Select your favorite Artist from each of the 8 matchups.

Matchup #1

#8 The Who
vs
#121 Bush

Matchup #2

#57 Foo Fighters
vs
#72 Billy Joel

Matchup #3

#25 Alice In Chains
vs
#10 Def Leppard

Matchup #4

#40 Tom Petty
vs
#89 The Beach Boys

Matchup #5

#9 Kiss
vs
#120 The Offspring

Matchup #6

#56 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
vs
#73 Weezer

Matchup #7

#24 The Talking Heads
vs
#105 Fleetwood Mac

Matchup #8

#41 Red Hot Chili Peppers
vs
#88 Bee Gees

Bush
Foo Fighters
Alice In Chains
The Beach Boys
The Offspring
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Very sad to see Weezer winning. They put forth so little effort in every release it is astonishing.)
Fleetwood Mac
Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Who
Foo Fighters
Alice in Chains
Tom Petty (tough match-up)
Kiss
Weezer (Tough match-up. I really only like the first three Weezer albums anyway, but they got my vote.)
Talking Heads
Bee Gees (late 60's era)

Now we have some tough matchups finally.

Bush - Ok The Who is better, definitely, but I've always had a soft spot for Bush.
Foo Fighters - Tough one. Theres a few Billy Joel songs that I think are great but there's a lot that bores me to death.
Def Leppard - I'll choose the happy band over the sad one, though it's somewhat of a tossup.
The Beach Boys - Another very difficult one. I love Tom Petty but The Beach Boys are truly immortal, well some of them
Kiss - Easy.
Weezer - Easier.
Talking Heads - Easiest.
Bee Gees - Seriously flip a coin.

Fun stuff and some hard decisions.

Matchup #1: The Who
Matchup #2: Billy Joel -- VERY tough.
Matchup #3: Def Leppard -- my wife will castrate me if I don't choose them.
Matchup #4: Tom Petty -- NEVER liked The Beach Boys. I respect "Pet Sounds" and admire it but I sure don't like listening to it one whit.
Matchup #5: Kiss -- err, no contest whatsoever.
Matchup #6: Weezer
Matchup #7: Fleetwood Mac -- love the Mac.
Matchup #8: Bee Gees -- regretful. I love RHCP but The Bee Gees are in their own stratosphere.

1. The Who - no explanation needed
2. Foo Fighters - I respect Billy Joel, but I'm not really a fan and I think FF are one of the very best rock bands going today
3. Alice In Chains - Not really a fan of AIC, but Def Leppard sucked after Pyromania
4. Abstain - Don't like or hate either of them
5. Abstain - Hate both of them. The Offspring singer has a horrible voice and Kiss just sucks.
6. Nick Cave - Weezer really went to shit after the first 2 albums
7. Talking Heads - A unique band.
8. RHCP - Don't care for the first 2 RHCP albums, but the rest are all good to great. Bee Gees are fun to listen to at nostalgia parties, but I have no interest in them other than that.

Billy Joel
Talking Heads
Tom Petty

Someone with a faster internet connection than mine link to a bunch of Nick Cave videos. What's happening in that matchup is a travesty.

The Who
Foo Fighters
Def Leppard
Tom Petty
KISS
Fleetwood Mac
Red Hot Chili Peppers

I wish people would spell "KISS" correctly. It's KISS. Not "Kiss".

The Who
Billy Joel
Def Leppard
Tom Petty
Kiss
abstain - never heard of "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds"
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees

It's all I know; and he was on NPR once.

E

The Who
Billy Joel
Alice in Chains
the Beach Boys
the Offspring
Weezer
Abstain
Chili Peppers

Matchup #1: The Who
Matchup #2: Billy Joel
Matchup #4: Tom Petty
Matchup #5: KISS
Matchup #6: Weezer
Matchup #7: Fleetwood Mac
Matchup #8: Bee Gees

The Who
Billy Joel
Tom Petty
The Offspring
Nick Cave
Talking Heads
Bee Gees

The Who
Beach Boys
Talking Heads
RHCP

I don't think it'll help

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Come on Foo Fighters!

Matchup #1
#121 Bush

Matchup #2
#72 Billy Joel

Matchup #3
#10 Def Leppard

Matchup #4
#89 The Beach Boys

Matchup #5
#120 The Offspring

Matchup #6
#73 Weezer

Matchup #7
#105 Fleetwood Mac

Matchup #8
#41 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Some tougher choices in this round for me but...

The Who
Billy Joel
Def Leppard
Tom Petty
KISS
Weezer
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees - Disco era

The Who
Def Leppard
The Beach Boys
Kiss
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees

The Who
Billy Joel
Alice in Chains
Beach Boys
KISS
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees

We have a tie with a little over a day left to vote. Keep the votes coming!!

Matchup #1: The Who
Matchup #2: Foo Fighters
Matchup #4: The Beach Boys
Matchup #5: Kiss
Matchup #6: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Matchup #7: Talking Heads