best Guitarist
Ant Gray (Schvendes)
Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
Sean Pollard (New Rules for Boats)
Jeremy Martin (Eleventh He Reaches London)
Best Bassist
Ben Franz (The Waifs)
Benjamin Golby (New Rules for Boats)
David Namour (Rollerskates/The Panda Band)
Pete Jeavons (Thrust)
Best Drummer
Gabriel Nicotra (Rollerskates/The Panda Band)
Ian Chater (The Bank Holidays)
Rob Nassif (Gyroscope)
Steve Judd (Karnivool)
Best Instrumentalist
Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills)
Stephen Callan (Rollerskates/The Panda Band)
Tristan Parr (Schvendes)
Andy Citawarman (Snowman)
Best Electronic Producer
HiRO?
Lo-Key Fu
Pendulum
Shane Norton
Best Blues/Roots Act
The Kill Devil Hills
Andrew Winton
Blue Shaddy
Toby
Best Country Music Act
Connie Kis Andersen
Ronni Rae Rivers
Felicity Groom
The Jayco Brothers
Best Rock Act
Schvendes
The Wednesday Society
Snowman- winner
The Silents
Best Indi Pop Act
New Rules For Boats
The Bank Holidays- winner
Institut Polaire
Faith In Plastics
Best Indigenous Act
The Pigram Brothers- winner
Richard Walley
Alice Haines
Bartlett
Management Award
Heath Bradby- winner
Phillip Stevens
Scott Adam
Juliet John
Media Award-Organisation
Drum Perth
RTRFM- winner
Xpress
Rockus
Best DJ
Dan The Man- winner
Fdel
Charlie Bucket
Moflo Leigh
Best Hardcore/Punk Act
Miles Away
From The Ruins
Eleventh He Reaches London- winner
Extortion
Best Hard Rock Metal Act
Karnivool- winner
Subtruck
Pathogen
Voyager
Best Commercial Pop Act
Eskimo Joe- winner
The Sleepy Jackson
Little Birdy
Kevin Mitchell
Best Jazz Act
Sam Anning
VOID- winner
Matt Jodrell
Mace Francis Orchestra
Best WA Record Label
Blazing Strumpet
Jarrah Records- winner
QStik Records
Sic Squared Records
Golden WAMi
Heath Bradby (Manager -Snowman (band))
Peter Barr (RTRFM)- winner
Paul Sloan (promoter)
Scott Adam (QStik Records)
Best Sound Engineer (live or studio)
Al Smith
Dave Parkin- winner
Ian Stuart
Luke Willot
Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act
Downsyde- winner
Drapht
Che'Nelle
Hunter
Best Live Electronic Act
Sir Apple
Pendulum (band)|Pendulum Live- winner
Fdel
The Resonance
Best Funk Act
Lysistrata
The Roast
The Crux
Bobby Blackbird and the Bluejays- winner
Best World Act
Double Entendre- winner
Collective Latino
Zarm
David Hyams And The Miles To Go Band
The 2008 WAMi Awards were held at the Perth Festival Beck’s Music Box (on the Esplanade, Perth) on Thursday 21 February. The event was co-hosted by Caroline Tran (Triple J) and Peter Barr (RTRFM 92.1). The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Jebediah, Birds of Tokyo, Blue Shaddy, Yabu Band with special guests Groovylips and the Yang, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke and DJ's Dan the Man & Rok Riley. The WAM Hall of Fame, was not part of the ceremony, with the Executive Director of WAM, Paul Bodlovich, announcing that WAM were planning to hold a separate Hall of Fame event later in the year. The winners and the nominees of the 2008 WAMi's were:
Most Popular Act
Eskimo Joe
John Butler Trio
The Panics
Sugar Army
Most Popular Music Website
Teknoscape
Perthbands
RTRFM
Rockus
Most Popular Live Act
Gyroscope
Karnivool
Snowman
Streetlight
Most Popular Single/EP
Gyroscope – "Snakeskin"
Institut Polaire – "The Fauna and The Flora"
Sugar Army – "Where Do You Hide Your Toys?"
