Helms Alee totally kicked Akimbo's ass at last night's Grudge Rock. Final score in the Family-Feud style showdown? 573 to 170. It was a brutal beat-down. Helms Alee showed no mercy. Akimbo accepted their fate and started drowning their sorrows only a few minutes into the second round.

It was the most fun I've had at a rock and roll show in a long time.

Grudge Rock is set up like a punk rock Family Feud. For last night's game, each of the bands (both usually trios) beefed up their team with one extra member so it was four to four. They followed the same rules as the classic game-show—there was a face off (with buzzers!) to gain control of the board, and if the band got three incorrect guesses, the other team had a chance to guess correctly and steal their points. (Helms Alee stole a lot of points.)

All the questions were music related: They were asked to name musicians who are infamous for their attraction to young ladies (Jerry Lee Lewis, R Kelly); name popular all-girl rock bands (Sleater-Kinney, the Runaways); name bands who's lead singer went on to do bigger and better things (Police/Sting, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani).

The crowd cheered and booed for all the good and bad answers, and they loudly mocked both bands when neither of them managed to guess Def Leppard as a band with an animal in its name (even I got that one, dudes).

Blöödhag's Jake Stratton was the perfect host—as a know-it-all music geek, he had a fact about nearly every band that was mentioned, but he also played the part of cheesy game-show host perfectly. He even had a tag-line: instead of saying "Survey says!" to see if a response was on the board, he asked with each answer, "Does it ROCK?"

After the first round of play, the band with the most points (Helms Alee) had the choice to play a quick set right then or wait until after the game. They chose to play then, which was a wise choice—they totally slayed and that's probably what upped their momentum to sweep the last round. Akimbo didn't stand a chance. With the highest score, Helms Alee took home all the money from the door. But Akimbo didn't walk away empty handed—they got coupons for free haircuts and a bunch of condoms and porn.

Starting in March, Grudge Rock will move to the first Wednesday of every month. The next installment is March 4th with Sean and Fortress of Victory.