Grandaddy for making wonderfully nice music

Rage-7
Grandaddy-9

Grandaddy shades a close fought round.

Battle 15:

Depeche Mode: Depeche Mode are an English synthpop band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon. They have been one of the longest-lived and most successful bands to have emerged during the new wave/new romantic era. As of 2005, it is estimated that Depeche Mode has sold over 70 million albums worldwide. They have been highly influential in the electronic music scene, in part due to their innovative work, recording techniques and use of sampling. The three current members of Depeche Mode are: Martin L. Gore (songwriting, vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Gahan (lead vocals, recent songwriting, occasional instruments), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards).

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Azure Ray: Azure Ray is an American indie duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia, but has since relocated to Omaha, Nebraska and joined the music scene there. Their sound is sparse and understated, with intimate lyrics, elements of alt-country and folk Americana, and occasional forays into minimalist electronica territory. Both Maria and Orenda have recently released solo albums on Saddle Creek Records.

Not mad about either, but Depeche Mode I guess.

I do not know Azure Ray, but Depeche Mode no matter what. :)

Azure Ray

If you want to hear some songs before posting http://www.myspace.com/azureray

My bro used to like Azure Ray but never liked em myself

Depeche Mode, cause they're pretty damn funky

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

depeche mode i guess!

Depeche Mode.

Basildon is not very far away from me !_!

Fucking shit hole though =/

Depeche Mode

depeche mode i guess!

x2

Depeche Mode

depeche mode

Depeche Mode

depeche mode

Depeche Mode.

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

depeche modeeee

Azure Ray

You just had to be different, didn't you.

Azure Ray-2
Depeche Mode-17

Landslide win for Depeche Mode. Onwards...

Battle 16:

Primus: Primus is a rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s by two ex-members of thrash band Blind Illusion by Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde. Larry's band before Blind Illusion was death metal pioneers Posessed. Les (vocals and bass guitar) has been the only constant member. They have had two guitar players (although Larry has held onto the role for the past 16 years) and many different drummers (although Tim Alexander and Bryan "Brain" Mantia were the only ones who recorded with the band, and Jay Lane, the only other one who had creative impact) in the past. Their music has proven difficult to define; while usually considered by critics to be funk-metal or alternative metal, Primus has been called everything from "thrash funk" (as the band blends funk-style bass technique with thrash influenced guitar riffs and songs tempos), to "alternative rock" to "the Freak Brothers set to music." Les Claypool himself once described their music as "psychedelic polka."

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British Sea Power: British Sea Power are a four-man band based in Brighton, England. Yan and Hamilton are brothers, brought up in Kendal, Cumbria, and went to the same school as drummer Woody. When Yan moved to Reading, he met guitarist Noble, who hailed from Leeds. The entire merry group gathered in Reading and converged upon Brighton. Eamon recently left the band to create his own band Brakes. They are an indie rock band with a sweeping, often epic, guitar pop sound, often compared to that of Echo & The Bunnymen and The Smiths. They have released two albums, The Decline Of British Sea Power (2003) and Open Season (2005), which focus on 2 themes, nature and memory.

Primus for me. One of my favourite bands, although I have to acknowledge BSP are great too.

Primus

Unique guitarist, phenomenal bass player, and one of my favorite drummers (Alexander).

Southbound Pachyderm <3

Primus ftw

Primus.

British Sea Power. They're British so win by default :D.

BSP because they are better.

British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power

primus

Primus

British Sea Power <333333

BSP

Primus

Primus

BSP by a mile

I have seen Les Claypool play a one stringed stick. It was neat. ok.

Washtub bass I believe.

Or so I was told.

PRimus

Primus plz

Primus

Washtub bass I believe.

Or so I was told.

yes you were told right.

got to go with British Sea Power.

Primus-10
BSP-9

Very tight, as expected. Primus squeeze through.

Be Your Own Pet: be your own PET (often abbreviated to BYOP) are a four-piece post-punk group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The teenage band consists of lead singer Jemina Pearl Abegg, the daughter of Christian artist/photographer Jimmy Abegg; guitarist Jonas Stein, the son of manager Burt Stein; Jamin Orrall (drums), the son of producer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall; and Nathan Vasquez (bass), the son of acclaimed latin jazz guitarist Rafael Vasquez. Vasquez replaced Jake Orrall, a founding member of BYOP, who left the band to spend a year in Iceland.