The Waifs – "Sun Dirt Water"
Most Popular Album
Birds of Tokyo – Day One
John Butler Trio – Grand National
The Panics – Cruel Guards
Red Jezebel – How I Learnt To Stop Worrying
Favourite Newcomer
Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
Harlequin League
Sneaky Weasel Gang
Most Popular Music Video
Gyroscope – "Snakeskin"
Institut Polaire – "City Walls and Empires"
John Butler Trio – "Good Excuse"
Snowman – "Swimming With Sharks"
Most Popular Music Event
In The Pines
Perth International Arts Festival
Southbound
The WAMi Awards
Most Popular Venue
Amplifier Bar
Hyde Park Hotel
Mojo's Bar
Rosemount Hotel
Golden WAMi
Heath Bradby
Juliet John
Peter Barr
Steph Edwardes
Most Promising New Act
Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia
Astral Travel
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
Harlequin League
Best Sound Engineer (Live or Studio)
George Kailis
Ian Stewart
Laurie Sinagra
Luke Willott
Best Record Producer/Engineer
Adam Spark
Al Smith
Dave Parkin
Shaun O’Callaghan
Best WA Record Label
Blazing Strumpet Records
Jarrah Records
Love Is My Velocity
Qstik Records
Media Award Individual
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Peter Barr
Media Award Organisation
The Drum Media magazine
Rockus.com.au
RTRFM 92.1
Xpress Magazine
Management Award
Steph Edwardes
Philip Stevens
Heath Bradby
Juliet John
Best Rock Act
Birds of Tokyo
Capital City
Snowman
Sugar Army
Best Commercial Pop Act
Eskimo Joe
Little Birdy
The Panics
Red Jezebel
Best Indie Pop Act
The Bank Holidays
The Burton Cool Suit
Institut Polaire
New Rules For Boats
Best Hardcore/Punk Act
Extortion
The Homicides
Miles Away
Project Mayhem
Best Hard Rock/Metal Act
Cease
Eleventh He Reaches London
Karnivool
Pathogen
Best Blues/Roots Act
Abbe May and The Rockin’ Pneumonia
The Dave Mann Collective
John Butler Trio
The Kill Devil Hills
Best Funk Act
The Bluejays
Funkola
Lysistrata
Sunshine Brothers
Best Jazz Act
Graham Wood Quintet
Mace Francis Orchestra
Matt Jodrell Quartet
Void
Best Country Music Act
The Jayco Brothers
Jeff Strong
The Kill Devil Hills
Polly Medlen
Best Urban/ Hip Hop Act
Che’Nelle
Downsyde
Fdel
Rhyme Audial
Best Electronic Act
Brash and Sassy
Electric Limousine
Pendulum
The Transients
Best DJ
Charlie Bucket
Dan the Man
Greg Packer
Gruesome Twosome
Best World Act
David Hyams and The Miles To Go Band
Electric Kora Land
The Flying Carpathians
Zigatango
Best Indigenous Act
Bartlett
Djiva
Peter Brandy
The Pigram Brothers
Best Electronic Producer
Dave McKinney (Flow Dynamics, Soul Harmonics)
Pendulum
Roly Skender
Sardi
Best Bassist
Greg Sanders (Kill Teen Angst)
Ian Berney (The Wednesday Society, Sugar Army)
Mat Cheetham (Downsyde, Sunshine Brothers)
Roy Martinez (Dave Mann Collective, Cinema Prague)
Best Guitarist
Andrew Winton
Adam Spark (Birds of Tokyo)
Ant Gray (Schvendes)
John Butler
Best Male Vocalist
Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Dave Mann
Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo)
Nathan Gaunt
Best Female Vocalist
Abbe May (Abbe May and The Rockin’ Pneumonia)
Felicity Groom (Felicity Groom and The Black Black Smoke)
Katy Steele (Little Birdy)
Rachael Dease (Schvendes)
Best Drummer
Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo)
Nigel Bird (Bob Evans, Mo Wilson and the Drivers)
Pete Guazzelli (Fall Electric)
Russell Loasby (Institut Polaire)
Best Instrumentalist
Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills, Felicity Groom & the Black Black Smoke)
Glenn Sarangapany (Birds of Tokyo)
Tara John (Schvendes)
Tristan Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)
The 2009 WAMi Awards were held at the Metro City nightclub on Thursday 7 May, with the event hosted by Tex Perkins. The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Drapht, The Kill Devil Hills, Djva, Project Mayhem and the Sneaky Weasel Gang. Dave Faulkner (The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus) was inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame, as a separate event on Wednesday, 6 May 2009.
