K, so since i've changed my pc, all the old match-ups and bands are gone, so i'm looking for nominations once again. No more then 8 per person plz, 120 is what im looking for, with 8 of my own to be added. If we don't get that many, then ill take 64 and work from there ~

animal collective
kraftwerk
the flaming lips
belle & sebastian
the rapture
gorillaz
dead kennedys
the mars volta

velvet underground
john cale
devendra banhart
joy division
lou reed
the stooges
modest mouse
sufjan stevens

max tundra
panda bear
of montreal
guided by voices
neutral milk hotel
the pipettes
girl talk
liars

ok so the chances of some of those bands getting very far is pretty slim, i think, so feel free to only take some of them or ignore this post completely tbh

Free Kitten
Bikini Kill
Big Black
Rapeman
Sonic Youth
Scratch Acid
The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Butthole Surfers

I would be surprised if people knew who a majority of these bands are. EDIT: I guess the guy who posted after me knows the Butthole Surfers! Awesome Awesome Awesome! Changed Shonen Knife to Scratch Acid.

The Descendents
Jane's Addiction
Dead Kennedys
L7
The Dickies
The Ramones
Butthole Surfers
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (or just Blues Explosion)

max tundra
panda bear
of montreal
guided by voices
neutral milk hotel
the pipettes
girl talk
liars

ok so the chances of some of those bands getting very far is pretty slim, i think, so feel free to only take some of them or ignore this post completely tbh
no all these bands are awesome so if taken out the rumble's level of awesome would decrease

King Crimson
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Gentle Giant
Yes
Genesis

Hope that's enough 70s prog rock for you.

Opeth
Aphex Twin
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Miles Davis
My Bloody Valentine
Porcupine Tree
Scott Walker
Jaga Jazzist

Dire Straits
Regina Spektor
Radiohead
Whitesnake
REO Speedwagon
Skid Row
Placebo
30 Seconds To Mars

max tundra
panda bear
of montreal
guided by voices
neutral milk hotel
the pipettes
girl talk
liars

ok so the chances of some of those bands getting very far is pretty slim, i think, so feel free to only take some of them or ignore this post completely tbh

at least 2 of those should do well, imho.

also keep em coming folks.

Picking 8 is impossible you bastard

Megadeth
Daft Punk
Madonna
Be Your Own Pet
Beck
The Sword
PJ Harvey
Slayer

Our Lady Peace
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Foo Fighters
ALL/Descendents
Less Than Jake
Green Day
Counting Crows
Weezer

For serious this time, Bryan. Note what I didn't include ;)

Ben Folds
Jeff Buckley
Sondre Lerche
Tom Waits
Queen
Prince
Psapp
Joanna Newsom

The Hold Steady
OAR
Flogging Molly
Live
Our Lady Peace Beatin to it.
KMFDM
Vienna Teng
The Beatles
Rage Against the Machine

and yes, picking eight is impossible.

Free Kitten
Bikini Kill
Big Black
Rapeman
Sonic Youth
Scratch Acid
The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Butthole Surfers

I would be surprised if people knew who a majority of these bands are.

I don't know Big Black, Rapeman and Scratch Acid, but oh wow, good thing you include BRMC, and Bikini Kill <3 "SUCK MY LEFT ONE!!".

And picking only 8 is hard. :/

The Sonics
Nat King Cole
Dinosaur Jr.
Converge
The Kinks
�Forward, Russia!
Amon Tobin
Motion City Soundtrack

~

Ok, mine

Nick cave and the bad seeds
Talking Heads
Portishead
Grinderman
The Dirty Three
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
The Traveling Wilburys

Also, is it a bad sign that I only know of around 10 bands that were mentioned so far?. I'm so out of touch with music. :/

You should know any band with Steve Albini should be recognized! Scratch Acid is pure fuckin awesome as well.

Tom Waits


Comletely off topic but worth asking. Ndi, I hear Tom Waits is Nick Cave-like and that I should buy an album or two of his. Any suggestions?.