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Rammstein: Rammstein is a German band formed in 1994. Their musical style, which they have dubbed "Tanz-Metall" ("Dance Metal"), incorporates elements of metal, industrial and electronic music. Rammstein took their name indirectly from the western German town of Ramstein, site of an airshow disaster in 1988. The band's signature song, the eponymous "Rammstein", is a commemoration of the tragedy that took place at the Ramstein Air Base. The extra "m" in the band's name means that it translates literally as "ramming stone" or "battering ram", reinforcing the style of music the band plays. Even though the lyrics are in German, the band has enjoyed success outside of Germany, both in Europe, North America as well as Australia and New Zealand. With the album Rammstein - Reise, Reise (2004), they became the most successful German-language band of all time internationally.

BYOP. No decision whatsoever. Jemina :swoon:

BYOP

BYOP

BYOP just to help nail Rammstein's coffin.

BYOP

BYOP this is the easiest choice that will probably appear in all the rumble

BYOP

BYOP

BYOP

BYOP

Rammstein sucks. So, it's BE YOUR OWN PET by default.

LANDSLIDEEEEEE

byop

byop innit

Rammstein, cos fucking lollin.

Well.

I do not like either as a rule, but to be honest, Rammstein are the more hideously hilarious, which is why they get my vote.

BYOP

Rammstein

Rammstein

BYOP-14
Rammstein-4

May the 4 nit-wits that voted for Rammstein be damned for all eternity.

Moving on;

The Beatles: If you dont know who these guys are, what the fuck are doing voting?

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Iron Maiden: See above.

Easy vote for Iron Maiden, cos im a metalhead, and the Beatles are over-rated pish.

The Beatles, eeeeeaaaaasily

Iron Maiden, cause I never did like the Beatles and I grew up wit da metalzorz.

Also cause:

"Put them in the iron maiden."
"Iron Maiden! Excellent!"
"Execute them!"
"Bogus."

Well, this is a tough one. I do believe the Beatles have had some degree of influence on many bands/singer/songwriters but by the same token, they are very overrated indeed. Additionally, I'm not a major fan of much of their music.

I do like Iron Maiden however, so they get my vote..

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden. No Contest.

The Beatles.

Yes, I like metal but The Beatles were far more important to the development of music as a whole than Iron Maiden, who only have about 3 really good albums.

The Beatles. Hard not to vote for the band that changed pop music forever.

The Beatles.

Fucking obvious, any 'nitwit' knows that.

the beatles could write a melody or two and they were very good at seeing where the 60s were going, and of course they had immense cultural influence. but all in all they're overrated.

iron maiden are decent sometimes but you know, whatever.

i vote for neither.

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

A band can be overrated and still be great.

also: bruce dickenson from maiden is a twat.

The Beatles

Iron Maiden

The Beatles, obviously.

I think it would be pretty hard for a band to not be considered overrated by a fair amount of people when a great deal of other people say that they that band is the greatest thing to happen to the auditory realm since speech. Because you know if you are half as good as that you're probably pretty gosh darn decent.

That's my argument for most of the acts out there that have risen to gigantic levels of popularity Hogan, I mean, you just don't get that many followers if your stuff is completely bullshit.

I'm pretty much against all the elitist bullshit spewed by people anyway, even if it's in terms of something like Limp Bizkit. I really don't care what it's about, even if I don't like it myself, I'm just sick and tired of hearing "that sucks, that's overrated!" No music is good or bad, it's just relative to whether or not the person listening likes it. When you DON'T like it, well, so what? Why is there some need to act like an ass and put it down, belittle the people who created it, and insult the fans of it? I don't get why people can't just listen to and talk about shit they do like rather than bitching all the time.

The Beatles.

They rule.

.Fullstop.

the beatles. iron maiden are fucking horrible (!!!!)

That's my argument for most of the acts out there that have risen to gigantic levels of popularity Hogan, I mean, you just don't get that many followers if your stuff is completely bullshit.

