Fox 2 Detroit just announced the winner of their My Fox Rocks battle of the bands. The Matt Austin Band has been chosen to open up for Def Leppard and Styx at DTE on Tuesday, July 24th. Austin beat out hundreds of local bands from the metro Detroit area including some of our favorites. Coincidentally (or not), it was also announced that The Matt Austin Band was chosen to compete in Simon Cowell's new Fox franchise "The Next Great American Band" - which leads this cynic to question the validity of the contest. I know there will probably be some "sour grapes" comments from the lucky winners, the Fox producers and even Austin's fans (we're certainly not saying they don't deserve the shot - sounds like a decent band), but do you believe the results of this particular contest were pre-determined as a local promotional vehicle for The Next Great American Band? Does it matter? Vote in our latest survey and please feel free to chime in with your comments below.

Click "read more" for a link to The Matt Austin Band's myspace page and the interview that ran on Fox this morning.




Did we forget to say congratulations? Shame on us! We'd like to congratulate The Matt Austin Band (though they probably don't care to hear it from me now) for navigating the maze that is the music business and scoring big time.

Go directly to Matt Austin's Myspace Music Page

Watch interview (replete with commercials) with Matt Austin on Fox 2 Detroit