Yes. it's been long overdue. I'm going to try and do a second one of these fun things. We need 64 or 128 bands, whichever people see fit. First up we need people to nominate bands. Please nominate them here before June 9th. I'll then do the random matchups (No seedings this year, it'll just make things simpler.) Each poll matchup will be open for 1-2 weeks, so get your votes in. To clarify, we're not going for popularity, we're going for the better bands in the echelons of rock.

ANOTHER THING: NO GORILLAZ. We went over this last time. If you need see the hatred in all its glory, it's still in the trash forum. Go read away.

Another thought is up. Yes, we're going to have more of my cheesy topic-openers. Look here or here. I'm sorry all, but they are always really bad.

Can Pink Floyd reign twice? Only time (and your votes) can tell.

1. R.E.M.
2. Blink-182
3. Modest Mouse
4. MxPx
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. The Strokes
7. Alice Cooper
8. Alice In Chains
9. Slipknot
10. Tool
11. Marilyn Manson
12. Metallica
13. Twisted Sister
14. Bon Jovi
15. Incubus
16. Three Days Grace
17. Rush
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. Nirvana
20. Soundgarden
21. The Beatles
22. Pink Floyd
23. Foo Fighters
24. Muse
25. Queens of the Stone Age
26. Black Sabbath
27. Led Zeppelin
28. Queen
29. Van Halen
30. Iggy Pop and the Stooges
31. The Rolling Stones
32. Audioslave
33. KISS
34. E.L.O.
35. Linkin Park
36. Thrice
37. Sum 41
38. Hoobastank
39. Fuel
40. My Chemical Romance
41. The Clash
42. The Ramones
43. Guns 'n' Roses
44. Smashing Pumpkins
45. Cheap Trick
46. AC/DC
47. Bruce Springsteen
48. Bush
49. ZZ Top
50. Lynard Skynard
51. The Police
52. Eric Clapton
53. U2
54. The Who
55. Pearl Jam
56. Chevelle
57. the White Stripes
58. Rage Against the Machine
59. Avenged Sevenfold
60. Judas Priest
61. (Sex Pistols)
62. (Aerosmith)
63. Def Leopard
64. (Weezer)

Let's see if you actually take some of mine this time.

Midtown
Cobra Starship
Michael Jackson
R.E.M.
Arctic Monkeys
Blink 182
Bob Marley
Dispatch
Eve 6
Five Iron Frenzy
Goldfinger
Modest Mouse
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
MXPX
The Pixies
Operation Ivy
Presidents of the U.S.A.
Rilo Kiley
RX Bandits (freaking godly)
The Strokes
Reel Big Fish (July 3rd Baby)

Eh, you're probably gonna take 3 of 'em, but that's all I got on iTunes at the moment. Now if you were doing the best jazz musician competition, I'd have an endless list for you.

I might take 7-8, actually. I'll begin compiling them later.

Is it just rock or can I put some metal bands up?

Eh, I always thought metal was just... a form of rock that nobody liked. :P He might take'em, I wouldn't be supprised. Just go ahead and put them up, see what he does.

O.K. And just so you know, millions of people like metal. :)

Cannibal Corpse
Nile
Alice in Chains
Slipknot
Cradle of Filth
Obiturary
Killswitch Engage
Shadows Fall
Amon Arath
Six Feet Under
Mastodon
Marylin Manson
AC/DC
Metallica
Alice Cooper
Twisted Sister

(the rest is regular rock)

Incubus
Blink 182
Three Days Grace
Elvis Presley (be-yotch)
Rush
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nirvana
Soundgarden

Whoa snap, what was I thinking?

Moldy Peaches
Oasis
Save Ferris
No Doubt

By the way, you better at least take midtown. :hopping:

I'd say Metal is a sub-genre of Rock... It fits. Both use electric guitars, I think that's about all that matters, eh? No, nevermind. It's still a rock sub though.

Let's see, bring up some stuff

Muse
Queens of the Stone Age
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Van Halen
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
The Rolling Stones(PIRATE KEITH FTW!)

We need more, people. MORE MORE MORE. Keep the bands coming.

No Midtown again? :( lol

let's see...

B.O.C.
Audioslave

and...

Oingo Boingo... lol, love those guys.

Mmmm... ELVIS!... or Postal service... I think those would work (Unless they are up there...)

I'm not going to put up something I've never even heard of.

I'm not exactly sure Elivs should be up there....

Linkin Park
Thrice
Trapt
Sum 41
Hoobastank
Fuel
My Chemical Romance
The Used

The Class
KISS
Velvet Underground
E.L.O.

lol, keep getting more ideas.

One more, Thousand Foot Krutch

My bad, when I said the Class, I meant the Clash.

The Ramones

Eh, runnin' out of ideas.

Edit: Guns 'n' Roses

Smashing Pumpkins
Steppinwolf

I just added a couple more to the end. If you don't think someone should be there, let me know.

I'm borderline on Eric Clapton. I think he should. Anyone else?

Van Halen is on the list twice, dear. (29 & 51.)


Disturbed
Mudvayne
Blue Oyster Cult
The Doors
Eric Clapton, definitely
Stevie Ray Vaughan
TOOL

Lostprophets

KillSwitch Engage

The Beatles. You need The Beatles.
Motley Crew
Def Leppard

21 and 29 buddy.

Hmmm.


InME
Crush 40 (Come on, these guys kick ass)
Chevelle
Cold
Taproot
Staind

I'm out of ideas I haven't seen already.

