I despise indie very much, it's more less likely the arrogant attitudes some of the musicians in the genre have that gets to my hate section. Though that doesn't put aside that Of Montreal have done enough for my vote.

Or is it that 30 seconds to mars are that bad, that even pretentious indie can win?

Of Montreal-13
30STM-1

Business as usual after a few close rounds. =/

Match 24:

Sonic Youth: Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Since 1985, the band's line-up has consisted of Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo (both vocals and guitar), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, guitar and vocals) and Steve Shelley (drums). From 2000 to 2005 Jim O'Rourke became a full-time member as a multi-instrumentalist. Before Shelley, Sonic Youth went through several drummers, including Bob Bert, Richard Edson and Jim Sclavunos.



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Bloc Party: Bloc Party are an English indie rock band. In February 2005, the band released their critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm, which the magazine NME later made their Album of the Year. Bloc Party's second studio album, A Weekend in the City was released on February 5, 2007 in the UK and February 6 in the US.



Have fun ~

Sonic Youth. Easily.

Sonic Youth.

Sonic Youth

These lads know where it's at

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

haven't really listened to SY so Bloc Party

Bloc Party

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

I like Sonic Youth more but not so much more where I want to see Bloc Party get smashed so...

Bloc Party

Bloc Party because I met Kim Gordon and she is a jerk.

Don't know either, I can't vote this round.

Dude,
Bloc Party

Youtube, I'll have to vote Sonic Youth only a quick and not well formed judgement and vote but meh, all in all it's just another vote for this round, nothing I can do. By the time I get in depth in both bands the round will be long over.

Sonic Youth-9
Bloc Party-6

Match 25:


Belle & Sebastian: Belle & Sebastian are a band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in January 1996. They have been called the greatest Scottish band ever, and are one of the most celebrated groups of the 1990s. Belle & Sebastian are often compared to influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic rock acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian is inspired by Belle et S�bastien, a children's book by French writer C�cile Aubry. Lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop" has nevertheless enjoyed only limited commercial success.



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Green Day: Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Its early releases for independent label Lookout! Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label. Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone. As a result, Green Day was widely credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States. Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful, reaching double platinum, double platinum and gold status respectively. Its 2004 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling 5 million copies in the U.S.

Belle & Sebastian

Words cannot convey the depth of my loathing for Green Day.

Linkin Park
Duke Ellington
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Benny Goodman's Big Phat Band
Martin `O Donnel

Belle & Sebastian of course. :D

Linkin Park
Duke Ellington
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Benny Goodman's Big Phat Band
Martin `O Donnel

way to read the entire thread.

Belle & Sebastian

Belle & Sebastian

Words cannot convey the depth of my loathing for Green Day.

Green Day

13 years of fandom and counting.

Green Day

don't care what you think, you, judging person you

Green Day

Belle & Sebastian

Words cannot convey the depth of my loathing for Green Day.

Belle and Sebastian I prefer three hundred million times more than Green Day.

Green Day, while they themselves aren't emo, they did open pandora's box with the style they jumped back into the music game with, the bloody bands you see that we all label emo, they're just blatantly copying eachother and Green day, if I were Green Day I'd be pissed, then again if I were Green day I'd terminate myself.

Just thought I'd release this statement to pull some life into the thread pro and anti green day people, HIT ME!

Belle and Sebastian

Really, if you're going to go with that argument, you should probably just blame The Descendents? They were the biggest influence on bands like Greenday and Blink182 that the current popular emo stuff sprung up from.

And if you're going to blame The Descendents you might as well blame Germs.

It's not really Green Day's fault for "creating" this new emo wave, it's been around since the 90's as far as I know, they just opened the box with their come back, unlikely it was intentional, if it was they'd be diving right into the emo wave themselves, it's like a spark to the fuse, the fuse was already there, the spark just happened to come along and trigger the fuse.

That's how I put it.
Green Day aren't that good but the emo wave that's come in recent years, biggest pile of wank to hit the scene in recent times.

I'm not trying to be so one sided which explains the weird structure of the post.

