Humo's Rock Rally

Humo's Rock Rally is a Belgian contest for rock bands, organized every second year since 1978. It is organized by the Belgian magazine HUMO.

Every band that has not yet released an official recording, may enter the Rock Rally, by submitting a demo to HUMO. Humo then selects 100 bands to compete in the pre-selections, followed by semi-finals and a final with 10 bands. The competing bands are assessed by a professional jury. Money prizes are awarded to the top three bands, as well as to one band chosen by the audience.

The Rock Rally is an important possibility for young Belgian rock bands to get in the picture. Many notable Belgian bands and musicians, such as dEUS, Evil Superstars, Novastar, Arid, An Pierlé, Das Pop and Admiral Freebee, launched their career in the Rock Rally.

Past prize winners and notable finalists

2008

# Steak Number Eight
# Jasper Erkens (audience choice)
# Team WilliamOther finalists: Berriegordies, Roadburg, The Galacticos, The Hong Kong Dong, The Porn Bloopers, The Tabasco Collective, Way

2006

# The Hickey Underworld
# The Blackbox Revelation
# Rye Jehu
* Balthazar (audience choice)Other finalist: Freaky Age

2004

# The Van Jets
# Absynthe Minded
# Madensuyu (audience choice)

2002

# Goose
# Illyrian (audience choice)
# Very Camel

2000

# Mintzkov Luna
# Admiral Freebee (audience choice)
# Venus In Flames
* Mint
* Zornik Breknov (now Zornik)

1998

# Das Pop
# Fence
# Chrome Yellow

1996

# Novastar
# Tom Helsen
# Sheffield Wednesday
* Arid
* An Pierlé

1994

# Evil Superstars
# Sticks & Stones
# Sweater

1992

# Charlie 45
# The Beautiful Babies
# Orgasmaddix
* dEUS

1990

# Noordkaap
# Kitchen of Insanity
# Gorky

1988

# Ze Noiz
# The Romans
# The B-Tunes
* Citizen Kane (with Daan Stuyven)

1986

# The Peter Pan Band
# Passion of a Primitif
# The Wolfbanes / The Boy Wonders (shared third place)

1984

# Elisa Waut
# Morceaux Durs
# Beau Geste

1982

# The Chrome
# 2 Belgen
# 5 CV
*Gruppenbild (with Stijn Meuris)

1980

# The Machines
# The Singles
# The Sweeties

1978

# Once More
# Stagebeast
# Clown
* De Kreuners

External links

* [http://www.humo.be/ HUMO]
* [http://humosrockrally.tripod.com/ Unofficial Rock Rally Website]