Battle of the Bands trimming down to 20 thread

[phillyphan12]

My top 20 from your list( and others listed suggestions):

No particular order:

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Metallica
Van Halen
Guns N Roses
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
Nirvana
Springsteen
Queen
Pearl Jam
Jimi hendrix experience
AC/DC
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Motley Crue
The Beatles
Alice In Chains
The Beach Boys
STP

[jfg]

Beatles, The
Elliott Smith
Beck
Bob Dylan
Guided by Voices
Zombies, The
Pavement
Velvet Underground, The
Monkees, The
Kinks, The
Jayhawks
Sly and the Family Stone
Simon & Garfunkel
Beach Boys, The
ABBA
Badly Drawn Boy
Radiohead
Nirvana
Replacements, The

[Inukchuk]

Pink Floyd
Van Halen
Metallica
U2
STP
Genesis
Soundgarden
AC/DC
Fleetwood Mac
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Alice in Chains
Journey
Smashing Pumpkins
Tom Petty
Black Sabbath

[Another Blown Save]

I'm guessing we have to pick 20 bands from your list

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Beatles
3. Pink Floyd
11. The Police
14. Rush
15. Genesis
17. Yes
20. The Rolling Stones
21. The Beach Boys
22. Soundgarden
23. The Who
32. Cream
36. Pearl Jam
41. Jethro Tull
42. Nirvana
43. The Clash
44. Tool
50. Black Sabbath
53. R.E.M.
56. The Velvet Underground

[Mugrila]

Zepplin sucks.

Biggest rip off artists ever.

Zeppelin were absolutely fantastic musicians all around.

[Inukchuk]

Hey, hey, hey! Save the slap fight for the actual vote off, ladies...

By the way, Nirvana sucks as well.

[Omaha Red Sox]

Ok, my 20, in no particular order:

1 Beatles
2 GNR
3 Led Zeppelin
4 Lynard Skynard
5 Metallica
6 Nirvana
7 Pantera
8 Pink Floyd
9 Queen
10 Rolling Stones
11 The Doors
12 The Who
13 U2
14 Black Sabbath
15 Alice in Chains
16 Genesis
17 Journey
18 Cream
19 CCR
20 Allman Bros


I'll come up with a final 20 in just a sec....

[Omaha Red Sox]

Led Zeppelin 8
Beatles 7
Nirvana 7
Pink Floyd 7
Alice In Chains 6
Black Sabbath 6
Metallica 6
Beach Boys 5
Guns n Roses 5
Queen 5
Rolling Stones 5
AC/DC 4
Aerosmith 4
Lynard Skynard 4
Pearl Jam 4
Rush 4
Soundgarden 4
The Who 4
Van Halen 4

Ok, that's 19. The following 6 bands received 3 votes each and we need to pick one of them for the final spot. Vote for one. I go with U2.

Genesis 1
Jimi Hendrix Experience 2
Pantera 0
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
The Doors 0
U2 1

Rest of the tallying if you're interested:

Allman Bros 2
Bruce Springstein 2
Cream 2
Fleetwood Mac 2
Iron Maiden 2
Journey 2
REM 2
Slayer 2
Stone Temple Pilots 2
The Police 2
Velvet Underground, The 2
ABBA 1
Anthrax 1
Badly Drawn Boy 1
Beck 1
Bob Dylan 1
Bob Marley & Wailers 1
Boston 1
CCR 1
Death 1
Duran Duran 1
Eagles 1
Elliot Smith 1
Grateful Dead 1
Guided by Voices 1
Jayhawks 1
Jethro Tull 1
Judas Priest 1
Kinks, The 1
Kiss 1
Megadeth 1
Monkees, The 1
Motley Crue 1
Motorhead 1
Pavement 1
Radiohead 1
Replacements, The 1
Simon & Garfunkel 1
Sly & the Family Stone 1
Smashing Pumpkins 1
Steve Miller Band 1
Testament 1
The Clash 1
Tom Petty 1
Tool 1
Venom 1
Yes 1
Zombies, The 1
ZZ Top 1

[Omaha Red Sox]

Can't believe Pearl Jam and Soundgarden are in the top 20, but CCR got one damn vote. Not cool guys. Not cool.

I know this is a limited sample of votes for these bands, but we all know it's going to come down to 2 or 3 in the end anyway.

[AussieDodger]

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Beatles
3. Pink Floyd
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Van Halen
6. Queen
7. The Eagles
8. Metallica
9. U2
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers
11. The Police
12. The Doors
13. Stone Temple Pilots
14. Rush
15. Genesis
16. Prince and the Revolution
17. Yes
18. Earth Wind and Fire
19. The Bee Gees
20. The Rolling Stones
21. The Beach Boys
22. Soundgarden
23. The Who
24. Steely Dan
25. James Brown and the JBs
26. AC/DC
27. Fleetwood Mac
28. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
29. The Allman Brothers
30. ZZ Top
31. Aerosmith
32. Cream
33. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
34. The Grateful Dead
35. Guns 'N Roses
36. Pearl Jam
37. Boston
38. Dire Straits
39. Red Hot Chili Peppers
40. Foreigner
41. Jethro Tull
42. Nirvana
43. The Clash
44. Tool
45. Journey
46. Creedence Clearwater Revival
47. Deep Purple
48. Alice In Chains
49. Duran Duran
50. Black Sabbath
51. Lynyrd Skynyrd
52. Sex Pistols
53. R.E.M.
54. Derek and the Dominos
55. Motley Crue
56. The Velvet Underground
57. Motorhead
58. Judas Priest
59. The Cure
60. Slayer