Select your favorite Artist from each of the 8 matchups.

Matchup #1

#7 The Rolling Stones
vs
#122 Electric Light Orchestra

Matchup #2

#58 Megadeth
vs
#71 Elliott Smith


Matchup #3

#26 The Pixies
vs
#103 Faith No More


Matchup #4

#39 Brian Eno
vs
#90 They Might Be Giants


Matchup #5

#10 The Clash
vs
#119 Dinosaur, Jr.


Matchup #6

#55 Tool
vs
#74 Sunny Day Real Estate


Matchup #7

#23 Depeche Mode
vs
#106 Louis Armstrong


Matchup #8

#42 Velvet Underground
vs
#87 John Lennon

Glad you got yoru computer working!

Me too!!

Thanks.

The Rolling Stones
abstain - never heard of "Elliott Smith"
abstain - never heard of "The Pixies"
abstain - never heard of either
The Clash
abstain - never heard of "Sunny Day Real Estate"
abstain - never heard of "Louis Armstrong"
Velvet Underground

oh and I knew SDRE would get crushed, but I had to vote for it anyways

Are you fucking kidding?

I know it's early but if Depeche wins this, it's really sad

Are you sure you should even be voting in a music tournament? You haven't heard of most the bands and every round is the same. It's not that hard this day and age, especially since you obviously have an internet connection, to listen to the bands/artists in question.

Why? Honestly, even if you don't like Depeche Mode, they were huge pioneers in terms of electronic sound and influenced many of todays music.

Stones
Elliot Smith
Pixies
Brian Eno
The Clash (Though I'm a big Dinosaur Jr. fan)
Neither
Depeche Mode (Forgot to vote for them, Woody would you add my vote please?)
VU (Very tough matchup)

Some juicy match ups here:

#1: Stones, can't stand Jeff Lynne, who pretty much ruined music in the 70s and 80s.
#2: Elliott Smith, gotta go with the hometown boy.
#3: FNM, although this was the hardest choice yet for me, big fan of both.
#4: Brian Eno, huge fan of his stuff, a large portion of my collection is very influenced by his music.
#5: The Clash, I like Dinosaur Jr. but The Clash trumps em.
#6: Tool, not a big fan of either really but Jeremy Enigk is too whiny for me.
#7: Louis who?
#8: Velvet Underground, another toughie it's hard for me to believe I just voted against John Lennon, but as a solo artist he can't match the achievements of VU.

Hold on just a damn minute here. The Velvet Underground vs. John Lennon?

Sophie's Choice was easier than that.

BTW, I would never vote for Louis Armstrong - the guy may have been the single most important figure in the development of jazz, but he had total disdain for the bop movement and its practitioners. I really have no patience for musicians who are close-minded about music.

You might look on this as a learning opportunity then.

Yep,exactly how i felt on that one.

Megadave

These were all easy for me. The hardest one was deciding which I couldn't stand more: Velvet Underground or John Lennon. I voted for Velvet because I actually like about 3 of their songs.

Are you serious?!??!

If you like "alternative" music, you're missing out on one hell of an influential band!

Kinda like The Velvet Underground

I will try to remember this. If it gets to be a very close matchup, you might want to remind me

Rolling Stones
Megadeth
Faith No More
Brian Eno
The Clash
Tool
Louis Armstrong
John Lennon

Matchup #1: The Rolling Stones
Matchup #3: The Pixies
Matchup #4: Brian Eno
Matchup #5: The Clash
Matchup #6: Tool
Matchup #7: Depeche Mode
Matchup #8: Velvet Underground

The last one was the tough one. But Hixx said it best:
And if Eno loses against They Might be Giants I will be upset.

Rolling Stones
Megadeth
Faith No More
Abstain
The Clash
Tool
Depeche Mode
John Lennon

Fixed

And yes, because I've never heard of the oh so popular & musical sensations known as "Sunny Day Real Estate", "Elliot Smith", "They Might Be Giants", "Brian Eno", etc., I clearly have nooooo right to participate in a music tourney. Yeah. Gotcha

Musical preferences vary. Deal.

You have Royal Tenenbaums and Fight Club so you've heard both of these. Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay is playing when Richie tries to kill himself in Royal Tenenbaums, The Pixies (Where Is My Mind) is in Fight Club, at the end of the movie. Since I don't listen to the radio, I end up hearing a ton of music the first time in movies.

Even I've heard of all the bands in this round, and I'm usually way behind the times.