The 2018 Hardcore Husky Battle of the Bands - Presented by YellowSnow's Record Shoppe
- 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
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Quite living in the passed!!YellowSnow said: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.
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Wait - it's 2018?GrundleStiltzkin said:
Quite living in the passed!!YellowSnow said: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.
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So what you're saying is that you really like the Early 1970's...YellowSnow said:
Early 1970’s
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Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s -
YellowSnow said:
Wait - it's 2018?GrundleStiltzkin said:
Quite living in the passed!!YellowSnow said: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.
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*Late 1970's - Mid 1980'sLesGrossman said:
So what you're saying is that you really like the Early 1970's...YellowSnow said:
Early 1970’s
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Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s
But, yes, I do love the early 70's. Hopefully, I spelled all the names of the bands correctly. -
Brian Kelly thinks this list needs more early 1970's
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I did my best to include as much 1990s as I could but chinvariably the mor one tries to make room for the more recent decades, you start losing space for the great acts of the early and later 1970's. While there are a lot of band of the 2000s and 2010s that I dig and listen to regularly, few truly stand out to me as great enough for 64 band/artist tournament.dnc said:Brian Kelly thinks this list needs more early 1970's
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%)
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This should be a lot of fun with some great matchups and debate
The thought of a Jimi vs Beach Boys matchup in Round 2 is tremendous
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The Guess Who and Steppenwolf always struggle to make the cut on anyone's 'best bands from the 60s' list.YellowSnow said:
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 -
I'm definitely not seeing all the #1 seeds making it to the Final 4.Tequilla said:This should be a lot of fun with some great matchups and debate
The thought of a Jimi vs Beach Boys matchup in Round 2 is tremendous -
Both good bands. Just can't see putting them ahead of anyone listed above. Maybe Steppenwolf could have gotten a nod over Jefferson Airplane, but certainly no one else in the 1960's region.Fenderbender123 said:
The Guess Who and Steppenwolf always struggle to make the cut on anyone's 'best bands from the 60s' list.YellowSnow said:
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 -
I’d put Jefferson Airplane ahead of SteppenwolfYellowSnow said:
Both good bands. Just can't see putting them ahead of anyone listed above. Maybe Steppenwolf could have gotten a nod over Jefferson Airplane, but certainly no one else in the 1960's region.Fenderbender123 said:
The Guess Who and Steppenwolf always struggle to make the cut on anyone's 'best bands from the 60s' list.YellowSnow said:
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 -
Sadly, neither Keith Emerson aka @WilburHooksHands or Frank Zappa aka @YellowSnow made it in. @Dennis_DeYoung did, however.
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I’d be surprised if more than 2 didYellowSnow said:
I'm definitely not seeing all the #1 seeds making it to the Final 4.Tequilla said:This should be a lot of fun with some great matchups and debate
The thought of a Jimi vs Beach Boys matchup in Round 2 is tremendous -
Agree. I see two #1 seeds with a pretty clear path to the Final 4. But there's probably a 4 or 5 seed that will make it in. Perhaps even a 16 taking down a 1.Tequilla said:
I’d be surprised if more than 2 didYellowSnow said:
I'm definitely not seeing all the #1 seeds making it to the Final 4.Tequilla said:This should be a lot of fun with some great matchups and debate
The thought of a Jimi vs Beach Boys matchup in Round 2 is tremendous -
No Stooges, DIAF.
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I love Iggy Pop. And I love the Stooges. NO ONE HERE LOVES THEN MORE THAN ME. I couldn't make it work out, OK.Dennis_DeYoung said:No Stooges, DIAF.