(Denny, Tom Waits IS kinda like Nick Cave, although Tom is more jazzy and has a grittier voice, but they share somewhat same sorta melodies and dark vocals in songs. I'd suggest the album Orphans, 'cause, wonderful covers in that record, although I'm no Tom Waits expert, just mentioning~)

(Crunch Bar, I just checked out who those three bands are, and, well, I might say that that sorta noise rock is still something I should learn more about, ~tis a genre I gotta explore sum more~)

You should look up The Cows! It's a Minneapolis St Paul band from the 80's who are also awesome as fuck.

The Clash
Flogging Molly
Tom Waits
Green Day
The Lawrence Arms
Jawbreaker
Flaming Lips
Modest Mouse

tool
at the drive-in
nine inch nails
nirvana
the yeah yeah yeahs
smashing pumpkins
rammstein
mastodon

Yay! Nirvana!

Fuck, forgot the Pixies. Since both Crunch and I both listed Butthole Surfers, the Pixies can be my 8th choice!

Yeah, I forgot about the Cows, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard, Killdozer and some more. Oh yeah, the Melvins too.

Fuck, forgot the Pixies. Since both Crunch and I both listed Butthole Surfers, the Pixies can be my 8th choice!

I was gonna pick them :(

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
DIO
Metallica
W.A.S.P.
Iced Earth
Deep Purple

Ok, thats plenty. I'll get the ball rolling ASAP.

lol double post. anyway, here's round 1, we've got 128 bands/artists to get through.


Placebo:






Placebo are an alternative rock band consisting of Brian Molko (vocals, guitar) and Stefan Olsdal (bass). The band was founded when former Luxembourg schoolmates Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal - who never actually spoke to each other - met by accident at South Kensington tube station in 1994. Molko invited Olsdal to one of his gigs and Olsdal was impressed by Molko's vocals so they agreed on forming a band. The singles "Nancy Boy", from Placebo (1996), and "Pure Morning", from Without You I'm Nothing (1998), were the peak of their British success, both charting in the top ten.




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Ben Folds:







Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for his prowess as a pianist. Folds' musical career started to get off the ground in the late '80s, as bassist for band Majosha, after playing bass and piano at Pinehurst, in a group known as the "Caroliners" with cohort Millard Powell in 1985-1987; for the Calayer and after working as but he is best known for his later work as the frontman and pianist of Ben Folds Five and as a solo artist. As of fall 2006, Ben Folds has released five solo LPs. His first album, Fear of Pop: Volume 1, an album of spoken word and instrumental compositions, was recorded and released while Ben Folds Five was still together.

Ben Folds

God, that's tough...

Ben Folds, but barely.

Ben Folds

Hrm.
Ben Folds because he covered a Flaming Lips song, and thus, my basis for voting.

Ben 10

Alterbridge
seether
Foo Fighters
puddle of mudd
BUSH
Silverchair
Nirvana
Pearl jam

grrr to late ok ok




Placebo

Ben Folds

Placebo

Placebo.

placebo

ben folds

Ben Folds

I don't know either of these bands, so I'll go for the more entertaining looking one, Ben Folds.

Placebo-4
Ben Folds-9

Placebo made a mini-comeback, but a pretty dominating win for Ben Folds.

Match 2:

Porcupine Tree: Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. Their music is a combination of rock, psychedelia, and more recently metal. The main songwriter and founder of the band, Steven Wilson, once commented: "I like so many different types of things, and they all go into the melting pot, if you like, that produces the music of Porcupine Tree." Porcupine Tree's latest studio album, Fear of a Blank Planet, was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, April 24 in the US and May 1 in Canada, featuring Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and King Crimson's Robert Fripp.









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Nine Inch Nails: Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its musical direction. NIN's music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristically intense sound using electronic instruments and processing. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him; this live component is a separate entity from Nine Inch Nails in the recording studio. On stage, NIN often employs spectacular visual elements to accompany its performances, which frequently culminate with the band destroying musical instruments.






This is an extremely tough choice for me, as I really like both bands, each having produced outstanding albums this year and I listen to them both frequently. I'll go for Porcupine Tree, barely.

Porcupine Tree is much more to my liking.

Ugh, again I don't know enough about either band to make a wise choice. But besides the fact that NIN looks kinda gay and the fact that usually older musicians are wiser, I'm going with NIN.