Most Popular Act
Birds of Tokyo
Sugar Army
Tame Impala
The Kill Devil Hills
Most Popular Live Act
Birds of Tokyo
Gyroscope
Tame Impala
The Kill Devil Hills
Most Popular Album
Abbe May and the Rockin' Pneumonia - Howl and Moan
Birds of Tokyo - Universes
Snowman - The Horse, The Rat and The Swan
The Painkillers - Love Cancer
Most Popular Single/EP
Drapht - "Jimmy Recard"
End of Fashion - "Fussy"
Felicity Groom - "Treasures"
Tame Impala - "Tame Impala" (EP)
Favourite Newcomer
Apricot Rail
Boys Boys Boys!
Tame Impala
Will Stoker and the Embers
Most Popular Music Video
Downsyde - "Fortune and Fame"
Felicity Groom - "Criminal"
Sugar Army - "Acute"
Tame Impala - "Half Full Glass of Wine"
Most Popular Music Event
Big Day Out Perth
In The Pines
Laneway Festival
Southbound
Most Popular Music Venue
Amplifier Bar
The Bakery
Fly by Night Musicians Club
Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Music Website
www.fasterlouder.com.au (Perth)
www.perthbands.com.au
www.rtrfm.com.au
www.spaceships.news.com.au
Golden WAMi
Peter Barr
Kristy Pinder
David Cutbush
Steph Edwardes
Most Promising New Act
Apricot Rail
Boys Boys Boys!
Tame Impala
The Scotch of Saint James
Best Male Vocalist
Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo, Karnivool)
Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)
Pat McLaughlin (Sugar Army)
Best Female Vocalist
Felicity Groom
Abbe May
Miranda Pollard (New Rules for Boats)
Rachel Dease (Schvendes)
Best Guitarist
Andrew Ryan (Fall Electric, Felicity Groom and The Black Black Smoke, Adam Said Galore)
Andrew Winton
Luke Dux (The Floors, Will Stoker and the Embers)
Michael Vdelli (Vdelli)
Best Bassist
Ian Berney (Sugar Army)
Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kills Devil Hills, Will Stoker and the Embers)
Roy Martinez (The Yabu Band, Cinema Prague)
Dom Simper (Tame Impala)
Best Drummer
Malcolm Clark (The Sleepy Jackson, Circuits of the Sun)
Matt Maguire (Schvendes, Adam Said Galore)
Shaun Sibbes (Circuits of the Sun)
Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Pond)
Best Instrumentalist
Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills, The Devil and Abbe May, Felicity Groom and The Black Black Smoke)
Jaymes Brown (Voltaire Twins)
Lee Jones (Circuits of the Sun, Astronaut)
Tristen Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)
Best Electronic Producer
Adrian Sardi
Pendulum
Taku
Tomás Ford
Best DJ
Charlie Bucket
Dan The Man
Petrosex
Travis
Best Rock Act
Birds of Tokyo
Sugar Army
Tame Impala
The Kill Devil Hills
Best Commercial Pop Act
Bob Evans
Boys Boys Boys!
Eskimo Joe
The Panics
Best Indie Pop Act
Boys Boys Boys!