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Rolling Stone came out in 1967. That must have nothing to do with the fact 58% of the albums chosen were from the 60’s and 70’s.YellowSnow said:
I did my best to include as much 1990s as I could but chinvariably the mor one tries to make room for the more recent decades, you start losing space for the great acts of the early and later 1970's. While there are a lot of band of the 2000s and 2010s that I dig and listen to regularly, few truly stand out to me as great enough for 64 band/artist tournament.dnc said:Brian Kelly thinks this list needs more early 1970's
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%) -
Yes, they are old geezers. Still, they have 103 albums from the 90s and 00s on their list which is chinpressive considering the competition from the 60s and 70s.RoadDawg55 said:
Rolling Stone came out in 1967. That must have nothing to do with the fact 58% of the albums chosen were from the 60’s and 70’s.YellowSnow said:
I did my best to include as much 1990s as I could but chinvariably the mor one tries to make room for the more recent decades, you start losing space for the great acts of the early and later 1970's. While there are a lot of band of the 2000s and 2010s that I dig and listen to regularly, few truly stand out to me as great enough for 64 band/artist tournament.dnc said:Brian Kelly thinks this list needs more early 1970's
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%) -
So for the long time artists who crossed eras they seem to be in era they started?
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That and when they were at their artistic peak. U2 for example started in the late 70s and early 80s but peaked in the late 80s and early 90s. Zeppelin started in the 60s but reached their zenith in the early 70s.whlinder said:So for the long time artists who crossed eras they seem to be in era they started?
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YellowSnow said:
*Late 1970's - Mid 1980'sLesGrossman said:
So what you're saying is that you really like the Early 1970's...YellowSnow said:
Early 1970’s
...
Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s
But, yes, I do love the early 70's. Hopefully, I spelled all the names of the bands correctly.
RadioheadYellowSnow said:
*Late 1970's - Mid 1980'sLesGrossman said:
So what you're saying is that you really like the Early 1970's...YellowSnow said:
Early 1970’s
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Early 1970’s – Mid 1980’s
But, yes, I do love the early 70's. Hopefully, I spelled all the names of the bands correctly.
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Didn't read thread after op...hopefully every post to date has mocked the omission of Alice in Chains.
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They lost a tough matchup in their conference tournament semi final to Soundgarden.chuck said:Didn't read thread after op...hopefully every post to date has mocked the omission of Alice in Chains.
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Shouldn't have needed the conference tourney. They would have been a top 4 seed.YellowSnow said:
They lost a tough matchup in their conference tournament semi final to Soundgarden.chuck said:Didn't read thread after op...hopefully every post to date has mocked the omission of Alice in Chains.
You're awful good on this board so I'm going to just go be pissed alone and boycott this thread while I try to forgive you.
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The truth about Rolling Stone is that, while they are dimbshits - rock n roll sort of died after Nirvana and all that.
There really hasn’t been much new or interesting and that’s just an artifact of the genre aging. A lot of cool shit is done around the origin point and then it gets a little tired and hard to innovate.
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This. My thoughts exactly. 90's have always felt like the end of the road for all time sort of great rock bands. Again, there's plenty from the 2000s my Millenial Doog friends that I listen to with great regularity and enjoyment. But they are NIT at best.Dennis_DeYoung said:The truth about Rolling Stone is that, while they are dimbshits - rock n roll sort of died after Nirvana and all that.
There really hasn’t been much new or interesting and that’s just an artifact of the genre aging. A lot of cool shit is done around the origin point and then it gets a little tired and hard to innovate.
It’s the same in every genre.
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I'm always skeptical of the canard, "Everything good happened a long time ago," but I think there's some truth to that. Not rock n roll per se, but Amy Winehouse's Back to Black is my favorite album of the last 15 years. And it was refried Motown soul. Certainly not innovative. It was good because of the musicianship, production and Amy's style.Dennis_DeYoung said:The truth about Rolling Stone is that, while they are dimbshits - rock n roll sort of died after Nirvana and all that.
There really hasn’t been much new or interesting and that’s just an artifact of the genre aging. A lot of cool shit is done around the origin point and then it gets a little tired and hard to innovate.
It’s the same in every genre. -
Please accept my sincerest apologies for fucking over Alice in Chains. If it's any consolation I fucked myself over repeatedly leaving out bands and artists I would have ridden into the round of 32.chuck said:
Shouldn't have needed the conference tourney. They would have been a top 4 seed.YellowSnow said:
They lost a tough matchup in their conference tournament semi final to Soundgarden.chuck said:Didn't read thread after op...hopefully every post to date has mocked the omission of Alice in Chains.
You're awful good on this board so I'm going to just go be pissed alone and boycott this thread while I try to forgive you.