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Nine Inch Nails

Porcupine Tree! <3

Nine Inch Nails

Porcupine Tree

Nine Inch Nails, because my brother is a major fan of theirs.

Porcupine Tree

Nine Inch Nails

Porcupine Tree

Nine Inch Nails is what ill go for but im gonna go look up the other band as they seem intresting

I do not like Porcupine Tree. :/ :D But NIN have some fun songs, so, Nine Inch Nails.

Porcupine Tree-8
Nine Inch Nails-7

As close as I expected, but PT shades it.

Match 3:

Bjork: Bjork is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer. She has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and two Golden Globe awards (including one for acting). She is best known for her expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music, including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient music, electronica, and folk. She has won numerous awards. Her most recent album, Volta, was released worldwide on May 8, 2007.







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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is an avant-garde Canadian post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 1994, the ensemble has been quite influential in its genre, with bands from as far as Hong Kong and Singapore citing them as influences in their musical work. Working on a near orchestral scale, the nine-piece group has been known to create wide dynamic ranges, unique use of instrumentation and sounds, large songs that are composed almost classically with multiple movements within themselves, and engrossing use of art and visuals in both their album packaging and live performances. They are currently on an indefinite hiatus, as members of the band are busy with many other projects; they have, however, made it clear that they have not disbanded.








Voting for Bjork.

Also, last update til Sunday as im off to Russia.

Bjork

bjork

i've not listened to that much godspeed but that which i have i found a tad, well, lengthy, to say the least.

Bjork

Bjork

bjork

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Bjork

I hate Bjork, so Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Bjork

bjork

Bjork

GY!BE

BJORK

Bjork

Pity that NIN is already out :(

the unicorns




...bjork

Bjork

Meh.

Bjork

Bjork-15
GY!BE-3
Quite a masacre and pretty much as expected.

Match 4:


Opeth: Opeth is a band from Sweden formed in 1990 that is fronted by songwriter Mikael �kerfeldt. Rooted in Scandinavian death metal, Opeth later delved deep into experimentation, having since incorporated influences from jazz, progressive rock, blues, and folk, crossing genre borders to create a unique blend of musical styles�most successfully with their ground-breaking Blackwater Park (2001), and their latest release Ghost Reveries (2005). Since signing their first record-deal in 1994, the band has released eight albums, a DVD, and a box-set, but merely three singles. A notable exception in their catalog is Damnation (2003), a pure progressive rock record.








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L7: L7 was a band from Los Angeles that was active from 1985 to 2000. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. L7 was formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner on shared electric guitar and shared vocals. A year previous, the then-fifteen year old Gardner had performed backing vocals on the Black Flag song "Slip It In". The punk rock duo were soon joined by Jennifer Finch on bass guitar and Roy Koutsky on drum kit.





Opeth are about the best band in all of metal, so easy vote for them.

Opeth

L7

Opeth

L7

Opeth

L7. It's a pattern, kids ;)

...which someone has broken sooner than later.

The bastard.

L7

Opeth although they suck, to my ears...

Hard vote but hey a vote's a vote.

For you Bryan:

Opeth

l7

Punk chicks for the win.

L fucking 7

Peer pressure vote for Opeth.

um, Opeth? lol. This was in no shape or form taking any thought.

Nice idea for a rumble!

Opeth-8
L7-7

Sense prevails and Opeth progresses. May those who voted for L7, burn in ever lasting Hades. Moving on....

Tool: Tool is an American rock band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of drummer Danny Carey, bassist Justin Chancellor, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Due to Tool's incorporation of visual arts and relatively long and complex releases, the band is generally described as a style-transgressing act and part of progressive and art rock.








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The Smashing Pumpkins: he Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), James Iha (guitar/vocals), D'arcy Wretzky (bass/vocals), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums/percussion) for most of the band's recording career. The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's Siamese Dream. The group built their audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, 1995's double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. With approximately 18.3 million albums sold in the United States alone as of 2006.





Votin for Tool. I never did like the Pumpkins.

The Smashing Pumpkins FTW

The Smshing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins

Tool, just to even it out a bit

Tool, again, not even resembling a thought.

