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It's time for the St. Louis Sports Lounge Battle of the Bands!
Over the next few weeks, I'll post three or four different polls per night and you can vote for whoever you wish! In this thread, I will constantly update the image in this thread with the updated results.
FYI...
I more or less randomly placed each band in a bracket. I decided not to break the brackets down into categories because judging by the suggestions, most people were nominating primarily rock bands. So instead, I just took suggestions and placed them where ever. The only thing I'm doing is making sure obviously similar bands are in separate brackets--example, the Stones and Beatles are the two biggest British bands so they're separate, same with Pearl Jam and Nirvana when it comes to the Seattle/grunge scene.
Each region has 24 bands. Eight in each get a bye. The first round is the play-in round. Obviously huge groups get byes (based primarily on my own opinion of who was huge in terms of both popularity and impact). There is no numeric seeding for the sake of eliminating bias but if you are familiar with NCAA brackets, you might be able to get a pretty good idea of who is seeded what.
Lastly, I tried to prevent having a person represented twice, and thus I don't have Eric Clapton and all of his bands; just Clapton. Or John Lennon and the Beatles; just the Beatles.
Play-in round results
Upper-left
Prince 28, Barry White 12
Bo Diddley 28, Rush 26
Pearl Jam 30, John Mellencamp 25
Sex Pistols 20, Wilson Pickett 19
Velvet Underground 26, The Animals 19
Tom Petty 46, Public Enemy 17
AC/DC 37, The Supremes 8
The Eagles 42, Jefferson Airplane 15
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 36, Sly & the Family Stone 20
Lynyrd Skynyrd 48, Steve Miller Band 20
Run DMC 23, George Thorogood 20
Queen 30, R.E.M. 21
Billy Joel 30, John Coltrane 18
The Ramones 35, The Smiths 16
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 35, Carl Perkins 11
Johnny Cash 53, The Carpenters 5
Upper-right
Creedence Clearwather Revival 49, Metallica 16
Talking Heads 29, Curtis Mayfield 18
Stone Temple Pilots 29, Dire Straits 26
Santana 26, Jeff Beck 10
Charlie Daniels Band 30, The Rascals 13
Simon & Garfunkel 26, Muddy Waters 16
The Clash 49, Rod Stewart 15
Van Morrison 35, Guns N'Roses 13
Lower-right
The Bee Gees 30, Frank Zappa 29
Bruce Springsteen 27, Fleetwood Mac 24
The Pretenders 28, Earth Wind and Fire 25
David Bowie 27, The Grateful Dead 18
Aerosmith 48, Electric Light Orchestra 21
Buddy Holly 36, Soundgarden 15
Van Halen 31, The Neville Brothers 10
Elvis Costello 31, The Isley Brothers 19
Opening round results
Upper-left
The Beatles 49, Prince 9
Bo Diddley 20, Madonna 18
The Temptations 30, Pearl Jam 21
Chuck Berry 36, Sex Pistols 8
John Lee Hooker 20, Velvet Underground 15
Eric Clapton 40, Tom Petty 16
AC/DC 25, Parliament Funkadelic 21
Bob Dylan 28, The Eagles 22
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 25, Michael Jackson 15
Ray Charles 26, Lynyrd Skynyrd 25
The Doors 36, Run DMC 15
Neil Young 26, Queen 14
Billy Joel 22, Marvin Gaye 21
Janis Joplin 23, The Ramones 15
B.B. King 27, The Red Hot Chili Peppers 19
Led Zeppelin 39, Johnny Cash 18
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 37, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
Elton John 37, Talking Heads 11
Stevie Wonder 33, Stone Temple Pilots 13
Bob Marley 29, Santana 12
Stevie Ray Vaughan 29, Charlie Daniels Band 12
Jimi Hendrix 27, Simon & Garfunkel 10
Pink Floyd 39, The Clash 16
The Rolling Stones 32, Van Morrison 17
Lower-right
U2 35, The Bee Gees 17
Bruce Springsteen 31, N.W.A. 12
Willie Nelson 30, The Pretenders 18
David Bowie 38, Little Richard 8
Miles Davis 31, Aerosmith 16
Nirvana 39, Buddy Holly 19
The Who 31, Van Halen 12
Elvis Costello 21, James Brown 20
Second round results
Upper-left
The Beatles 38, Bo Diddley 7
The Temptations 24, Chuck Berry 23
Eric Clapton 35, John Lee Hooker 7
Bob Dylan 26, AC/DC 16
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 24, Ray Charles 23
The Doors 27, Neil Young 22
Billy Joel 22, Janis Joplin 15
Led Zeppelin 40, B.B. King 11
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 36, Elton John 17
Stevie Wonder 19, Bob Marley 18
Jimi Hendrix 38, Stevie Ray Vaughan 18
Pink Floyd 30, Jimi Hendrix 29
Lower-right
U2 27, Bruce Springsteen 18
David Bowie 26, Willie Nelson 21
Miles Davis 33, Nirvana 25
The Who 40, Elvis Costello 9
Sweet 16
Upper-left
The Beatles 44, The Temptations 8
Bob Dylan 22, Eric Clapton 21
Lower-left
The Doors 28, The Beach Boys 14
Led Zeppelin 40, Billy Joel 15
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 26, Stevie Wonder 14
Pink Floyd 28, Jimi Hendrix 26
Lower-right
U2 24, David Bowie 18
Miles Davis 22, The Who 21
Regional Finals
Upper-left
Lower-left
Led Zeppelin 33, The Doors 15
Upper-right
Pink Floyd 25, Elvis Presley 22
Lower-right
U2 30, Miles Davis 24
Over the next few weeks, I'll post three or four different polls per night and you can vote for whoever you wish! In this thread, I will constantly update the image in this thread with the updated results.
