**Battle of the Bands Nomination Thread**

[VaderFin]

YES, we are doing this again. Only a bigger and better version then the Football Cafe has seen before. We are looking for your nominations for a 64 band battle featuring all genres of music. The only requirements are the band must be made up of 3 members or more, be from the 50s or later and they must play their own music.

I know this has been done before. BUT...most of those posting in general talk weren't around for any of those and they were done on a smaller scale including just 60s vs 60s and 70s vs. 70s etc. etc. They also didn't let you nominate who makes it in. It doesn't matter if it's hard rock, country, new wave, whatever all bands can be nominated. So if you don't like it just don't participate.

It's the offseason and everyone needs something to argue about. While yes, we can probably name who will make the final four or close to it we think alot of the fun can be had battling the middle seeds to see if people vote for the new wave band or the hard rocking one. The fun is in the journey NOT the destination.

Yes, this is strictly a popularity contest. Vote for who you think was the best, who looked the best, who was the corniest, who sold the most records, who won the most awards, who had the best musicians....WHATEVER.

A band can't make the field unless nominated so nominate as many bands as you would like. Once again Knapplc and moonhead will be helping me with the seeding and we can be influenced on seeding by what you put in about your band. Post nothing and don't come back and complain about why they didn't make it...post numerous reasons why you think they should make it and then they don't and then you can complain.

Nominations end at 4pm EST on Fri. the 5th.

Edit: Ending time edited. And to include nominations.

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice In Chains
Anthrax
Audioslave
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
counting crows
Cream
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band,
David Bowie & The Spiders
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Disturbed
Duran Duran
Eurythmics
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
Garbage
Gorillaz
Greenday
G-Unit
Guns N Roses
Heart
INXS
Iron Maiden
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Satriani
Journey
Judas Priest
Jurassic 5
Kansas
KISS
Korn
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Manfred Mann
Megadeth
Metallica
Metallica
Misfits
Morphine
Motley Crue
Motorhead
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
NWA
Opeth
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Pearl Jam
Pink Floyd
Poison
Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA)
Public Enemy
Queen
Queensryche
R.E.M.
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rush
Scorpions
Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Simon and Garfunkle
Slayer
Smashing Pumpkins
Soilwork
Soundgarden
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Stone Temple Pilots
STYX
system of a down
Talking Heads
tears for fears
Testament
The Allman Brothers
The Beach Boys
The Beastie Boys
The Beatles
The Cars
The Church
The Clash
The Cranberries
The Cure
The Dixie Chicks
The Doors
The Eagles
The Fugees
The Grateful Dead
The Highwaymen
The Kinks
The Police
The Pretenders
The Ramones
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Scorpions
The Smiths
The The
The Thompson Twins
The Who
Three 6 Mafia
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tool
Tribe Called Quest
Triumph
U2
Van Halen
Wu-Tang Clan
X-Ecutioners
ZZ Top

[The Balanced Man]

Pink Floyd,
Wu-Tang Clan,
Jurassic 5,
the beatles,
the rolling stones,
The Grateful Dead,
Queen,
Aerosmith,
U2

Edit: I don't think most of these need an explaination. As rap groups go Wu-tang and Juriassic 5 top the list IMO.

Double Edit:

I'll also toss out:
Nirvana,
Pearl Jam,
Dave Matthews Band,
and Korn

As highly innovative bands for each of thier times.

[Jimboozie]

Heavy Metal:
Opeth
Soilwork

Metal:
Pantera
Metallica

Rock:
Alice in Chains
Nine Inch Nails

[dream_017]

Van Halen
KISS

[steelerfan513]

looks like there arent going to be any bands from today in this contest at the rate we're going. im afraid of mockery if i nominate one.

[logan]

counting crows
alice in chains

[knapplc]

looks like there arent going to be any bands from today in this contest at the rate we're going. im afraid of mockery if i nominate one.

We'll mock you whether you post nominations or not.

Might as well get a couple in.

[The Balanced Man]

looks like there arent going to be any bands from today in this contest at the rate we're going. im afraid of mockery if i nominate one.

Do it. im gonna try to think of some too.

Gorillaz
Stone Temple Pilots
Audioslave

[knapplc]

I'll nominate some Post Modern bands, even though it’s debatable that they’ll make it in:

The Cure
R.E.M.
The Police
The Church



Since I don’t see Led Zeppelin I’ll put them up.


More to come as I think of them.




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