While I don't listen much to Tool these days, I can say I liked them a whole lot better than I ever liked the Pumpkins.

Neither, but i'll go with Tool to even things out

Smashing Pumpkins

TOOL

God this sucks, I really like both

Uhhhhhhhh

Tool

Tool

Tool, easy.

The Smashing Pumpkins, as I am an ardent fan of their work.

Smashing Pumpkins

Smash Pumpkins plz

Smashing Pumpkins

Tool-9
The Smashing Pumpkins-9

Ends in a tie, and since the Pumpkins won a coinflip, they advance. Moving on.

Match 6:


Muse: Muse are a progressive rock band formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1997, comprising Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion). More recently, Morgan Nicholls has been featured on bass and keyboards in the Black Holes and Revelations era live performances. The band blends alternative rock, progressive rock, classical music, funk, electronica, and heavy metal, to help form the new sub-genre of new prog. Muse is known best for their energetic live performances and frontman Matthew Bellamy's eccentric interests in global conspiracy, theology and the apocalypse. Muse has released four studio albums. The most recent, Black Holes and Revelations, was also the most critically acclaimed, garnering the band a Mercury Prize nomination and coming third in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.









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Jeff Buckley: Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), born Jeffrey Scott Buckley and raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for his ethereal singing voice, Buckley was considered by critics to be one of the most promising artists of his generation after the release of his critically acclaimed 1994 debut album Grace. At the height of his popularity, Buckley drowned during an evening swim in 1997. His work and style continue to be highly regarded by critics and fellow musicians.









Votin for Muse.

Jeff Buckley

MUSE

Meh, again.

Muse purely because I don't mind one or two songs by them.

Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

Muse.

can I vote twice?

Muse

Jeff Buckley

Muse

Sick to death of hearing Jeff Buckley

Tough choice, but Muse is more my style anyway.

Muse

Jeff Buckley. Don't get me started on Muse.

Muse

Muse, more interesting

Muse

Muse

muse

You people are going to feel the wrath of the Ndoon. Trust me, it ain't pretty.

This is your only warning.

JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY
JEFF BUCKLEY

Jeff Buckley-6
Muse-13

More one sided then I expected.

Match 7:


The Stooges: The Stooges are an American rock band that was first active from 1967 to 1974, and then reformed in 2003. The Stooges sold few records in their original existence and often performed for indifferent or hostile audiences. Nevertheless, The Stooges are often regarded as hugely influential in both the heavy metal and punk rock genres. Singer Iggy Pop and his wild onstage antics were often the main focus of attention.





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the Dead Kennedys: The Dead Kennedys are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. During the 1980s, the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene. Their music mixed the more experimental elements of English 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American hardcore punk scene. The Kennedys' songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a humorous, acerbic, satirical, and sarcastic left-wing commentary on current social and political issues. At the same time, some of their songs also mocked the hypocritical stances of some liberal elites. Many of the band's songs criticize the right-wing ideologies of the religious right and the Ronald Reagan administration, along with many far-left personalities and ideas.

The Dead Kennedys

Neither are to my liking, but put one down for The Stooges.

The Stooges

at least they don't look like faggots.

Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys

i saw The stooges last weekend, and it was good.

Stooges

The Stooges

Dead Kennedys

Tough choice, but DK still wins by a large margin.

Good lord, it has to be the Dead Kennedys.

I MADE UP MY MIND

Stooges

The Stooges, proto-punk > hardcore punk

Dead Kennedys fo' shur!

DEAD KENNEDYS

The Stooges-7
Dead Kennedys-8

Movin on.


Match 8:

The Mars Volta: The Mars Volta is an American Rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Isaiah Ikey Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward in 2001. They are generally considered progressive rock, with jazz, punk, and Latin influences. They are known for their wild, energetic, and improvised live shows along with the use of ambient music.







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Deep Purple: Deep Purple are an English hard rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered one of the pioneers of heavy metal and hard rock, although the members of the band have always refused to label themselves as the former. They are claimed to have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

The Mars Volta easily

I couldn't not say The Mars Volta because I am so in love with them.

Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

Deep Purple

Deep Purple

TMV doesn't really need my vote, and Deep Purple is a really important band, so, don't want to see them totally squashed

Deep Purple

Child In Time ftw, Ritchie Blackmore is pretty much hard rock's greatest guitarist

Deep Purple

Deep Purple

The Mars Volta.

The Mars Volta.

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

this is fucked up.

Deep Purple

TMV doesn't really need my vote, and Deep Purple is a really important band, so, don't want to see them totally squashed

TMV-9
Deep Purple-6

Deep Purple stages a valiant fightback, but it falls short of Cedric and his crew.

Match 9:


Nightwish: Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal musical group, formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, in eastern Finland. Nightwish is considered one of the bands responsible for the development and rise in popularity of symphonic metal at the end of the 1990s, and the creation of the symphonic metal genre.







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The Ramones: The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. After forming in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, they performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band went on a brief nightclub tour and then disbanded. The band's three founding members—Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone—each died within eight years after the breakup.

I'll go for the Ramones because it's more my thing. Even if I don't particularly like them, I prefer them to Nightwish.

Voting for Nightwish to piss Bryan off and hopefully start a bandwagon.













And because I like them more, but that's a moot point.

I adore the versatility of Nightwish.

Nightwish

Ramones

The Ramones!

Voting for Nightwish to piss Bryan off and hopefully start a bandwagon.













And because I like them more, but that's a moot point.


I like Nightwish you idiot.

I thought you liked the Ramones more?

If not, disregard the pissing you off part.

Ramones

Ramones

I thought you liked the Ramones more?

If not, disregard the pissing you off part.

I respect what the Ramones have done for music, and they have a few awesome songs, but metal is my first choice of genre. With a few exceptions of course.

Ramones

Ramones

Ramones.

Nightwish

Ramones

ramones

Ramones

I have a mild dislike for both of them, but The Ramones > Nightwish.

Nightwish

Ramones

Ramones-13
Nightwish-5

No comment =/

Match 7:

The Eagles: The Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five Number 1 singles and four Number 1 albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971�1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The best-selling studio album Hotel California is rated as the 37th album in the Rolling Stone list "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", and the band was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They are also the best-selling American group ever, with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971�1975 being the best-selling album in the U.S. to date.







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The Rapture: The Rapture is a Dance-punk band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, dance-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock. The Rapture released their second full-length album, Pieces of the People We Love, on Universal Motown Records in September 2006. Paul Epworth, Ewan Pearson and Danger Mouse produced the album. The new album displays a more polished and markedly less angular sound to their previous work, receiving a mixed critical reception.

The Eagles by all the miles between here and China.

The Rapture

I don't mind the Eagles, but The Rapture!

The Rapture

Even though I love The Rapture and Lewis, The Eagles get my vote in this one!

THE EAGLES

The Rapture

the rapture

The Rapture

Between these two The Eagles most definitely!

The Rapture

The Eagles

Teh Eagles

The Eagles, more or less because I don't really like The Rapture that much.

The Eagles

The eagles

The Rapture

The Rapture

The Eagles by all the miles between here and China.

The Eagles-10
The Rapture-9

Neck and neck, but the Eagles snatch the win, somehow.

Match 8:



Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. The group is named after the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena. The band has earned a worldwide following, and have scored a number of hit songs, including "This Is a Call", "Everlong", "Learn to Fly", "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Best of You", "DOA", and "The Pretender". Two of their albums, There Is Nothing Left to Lose and One by One, won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album, the band has won 4 Grammys in total. On top of their six studio albums, they have also contributed to several movie soundtracks, including the song "The One" on the 2002 Orange County soundtrack.







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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (often abbreviated as TSO) is a rock orchestra founded by Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel, and Jon Oliva in 1996. The band's musical style is often described in different terms, incorporating progressive rock, symphonic metal, and heavy metal, with influences from classical music. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is well known for its renditions of traditional Christmas songs.

TSO

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

sigh

TSO

Foo Fighters ftw my fav band seen them 6 times

TSO

sigh

Sorry, I think "TSO"'s stuff sounds silly :(

Foo Fighters.

Stardust. They shit it. Someone make the Despair.com parody NOW.

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

TSO

and I've never even heard of them!

