1983 was back with a vengeance at the Opera House in Toronto this past June 21st. SLAVE TO THE SQUAREWAVE’s retro cool synths, hot dance beats and wild stage presence more than impressed both jury and public. This is one band you must see live! Imagine your favourite new wave artists (Talk Talk, New Order, Bowie), add Brian Ferry’s vocals, mix it up with a bit of Pulp, add some dance beats and a giant white square head, and you get one hell of a show! You can hear for yourselves at www.squarewavemusic.com. Watch out Germany, the future is square… Meanwhile, all 1300 in attendance took home a copy of 2K3 Live Wire Emergenza Canadian compilation, featuring fellow finalists Lifted and The Hellz Kitchen Show, as well as Emergenza Toronto participants littleSunday, Round2 and Reason Disappears. Thanks to all for a great night! See you next year… The Ontario Final Winners 1st Place SLAVE TO THE SQUAREWAVE Slave to the Squarewave will do Toronto proud at the Taubertal Festival this coming August. They will also take part in “The Best of Emergenza Tour” in Canada October 2-4th 2003 (Oct. 3rd at The Reverb in Toronto, Oct. 4th at Barrymore’s in Ottawa). 2nd Place Ottawa’s STONE MELODIES Stone Melodies will take part of “The Best of Emergenza Tour” in October 2003 (Oct. 2nd at Club Soda in Montreal and Oct. 4th at Barrymore’s in Ottawa). 3rd Place BRAIN TOY Brain Toy will take part of “The Best of Emergenza Tour” at The Reverb in Toronto October 3rd. Band Award (Best Band as chosen by the other finalists) THE HELLZ KITCHEN SHOW Best Singer Colin Troy, Slave To The SQUAREwave The square head can now roam free on all stages with his new Evolution wireless microphone from Sennheiser. Best Guitarist Andrew Starr, Slave To The SQUAREwave Andrew went home happy with his brand new CRATE GLX212 amp. Best Bassist Devin Gasteiger, Brain Toy Devin takes home our very much coveted custom-shop, limited edition Music Man Sterling bass. Best Drummer Reily O’Connor, Brain Toy Reily receives a full set of Sabian cymbals. Converse Award Slave To The Squarewave Slave To The Squarewave will get to choose 500$’s worth of Converse All Star footwear from the new Fall catalogue. <

BAND	Albert	Michael	Nick	Jane	Aaron			Bruce
	Chambers	Charles	Mandilaras	Schultz	Dey	Kathrin	Shelley	Moffet	TOT
Overview									0
Dollfinz									0
Lifted	7	2	1	3	1	3	7	3	27
Bonafyde									0
Zeroscape									0
Parallax									0
Japhy Ryder	1	5	2	2	2	2	3	1	18
Brain Toy	2	3	3	7	7	7	5	2	36
Stone Melod	10	7	5	5	3	5	2	7	44
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