Band Face Off - Round 49

[trackaghost]

Salt N Pepa were the surprise winners last round. It's all thanks to Spinderella I think.

Round 49: three seminal alternative rock bands

The results so far...
Round 1: Petty defeats Springsteen - 36 to 19
Round 2: Led Zeppelin defeat The Who - 22 to 19
Round 3: Madonna defeats Sheryl Crow/Kate Bush - 24 to 13/10
Round 4: The Beatles defeat Rolling Stones/U2 - 23 to 16/14
Round 5: Guns N Roses defeat Bon Jovi/Metallica - 17 to 13/12
Round 6: Heart defeat Blondie/The Pretenders - 23 to 16/6
Round 7: The Beach Boys defeat The Kinks/The Byrds - 24 to 10/10
Round 8: Johnny Cash defeats Elvis Presley/Roy Orbison - 20 to 19/7
Round 9: Abba defeats The Carpenters - 25 to 15
Round 10: Prince defeats Jimi Hendrix/Lenny Kravitz - 24 to 15/3
Round 11: No Doubt defeat Garbage/Hole - 27 to 11/9
Round 12: Bob Dylan defeats Neil Young - 26 to 25
Round 13: Dolly Parton defeats Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt - 20 to 17/9
Round 14: Marvin Gaye defeats Aretha Franklin/Stevie Wonder/Diana Ross - 14 to 11/10/2
Round 15: David Bowie defeats Lou Reed/Iggy Pop - 38 to 5/2
Round 16: Talking Heads defeat The Clash - 21 to 19
Round 17: Billie Holiday defeats Ella Fitzgerald - 25 to 7
Round 18: The Eagles defeat Lynyrd Skynyrd - 30 to 17
Round 19: The Doors defeat Jefferson Airplane - 22 to 17
Round 20: Elvis Costello defeats Sting - 19 to 13
Round 21: Eurythmics defeat Depeche Mode/New Order - 27 to 7/6
Round 22: Duran Duran defeat Tears For Fears - 21 to 15
Round 23: Tori Amos defeats Alanis Morissette/Jewel - 21 to 11/8
Round 24: REM defeat Coldplay - 34 to 9
Round 25: The White Stripes defeat Beck - 19 to 18
Round 26: Pink Floyd defeat Radiohead - 30 to 9
Round 27: The Killers defeat Franz Ferdinand/Maroon 5 - 15 to 14/5
Round 28: Nirvana defeat Pearl Jam/Soundgarden - 15 to 13/4
Round 29: Elton John defeats Billy Joel - 31 to 11
Round 30: Creedence Clearwater Revival defeat The Band/The Grateful Dead - 25 to 7/7
Round 31: Aerosmith defeat AC/DC/Van Halen - 20 to 11/7
Round 32: Whitney Houston defeats Celine Dion/Christina Aguilera/Mariah Carey - 10 to 9/9/8
Round 33: Joni Mitchell defeats Carole King/Jackson Browne/James Taylor - 15 to 14/4/4
Round 34: Patti Smith defeats PJ Harvey - 24 to 7
Round 35: OutKast defeat Eminem/Kanye West - 18 to 9/4
Round 36: Bonnie Raitt defeats Eric Clapton - 22 to 13
Round 37: Nick Cave defeats Leonard Cohen/Tom Waits - 10 to 9/9
Round 38: Loretta Lynn defeats Patsy Cline/Tammy Wynette - 15 to 13/7
Round 39: The Cars defeat B-52's/The Go Gos/Devo - 15 to 14/6/2
Round 40: Queen defeat Black Sabbath/Deep Purple - 21 to 13/4
Round 41: Tina Turner defeats Bette Midler/Cher - 22 to 10/6
Round 42: Bob Marley defeats Sly & The Family Stone - 19 to 16
Round 43: Roxy Music defeats T-Rex - 17 to 11
Round 44: Ryan Adams defeats Wilco - 10 to 7
Round 45: Peter Gabriel defeats Phil Collins - 23 to 9
Round 46: Sarah McLachlan defeats Natalie Merchant/Maria McKee - 14 to 9/4
Round 47: Red Hot Chili Peppers defeat The Black Crowes/Oasis - 13 to 9/8
Round 48: Salt N Pepa defeat TLC/Destiny's Child - 11 to 7/5

[ryan8472]

Sonic Youth!

[Jyqm]

Salt N Pepa were the surprise winners last round. It's all thanks to Spinderella I think.

Round 49: three seminal alternative rock bands

Ahhh, I was wondering if we'd get one like this. Sonic Youth unfortunately has never really done it for me, and while I do like a few Jane's Addiction numbers, Perry Farrell is just too much of a flamboyant weirdo these days for me to take him even remotely seriously. So The Pixies get my vote. Where is my mind, anyway?

Spinderella totally rocks.

[Red]

Kim Gordon is just so cool, I had to pick Sonic Youth. Now if you'd have put the Breeders in lieu of the Pixies, then we'd have a real war. Battle of the Kims.

[SteveMacD]

All things being equal, I'm going with the Pixies. Kim Deal is from the Dayton area, which is pretty big for anybody from this area. Although, I really love Jane's, too.

[shackin'up]

SONIC YOUTH.

because guitarclashes are great startingpoints for songs.

[face of glass]

La vida total es un porqueria, porqueria.

Oh my golly.

[cliffdweller]

Sonic Youth. But this was hard, WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY hard for me. All three bands kick major ass and were favorites of mine back in the 90's. I still love Sonic Youth though, so that's why, in the end, I have to go with them.

[DavidMn]

I dunno. I just went with Jane's Addiction cause I know a couple of their songs.

[jannieC]

Is it too late for me to vote on this one? Because I love, love, love Jane's Addiction.