Foo Fighters

TSO

and I've never even heard of them!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xa_maqPRsU

Foo Fighters

TSO

TSO

and I've never even heard of them!

Why are you voting then? ;o

Seriously, getting 15+ votes a round is neat and all, but id rather you actually voted because you like the band you're going for. Your choice though. Anywayz...

Foo Fighters-10
Trans-Siberian Orchestra-5

It's official, FFS fails, voting for those generic tossers.

Match 9:


Radiohead: Do I actually need to say(more like paste) anything here?





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Iron Maiden: Ditto.

Iron Maiden

Radiohead

IRON MAIDEN

Iron Maiden

Radiohead

Radiohead

Iron Maiden is another band that's a little too silly for me to swallow. Talented guys, but the songs don't appeal to me.

I'm voting for Iron Maiden simply because of that stunt Radiohead pulled with their downloadable album. Any band that shits in the faces of their fans that way deserves to be shut out.

What'd they do exactly?

Their last album was released online before it hit stores, prompting a ton of their big fans to buy it online. Unfortunately, it was lower quality than the CD release, which they didn't mention. Shortly afterward, it was released in stores with extra materials and tracks that the downloaders had no access to. That meant that their hardcore fanbase would have to buy the album twice to get everything.

Well unless they manage themselves I'm sure they weren't wholly responsible for that

Doesn't sound any worse than popular movies being released on DVD, only to be updated later with an even better version after tons of people have already bought the lesser one, or albums getting re-released with better remixes and bonus tracks and all, but oh well

If you disagree that's cool by me - let's not derail the thread with it though!

Iron Maiden, only cause I don't like either but the Maiden is funnier

You could pay whatever you liked for the online version, though, couldn't you? Bands release versions of their albums with extra content all the time, anyways. =/

radiohead btw

Yes, you can totally choose how much you pay for the downloadable version, or you don't even have to pay for it. Nothing wrong with an action like that, except that it's an example of that actual cds are dying out. :\ Sorta.

Radiohead anyway. <3

Their last album was released online before it hit stores, prompting a ton of their big fans to buy it online. Unfortunately, it was lower quality than the CD release, which they didn't mention. Shortly afterward, it was released in stores with extra materials and tracks that the downloaders had no access to. That meant that their hardcore fanbase would have to buy the album twice to get everything.

the cd release isn't coming out till december 31st, though, and the version with the extra tracks is the �40 discbox which most hardcore fans would have bought, given that it was announced at the same time? besides, you can pay what you want for the download so it ain't that bad is it.

also, radiohead.

Ok, I'm smelling immense failure brewing.
Either that or I've Got The Cold again.

Either one is pretty bad.

I don't see why anyone would be offended over the downloadable album thing since you could pay whatever you wanted for it. I thought it was an awesome idea.

Radiohead.

It was a good idea but the whole quality nerf thing was the bad part.
At least they're not all about the money.

or they've got enough money to not have to worry about it, alternatively.

That's a Fair point there.

Iron Maiden-5
Radiohead-7

Radiohead wins the clash of genre leading bands, and thus we move on.

Match 12:


Pain of Salvation: Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band featuring Daniel Gildenl�w, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist, and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuated guitar work, broad vocal range, abrupt switching between heavy and calm passages, intense syncopation, and polyrhythmic experimentation. Another trademark of the band is that each album is a concept album. Some examples of the topics addressed in the band's albums are: war and its effect on family and humanity, environmental issues (e.g., nuclear power), the forming of the individual, and the nature of God, humankind, and existence.








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Yoko Kanno: Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko?, born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, seminal anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements. She has written scores for famous animated works, including Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, Vision of Escaflowne and Wolf's Rain, and is the most trusted composer by veteran and new-wave directors such as Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichiro Watanabe and Shoji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for JPop artists, the most notable being Maaya Sakamoto and Kyoko Koizumi. She is also a skilled keyboardist, and is the frontress for The Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions on the various original soundtracks for which she is responsible.

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

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Lol. Two or three rounds behind, eh Steambot? :p

Oh, and Abstain.

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As gay and unoriginal as it is, THIS HAS TO BE DONE.
Sorry guys, temptation sucks.

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