Who Won Midi Awards?

The 2011 Midi Rock Music Awards (see nominations here) revealed the winners on Saturday at Tango. The results might not satisfy everyone, but they show Midi's attitude. Steely Heart opened the ceremony at around four, then nu-metal CMCB, reggae stalwarts Longshendao and four other bands kept the venue boiling. Longshendao was also the biggest winner with two awards. Yaksa was the only band who protected their title from last year, and was awarded Metal Band of The Year again.

At around 7pm, probably not many people noticed that a group of middle aged Chinese men with baijiu bellies and nice suits walked in the ceremony. It was very brave of Midi to award Juxiezuo "Hard Rock Band of the Year" right at that moment. Zhang Fan and Wang Di presented the award together, but when the band went up stage to accept the trophy their lead vocalist Ying Peng was missing. The band's live session was cancelled but the fans got to see a surprising show of Voodoo Kungfu instead.

Here's the full list of the winners:

Album of the Year
Tai Chi Reggae (拥抱) by Longshendao 龙神道

Song of the Year
"Fool's Heart Chasing the Dream" (追梦赤子心) by Gala

Rock Band of the Year
Longshendao 龙神道

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Zuoxiao Zuzhou 左小祖咒

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Jiang Xin 姜昕

Hard Rock Band of the Year
Juxiezuo 巨蟹座

Metal Band of the Year
Yaksa 夜叉

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Ji Yuan 纪元 - guitarist of Air Carnival 空中狂欢节

Best Live Performance
Miserable Faith 痛仰

Best New Artist
Steely Heart

Folk Musician of the Year
Hao Yun 郝云

Best Album Art
Pet Conspiracy by Pet Conspiracy

Contribution to China
Modern Sky Records

Photos: Midi Awards, Michelle Dai