I honestly love both bands. Gotta go with Green Day, I've loved them ever since Kerplunk and have followed them ever since... They honestly are great songwriters, definitely progressing into quite good musicians in the midst of it all. That's not to give proper credit to Belle and Sebastian. Your Cover's Blown is one of my favorite songs of all time right now.

belle & sebastian.

it seems to me like green day just woke up one day and decided to dress differently and look very emo, which seems odd/disingenuous/cynical to me, almost. don't see what green day have to do with a lot of the emo bands that are around today tbh. :(

Belle and Sebastian

Belle & Sebastian

belle & sebastian

Green Day

don't see what green day have to do with a lot of the emo bands that are around today tbh. :(

Yeah, seriously, I don't relate Green Day with todays emo-pop-rock bands at all. ?_?
Shoden, I'm surprised you vote for Green Day after all, even if you sorta dislike them 'cause you think they caused the new wave of emo music. D:

B&S - 11
Green Day - 5

Thank god common sense prevailed.

Match 26:

Daft Punk: Daft Punk is a duo consisting of Paris house musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). The duo is considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales and in critical acclaim. After Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France, other artists such as Air, Cassius and Dimitri from Paris began to receive a similar amount of attention.



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My Bloody Valentine: My Bloody Valentine are an alternative rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1984 and predominately based in London. The founding members were guitarist/singer Kevin Shields and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig. The band's lineup during their heyday also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe. The band's use of guitar distortion, tremolo, and digital reverb placed them as part of the shoegazing movement. Their 1991 album Loveless took two years to make, but once released it was critically acclaimed. Since Loveless My Bloody Valentine became inactive and Shields scrapped albums worth of follow-up material. In 2007 Shields announced that the band had reunited and that the group's third album would be released before the end of the year.

Common sense? Riiiiiiight. ;)

My Bloody Valentine

SHIT!
I hate the Frogs but DP are good in their right oh, OOOOOH, I'll have to choose

My Bloody Valentine.

Daft Punk

MBV

Daft Punk

Daft Punk

daft punk easily

Daft Punk. How can you not like Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?!

Well...

Daft Punk, actually.

This is pretty difficult, but I'm gonna have to go with My Bloody Valentine for this one.

My Bloody Valentine, I'm generally not a fan of all-out dance/electronica so the former gets my vote by default. Although I do think they're pretty good.

Fuck, so difficult to choose... D:

Ok, I thought about it, I LOVE both bands, I love them as good as equally, but I'd like to see My Bloody Valentine continue~

Edit: lol, Daft Punk will win anyway.

my bloody valentine

Daft Punk

my bloody valentine

MBV-8
Daft Punk-7

Kind of surprised. Actually, very surprised.

Match 27:


Spock's Beard: Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead vocalist, as well as being the primary songwriter; Alan plays electric guitar. The pair teamed with fellow musicians Nick D'Virgilio (drums) and Dave Meros (bass) and released their debut album, The Light, in 1995. The quartet were later joined by veteran keyboardist Ryo Okumoto.



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The Descendents: Descendents were formed in 1978 by guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson. Their first release -- the only one with this lineup -- was "Ride the Wild"/"It's a Hectic World", a double A-side of melodic surf-pop. In 1980 they enlisted Stevenson's old schoolfriend Milo Aukerman as a singer, and reappeared as a punk band, becoming a major player in the hardcore scene developing in Los Angeles at the time. Their first release with Aukerman, 1981's Fat EP, was a furious six-minute barrage of teen angst and goofball humour, featuring such songs as "My Dad Sucks" and the eleven-second "Wienerschnitzel".



Also guys, speak up on whether or not you want 32 first round matches or 64 as I think 64 will drag on too long, but I don't mind either.

First to vote for the Descendents!

spock's beard! epic band

I'm pretty sure that in most cases that I'll always go for the punk band over the progrock one. Descendents. <3



Also guys, speak up on whether or not you want 32 first round matches or 64 as I think 64 will drag on too long, but I don't mind either.

I definitely wouldn't mind 64 first rounders!

oh regards that, i don't mind. how many matches through are we so far?

Spock's Beard

You guys are seriously knocking every one of my choices out

GUESS I HAVE BAD TASTE LOL

ALL/Descendents

I put ALL in there first for a reason, Mr.! :mad:

Spock's Beard

spock's beard! epic band

yay


also, 27.

The Descendents

Spock's Beard

Spocks Beard, for sure.

Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard, but I think that goes without saying, lol.

Spock's Beard!

the descendents

the descendents

i would go for 64 totally for real.

Spock's Beard-8
The Descendents-6


Match 28:

Modest Mouse: Modest Mouse is an influential American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, bassist Eric Judy, and guitarist Dann Gallucci. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their lineup has centered around Brock, Green and Judy.



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David Bowie: David Bowie is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an influential innovator, particularly for his work through the 1970s. Bowie has taken cues from a wide range of fine art, philosophy and literature.


http://s.yottamusic.com/i/ahyY.2OcC

Bowie

Modest Mouse.

Modest Mouse

Bowie

Fucking David Bowie he may look gay but damn he can do some great stuff.

Bowie

david bowie

Bowie!

Modest Mouse seeing as how Bowie is winning. I like both a great deal though.

David Bowie

David Bowie

Wow, two shitty shitty bands battling each other, I vote for neither.

I vote for David Bowie

Never heard Modest Mouse, but I absolutely despise Bowie so my vote goes to them.

Modest Mouse seeing as how Bowie is winning. I like both a great deal though.

x2

David Bowie

david bowie

bowie

Have somehow missed this thread.

David Bowie on grounds of Modest Mouse only having one song i like.

Bowie-13
Modest Mouse-6

Kind of surprising, thought MM would win this.

Match 31:

The Clash: The Clash were an English rock band, active from 1976 to 1986, and part of the original wave of UK punk rock in the late 1970s. Although a punk rock band, the band experimented with reggae, funk, New Wave, dub, and rockabilly in their music. The band were formed by Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, lead and backing vocals) and Paul Simonon (bass guitar, backing vocals).



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the Chemical Brothers: The Chemical Brothers are the UK-based Grammy Award winning electronic music duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons (occasionally referred to as Chemical Tom and Chemical Ed). Initially they called themselves "The Dust Brothers", after the noted United States production duo of the same name, but their burgeoning popularity and the threat of legal action from the originals led them to change their name in 1995. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method and other lesser-known acts they were pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, and are known for high-quality live sets.



Also guys, im updating the list of those who've gone through and those who've been knocked out. It's on page 19~

The Clash.

The Clash.

I like both almost equally. I really appreciate both bands too for what they mean for their genre, but in the end I simply enjoy The Clash more than The Chemical Brothers.

The Clash!

THE CLASH

The Clash.

The Clash

The Clash

The Clash

The Clash

Uh, The Clash.

the clash.

The Chemical Brothers-0
The Clash-13


Sigh.


Match 32:

Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful acts, the group have sold an estimated 74.5 million albums in the United States alone.

http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/pink_floyd/pink_floyd_biography.jpg

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Psapp: Psapp is an experimental electronica band. The band, a duo consisting of members Carim Clasmann and Galia Durant, are sometimes credited with inventing a musical style known as toytronica, a form of electronica made with toys and toy instruments (the band uses toy guitars, flutes, and a chicken they named Brunhilda).

Pink Floyd, I guess =/.

Pink Floyd

Floyd

Other one sounds interesting, I just haven't listened to em.

PINK FLOYD one band made of pure win.

Supporting Psapp, 'cause I LOVE folktronica music. ^^ and because Pink Floyd will win this easily.

It will be clich� to do so, but I will also have to select Pink Floyd, mainly out of not knowing what the other band sound like. As far as commercial music goes, they did pioneer are more experimental side to alternative/psychadelic rock and I think that's brilliant.

Floyd.

Pink Floyd by default.

Floyd

the wall did it for me

Pink Floyd

psapp because floyd are incredibly overrated boring wank for the most part post barrett and the fact that psapp are really an incredible inventive band with some fantastic songs some of which mean a lot to me. i cant say a floyd song has ever really meant anything to me.

ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-

ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-



ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-



ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-



ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-



ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-

Pink Floyd-9
Psapp-2

Match 33:

Kamelot: Kamelot is a power metal band that incorporates many elements of symphonic, progressive and on the last two albums even gothic metal into their music. The band hails from Tampa, Florida, and was founded by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991.



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Mastadon: Mastodon is a Grammy-nominated band from Atlanta, Georgia. They are usually classified as a heavy metal group, but there have been debates on what specific sub-genre they belong to. There is also a clear hardcore influence on the band, unsurprising as several of its members previously played in hardcore bands.

