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On January 12, 1997, some 300,000 people voted for their favorite song in JJJ's hottest 100 of the year competition. (JJJ is Australia's nationwide "cool" radio station). Stinkfist came in at #2, behind only an Australian band called Spiderbait. Justin McKinlay (s338171@student.uq.edu.au) shares with us the Top 5 from recent years, and offers a comment on what this means...

1996    1. Buy Me a Pony - Spiderbait (aussie band)
        2. Stinkfist - Tool
        3. Underground - Ben Folds Five
        4. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
        5. Glycerine - Bush

1995    1. Wonderwall - Oasis
        2. Bullet w/Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
        3. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio 
        4. Kitty - President's of the U.S.A  
        5. It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork

1994    1. Zombie - Cranberries
        2. Closer - Nine Inch Nails 
        3. Self Esteem - Offspring
        4. Come Out & Play - Offspring (again)
        5. Tomorrow - Silverchair
As you might have figured from this info... "all this really means is that I'm getting there real fucking early in the morning when tickets go on sale." -- Justin M.

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