WINTER MADNESS!! PA's Battle of the Bands.

There's a 1000 post Cardiacs thread on PE right now, they certainly have their cult following

Just thinking... this thread title has no meaning for us, Brasilians, Peruvians, Australians, etc.

Final Results 2nd Round matches Lima Bracket

Genesis - 54 / VDGG - 28
Renaissance - 36 / Cynic - 14

Genesis will face Renaissance in the first regional semi-final

PFM - 41 / Traffic - 15
Jethro Tull - 56 / Marillion - 34

PFM will meet Jethro Tull in the second regional semi-final

http:///www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=456329

Some lazy bum finally got his act together and updated the bracket.

Metalmarsh89 wrote: http:///www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=456329 Some lazy bum finally got his act together and updated the bracket.

McRaff applauds you sir!!

I take it this is really micky posting not Raff?

Raff wrote: yeah.. it is me. Not Raff on a cocaine binge hahah  On Raff's computer. I just posted in the collab zone.  My computer is in pieces about 5 stories outside my balcony and don't know my password so just posting under her name. Hey... good idea..  I need to see if I get banned

bhikkhu wrote: Raff wrote: yeah.. it is me. Not Raff on a cocaine binge hahah  On Raff's computer. I just posted in the collab zone.  My computer is in pieces about 5 stories outside my balcony and don't know my password so just posting under her name. Hey... good idea..  I need to see if I get banned Oh great, we finally get her to come back and you are going Micky-ize her good reputation.

Like I could dent that iron-clad rep of hers...  no more than she can darn my tattered one

Have a wonderful X-mas HT!!!!  

and she is not kidding.. Raff is indeed slaving away on a X-mas feast. UMM UMMM!!!



Edited by Raff - December 24 2014 at 15:02

thwok wrote: I will freely confess - I have not ready every post in this thread.  Doing so requires more attention span than I am usually able to muster!  So, I hope I'm not repeating, but I'd like to see Tool added to the list.  I think they introduced a lot of straight-up headbangers (there are a lot of those where I live!) to progressiveness.  Their output may be a little uneven, but they are a quality band.

*micky here*

A little late for that I suppose hahah.  There were more a few bands we could have included. As I did try to make clear earlier in the thread. Once you got past the 15-20 real important no brainer groups, you had a 2nd division of what..50..75.. 100 groups we could have chosen from. Tool was certainly among them.  As was obvious with the results, the poll as well as the forum and their tastes in general tend to run more.. classic prog. So the selections were obviously geared to that. While some of the stylistic and era differences were interesting. Most results went as we expected. Big heavies beat bands lesser known but generally of higher quality and classic era bands, even if a bit vanilla, beat modern bands, even if truly and completely progressive.

 I suppose Tool could have, perhaps even should have, been included over some of the other 'modern' bands put into the contest.  If it had really been more a subjective attempt to put together a list of 64 'greats' with some modern bands put in I suppose Tool certainly would have made it in over some others. It really was done for the fun, I mean really..  why else would we have included Camel otherwise.   

Keep your ears on however for the upcoming 2015 Battle of the Albums.  Tool is certainly already involved in that and will follow a very different format as this band contest did.  While the band selections were done relatively quickly, we are likely going to spend several months debating the bands/albums to included.  It should be a real hoot.


Edited by Raff - December 25 2014 at 09:37

and speaking of the 2015 Battle of the Albums...

the details are being hashed out.. but as always.. if you have suggestions of classic prog/progressive albums from.. say 1967 to 2013 you think should be included. Do post them here.  I'll check suggestions here versus what we are coming up with and see if any of you come up with better ideas or suggestions than we are.