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12th annual San Diego Music Awards

The following are the winners from the 12th annual San Diego Music Awards, held on October 15, 2002 at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay

- - Best R & B, Hip Hop or Rap Album
  - Roundtable MCs
  - Table Manners
- - Lifetime Achievement Award
  - Al Guerra
- - Album of the Year
  - Pinback
  - Blue Screen Life
- - Song of the Year
  - P.O.D.
  - Boom
- - Artist of the Year
  - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
- - Best New Artist
  - Congress of the Cow
- - Best Local Recording
  - Noise Ratchet
  - Until We Have Faces
- - Best Electronic
  - DJ Greyboy
- - Best Punk Album
  - Dogwood
  - Matt Aragon
- - Best Punk
  - Agent 51
- - Best Alternative Album
  - Unwritten Law
  - Elva
- - Best Alternative
  - Rocket From The Crypt
- - Best Hard Rock
  - Life Hates Me
- - Best Rock Album
  - The Dragons
  - Rock & Roll Kamikaze
- - Best Rock
  - Rochelle, Rochelle
- - Best Cover Band
  - Liquid Blue
- - Best Rap, Hip-Hop or R & B
  - Kastlevania
- - Best Adult Alternative Album
  - Berkley Hart
  - Something to Fall Back On
- - Best Adult Alternative
  - Switchfoot
- - Best Americana
  - Hot Rod Lincoln
- - Best Country
  - Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
- - Best World
  - Pepper
- - Best Blues Album
  - Earl Thomas
  - The Elector Sessions
- - Best Blues
  - Candye Kane
- - Best Acoustic
  - Jason Mraz
- - Best Latin Jazz
  - Jaime Valle & Equinox
- - Best Jazz Album
  - Robert Walter
  - There Goes the Neighborhood
- - Best Pop or Groove Jazz
  - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
- - Best Traditional Jazz
  - Gilbert Castellanos Hammond B-3 Quartet