Mastadon

DON'T TALK, WATCH!!

ps if you havent heard a band listen to something by them or don't fucking vote. -_-

So far I only did it once (I don't know Riverside), ; ; sorry Bryan (Looking at it afterwards, Aphex was gonna win that anyway).

Mastadon, fun metal, and I like them a bit more than Kamelot.

Mastadon, they were great live.

Kamelot.

Kamelot

Mastadon

Kamelot, cause better vocals.

Kamelot, cause better vocals.
Mastadon just has some recording of a guy taking a crap for the vocal part, they're fine with the music but I admit I like Kamelot more.

Mastadon-4
Kamelot-4

A tie, so I cast the deciding vote and it goes to Kamelot.

The usual flurry of votes for when two metal bands face off. :rolleyes:

Match 34:

Dio: Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. In an interview, available on the special edition re-release of Holy Diver, Dio states that he never intended to begin a solo career. His intention was to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial standpoint, as the name was already well-known at that time. In addition to Dio on vocals and keyboards originally, and Vinny Appice on drums, the band featured Vivian Campbell who played guitar, and Jimmy Bain, bass. Dio has sold over 47 million albums worldwide.



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Surfjan Stevens: Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Petoskey, Michigan. He is considered part of the folk revival in indie pop, but his influences are very broad. His music has been likened to electronica and the minimalism of Steve Reich.[2] Stevens originally announced plans to make a concept album for each of the 50 U.S. states, having begun the series with Michigan (2003) and Illinois (2005).

dio

Sufjan Stevens

God I mean DIO

Dio, I suppose.

Dio! :D :p I like Sufjan's soundtrack for Little Miss Sunshine, but I don't think he's that good a musician, though.

Sufjan Stevens.

Ah fuck I would have voted Mastodon :p

I fear this thread is just leading to people being all YOUR TASTE SUCKS :o

I vote Sufjan Stevens

if it goes that way, ill have the posts deleted. i want debate and discussion, but if it goes too retarded ill request thats its dealt with.

well, Ktulu, I would have voted for Kamelot, so, no matter, lol.

Dio.

You want a bit of debate? Sorry about that then, I'll add something:

Ronnie James Dio in the band DIO itself, well he isn't anywhere as good as he was in Rainbow and Black Sabbath but a lot of the stuff throughout the span of the career is very good, sure Vivian Campbell went emo and left the band, as good as he was I prefered the sound Craig Goldy gave to the band live and on the album Dream Evil.

Whitesnake fans will recognise one of the other DIO guitarists, Doug Aldrich who has played on the latest of DIO's albums. Bloody excellent on stage too but really hasn't shone much with his writing in the band. Sure it's not mandatory but a lot of people should know the song and the controversial album cover for the album of the same name, Holy Diver. Now the faggotry band Killswitch Engage may have killed the song but at least they did raise it's profile somewhat. Holy Diver isn't my favourite DIO song, that would have to be Sunset Superman from Dream Evil or Don't Talk To Strangers from Holy Diver.

I'm not really a fan of Sufjan Stevens but I have indeed heard his stuff, I admit it isn't my to my liking and that the band DIO is really coming from a biased liking before the poll. Everyone is allowed their obsessions as strange as they can be and really mine lies on Ronnie James Dio from his blues days in Ronnie and the redcaps and ELF to the hard rock and heavy metal days like now. He's 65 and still owns the crap out of a lot of singers even now.
Well, I'll shut up now but that's my explanation done.

Dio has great singing ability but the stuff he usually does is the sort of metal I find overly silly, especially when you watch some of the videos he's done

For a supposed metal fan, I'm really fucking weird, I know

Dio has great singing ability but the stuff he usually does is the sort of metal I find overly silly, especially when you watch some of the videos he's done

For a supposed metal fan, I'm really fucking weird, I know

The videos, I find them more funny than serious. How can anyone take Rainbow In The Dark seriously? I mean the keyboard riff makes you want to kill Jimmy Bain for making it and the video is just so stupid.

