Greatest Band of All-Time

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Greatest Band of All-Time

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

OK, there are a few bands that are locks to be in the pool:

The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Nirvana
Def Leppard
Journey

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The first two are definite locks but I'd question the others even though I love Leppard.

Besides Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen are a MUST for any poll like this.

I'd also nominate:

The Who
Deep Purple
Iron Maiden
Kiss
Aerosmith
The Doors
Sex Pistols (hey if Nirvana are in there...)
U2

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

I would like to nominate;

Black Sabbath
Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Fleetwood Mac anyone?

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Metallica
Megadeth
Led Zeppelin
Scorpions
Pink Floyd

Definate inductions

braxious · 500 Club Member

the greatst band of all time Queen

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

I think it would be best to break it down into heats. like a metal heat, a punk heat, a pop heat e.t.c, e.t.c. what do ya'll think?

Pick like 6 per heat and whittle them down to one in each heat then pit the heats against each other.

Feed Back?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Good idea SOD, but the problem is whether there are enough bands for each genre.

I only proffered the Sex Pistols because I was thinking objectively and not just listing my favourites. Realistically are there 6 truly great HOF worthy punk bands? Only The Clash, The Stranglers and The Damned come to mind and musically they all left their punk roots behind fairly quickly.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Does this have to be rock metal? Or is it over all genres? Because there's a whole bunch of bands that are missing if thats the case.

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

OK, great feedback guys. I think that here's what we'll do. We'll break it down into six categories and have 8 bands in each. That would give us a 48-band tournament (or there abouts, depending on the fan fave category....read on). We'll do it the only way that is fair: by genre. OK, the six genres (and these are open to interpretation) are:

Pop/Punk (we should be able to find 8 bands/artists for that)
Metal (SoD should help here)
General Rock (for bands that dont fit the metal category)
Classic (a place where we could put classic rock bands so that they don't take up space in the general rock bracket...there could also be others in this category as well).
Other (These could be "wild cards" that didnt make other categories or just random bands that dont fit anywhere else)
Fan Faves (This would be bands that you think won't be in the field but you would like to see. Everybody gets a pick in this category, and it doesn't matter how many bands there are...we'll make it work. PM your picks to me by Monday, as that will be when I put together a tentative bracket for the tournament).

Remeber, there is no way that everybody will be completely happy with this tournament. I just wanted to make it as great and interesting as possible, so I opened it up to suggestions. There is no way that we will get every band that deserves to be in here, but we just to have to make sure that we get the major ones. Remeber, this is for fun.

Thoughts?

UPDATE!!!!

-- Edited by David McKinney at 00:26, 2007-12-01

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

By the way, if we are doing it this way, here are the current bands/artists in each category:

Punk/Pop
Green Day
Michael Jackson
Prince
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Stranglers
The Damned
The Ramones

Metal
Metallica
Megadeth
Led Zeppelin

Rock
Nirvana
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Aerosmith
Def Leppard
U2

Classic
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Journey
Pink Floyd
Queen
Fleetwood Mac

Other
(will be filled with spill-over from other categories or to balance bracket)

Fan Faves
The Killers (David McKinney)

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

in addition to the metal you should add, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, Scorpions, Ac/Dc and Pantera

Eric Clapton should be in 'other'

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Oi Zeppelin weren't metal! They were like Floyd and the Beatles - they transcended genres but Rock is the best category for them.

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

That's Disambiguation right there. Whilst Zeppelin weren't metal they were Pioneers of the Genre that influanced many a Metal and Hard Rock band of today.

I think we should take these heats one at a time and do this properly by doing one a week including a You Tube video of the band's more famous song so people can make an informed choice.

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Again, these are some great suggestions.

If you haven't already figured this out, we are switching this from Greatest Band of All-Time to Greatest Music Act of All-Time. I am also going to group some people together. For instance, one of the choices in the Pop/Punk category will be Michael/Jackson 5. Also, in the metal category, well will have Ozzy/Black Sabbath.

Also, don't forget to give me more suggestions as well as your picks for the Fan Fave category. We really need more bands in that category, as we only have two so far.

After much thought, I have decided to put Led Zeppelin in the metal category. I don't think that they fit in that category, but it's one of the weakest and it's hard to argue that they are NOT metal.

I have also taken SoD's suggestion into account, and we will do the voting this way. I will post the contestants in one category with a video of one of their more famous songs. You will then have a week to vote for each matchup in that category.

