VISA "RankIt" Site Seeks College Votes For Best Alternative Band
RankIt, VISA's Web-based forum for and about America's
college students, is now asking students to vote for their favorite unsigned
alternative rock band -- all on-line. Beginning March 18 and
in collaboration with "Sam Goody's UnVailed 1997: The
Ultimate Band and Board Event," RankIt, at
[ http://www.rankit.com ], will invite students to
preview and vote on music by four regional finalist bands. The band
with the most on-line votes will be presented with a
students' choice award at UnVailed '97 -- the premiere
alternative music and snowboarding competition to be held in
Vail, Colorado on March 27-29.
"Sam Goody's UnVailed '97," sponsored by Sam Goody and Visa
U.S.A., is a three-day event that brings together the best
unsigned bands from across the country with the hottest
professional snowboarders. The best athletes let loose in a
unique peer-judged event during the day while four regional
finalist bands compete at night with six major alternative
bands as headliners, including Morphine, Bloodhound Gang,
Dinosaur Jr., L7, Rusted Root and Leah Andreone. Starting
March 18, students can sample the music of the UnVailed
regional finalists on RankIt.
RankIt survey topics range from the serious, such as athlete drug-testing,
to the not-so-serious, like "Which city should have been
disintegrated first in Independence Day?" and "Which book is
more hated on campus: O.J.'s or Rush Limbaugh's?"