FYI...
I more or less randomly placed each band in a bracket. I decided not to break the brackets down into categories because judging by the suggestions, most people were nominating primarily rock bands. So instead, I just took suggestions and placed them where ever. The only thing I'm doing is making sure obviously similar bands are in separate brackets--example, the Stones and Beatles are the two biggest British bands so they're separate, same with Pearl Jam and Nirvana when it comes to the Seattle/grunge scene.
Each region has 24 bands. Eight in each get a bye. The first round is the play-in round. Obviously huge groups get byes (based primarily on my own opinion of who was huge in terms of both popularity and impact). There is no numeric seeding for the sake of eliminating bias but if you are familiar with NCAA brackets, you might be able to get a pretty good idea of who is seeded what.
Lastly, I tried to prevent having a person represented twice, and thus I don't have Eric Clapton and all of his bands; just Clapton. Or John Lennon and the Beatles; just the Beatles.
Play-in round results
Upper-left
Prince 28, Barry White 12
Bo Diddley 28, Rush 26
Pearl Jam 30, John Mellencamp 25
Sex Pistols 20, Wilson Pickett 19
Velvet Underground 26, The Animals 19
Tom Petty 46, Public Enemy 17
AC/DC 37, The Supremes 8
The Eagles 42, Jefferson Airplane 15
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 36, Sly & the Family Stone 20
Lynyrd Skynyrd 48, Steve Miller Band 20
Run DMC 23, George Thorogood 20
Queen 30, R.E.M. 21
Billy Joel 30, John Coltrane 18
The Ramones 35, The Smiths 16
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 35, Carl Perkins 11
Johnny Cash 53, The Carpenters 5
Upper-right
Creedence Clearwather Revival 49, Metallica 16
Talking Heads 29, Curtis Mayfield 18
Stone Temple Pilots 29, Dire Straits 26
Santana 26, Jeff Beck 10
Charlie Daniels Band 30, The Rascals 13
Simon & Garfunkel 26, Muddy Waters 16
The Clash 49, Rod Stewart 15
Van Morrison 35, Guns N'Roses 13
Lower-right
The Bee Gees 30, Frank Zappa 29
Bruce Springsteen 27, Fleetwood Mac 24
The Pretenders 28, Earth Wind and Fire 25
David Bowie 27, The Grateful Dead 18
Aerosmith 48, Electric Light Orchestra 21
Buddy Holly 36, Soundgarden 15
Van Halen 31, The Neville Brothers 10
Elvis Costello 31, The Isley Brothers 19
Opening round results
Upper-left
The Beatles 49, Prince 9
Bo Diddley 20, Madonna 18
The Temptations 30, Pearl Jam 21
Chuck Berry 36, Sex Pistols 8
John Lee Hooker 20, Velvet Underground 15
Eric Clapton 40, Tom Petty 16
AC/DC 25, Parliament Funkadelic 21
Bob Dylan 28, The Eagles 22
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 25, Michael Jackson 15
Ray Charles 26, Lynyrd Skynyrd 25
The Doors 36, Run DMC 15
Neil Young 26, Queen 14
Billy Joel 22, Marvin Gaye 21
Janis Joplin 23, The Ramones 15
B.B. King 27, The Red Hot Chili Peppers 19
Led Zeppelin 39, Johnny Cash 18
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 37, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
Elton John 37, Talking Heads 11
Stevie Wonder 33, Stone Temple Pilots 13
Bob Marley 29, Santana 12
Stevie Ray Vaughan 29, Charlie Daniels Band 12
Jimi Hendrix 27, Simon & Garfunkel 10
Pink Floyd 39, The Clash 16
The Rolling Stones 32, Van Morrison 17
Lower-right
U2 35, The Bee Gees 17
Bruce Springsteen 31, N.W.A. 12
Willie Nelson 30, The Pretenders 18
David Bowie 38, Little Richard 8
Miles Davis 31, Aerosmith 16
Nirvana 39, Buddy Holly 19
The Who 31, Van Halen 12
Elvis Costello 21, James Brown 20
Second round results
Upper-left
The Beatles 38, Bo Diddley 7
The Temptations 24, Chuck Berry 23
Eric Clapton 35, John Lee Hooker 7
Bob Dylan 26, AC/DC 16
Lower-left
The Beach Boys 24, Ray Charles 23
The Doors 27, Neil Young 22
Billy Joel 22, Janis Joplin 15
Led Zeppelin 40, B.B. King 11
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 36, Elton John 17
Stevie Wonder 19, Bob Marley 18
Jimi Hendrix 38, Stevie Ray Vaughan 18
Pink Floyd 30, Jimi Hendrix 29
Lower-right
U2 27, Bruce Springsteen 18
David Bowie 26, Willie Nelson 21
Miles Davis 33, Nirvana 25
The Who 40, Elvis Costello 9
Sweet 16
Upper-left
The Beatles 44, The Temptations 8
Bob Dylan 22, Eric Clapton 21
Lower-left
The Doors 28, The Beach Boys 14
Led Zeppelin 40, Billy Joel 15
Upper-right
Elvis Presley 26, Stevie Wonder 14
Pink Floyd 28, Jimi Hendrix 26
Lower-right
U2 24, David Bowie 18
Miles Davis 22, The Who 21
Regional Finals
Upper-left
Lower-left
Led Zeppelin 33, The Doors 15
Upper-right
Pink Floyd 25, Elvis Presley 22
Lower-right
U2 30, Miles Davis 24
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