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BEST GROUP 1 XTC. 2 The Police. 3 Talking Heads. 4 Rolling Stones. 5 The Jam. BEST NEW ARTIST 1 The Police. 2 The Undertones. 3 The Cure. 4 8525. 5 Gary Numan. BEST ALBUM 1 Drums and Wires, XTC 2 Fear Of Music, Talking Heads. 3= Reggatta De Blanc, Police / The Wall, Pink Floyd / It’s Alive, The Ramones. 4 At The Chelsea Nightclub, Members. 5 Live Rust, Neil Young. BEST SINGLE 1 “Making Plans For Nigel”, XTC. 2 “Roxanne”, Police. 3 “Public Image”, PIL. 4 “Rebel”, Toy Love. 5 = “Gangsters”, Specials / “Radio Radio”, Elvis Costello / “Another Girl Another Planet”, Only Ones. BEST MALE VOCALIST 1 David Bowie. 2 Andy Partridge, XTC. 3 Elvis Costello. 4 Sting, Police. 5= John Lydon / Neil Young. BEST FEMALE VOCALIST 1 Debbie Harry. 2 Pauline Murray, Penetration. 3 Lene Lovich. 4= Sharon O’Neill / Patti Smith / Rickie Lee Jones. 5 Poly Styrene. BEST NZ GROUP 1 Split Enz. 2 Toy Love. 3 = Citizen Band / Mi-Sex. 4 The Swingers. 5 Th’Dudes. BEST NZ ALBUM 1 AK. 79 (Toy Love, Swingers, Primmers, Marching Girls, Proud Scum, Terrorways). 2 Graffitti Crimes, Mi-Sex. _ 3 Frenzy, Split Enz. 4 True Colours, Split Enz. 5 Just Drove Thru Town, Citizen Band. BEST NZ SINGLE 1 Rebel”, Toy Love. 2 “Computer Games”, Mi-Sex. 3 “I See Red”, Split Enz. “I Got You”, Split Enz. “Lonely Hearts”, Sheerlux. BEST NZ VOCALIST 1 Chris Knox, Toy Love. 2 Tim Finn, Split En "i. 3 Steve Gilpin, Mi-Sex. 4 Sharon O’Neill. 5 Paul Robinson, ex-Sheerlux.. BEST NZ DRUMMER 1 Brent Eccles, Citizen Band. 2 Mike Dooley, Toy Love. 3 Buster Stiggs, ; Swingers. 4 Malcolm Green, Split Enz. 5 Ricky Ball, Hello Sailor. BEST NZ BASSIST 1 Mike Chunn, ex-Citizen Band. 2 Bones Hillman, Swingers. 3 Paul Keen, Toy Love. 4 Roland Kileen, ex-Sheerlux, now in CB. 5 Nigel Griggs, Split Enz. BEST NZ GUITARIST 1 Phil Judd, Swingers. 2 Alec Bathgate, Toy Love. 3 Dave Dobbyn, Th’Dudes. 4 Greg Clark, ex-Citizen Band. 5= Neil Finn, Split Enz / Steve Roach, Sheerlux. BEST NZ KEYBOARDS 1 Eddie Raynor, Split Enz. 2 Jane Walker, Toy Love. 3 Murray Burns, Mi-Sex. 4 Stuart Pearce, Street Talk. 5 Sharon O’Neill. BEST CONCERT ’79 1 Members, Mainstreet. 2 Talking Heads tour. 3 = Cheap Trick tour / Split Enz tour. 4 Citizen Band, Auckland Town Hall. 5 Toy Love in a pub. . . - FAVOURITE FILM 1 Kid’s Are Alright. 2 Animal House. 3 Midnight Express. 4= The Warriors / Star Trek. 5 Up In Smoke. FAVOURITE TV SHOW 1 Radio With Pictures. 2 SOAP 3 The Prisoner. 4 Professionals. 5 Kenny Everett Video Show. 6 Ready To Roll. FAVOURITE RADIO PERSONALITY 1 Barry Jenkin. 2 Fred Botica. 3 Bryan Staff. 4 John Hood. 5 Kevin Black. 6 John Barry. 7 Mark Morgan.
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Rip It Up, Issue 32, 1 March 1980, Page 1
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459readers Poll Rip It Up, Issue 32, 1 March 1980, Page 1
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