That video is just great, a tiny man shouting at the sky on top of buildings, wearing studded arm bands and stuff. METALLLLL

That video is just great, a tiny man shouting at the sky on top of buildings, wearing studded arm bands and stuff. METALLLLL
At least it's something but tape clips from live performances like a lot of videos for metal singles, as stupid as it is.

Most metal videos are hard to watch really. It's always someone looking into the camera and screaming, no matter the situation, which looks ridiculous

Most metal videos are hard to watch really. It's always someone looking into the camera and screaming, no matter the situation, which looks ridiculous

I don't think I could watch a typical metal video without laughing til I hurt myself at how silly it is. The ones I've seen are like that though.

i prefer the sound of sufjan even if he is not all that talented or anything

Sufjan Stevens

Dio-5
Surfjan-5

Another tie and another deciding vote for me. I vote for Dio.


Match 35:

PJ Harvey: Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician and songwriter. Among the accolades she has received have been the 2001 Mercury Music Prize, six BRIT Award nominations, five Grammy nominations and two further Mercury Music Prize nominations. Rolling Stone named her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and placed two of her albums on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. She was also rated the number one female rock artist by Q magazine in a 2002 poll.



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KMFDM: KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. KMFDM was founded in Paris, France on February 29, 1984 as a joint effort between Konietzko and German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm to perform for the opening of an exhibition of young European artists at the Grand Palais.

I admit I'm not a fan of either but considering what I've heard on the radio PJ. Harvey takes the gold for me

KMFDM

PJ Harvey, by quite far.

KMFDM I like them thanks to Sarah.

PJ Harvey

I like both, but I vote [B]KMFDM[/B, because back then I was into Industrial (no, I wasn't goth).

definitely pj!

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey.

PJ Harvey

PJ-8
KMFDM-3

As expected, PJ wins pretty easily.

Match 36:

Neutral Milk Hotel: Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie folk band. The band's chief songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other musicians on the band's two full-length albums. Notable contributors to the band's oeuvre include Jeremy Barnes (drums), Scott Spillane (horns), Julian Koster (banjo/bass guitar/saw), and producer-instrumentalist Robert Schneider. Neutral Milk Hotel is a part of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, based out of Athens, Georgia.



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The Cure: The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith � known for his iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics � the only constant member.

well, this is a good battle. i love both but Neutral Milk Hotel.

Amazing, a Ktulu pick finally makes it through

I'll go for The Cure on this one

haven't voted on this in too long ; ;

but Neutral Milk Hotel is a serious contender for my all time favorite band.

Slightly preferring The Cure.

The Cure

Neutral Milk Hotel.

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL by quite some way. The Cure are good and all, but NMH is genius.

The Cure, baby.

The Cure

I hate whiny hippie folk shit.

The Cure

NMH-4
The Cure-6

Carrying this on after the "interuption", and this result surprises me.

Match 37:

The Flaming Lips: The band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song and album titles (e.g "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" and Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical). They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which feature costumes, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, giant hands, large amounts of confetti, and frontman Wayne Coyne's signature man-sized plastic bubble, in which he traverses the audience. In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".



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Dire Straits: Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock reigned, Dire Straits worked within the conventions of classic rock, albeit with a stripped-down sound that appealed to modern audiences weary of the overproduced stadium rock of the 1970s. In their early days, Mark and David requested that pub owners turn down the amps so that patrons could converse while the band played — indicative of their unassuming demeanor. Despite this oddly self-effacing approach to rock and roll, Dire Straits soon became hugely successful with their first album going multi-platinum globally.

http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/dire_straits/dire_straits_5.jpg

flaming lips

flaming lips please :)

Dire Straits, cos not gonna let a blowout happen.

also, lads and lasses i am thinking instead of 64 rounds, im going to have either 48 or 56 and with the 64 total being made up of wildcards, i.e bands that are selected to get a second chance, cos lots of good groups have gone out.

ill basically pm the regular voters and people that have contributed heavily to the thread and get a wildcard off them each.

y/n/m?

yeah sounds good

Dire Straits

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME ;____;

But Dire Straits, infinitely.

Flaming Lips

Dire Straits...love their first album...

