Select your favorite Artist from each of the 8 matchups.

Matchup #1

#2 Led Zeppelin
vs
#127 The Cramps

Matchup #2

#63 Journey
vs
#66 Neil Young


Matchup #3

#31 Smashing Pumpkins
vs
#98 Public Enemy


Matchup #4

#34 Alice Cooper
vs
#95 John Cale


Matchup #5

#15 U2
vs
#114 Roxy Music


Matchup #6

#50 Boston
vs
#79 PJ Harvey


Matchup #7

#18 Prince
vs
#111 Frank Zappa


Matchup #8

#47 John Coltrane
vs
#82 Guns N' Roses

in before the poll!

Zep
Journey
Pumpkins
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Boston
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No poll, no sale!

Matchup #5

#15 U2
vs
#114 Roxy Music

Damn, I'll have to think about this one.....

I know I'm getting old when I have no idea what/who the heck Roxy Music is/are.

EDIT: Nevermind, I guess I'm too young!

Pretty easy choices this time around for me..

Led Zeppelin
Journey
Smashing Pumpkins
Alice Cooper
U2
Boston
Prince
Guns N' Roses

Finally an easy round and one where I voted every time

Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
Public Enemy
John Cale
Roxy Music
PJ Harvey
Prince
John Coltrane

This time, I just deferred to my iTunes library and voted based on each artist's presence therein. Nevermind that the only Prince recordings I have are from the Batman soundtrack....

After the last round when I had no one to vote for, these were very easy match-ups where most of my favorites will get destroyed...

Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
Public Enemy
John Cale
Roxy Music
PJ Harvey
Frank Zappa
John Coltrane

Public Enemy (bc I hate SP)
Alice Cooper (one of my top 3)
Guns N' Roses

Poor Frank Zappa.

The bracket for the tourney has been updated. For those interested the link is in my signature.

Led Zeppelin
Journey, easily
abstain - don't care for either
abstain - never heard of "John Cale"
abstain - never heard of "Roxy Music"
abstain - never heard of "PJ Harvey"
Prince
abstain - never heard of "John Coltrane"

Alice Cooper !!!

Same. Except I voted for PE.

Tell me this is a fucking joke. Tell me.

Sorry Bus, no can do. Never heard of the dude.

All of these matchups were pretty easy for me to pick.

Matchup #1: Led Zeppelin
Matchup #2: Neil Young (I despise Journey)
Matchup #3: Smashing Pumpkins
Matchup #4: Alice Cooper
Matchup #5: U2
Matchup #6: Boston
Matchup #7: Frank Zappa (Don't listen to Zappa that often, but I would listen to him over Prince any day)
Matchup #8: John Coltrane

Led Zeppelin - Even though I nominated The Cramps, the only reason I didn't nominate Zeppelin was they hardly needed my help to get in
Neil Young - not a fan of Journey, Neil Young is great
Public Enemy - One of the few rap groups I like, Smashing Pumpkins has never really done it for me
Alice Cooper - One of my favorites, ever since I was a kid when I watched Welcome To My Nightmare at midnight with stereo simulcast
Roxy Music - I used to love U2, can't really stand them anymore even their old stuff. Roxy Music I never used to like, but now like them a lot.
Boston - For their cheezy goodness
Prince - First few Prince albums were great, Zappa is hit and miss for me
John Coltrane - I like a few songs by Guns and Roses, but John Coltrane wins

If Neil Young loses to Journey, frogs will be falling from the sky. Also, never heard of John Coltrane? WTF?

Led Zep
Neil Young
Smashing Pumpkins
John Cale
U2 (Tough choice)
PJ Harvey
Prince
Guns n' Roses

Here you go.

The dude even has a church http://www.coltranechurch.org/

Let the Coltrane train continue...

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