Battle of the bands (I)

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The first step is i am going to create a compitition tree, it will be set up that similar artists will face each other at the beginning and genres will collide at the end.
the amount of contenders HAVE to be 2^x, i do not want anyone complaining about a bye. my current divisions are (if there is more demand than i will increase it to a-h):

Modern

1) CCM
a:
b:
c:
d:

2) Urban
a: Eminem
b: 50cent
c: Kanye West
d: Usher
e: Soulja boy
f:
g:
h:

3) Heavy
a:
b:
c:
d:

4) Mainstream
a: Coldplay
b: Shania Twain
c:
d:

Historical

5) CCM
a: Rich Mullens
b: DC talk
c:
d:

6) Urban
a: Tupac
b:
c:
d:

7) Heavy (for the era)
a:
b:
c:
d:

8) Mainstream
a: Beatles
b: Elvis
c: U2
d: Rolling stones

after that it will be a series of week long polls to determine the winner.

Last edited by ARandomPerson on 22 Feb 2009, 12:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I feel that they need to be broken down even further

CCM:
Worship
Pro-social

Urban:
Activism
Emotions

Heavy:
Activism
Emotions

Mainstream
Pro-social
Objectable

Here is some of my suggestions (by amount of impact) And I will be expanding each catigory

Historical CCM:
Rich Mullins
DC Talk

Historical Mainstream:
Elvis
Beatles
Michael Jackson

Historical Urban:
Tupac

Modern Urban:
Soulja boy
Eminem
50cent

Historical Heavy
Led Zeppelin
Guns and Roses
AC/DC
Metalica

Modern Mainstream:
Shakira
Beyonce
U2

Nothing involving alternative/indie/punk/new wave of any stripe?

how about ska?

Indie is vile

alternative, then?

It is, like Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers.... They all are hopeless

Gimme some examples?

Some good alternative: the Velvet Underground, Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Dinosaur Jr., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, and Radiohead.

Like all of them, well Foo Fighters early stuff was pretty good. Don't think i've heard anything from Dinosaur Jr

Kaiser Chiefs are excellent. Especially "I Predict A Riot". But I guess you're probably not into similar bands like Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys or The Libertines (they were good, then Pete Doherty discovered drugs and then the band split and he formed Babyshambles who are a below average band) either. Which is a shame. That's some of my favorite music right now.

Oasis made two good records and after that made a bunch of bad records with one or two good songs on them a piece ("Gas Panic!" and "Don't Go Away" are the only two great songs they've released since 1997).

Agree with you on the Killers though. I will hate them forever after that awful Joy Division cover they did.

America also has a good indie rock scene too, filled with great, intelligent bands like TV on the Radio, The Decemberists, Wolf Parade and No Age.

Dinosaur Jr. is a great alternative band. They are pretty underrated. It takes some time to get used to their music though. Its...Different then most. Listen to anything off their "You're Living All Over Me" album. IMO its their best album.

I find Kaiser Chiefs to geeky. And they think they're good. Plus their frontman is really annoying. Their songs are really annoying actually and repetetive. Similar with Artic Monkeys, that guy's voice is dreadful. I really like the Libertines 1st album, modern day classic.

ok, i'll check them out

awful bands who can't play their instruments very well, for people who have no idea what good music is XD bloc party did like 2 good songs i remember though.x