Sounds like a good idea.

oh and Dire Straits

Flaming Lips

i blame the interruption!

i really like some dire straits stuff but the flaming lips by a lot

Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips

Flaming Lips-7
Dire Straits-5

Moving on, moving on;

Match 38:


Machinae Supremacy: Machinae Supremacy is a band from Lule�, Sweden that combines modern heavy metal and alternative rock with chiptunes. Self-defined as SID metal, many of their songs use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64. They have released a considerable number of songs for free download on their site, 32 original recordings, boasting over 3 million downloads as of 2006.



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Our Lady Peace: Our Lady Peace, often abbreviated OLP, is a Canadian alternative rock band consisting of Raine Maida (vocals, rhythm guitar), Duncan Coutts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jeremy Taggart (drums, percussion), and Steve Mazur (lead guitar, backing vocals). Until 2001, guitarist and founding member Mike Turner was a member of the band. During their career they have sold over five million albums worldwide, won four Juno Awards out of twenty nominations, and won ten MuchMusic Video Awards, including the People's Choice Award in 1997, 1998 and 2000. They have the most awards won by any artist or group at the MMVA's.

Our Lady Peace!

They are WAY up there for me, having made a handful of my favorite albums (Clumsy, Happiness..., Age of Spiritual Machines) :) Raine's voice is quite possibly my alltime favorite, tied only with Adam from Counting Crows. His command of it in the ear-shattering range is impeccable.

Our Lady Peace.

lol, does anyone actually listen to either one of these.

Not a soul

to be honest i hadn't even heard of either until this rumble

I nominated Our Lady Peace. Where's Butch, he's Canadian and can vouch for them :p

Also, Merl knows who they are.

ok, never mind, ive never heard of OLP and MS are a pretty obscure internet band. but fuck me do you people fail.

Match 39:

Jamiroquai: Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award-winning English funk / soul / disco band. Jamiroquai was initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the Brand New Heavies, Galliano, and Corduroy. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions.



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Kings of Leon: Kings of Leon is a rock band made up of three brothers and a cousin, based in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, who play a cross between Southern rock and garage rock. The group's name is derived from Nathan, Caleb, and Jared's father and grandfather, both named Leon. Jared and Caleb were born in Tennessee, while Nathan and Matthew were born in Oklahoma.

Jamiroquai

HARHARDY

Jamiroquai.

You fail, lulz. They win by # of votes, jftr.

STOOPID AMERICANS!

This is hard.

I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I've always liked Jamiroquai stuff.

Recently I heard some from Kings of Leon, and must admit they're pretty good. IMO, The singer sounds like a cross between Ozzy, Steven Tyler and a bit of Robert Plant.

I have to go with Jamiroquai on this one, only 'cause I been in a progressive electronica type mood lately.

STOOPID AMERICANS!

damn right =P

You guys fail horribly.

Also Our Lady Peace is awesome.

Also I vote for Kings of Leon.

Good grief.

Kings of Leon

Jamiroquai

Both are incredibly mediocre, but I like Jamiroquai a bit more.

Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai

JK-10
Kings of Leon-2

Deciced to let this rest for a bit, as votes had gone way down. Lets see if it helps.


Match 39:

The Kinks: The Kinks were an English pop/rock group formed in 1963, and categorised as a British Invasion band, along with the other members of the so-called Big Four (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who). Despite being less commercially successful than these three contemporaries, mostly because of an untimely four-year ban from the United States in the mid-to-late 1960s, the Kinks are cited among them as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time.




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Explosions in the Sky: Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their cinematic, elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows.[citation needed] They primarily play with three electric guitars and a set of drums, and at times sub out the third electric guitar for a bass guitar.

Oh that's a hard one.

Explosions In The Sky

Umm I would like to abstain from this given I have songs by both I enjoy,

But I will say The Kinks just to give a vote

The Kinks

Kinks

THE KINKS

The Kinks

The Kinks

Know thy classics.

Adding to the barrage:

Kinks

Kinks.

the kinks <3

The Kinks-9
EITS-1

:rolleyes:

Match 40:

The Sword: The Sword was formed in 2003 in Austin, Texas by J.D. Cronise. Cronise, a guitarist and vocalist who had played with the Those Peabody's, searched out a number of musicians before finally assembling the band completely with rhythm guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo.