I'm pretty much against all the elitist bullshit spewed by people anyway, even if it's in terms of something like Limp Bizkit. I really don't care what it's about, even if I don't like it myself, I'm just sick and tired of hearing "that sucks, that's overrated!" No music is good or bad, it's just relative to whether or not the person listening likes it. When you DON'T like it, well, so what? Why is there some need to act like an ass and put it down, belittle the people who created it, and insult the fans of it? I don't get why people can't just listen to and talk about shit they do like rather than bitching all the time.

Yeah I really don't like the "indie" type hipster scene. It was something I will admit that I bought into for awhile but then I got undumb and realized that most of the people that hang in that crowd or whatever are kind of pretentious assholes. There are of course cool people to be found, very cool people even, but the same can be said about any group of people really. There are cool people and assholes every where, its how the world works and so on. So I now try not to get on people about their music. (However when people get on me for my music I then do get pretty crazy frustrated.)


So... yeah.

Iron Maiden. No fucking contest. The Beatles get props for The Yellow Submarine, though.

the beatles. iron maiden are fucking horrible (!!!!)

nuh uh.

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

That's my argument for most of the acts out there that have risen to gigantic levels of popularity Hogan, I mean, you just don't get that many followers if your stuff is completely bullshit.

I'm pretty much against all the elitist bullshit spewed by people anyway, even if it's in terms of something like Limp Bizkit. I really don't care what it's about, even if I don't like it myself, I'm just sick and tired of hearing "that sucks, that's overrated!" No music is good or bad, it's just relative to whether or not the person listening likes it. When you DON'T like it, well, so what? Why is there some need to act like an ass and put it down, belittle the people who created it, and insult the fans of it? I don't get why people can't just listen to and talk about shit they do like rather than bitching all the time.

Limp Bizkit are cunting bullshit though.

Maybe, but there are people that honestly enjoy them, and that's cool by me. They're doing whatever the fuck they do, having success, and that's fine, great, whatever. I've no ill will towards them. I don't have to listen to it, you know?

What the..

The Beatles, of course! No hair metal band would get my favour in this battle!

I didn't say the Beatles were bad, I just said they were overrated. But I'm biased because I much prefer the more underground bands anywho because I feel that much more heart goes into it.

Plus nowadays, youngsters only seem to like the Beatles because it's the "cool" thing to do.

i don't think popularity has much to do with sincerity though. i really think the beatles put their hearts into it. maybe bands like the fray don't but beatles are different, things were different.

being overrated just kind of means you own anyways.

I didn't say the Beatles were bad, I just said they were overrated. But I'm biased because I much prefer the more underground bands anywho because I feel that much more heart goes into it.

Plus nowadays, youngsters only seem to like the Beatles because it's the "cool" thing to do.

I think there's probably just as many "youngsters" going the underground way because it's the "cool" thing to do, anti-mainstream and all that.

Fuck it, music is music, who cares how popular it is, judge it based on how it fucking sounds and whether or not that strikes a chord within you, not other petty shit such as how much money the fucking band is making off of it.

no no it is a requirement for all hipsters to like the beatles.

Beatles

Abstain. I love both equally.

The Beatles-11
Iron Maiden-10

Fucking bullshit.

At the Drive-In: At the Drive-In (ATDI) was a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 2001 and was one of the most influential bands of the genre. The band takes their name from a lyric in the song "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison. Influenced primarily by the likes of Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu as well as their native Texas hardcore scene, At The Drive-in crafted epic, musically complex songs, each one laced with cryptic and strongly metaphorical lyrics. Founded in 1993 by guitarist Jim Ward and vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala, who were at the time members of a punk band called the El Paso Pussycats where Jim sang and Cedric played drums but left to pursue music more seriously with some friends. ATD-I's first studio recording was Hell Paso (Western Breed), an EP issued in 1994.

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Dredg: Dredg is a progressive alternative band from Los Gatos, California. Their first studio album, Leitmotif, was released by the Universal music label on September 11, 2001. Prior to that, it had been self-released by the members of the band. After the album hit music stores, dredg acquired an almost immediate cult following thanks to Leitmotif's unique sound and concept. There has also been a movie planned for release as a music video for the entire album, though the project has been stalled. El Cielo, dredg's proper Interscope debut, arrived in autumn 2002, and Deftones producer Terry Date was at the helm for their 2005 effort Catch Without Arms. A video for the single "Bug Eyes" was released. In the spring of 2006, dredg played on the Taste of Chaos tour. In November of 2006, dredg released "Live at the Fillmore.

