The 2018 Hardcore Husky Battle of the Bands - Presented by YellowSnow's Record Shoppe

GrundleStiltzkin said:

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.

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.

BleachedAnusDawg said:

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.

- 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 Shit singer, garbage musicians, Foo Fighters were the best thing to come out of Nirvana and should easily be on this list ahead of them.
2- Metallica
3- U2 Old person music. Not relevant.
4- The White Stripes CHRIST!!
5- Guns n’ Roses Probably the worst singer to make it big in music history. Gives me rage attacks every time this shit band comes on the radio at the gym.
6- REM Would only listen to this band if I were in the mood to kill myself.
7- Radio Head Warbly crap, not a real band. Plays a bunch of shit and mashes it all together.
8- Pearl Jam
9- Beck Why do people like this dude? He hasn't been commercially relevant in over a decade, maybe longer.
10- Red Hot Chili Peppers
11- Weezer
12- Rage Against The Machine
13- Wilco Who?
14- Black Crowes Look, I like this band, but to say they're top-16 over the past 30 years is ridiculous.
15- Black Keys Have not produced enough to be up here.
16- Soundgarden

I can tell you're old by the 1980's to Present list you've got up there.

Swaye said:

Couple thoughts.

Putting Nirvana ahead of Metallica is just Seattle fan boy nonsense. Metallica was the biggest band in the world for a decade, in a musical genre that has never been radio friendly. And the argument that Nirvana made an entire genre of music (grunge) popular holds no weight because so did Metallica (thrash). Sure, Nirvana might have been more radio friendly, but musically they can't hold Metallicas dick strap. They are super famous because that idiot blew his head off. Everyone knows this. Nirvana isn't even the best Seattle band. AIC >>>> Soundgarden>>>>>Nirvana>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pearl Fag

Metallica >>>>>>>>>>>>> Nirvana every day of the week and twice on Sundays. It isn't even close.

Also, you have Radiohead, Beck, The Black Keys and Wilco listed, but not Tool. This makes me think you might be retarded.

Where do I vote in this pole that should be invalidated for no Tool and Nirvana's ridiculous placement?

p.s. Neil Young ahead of Sabbath, Floyd and Bowie? Jesus Christ man. Fuck.

p.s.s. No Steve Miller Band, but Roxy Music????? Did you get hit on the head with a paddle?

Swaye said:

I could live with a Final Four of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, ACDC and Metallica. I doubt that happens, but I could live with it.