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The 2018 Hardcore Husky Battle of the Bands - Presented by YellowSnow's Record Shoppe
YellowSnow
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YellowSnow’s Record Shoppe would like to announce an Old Man Music, shit polling piece de resistance, The 2017 Hardcore Husky Battle of The Bands.
- 64 of the all-time great rock groups and solo artists from the 1960’s to the present (pop, R&B, country, hip hop, to be saved for another off-season)
- 4 groupings based on eras – i.e., 1960’s; early 1970’s; late 1970’s to mid 80’s; and late 80’s to the present - with artists seeded #1 to #16 in each grouping
- Each week we’ll cover a different round of voting, so think March Madness with your favorite rock artists until we crown a champion.
I tried to be as objective as possible with the seedings, using criteria like Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest artists, # All Music Guide 5 Star albums per artist, etc. All the being said, Jake Browing Sucks, some of your favorite artists (and mine too) didn’t make the cut. Oh well, they probably weren’t probably good enough to make a deep run anyhow. Thanks in advance for playing and hope you enjoy! Also shootout to @Tequilla for coming up with this idea; if it ends up sucking we can blame him.
The Groupings:
1960’s
1- The Beatles
2- The Rolling Stones
3- Bob Dylan
4- Jimi Hendrix
5- The Beach Boys
6- The Kinks
7- The Doors
8- CCR
9- Cream
10- The Byrds
11- Simon & Garfunkel
12- The Band
13- The Velvet Underground
14- The Yardbirds
15- Crosby, Stills and Nash
16- Jefferson Airplane
Early 1970’s
1- Led Zeppelin
2- The Who
3- Neil Young
4- David Bowie
5- Pink Floyd
6- Black Sabbath
7- Lynyrd Skynyrd
8- Van Morrison
9- The Allman Brothers Band
10- Steely Dan
11- Elton John
12- Grateful Dead
13- ZZ Top
14- Rod Stewart
15- The Eagles
16- Roxy Music
Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s
1- AC DC
2- Fleetwood Mac
3- Van Halen
4- Talking Heads
5- The Clash
6- Bruce Springsteen
7- Queen
8- Elvis Costello
9- Tom Petty
10- The Police
11- The Ramones
12- Def Leppard
13- Aerosmith
14- Stevie Ray Vaughn
15- Rush
16- Styx
Late 1980’s to Present
1- Nirvana
2- Metallica
3- U2
4- The White Stripes
5- Guns n’ Roses
6- REM
7- Radio Head
8- Pearl Jam
9- Beck
10- Red Hot Chili Peppers
11- Weezer
12- Rage Against The Machine
13- Wilco
14- Black Crowes
15- Black Keys
16- Soundgarden
- 64 of the all-time great rock groups and solo artists from the 1960’s to the present (pop, R&B, country, hip hop, to be saved for another off-season)
- 4 groupings based on eras – i.e., 1960’s; early 1970’s; late 1970’s to mid 80’s; and late 80’s to the present - with artists seeded #1 to #16 in each grouping
- Each week we’ll cover a different round of voting, so think March Madness with your favorite rock artists until we crown a champion.
I tried to be as objective as possible with the seedings, using criteria like Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest artists, # All Music Guide 5 Star albums per artist, etc. All the being said, Jake Browing Sucks, some of your favorite artists (and mine too) didn’t make the cut. Oh well, they probably weren’t probably good enough to make a deep run anyhow. Thanks in advance for playing and hope you enjoy! Also shootout to @Tequilla for coming up with this idea; if it ends up sucking we can blame him.
The Groupings:
1960’s
1- The Beatles
2- The Rolling Stones
3- Bob Dylan
4- Jimi Hendrix
5- The Beach Boys
6- The Kinks
7- The Doors
8- CCR
9- Cream
10- The Byrds
11- Simon & Garfunkel
12- The Band
13- The Velvet Underground
14- The Yardbirds
15- Crosby, Stills and Nash
16- Jefferson Airplane
Early 1970’s
1- Led Zeppelin
2- The Who
3- Neil Young
4- David Bowie
5- Pink Floyd
6- Black Sabbath
7- Lynyrd Skynyrd
8- Van Morrison
9- The Allman Brothers Band
10- Steely Dan
11- Elton John
12- Grateful Dead
13- ZZ Top
14- Rod Stewart
15- The Eagles
16- Roxy Music
Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s
1- AC DC
2- Fleetwood Mac
3- Van Halen
4- Talking Heads
5- The Clash
6- Bruce Springsteen
7- Queen
8- Elvis Costello
9- Tom Petty
10- The Police
11- The Ramones
12- Def Leppard
13- Aerosmith
14- Stevie Ray Vaughn
15- Rush
16- Styx
Late 1980’s to Present
1- Nirvana
2- Metallica
3- U2
4- The White Stripes
5- Guns n’ Roses
6- REM
7- Radio Head
8- Pearl Jam
9- Beck
10- Red Hot Chili Peppers
11- Weezer
12- Rage Against The Machine
13- Wilco
14- Black Crowes
15- Black Keys
16- Soundgarden
Comments
But, yes, I do love the early 70's. Hopefully, I spelled all the names of the bands correctly.
Consider the percentages by decade of the albums in the Rolling Stone 500 GOAT list:
1950s - 10 albums (2.0%)
1960s - 105 albums (21.0%)
1970s - 186 albums (37.2%)
1980s - 84 albums (16.8%)
1990s - 73 albums (14.6%)
2000s - 40 albums (8.0%)
2010s - 2 albums (0.4%)
The thought of a Jimi vs Beach Boys matchup in Round 2 is tremendous