Ouch. ATDI, barely.

At the Drive In

My favourite band, ATDI

ardi

as much as i love ATDI, Dredg

At the Drive In

ATDI

How the fuck did Iron Maiden lose? ATDI

obviously the shrine doesnt have as good a musical taste as i give it credit for.

ATDI

haven't ever listened to dredg so atdi

At the Drive In

At The Drive-In. <3 Post-Hardcore <3

obviously the shrine doesnt have as good a musical taste as i give it credit for.

That's BS man :(

haven't ever listened to dredg so atdi

there isn't really such an entity as musicaltastequality

not really

BUT RAP IS CRAP LOL

Rap is crap indeed. Abstain, as I do not know either.

(21 gun salute for Iron maiden)

there isn't really such an entity as musicaltastequality


True dat

At the Drive In

For myself, Dredg.

ATDI-13
Dredg-2

Wow, much more one sided then I expected.

Pink Floyd: See Iron Maiden and the Beatles.

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Trivium: Trivium is a thrash influenced metalcore band from Orlando, Florida. Their first album, Ember To Inferno, was released on Lifeforce Records in 2003, while their second album Ascendancy was released via Roadrunner Records on March 22nd, 2005. They recently released their third album, "The Crusade", on which the band's sound changed slightly, replacing screaming with clean singing and settling on a heavily Metallica-influenced style.

Pink Floyd. And it's utter sacrilege to vote otherwise.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd. And it's utter sacrilege to vote otherwise.

Pink Floyd but I am not a fan of either.

Pink Floyd

pink floyd

Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd but I am not a fan of either.

Pink Floyd but I am not a fan of either.

Voting for Trivium to annoy Bryan, even though I can't stand them and would usually vote for Pink Floyd over anyone.

Now that I got my "fuck you" out of Bryan, I can make my real vote for Pink Floyd.

my fuck you Prak remark stands.

Pink Floyd. Trivium sucks. A lot.

You guys are gonna drive me nuts with the "they suck" shit in every fucking round.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd, without a doubt.

Pink Floyd

pink floyd

Pink Floyd

Excellente.

Pink Floyd

PF-18
Trivium-0

Thankfully a whitewash, I wouldnt have it any other way, to be honest.

Yoko Kanno: Yoko Kanno (Yoko Kanno, Kanno Yōko), born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She is a famous composer and keyboardist known for her performances and musical scores in anime titles, including Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and many others. Some of her most famous soundtrack themes include "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Tank!" (Cowboy Bebop), "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), and "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). She was the lead member of a band called The Seatbelts, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the Cowboy Bebop game, scheduled for a 2006 US release. It is also rumored that Yoko Kanno will be making the opening theme for the live-action series Kamen Rider Kabuto, with the song being titled "FIRE".

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Pain Of Salvation: Pain of Salvation is a progressive metal band from Sweden. The band is centered around lead vocalist / guitarist / composer / writer Daniel Gildenl�w. Trademarks include concept albums focusing on social, environmental, philosophical, and emotional issues as well as songs that incorporate complex rhythms and time changes but retain flowing melodies. The band was formed by Daniel Gildenl�w in 1984 under the nick name Reality. The band used to partecipate to many music contest over the Sweden. The first Ep, Hereafter, was recorded in 1996 under the monicker Pain of Salvation, which was the new nickname of the band since 1991. The Lineup of the band was the same of their follower album, Entropia(1997).

I never really got into Pain Of Salvation, plus Yoko is the shit, so its an easy vote for her. Sorry Chris :(

sorry Bryan, Pain of Salvation.

Billy Ray Cyrus

Pain Of Salvation

Pain Of Salvation

yoko

kanno

I can't believe dredg lost. To a worthy competitor though, I guess. But it's all relative!

Yoko Kanno

i cant believe you didnt vote =/

Wasn't online during that battle. Not online alot nowadays!

Yoko Kanno

yoko kanno

Pain Of Salvation

yoko kanno

Pain Of Salvation

This round is pretty tough

Yoko Kanno. ^.^

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno-9
Pain Of Salvation-5

Comfortable enough win for Kanno there.