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The National: The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio. Influences range from Bruce Springsteen to Tindersticks. The band's morose, self-deprecating lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive, deep baritone. The rest of band comprises two pairs of brothers; Aaron & Bryce Dessner and Scott & Bryan Devendorf. Padma Newsome, from sister band, Clogs, often contributes strings, keyboards, and other arrangements and instrumental flourishes.

I had not heard of either of these. So after listening to some songs by both bands.

I prefered The Nationals style of music.

The National

The Sword

The National

The National

Finally checked out some The Sword music, couldn't really remember if I knew any song by them or not.

And I slightly prefer The National. ~

The Sword

The National-5
The Sword-2

Right well, seeing how this is dying big time, im going to start the 2nd round. I'll send some of you PM's asking for a wildcard nomination, either one of the bands knocked out, or an entirely new nomination.

As a reminder;

Progressed
Ben Folds
Porcupine Tree
Bjork
Opeth
Smashing Pumpkins
Muse
Dead Kennedy's
The Mars Volta
Ramones
The Eagles
Foo Fighters
Radiohead
Yoko Kanno
Lou Reed
Genesis
Kraftwerk
Animal Collective
King Crimson
Joy Division
The Pixies
Yes
Aphex Twin
Faith No More
Super Furry Animals
Of Montreal
Sonic Youth
Belle and Sebastian
My Bloody Valentine
Spock's Beard
Bowie
The Clash
Pink Floyd
Kamelot
Dio
PJ Harvey
The Cure
The Flaming Lips
Our Lady Peace
JK
The Kinks
The National
Girl Talk
Judas Priest
Dream Theater
Queen
RHCP
Lynyrd Skynyrd


Eliminated:

Placebo(wild carded)
Nine Inch Nails
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
L7
Tool
Jeff Buckley
The Stooges(wild carded)
Deep Purple(wild carded)
Nightwish
The Rapture(wild carded)
TSO
Iron Maiden(wild carded)
Pain of Salvation
Megadeth
Madonna(wild carded)
In Flames
Gentle Giant
Iced Earth
Blues Explosion
Less Then Jake(wild carded)
The Pillows
Riverside
Slayer
The Velvet Underground(wild carded)
30STM
Bloc Party
Green Day
Daft Punk(wild carded)
The Descendents(wild carded)
Modest Mouse(wild carded)
The Chemical Brothers
Psapp
Mastadon
Surfjan Stevens(wild carded)
KMFDM(wild carded)
Neutral Milk Hotel(wild carded)
Machinae Supremacy
Kings of Leon
EITS
The Sword

rightio, sounds about good

rightio, sounds about good

The Cure is both in your Progressed as Eliminated list. Is that normal? :)

The Cure won their battle against Neutral Milk Hotel. :* Error well noticed. Also, wildcard pm is send !

typo!

also, this should start in a few days.

Drat, I wish I'd been around to vote for Gentle Giant. Not that it would've done any good.

Ok, time to get this going. We have 40 advancing from round 1, and the rest are wildcards and brand new nominations.

Round Two, Match 1:

Dream Theater: Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by John Myung, John Petrucci, and Mike Portnoy, while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess. Dream Theater has become one of the most successful progressive rock bands since the height of the genre in the mid-1970s.



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Sufjan Stevens: Wildcard eliminated in Round 1.

Dream Theater

Dream Theater

MYUNG TACKLE!!!

Sufjan Stevens

waoh

sufjan!

Dream Theater tq

No competition.
DREAM THEATER

Dream Theater

Sufjan Stevens, to spite Bryan. sexpot

this thread needs to stop dying.

Sufjan <3

Dream Theater for sure!

this thread needs to stop dying.

4 srs.

Dream Theater obviously

sufjan

I just noticed that Bryan ignored Shoden's nomination of Metallica, they're not in the rumble at all :o

forgive me for being busy, or having just started a full time job with Dell. you're fortunate i bother to do anything at all, in what little spare time i have right now. :rolleyes:

not draming out or anything, just keep that in mind.


Dream Theater-7
Surfjan-5

Round 2, Match 2:

The Cure

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Ben Folds

the cure

bryan i am more blaming people not voting than you? if that is what you meant!

right, thats cool. i just wanted to say why updates have been delayed lately.

ive been updating since October, so im not going to suddenly stop, votes have been pretty steady and all, bar one or two rounds.

still getting more votes then Prak's rumble, o burn.