Experiment for a future tournament

[mad rhetorik]

In Newtrix's Wilco v. Talking Heads thread I postulated an idea for future Favorite Artist tournaments. Instead of having bands from completely different genres fight it out (Wilco v. Yes, for example), divide the competitors into genres (New Wave/Post Punk, Punk, Prog, Alternative, Indie, Metal, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Current Bands etc.).

Put 8 artists in each genre. Have them shootout elimination-style (prelims, semi, final). Get a winner in each genre, then stage another elimination tournament with the winners until a champion emerges. Whaddya think?

Here are the working genres I've come up with so far:

<b>Current Bands</b>
Radiohead
White Stripes
Wilco
My Morning Jacket
Broken Social Scene
Strokes
Beck
Shins

<b>Indie Rock</b>
Dismemberment Plan
Slint
Pavement
Sunny Day Real Estate
Guided By Voices
Flaming Lips
Built To Spill
Neutral Milk Hotel

<b>Alternative</b>
Pixies
Sonic Youth
My Bloody Valentine
Husker Du
Meat Puppets
Jane's Addiction
REM
Replacements

<b>Seattle</b>
Nirvana
Mudhoney
Soundgarden
Mother Love Bone/Pearl Jam
Alice In Chains
Melvins
Green River
Screaming Trees

<b>Punk</b>
Ramones
Clash
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
Minor Threat/Fugazi
Dead Kennedys
Bad Brains
Stooges

<b>New Wave/Post Punk</b>
Talking Heads
XTC
Joy Division/New Order
The Cure
U2
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gary Numan
Killing Joke

<b>Brit Pop (Mini-Shootout, 2-Round Elimination)</b>
Psychedelic Furs
Blur
Stone Roses
Smiths

<b>Singer/Songwriter</b>
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
David Bowie
Johnny Cash
Bob Marley

<b>British Invasion (Mini-Shootout, 2-Round Elimination)</b>
The Who
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Kinks

<b>Beatles, Solo Career (Mini-Shootout, 2-Round Elimination)</b>
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
George Harrison

<b>Hard Rock</b>
Cream
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Ac/Dc
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Aerosmith
New York Dolls
Doors

<b>Progressive Rock</b>
Yes
Genesis
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
Rush
Can
Dream Theater

<b>Metal</b>
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Metallica
Slayer
Sepultura
Opeth

<b>Hip-Hop/Rap</b>
Run-DMC
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Cypress Hill
NWA
A Tribe Called Quest
Outkast
Eminem

<b>Funk & R&B (Mini-Shootout, 2-Round Elimination)</b>
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
Prince

<b>Trip-Hop/Electronica (Mini-Shootout, 2-Round Elimination)</b>
Massive Attack
Portishead
Bjork
Tricky

[Jim Clark]

What?

Gazing is under alt?

No synthpop? Are you an anti-synthite?

What about industrial for the rivet heads?

Can't forget Brit-pop.

Don't even get me started on techno.

If Siouxie ain't playing, neither am I. ditto for INXS, JT, ahh, but I see you got Numan so all is forgiven.

Just kidding of course, your game-go crazy.

jc

[mad rhetorik]

Gazing is under alt?

Uh..close enough I guess.



No synthpop? Are you an anti-synthite?

What, New Order ain't synth enough for you? : P



What about industrial for the rivet heads?

I don't know the genre well enough. Gimme 8 good industrial bands and I'll include that too.



Can't forget Brit-pop.

Crap like Oasis? Sure as hell can forget that. Alright, how 'bout another mini-shootout:
Psychedelic Furs
Blur
Stone Roses
Primal Scream



Don't even get me started on techno.

And downtempo...and trance...and house....and jungle....(yeah I read that ishkur.com guide too ; p)



If Siouxie ain't playing, neither am I. ditto for INXS, JT, ahh, but I see you got Numan so all is forgiven.

Siouxie was under consideration, but I've got only room for eight and I'm more familiar with Gary Numan than Siouxie, so...

[newtrix1]

I think Nike might have the appropriate advice here: Just Do it!

Nice list, another genre to possibly consider is trip-hop/electronica: Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky, Laika, Beth Orton, Madonna, Bjork, Beck, etc.

[mad rhetorik]

Alright, I've got enough genres (16) to do this without having any loose ends. Thanks, Jim and Newtrix, for giving me some additional genres to use.

I'll start tonight with the following three shootouts:

Current Bands, Match 1: <b>Shins v. My Morning Jacket</b>
Indie Rock, Match 1: <b>Sunny Day Real Estate v. Guided By Voices</b>
Alternative, Match 1: <b>Meat Puppets v. Jane's Addiction</b>

More matchups to come soon.