RockBandLounge.com :: Rock Star: All-Stars

[jillywilly65]

Thank You too Cindy for all your hard work and dedication to this as well. You got behind it and helped make it happen too! I appreciate it....

[dustyblue25]

Thank you very much Cheryl and Cindy and everyone that helped to make Marty the Ultimate Rockstar!!

CONGRATULATIONS MARTY - THE ULTIMATE ROCKSTAR!!!

[dawn]

Fantastic news! well done everyone. I'll remember to go over to the UK & Eire Hammercrew & thank them on myspace tonight.

Time to relax with a beer now Or rather a coffee in my case (as I'm at work!)

[cheryl]

I posted this earlier today on RBL, but things move so fast, and I wanted to be sure you all saw it, so I'll report here....

Since it's finale day, I'd like to thank a few people...

First and foremost I want to thank all the wonderful Mods who helped make All-Stars happen. There was a lot of behind the scenes organization that happened, and they made it look effortless. I especially want to thank ems and inzane, the creators of our BIG DOUBLE TWIST in week nine, and my fellow Admin Bouffe - thank you!

I'd also like to thank the owners and members of MartyCasey.org and TeamMiG - without you this game would not have been nearly as much fun. TeamMiG upped the ante in the game early on, and every other group had to raise their game, or risk elimination. It was scary, but hellaciously fun! And who knew the MiG fans would turn out to be the master strategists? I think we all learned something from them! And the Marty fans, patiently controlling the game? Waiting to spring the Lovehammers fans on us until the very end? Well done!

I also want to thank CBS for bringing us Rock Star in the first place, or we wouldn't even be here.

And most importantly, I want to thank anyone who voted, or helped with song selection, or snarked, or posted banners, or posted hot half-naked photos, or stayed up way too late too many nights in a row! No matter how you personally played the game, I appreciate you!

We did good everyone! Thank you!

[ycrney]

Congratulations Marty!!!

It was a ton of fun getting involved with the game, and I was able to relive some great moments through pics, and also get exposed to some great new music along the way.

A huge thank you goes out to Cheryl for coming up with the competition, and to Cindy for lighting the fire under our butts and getting us all involved.

Thanks to all who voted and the support the other teams showed Marty, when their ultimate rocker was not there to vote for. That shows grace and dignity to continue on in the game and show support for your second or third. All in all I think everyone did a great job showcasing their fav. I for one will now be going over to RBL to continue checking out the rockers material that I had missed.

[Cheza]

He won by 112 votes...I think. Me doing math early in the morning while still getting well - bad idea. It was something around that margin though.

GOOD SHOW EVERYONE! CONGRATS MARTY!

Now, where do we get that winner's cup for HammerFest?

[Amy]

What a nice thing to wake up to! I'm so happy that Marty won - he deserved it. With or without a vote, we know Marty is a Rock Star, but it's nice to see it reflected in the contest.

Way to go Marty!

[ndavis021410]

[sjjo1973]

Thanks to everyone for your votes and getting marty to the top as the Ultimate Rockstar! This was fun game and fun to re live the RS moments and see what all the rockers have been up too. Look forward to stopping by more often to see what's new with all the rockers!

[bostongirl]

Marty Casey has always been and will always be the number one rockstar !!!!! Marty Casey fans - priceless!!!!! I look forward to celebrating with everyone at HF.

Congratulations Marty

[Joan S]

Yeah Marty!!!!!

[bostongirl]

Everyone -

Marty posted an acceptance speech on the RBL website. You gotta read it. Classic Marty Casey. And there is a little surprise hiding in plain sight in the speech . He is such a treasure:)

- Liz

[bostongirl]

Ok, ok....i have not had my second cup of coffee yet (on PST time this week so that explains everything) . Here is his post from RBL:

As I make my way up to the stage to give my acceptance speech, I take my time as i see the stars do at the Grammy's and really soak in the moment and wring every drop of the warm sunshine out of this cherished honor. It feels good to be remembered for an experience that I feel so very lucky to have even been a part of in the first place. What is of most interest to me is that the show made such an impact that we are all following along with our favorite Rockstars years later. This is proof that the show really was something special. I feel that. I also know that fans of any of the Rockers from either year support many of the artists from the show. Jordis fans come out and see Lovehammers when we are in Minnesota, Lukas fans go see Toby when he is in Canada. It's always strange when you put music into a competition envelope and have to judge or compare. There were 30 singers between the two years and no two were even remotely the same. There were 30 distinct personalities that strive to create and open there sheltered souls up to the world. I think fans gravitate to the person that they most understand and would want as there friend. It's not just about looks.

Music plays a really important role in everyone's lives and we are lucky to have this outlet. Let's embrace it. Keep seeing live shows, supporting your favorite bands and making friendships with the artists and the fans. The best thing that I ever got out of Rockstar was getting to watch so many great friendships become established because of a shared interest in music. There is something amazing about everyone that is here voting and supporting. You all really do care about that guy or girl you saw on TV. Many of the fans I can now call my friends. At 30 years old I never thought that I would get to completely reinvigorate my life with new friends from all over the globe. You are what keep me going thru the tough times and striving to write a record that will blow our minds.

I am so psyched to get this honor. The celebration will commence at Hammerjam on March 14th. I am so honored that I might be adding a second show that weekend (March 15th) at a different venue. Something really intimate for the fans that have been such an important part of my career. It's gonna be an absolutely crazy weekend. That I can guarantee!

And I'd like to thank the academy, whomever they are...

Marty Casey

...and know I turn to walk off stage and some pretty girl in a borrowed dress points me in the direction to walk and I can't seem to find where the curtain opening is at so I end up entangled in the curtains as they cut to commercial. My manager fishes me out of the thick velvet curtains and says "nice speech but you never thanked me you little miscreant!"

[Cindy]

Thanks BG for posting this. It is so cool that Marty let RBL know he was excited about the win and made a wonderful acceptance speech.

He always has something genuine and entertaining to say. How wonderful that he mentions a special show on the day after HJ... that sounds intriguing.

[Joan S]

Marty rocks! and a special show after Hammerfest...................woohoo!!!

[sjjo1973]

I really encourage all of you to go read the responses from marty's speech www.rockbandlounge.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6201&whichpage=43 and if your registered, post about it. This is all so inspiring and thanks to marty, everyone sees what a true genuine/funny guy he is and why i do what i do to help this band!

[bubbles2301]

Congratulations Marty ! ! !


Thanks Liz and Heidi for posting over here. Guess I missed it this morning when I went to check out the results.


March can't be here soon enough!

[BBE]

Amen to that, Heidi!!! I think now they are getting why we love him so much.

Thank you to Cindy for bringing this whole contest to my attention.


Thank you to Cheryl for hosting the site and the contest. It's very clear to me that she works her butt off there--it's really well done. Thank you to her staff, too.


Thank you to everyone who voted, posted, and stirred up the interest for Marty, and thank you to all our friends at the other fans' sites--we couldn't have done it without you.


Thanks to Chris for letting the Driving Blind video be posted. I think that sealed the deal for a lot of voters--it opened their minds to an unexpected facet of these guys' talent.


Thank you to Marty, the Ultimate Rock Star, for all he does!!!
Thank you to Lovehammers for being so good about having the contest promoted on their board.

It's awesome that in this contest, just like in real life, Marty won the vote! He IS the People's Choice!

[Cindy]

Cheryl has moved Marty's acceptance speech post to its own thread. rockbandlounge.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6234

Very very cool thing to do... now everyone can find it easily.

[rachael]

Congrats to Marty!
Possible other show on Saturday?

Wow!!! I those Lovehammers~
Now, how long till March?