Blue October: Blue October is a Texas band headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, but is originally from Houston. Their songs are deep reaching and deal with subject matters such as love, drug addiction, self hate, mental health, and current affairs. Their sound mixes Dave Matthews style pop and hard rock. Blue October signed to Universal Records with the release of Consent to Treatment in 2000. After sales did not meet expectations, Universal dropped them from their label. In 2003 Blue October released History for Sale on Dallas-based Brando Records, and was later resigned by Universal Records again.

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Tegan & Sara: Tegan and Sara Quin (born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 19, 1980) are identical twins and canadian singer-songwriters, performing as Tegan & Sara. They got their start by winning a local music competition, Calgary's "Garage Warz." Since then, the two have toured extensively with many artists, including Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, The Pretenders, The Killers, Little Birdy and Weezer. They are signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records. Tegan lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and Sara lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Easy vote for Blue October here.

I prefer Tegan & Sara. =)

Tegan and Sara are favorites of mine.

Blue October <33

I vote against both.

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Tegan & Sara

Blue October

tegan and sara

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

Tegan & Sara

lols meph

Blue October, come on people! lol

Tegan + Sara

Blue October-4
Tegan & Sara-6

Major drop in votes there. Boo.

Nat King Cole: Nat "King" Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer and jazz musician. As a piano player, he formed a jazz trio in 1938 that played Los Angeles nightclubs, one of the first jazz trios featuring guitar and piano. Prior to this he had played music since he was a child and had worked with bands since he was 16. He was raised in Chicago and exposed to the abundant jazz scene there. He was heavily influenced by pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines. Later he became more popularly known as a singer and crooner and his work became more orchestrated.

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The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1973. Its best-known alumni are Lou Reed and John Cale. Some see Velvet Underground as being a bridge between the pacifist themes of the late 60s and the sheer chaos and indifference of the mid-70s punk rock movement. The Velvet Underground was one of the first rock music groups to experiment heavily with the form by incorporating avant-garde influences. The group's often raw, sometimes difficult sound would influence many later punk, noise rock, and alternative music performers, and singer Lou Reed's lyrics brought new levels of social realism and sleaze to rock. Critics Scott Isler and Ira Robbins argue that "The Velvet Underground marked a turning point in rock history. After the release of The Velvet Underground and Nico, knowing the power of which it was capable, the music could never be as innocent, as unselfconscious as before."

Nat King Cole is great and all, buts its an easy vote for The Velvet Underground, one for the sheer influence they've had on the music industry and two cos Cale and Reed are 1337.

I think I am going to vote for Nat King Cole because he is probably going to get exploded and all, and I don't think he should.

In light of recent events I am going to change my vote to The Velvet Underground because I really do think they are the more important musical entity I just thought Nat was going to get blown away and I didn't want that to happen.

The Velvet Underground

Though I respect who ol' Nat was, there's only one choice for me here and that's The Velvet Underground.

No way I'm letting Nat King Cole go down without a fight. Round 2 has enough rock. It needs moar jazz!

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

NAT KING COLE, MUTHA FUCKA

The Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground

nat king cole

Nat King Cole!

Nat King Cole ~

velvet underground!

Nat King Cole

Sorry to the Velvet Underground supporters, I tried really hard to like them when checking them out but it just isn't for me :(

Velvet Underground

i sure hope all these "nat king cole's going to get hammered so i vote for him" people are going to change their votes



edit: NEVER MIND HOGAN ALREADY HAS

Nat King Cole

Update plz :(

Yeah, come on Bryan, sort it out.

Two weeks since the last update :(

For anyone who doesn't know, Bryan's had a rough time for the past couple weeks. I'm sure he'll get this rolling again when he can, but between personal problems and a lack of home internets, he's not in a great position to keep it up right now.

Did not know

NO EXCUSE.

I WANT MY RUMBLE.

Taking advantage of the delay to chip in one more vote.

Nat King Cole

velvet underground


i havent voted already honestly

Darn.... i would have totally voted for Blue October.
Anyway..

The Velvet Underground

any interest in seeing this started/resumed again? i quite enjoyed it.

i wouldnt mind seeing it continue

all i have to say is velvet underground

(oh wow, welcome back Bryan! ^_^)

And yes, you may continue, for sure!

NAT.KING.COLE.

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Velvet Underground