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
Red Jezebel
Umpire
Best Hardcore / Punk Act
Eleventh He Reaches London
Extortion
Project Mayhem
The Painkillers
Best Hard Rock / Metal Act
Cease
Chaos Divine
The Devil Rides Out
Voyager
Best Blues / Roots Act
Abbe May and the Rockin’ Pneumonia
Andrew Winton
Simon Kelly Band
The Kill Devil Hills
Best Funk Act
Sneaky Weasel Gang
The Bigness
Sunshine Brothers
The Typhoons
Best Jazz Act
Johannes Luebbers Dectet
The Graham Wood Trio
Troy Roberts
VOID'
Best Country Music Act
Jane Germain and the Yahoos
The Fancy Brothers
The Kill Devil Hills
The Lazy Railway
Best Urban/Hip Hop Act
Downsyde
Drapht
MC Able
The Typhoons
Best Live Electronic Act
Pendulum
The Transients
The Voltaire Twins
Tomás Ford
Best World Act
Grace Barbe
David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
Mukti
Zarm
Best Live Sound Engineer
Dave Carter
Ian Stewart
Luke Willott
Rene De Vries
Best Record Producer/Engineer
Alan Smith - Begerk! Recording Studio
Dave Parkin - Blackbird Studio
Laurie McCallum - Sumo Sound Studio
Rob Grant - Poons Head
Indigenous Act of the Year
Djiva
Peter Brandy
The Yabu Band
Warangka Band
Best WA based Record Label
Firestarter
Good Cop Bad Cop Records
Jarrah Records
Love Is My Velocity
Media Award (Individual)
Aarom Wilson
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Media Award (Organisation)
Drum Media
perthbands.com
RTRFM
Xpress Magazine
Management Award
Heath Bradby
Steph Edwardes
Jodie Regan
Philip Stevens
The 2010 WAMi Awards were announced Thursday 20 May 2010 at Capitol Nightclub, Perth, with the event hosted by Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall (Triple J) and Peter Barr (RTRFM). The WAMi Awards night included live performances by Sugar Army, Will Stoker and the Embers, the Brow Horn Orchestra, Black Poet and Hayley Beth. The 2010 WAMi Craft Awards were announced on Monday 17 May at the Rosemount Hotel, North Perth. Matt Taylor (Chain, Matt Taylor Band) was inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
Most Popular Act
Birds of Tokyo
Gyroscope
Karnivool
Sugar Army
Most Popular Live Act
Boys Boys Boys!
Karnivool
Sugar Army
Tomás Ford
Most Popular Music Website
Fasterlouder.com.au
Perthbands.com
Rtrfm.com.au
Spaceshipnews.com.au
Most Popular Album
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla
John Butler Trio – April Uprising
Karnivool – Sound Awake
Sugar Army – The Parallels Amongst Ourselves
Favourite Newcomer
Emperors
The Jackards
The Joe Kings
Tim & Jean
Most Popular Music Venue
Amplifier Bar
Mojos Bar
Rocket Room
Rosemount Hotel
Most Popular Single / EP
Eskimo Joe – "Foreign Land"
French Rockets / Injured Ninja – 12" Split + DVD
John Butler Trio – "One Way Road"
Umpire – "Streamers"
Most Popular Music Video
Blac Blocs - "NVDA"
Brash and Sassy – "No Milk For You"
Injured Ninja – "IDDQD"
Sugar Army – "Tongues in Cheeks"
Most Popular Music Event
Big Day Out (Perth)
In the Pines
Soundwave (Perth)
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (Perth)
Most Promising New Act*
Boom! Bap! Pow!
Emperors
Goodnight Tiger
The Joe Kings
Best Live Sound Engineer
Dave Carter
Ian Stewart
James Newhouse
Rene De Vries
Best Record Producer / Engineer
Al Smith
Dave Parkin
Max Ducker
Rob Agostini
Indigenous Act of the Year
Djiva
Moana Dreaming
Peter Brandy
Yabu Band
Best WA Based Record Label
Firestarter Music
Good Cop Bad Cop
Jarrah Records
Walking Horse
Media Award, Individual
Aarom Wilson
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush
Mike Wafer
Media Award, Organisation
Fasterlouder.com.au
RTRFM
The Drum Media
X-Press Magazine
Management Award
Jodie Regan
Laith Tierney
Philip Stevens
Steph Edwardes
Golden WAMi
Aarom Wilson
Andrew Ryan
Dave Cutbush
Peter Barr
Best Male Vocalist
Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo, Karnivool)
Pat McLaughlin (Sugar Army)
Will Stoker (Will Stoker & the Embers)
Best Female Vocalist
Abbe May
Felicity Groom
Hayley Beth
Novac Bull (Boom! Bap! Pow!)