Whoa, Strike put midtown up there. :D They're not gonna win, but they totally should. Anyway, we still need some more so I'll just throw out any that come to mind.

Home Grown
New Found Glory
Dashboard Confessional
Spoon
Streetlight Manifesto
Catch 22
Less Than Jake (Although RBF is soooo much better.)

:)

Too lazy to see who's already been nominated.

RHCP
Rise Against
Muse
LoveHateHero
HORSE the Band
Amber Pacific
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Breaking Benjamin
The Black Maria
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
From Autumn To Ashes
The Hurt PRocess
Killswitch Engage
Korn
The Scene Aesthetic
Senses Fail
Shadows Fall
Sick of it all
Underoath
Trivium
Verses the mirror
Three Days Grace
Story of the Year

Uhhh...

Dragonforce
Edguy
Bring Me The Horizon
Protest The Hero.

All I can think of that bands people know .-.

I just threw four more bands up there. They'll stay unless you can find something better suited.

Uh, the clash is up there twice now. :P

Thrice! What's wrong with you man.

Okay, I've been resisting because I'm not a huge fan of these guys anymore, but...

3 Doors Down
greenday
THE WALLFLOWERS

Do what you like, but really, I DISPIZE (yes, with a z) greenday now. In fact, I refuse to capitalize it in any way, shape, or form.

I have taste? :P

I've been really trying to keep Green Day off this one. More people seem to hate them, although they did some good stuff for music.

Sooooo, I'll go with *jumps all around and cursor lands onnnnnn* REEL BIG FISH.

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! SKA TO THE RESCUE! lol, that just makes me laugh, honestly.

Okay, I'll randomly draw the matchups now. Each band is assigned a number 1-64. I'm just going to randomly throw out the first set:

1 and 12
14 and 57
64 and 33
31 and 9
2 and 10
3 and 19
23 and 25
61 and 45

Now to go find out what bands those are...

EDIT:
R.E.M. v. Metallica
Bon Jovi v. the White Stripes
Weezer v. KISS
The Rolling Stones v. Slipknot

blink-182 v. Killswitch Engage
Modest Mouse v. Nirvana
Foo Fighters v. Queens of the Stone Age
Sex Pistols v. Cheap Trick

EDIT 2:

8 v. 35: Alice In Chains v. Linkin Park
20 v. 22: Soundgarden v. Pink Floyd
5 v. 29: The Pixies v. Van Halen
62 v. 51: Aerosmith v. The Police

34 v. 24: Electric Light Orcestra v. Muse
13 v. 4: Twisted Sister v. MxPx
63 v. 52: Reel Big Fish v. Eric Clapton
18 v. 54: Red Hot Chili Peppers v. The Who

21 v. 60: The Beatles v. Dragonforce
50 v. 43: Lynard Skynard v. Guns 'N Roses
53 v. 32: U2 v. Audioslave
15 v. 36: Incubus v. Thrice

Wow, those are gonna be some pretty good matchups.

6 v. 46: The Strokes v. ACDC
30 v. 37: Iggy Pop and the Stooges v. SUM 41
44 v. 56: Smashing Pumpkins v. Chevelle
58 v. 59: Shadows Fall v. Avenged Sevenfold

48 v. 27: Bush v. Led Zepplin
7 v. 47: Alice Cooper v. Bruce Springsteen
42 v. 11: the Ramones v. Marilyn Manson
40 v. 26: My Chemical Romance v. Black Sabbath

16 v. 28: Three Days Grace v. Queen
49 v. 38: ZZ Top v. Hoobastank
39 v. 41: Fuel v. The Clash
55 v. 17: Midtown v. Rush

Ah, shit, am I too late? Would you be okay with making it 128 instead of 64? You're missing a lot of staples man.

Shoot away. I'm unwilling to go to 128 now. Sorry dude. But if you have something I really think needs to be in there, there are a few cakes I'm willing to cut for a juggernaut. Do you have anyone?

-A Perfect Circle
-AFI
-Alexisonfire
-Caesars Palace
-Catch 22
-Cheap Trick
-Compiled
-Crossfade
-The Darkness
-Dashboard Confessional
-David Bowie
-Dead Kennedys
-Death Cab for Cutie
-Deep Purple
-Def Leopard
-Deftones
-Distillers
-Disturbed
-The Doors
-Dream Theatre
-Drowning Pool
-Franz Ferdinand
-Godsmack
-Grand Funk Railroad
-Green Day
-Head Automatica
-Hives
-Hot Hot Heat
-Iron Maiden
-Jet
-Jimi Hendrix
-Judas Priest
-Kasabian
-The Killers
-The Kinks
-Korn
-Maroon 5
-Megadeth
-Mudvayne
-Mushroomhead
-New Found Glory
-Nickelback
-Nine Inch Nails
-NOFX
-Ok go
-Our Lady Peace
-POD
-Papa Roach
-Pearl Jam
-Pillar
-Prodigy
-Puddle of Mud
-Rage Against the Machine
-Rammstien
-Rancid
-Scars of Life
-Scorpians
-Shinedown
-Slayer
-Sly and the Family Stone
-Static X
-Steppenwolf
-Stillwater
-Stone Temple Pilots
-System of a Down
-The Ark
-Theory of a Dead Man
-Tool
-Turbo Negro
-Velvet Revolver


^^... Alphabetical, even. Some names you may not be familar with, but some of them you're going to smack your head for forgetting =P

Cheap Trick is on there. Many were not placed in for a reason. Some of them are add-worthy. I'll do it in the morning.

Element Eighty. That's all I ask.

kthxbai.