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:

Current Bands
Radiohead
White Stripes
Wilco
My Morning Jacket
Broken Social Scene
Strokes
Beck
Shins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Progressive Rock
Yes
Genesis
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
Rush
Can
Dream Theater

Metal
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Metallica
Slayer
Sepultura
Opeth

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

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

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