Best Guitarist
Andrew Ryan (Adam Said Galore, Felicity Groom & the Black Black Smoke, Fall Electric)
Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
Jay Marriott (The Novocaines)
Luke Dux (The Floors, Timothy Nelson & the Infidels, Will Stoker & the Embers)
Best Bassist
Anthony Jackson (Birds of Tokyo)
Cameron Hines (Mile End/Mongrel Country)
Ian Berney (Sugar Army)
Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kill Devil Hills, Will Stoker and the Embers)
Best Drummer
Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo, Sons of Rico)
Ben Stacy (Tangled Thoughts of Leaving)
Jamie Sher (Sugar Army)
Matt Maguire (Schvendes, Adam Said Galore)
Best Instrumentalist
Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills, Abbe May, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke)
Chris Cobilis (The Tigers, The Sabre Tooth Tigers, smrts)
Glenn Sarangapany – (Birds of Tokyo)
Tristan Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)
Best Electronic Producer
Tomás Ford
Naik
Trilby Temperley (Cloud Kollectiv, She Selexx)
ShockOne
Best DJ
Charlie Bucket
Micah
Rex Monsoon
ShockOne
Best Rock Act
Karnivool
Sugar Army
Tame Impala
The Kill Devil Hills
Best Commercial Pop Act
Boys Boys Boys!
Eskimo Joe
Gyroscope
Tim & Jean
Best Indie Pop Act
6s + 7s
Boys Boys Boys!
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke
Umpire
Best Hardcore / Punk Act
Break Even
Chainsaw Hookers
Extortion
Project Mayhem
Best Hard Rock / Metal Act
Chaos Divine
Eleventh He Reaches London
The Devil Rides Out
Voyager
Best Blues / Roots Act
Abbe May
Blue Shaddy
Cal Peck and the Tramps
The Kill Devil Hills
Best Funk Act
Boom! Bap! Pow!
Funkalleros
The Brow Horn Orchestra
Sneaky Weasel Gang
Best Jazz Act
Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
Jamie Oehlers Quartet
Johannes Luebbers Dectet
The Graham Wood Trio
Best Country Music Act
Connie Kis Andersen
Jane Germain and the Yahoos
The Fancy Brothers
The Jayco Brothers
Best Urban Hip Hop Act
Downsyde
Drapht
Mathas
The Typhoons
Best Electronic Act
Naik
The Transients
Tomás Ford
Voltaire Twins
Best World Act
David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
Grace Barbé
Ziggy New Generation
Zydecats
The 2011 WAMi Awards were announced on Saturday 28 May at The Bakery, James Street Northbridge, with the event hosted by Dylan Lewis (Video Hits) and Dom Alessio (triple j‘s Home and Hosed). Record producer and engineer, the late Shaun O'Callaghan, The Waifs and Pete Carroll (former RTRFM manager and manager The Panics) were all inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
Running annually alongside the WAMI awards, the Kiss My Camera competition invites photographers, music lovers and photomedia artists to submit their WA music pictures for selection by a panel of judges. Since its inception in 2009 the finalists have been featured in the Western Australian Museum for several months once the judges have selected the winner, after this the exhibition tours exhibition spaces in regional Western Australia.
The 2012 WAMi Awards were announced on Saturday 2 June at The Bakery, James Street Northbridge, with the event hosted by Claire Hooper (Good News Week) and Dom Alessio. Comedian Tim Minchin, the late Robert Hunter, and the former CEO of WAM, Paul Bodlovich, were inducted into the WAM Hall of Fame.