I will try to get a tentative list up by 5 pm tomorrow (which is somewhere around midnight in the UK), but that list is not final. You can still make suggestions, but you will have to give me a reason for your suggestion as well as tell me who you would take out. But that's tomorrow. Right now I need your picks for the Fan Fave category and more suggestions in each category.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Zeppelin may have influenced many hard rock and metal bands but they weren't metal just as Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf who influenced Zeppelin were not rock.

My fan fave choice is obviously KISS.

If you are going to include solo artists then for me the shoe ins are Elvis, Cliff Richard, Neil Young, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and BB King.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 18:33, 2007-12-02

NymVette · Movie Producer

How about Pussycat Dolls, Girls Aloud, Boyzone, Westlife, Take That and not forgetting Morning Musume?

Seriously has anyone mentioned Queen? I see Aerosmith already listed.

Frank Sinatra has to be in the individuals list. Also Sammy Davis Jr, Lionel Richie/The Commodores and Prince aka Symbol aka The Artist Formally Known as....

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Don't worry Eve, Queen is safely in the bracket. So I am assuming that your pick for Fan Faves is Pussycat Dolls? If this is not your pick, then please let me know.

I also have another quick update. The "Other" category has now become the place where we will have 2 separate categories. There will be 8 bands that didn't make it in the other categories as well as 8 individual artists. That means that this is the only "heat" with 16 choices. Anyway, I know that this bracket is very confusing, but I hope that I will make it clear when I post the initial brackets tomorrow. Keep the suggestions coming!!1

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Apart from Girls Aloud and Westlife i agree with Eve. Althouh I would add Backstreet boys and the Spice Girls... Also The Osmonds..

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I thoght this was supposed to be a credible poll?

Dump Pondlife, Gayzone, Spice Whores all the other manufactured marketing gimmicks and TAFKA Pratt and replace them all with ABBA then we're sorted.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 21:41, 2007-12-02

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Wow...this has become more of a chore than it was supposed to be. I really want to give every band/act a chance, but there are just some that I don't think have a legitimate shot at even winning a first round matchup. I know that the bracket isn't going to be perfect, but I am going to make sure that I get all of the major ones in there. I hope that everybody is at least happy with my bracket.

By the way, that will be posted tomorrow. Don't forget to get your picks for Fan Faves into me. We only have four bands in that category right now, and I want to get at least eight.

NymVette · Movie Producer

Actually I was only joking about those first few upto and including Morning Musume.

But all the ones after that I was serious about.

I know PCD wouldn't stand a chance with you lot, so Queen would be my Fan Fave, although PCD was tempting if only to annoy MiB if they made it through the rounds lol.

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Chuck Paramore in the Fan Favorates for my pick :)

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

Some possible additions to your brackets;

Pop/Punk - The Offspring
Rock - Rage Against The Machine
Fan Favourite - Rammstein

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Preliminary Bracket

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Greatest Band of All-Time

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

I listen to all of those, but I gave you all a chance to add anyone that you want in there. If you have a group that you would like to throw them in there as a Wild Card, then by all means, do it.

So I'm assuming that you have your picks in order, MiB, as the top 8 Wild Cards will be determined based on a points system. Let me know if this is not the case.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Okay I'll make a substitution and this is my Wild Card picks in order:

1. Stevie Ray Vaughan
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Van Halen
4. Cream
5. The Doors

NymVette · Movie Producer

I also forgot T.A.T.U.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

You're determined to ruin this poll aren't you Eve?

NymVette · Movie Producer

I am just putting forward my opinion of music, aren't we all allowed an opinion?

P.S. where did you get all these nice pictures you are using as smilies?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Yes you are but some opinions are best kept to oneself!

I nicked the smilies from an Anime forum.

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Haha...go ahead an vote for T.A.T.U. if you would like, Eve. Like I said, everybody has 5 wild card picks. I would like you to vote for the ones that I have up there, but it is your choice. The 8 wild cards will be decided based on a points system, so I need to have at least 8 bands/acts voted for. We will have the wild card voting continue through the first few rounds of voting, so don't feel pressured to get your picks in now. A final list should be up sometime today or early East Coast time tomorrow.

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

Ok, here are my 5 Wild Card picks (in order)

1. Motorhead
2. Slayer
3. The Doors
4. The Stranglers
5. The Damned

NymVette · Movie Producer

my wild cards.

