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Y2k - 'Pizza Salsa'
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NST - Dream Win For Punk Rock Band Y2k
 KUALA LUMPUR: Punk rock band Y2K rocked their way to the tune of RM50,000 when they were pronounced champion of The Global Battle of the Bands (GBOB) Challenge Malaysia last night. The finals took place at the packed Club C18 in front of a prestigious judging panel comprising Ali Bakar, Zamani Ibrahim and Sarwanie Ahmad, Life Records production and promotion executive Ismail Ali and ROTTW publisher and managing editor Mohd Rom Mohd Noor.
With this win, the three-piece outfit from Kuala Lumpur, who were masked, also won a recording contract with Life Records and a trip to London as the official Malaysian representative.
They will compete with 37 of the world's best bands in a three-day music festival, The Global Battle of the Bands or The GBOB Challenge, to be held in London, England on Dec 4.
During the finals last night, Y2K, which comprises Khairil Mokhzani Bahar aka Monsieur Poubelle (bass/vocals), Paul Naquiddin Mohd aka The Naq (drums) and Saiful Azlan Freezailah aka Hermano Grande (guitar/vocals) beat five other equally talented bands.
They performed their self-composed piece Lara, a Malay and English number, and From A Distance.
Dynamism, great skills, good tunes, snappy lyrics and a tight performance clinched them the win.
"We were just having fun on the stage. If we didn't, we were not doing it right," Khairil said. He was excited about the GBOB Challenge in London. "We hope to put in a very good performance there." Picture by Ghazali Bujang
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Thank You, All!
Well, the show's finally over. Sorry it took so long to post this, but we were so damn tired and worn out after the show that we pretty much passed out and hibernated for a week. For all those that came, thank you so much. From the feedback, it's obvious that a large percentage of you guys were happy with the show, and we couldn't be more glad. It was definitely a fun-filled evening of punk-rock madness, and we at FYI would like to thank you all for being such a good crowd. NOFX (contrary to what some may believe) said they had a blast and were particularly impressed by you guys, the crowd. Whilst all of you moshed and jumped about and were inches away from them, you didn't at any point attempt to bum-rush the stage and make merry havoc which, I assume, is the complete opposite of how shows are in the rest of the world. Needless to say, the band was happy and we're glad you guys were happy too.
Also, since a lot of people have been asking, I'd like to take this moment to reply to the biggest question on the comments board: when will FYI release a VCD? You're right, there were people shooting throughout the night, but the FYI film crew were only shooting Y2k and King Lychee, whereas the NOFX film crew were shooting NOFX. They're planning on releasing a documentary (I think) and they've been shooting throughout the whole tour, so look out for that (I know we are. I mean, come on: Malaysia appearing in an international documentary about NOFX? How dope is that?!). To answer some of your other questions, we're still trying to figure out what the next band will be. At some point I'll probably e-mail everyone who stuck their e-mail in the registration form with a survey listing a bunch of bands that we could feasibly bring in and find out which ones you guys would rather see (personally, I'd want to bring in Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger). Till next time, boys and girls, and thanks again for being such a rockin' good crowd! - Khai
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LAST CALL!!!
 Hi guys! Thanks once again for the tremendous support on this event.
As you know, the show is tomorrow, and we're completely packed trying to ensure that everything runs smoothly for Thursday. As such, our invite agents will instead be permanently located in two areas to save time and make sure we can reach as many of you that want to go as possible in the least amount of time.
1. The Curve (Mutiara Damansara) - Zeekaa : 019 600 7813 2. FYI Studios (Taman Melawati) - Khai : 012 338 6095 Date: Wednesday, 18th of April Times: 8.30pm - midnight Remember, this will be your LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER AT RM65 for the NOFX show. But if you can't make it, don't worry. The good news is that there are still INVITES AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR on the day of the show: REGISTRATION COUNTER @ RUUMS will be open from 3pm onwards. Registration at the door will cost RM75. Also, unfortunately, this also means that as of today, NO PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS VIA E-MAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED. Those that have already pre-registered should have received an e-mail by now with your invitation number. If not, do contact us. This will be the last post for NOFX updates before the show and we at FYI Entertainment would like to extend a big thanks to all the wonderful people we've met that have already registered. Your enthusiasm about the show reminds us why we're doing this. We'd also like to thank all the sponsors and press who have been so kind to us. Thank you all and ENJOY THE SHOW! - Khai
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UPDATES - Registration booth in Hartamas this Saturday!
That's right, folks! We're opening another registration booth this Saturday at Desa Sri Hartamas, so if you guys still haven't registered for this event, here's your chance!
NOFX REGISTRATION BOOTH
When : Saturday, 14th of April, 8.30pm onwards
Where : Uncle Don's, Desa Sri Hartamas
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