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Sammy Davis Jr.
3. T.A.T.U.
4. Take That
5. Van Halen

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Pop/Punk Heat

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

RE: Greatest Band of All-Time

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Not meaning to be picky but "My Way" wasn't actually a Sex Pistols song it was just Sid Vicious as a solo effort.

(1)The Ramones vs. (8)Boyz II Men
(4)Sex Pistols vs. (5)Beach Boys
(3)The Offspring vs. (6)Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
(2)Green Day vs. (7)The Clash

Nice groupings though :)

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

(1)The Ramones vs. (8)Boyz II Men
(4)Sex Pistols vs. (5)Beach Boys
(3)The Offspring vs. (6)Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
(2)Green Day vs. (7)The Clash

and my Wild Cards are:

Take That
Motley Crue
Van Halen
The Doors
Stevie Wonder

-- Edited by Darth Mattitude at 07:57, 2007-12-05

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Sorry about that MiB, but the Sex Pistols videos on YouTube are scarce for some reason. And don't worry: these matchups are complete random. I didn't cherry pick them, but I did think that they were interesting as I was posting them.

OK, my votes:

(1)The Ramones vs. (8)Boyz II Men
(4)Sex Pistols vs. (5)Beach Boys
(3)The Offspring vs. (6)Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
(2)Green Day vs. (7)The Clash

By the way, you have until next TUESDAY (Dec. 11) to vote. Until then, enjoy the videos. The classic Beach Boys was a bit of a find, in my opinion.

-- Edited by David McKinney at 08:49, 2007-12-05

Man In Black · Anime Mod

You meant to apologise to SOD not me. I think the stress of this game is getting to you already!

Anyway my picks:

(1)The Ramones vs. (8)Boyz II Men (How did they get in?)
(4)Sex Pistols vs. (5)Beach Boys
(3)The Offspring vs. (6)Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
(2)Green Day vs. (7)The Clash

Ad here are the Pistols with the classic Pretty Vacant:

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Haha...what stress? Anyway, thanks for that Sex Pistols video.

Boyz II Men are actually a legitimate entry...it is a Pop/Punk category. I don't expect them to win, but I just thought I'd throw them in there.

Here are the leaders for the Wild Card (top 8 in points make it into the bracket):

1-Frank Sinatra (9 points)
2-Van Halen (8 points)
3-Take That (5 points)
-Motorhead (5 points)
-The Doors (5 points)
-Stevie Wonder (5 points)
-Stevie Ray Vaughan (5 points)
8-Slayer (4 points)
-Sammy Davis Jr (4 points)
10-TATU (3 points)
11-The Stranglers (2 points)
-Motley Crue (2 points)
-Cream (2 points)
14-The Damned (1 point)

UPDATE: You have until next TUESDAY (Dec. 10) to vote for your Wild Cards. Either post them here or send them in a PM to me (please rank your picks 1-5).

-- Edited by David McKinney at 18:42, 2007-12-05

NymVette · Movie Producer

(1)The Ramones vs. (8)Boyz II Men
(4)Sex Pistols vs. (5)Beach Boys
(3)The Offspring vs. (6)Jackson 5/Michael Jackson
(2)Green Day vs. (7)The Clash

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Almost forgot to announce my Wild Cards:

1-Stevie Wonder
2-Cream
3-Jefferson Airplane
4-Slayer
5-The Damned

Don't forget to PM me your picks for the Fan Fave category!

Voting for the Pop/Punk heat is still open! You have 5 more days!!

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Man In Black wrote:

I suppose it's too late to add blues, jazz and country categories but I'm probably the only one who listens to them!

Okay...well, my wild card picks are:

Motorhead
Van Halen
Cream
The Doors
Frank Sinatra

I listen to Blues, Country and Classical cheeky lol

and Dave it's "Paramore" not "Chuck Paramore" lol Chuck is english slang for put (Sorry I keep forgetting you're american)

I think we need some Cream/The yardbirds/Eric Clapton in there somewhere

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I have to admit I thought Chuck Paramore was the artist's name....

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Lol, na they're Pop Punk. Like a modern day Blink 182 but with a bird singer

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

I appreciate all music genres, well apart from Reggae and Junglist types anyway.

adampwp · On The Casting Couch

It should be intresting to see who comes out on top, but i feel there are only really 3 contenders

1. Beatles
2. Queen
3. Rolling Stones

Anybody else winning would just have to be a fixed vote haha.