Battle of the Bands - Information Thread

[Corki]

Here is a new idea for everyone at DM to get involved in. The Band of the Red Hand ORG, DM's very own music and travel ORG, will be hosting a music tournament like no other music tournament ever seen before - The Battle of the Bands. This thread is here to give you some background information of what will be happening. So have a quick read and come join the fun.

How it will work

16 different music genres have been found, and each of the 3 Regiments (the Archers, the Cavalry and the Infantry) have put forward a champion for each of these categories. Each week, 2 of these categories will be picked, and it will be down to you, the members of DM, to determine the winner of each category from the 3 names put forward. There will be a little 'blurb' about why each has been nominated to help you pick your winner. Once the winners for each genre has been picked, they will go into the Grand Final.

The Grand Final

The 16 winners head to the Grand Final, which will be simple knock out. There will be a draw, and the winner of each tie goes through until we are left with the final two. From these two, the winner will be decided.

The Genres

Below is the list of the 16 genres chosen. Also find the dates of when they will happen.
3rd May --> 9th May: Country and Reggae
11th May --> 17th May: Folk and Soul
18th May --> 24th May: Blues and Pop
25th May --> 31st May: Jazz and Metal
5th June --> 11th June: R&B and Ska
8th June --> 14th June: Electronica and Rock
15th June --> 21st June: Hip Hop and Trance
22nd June --> 28th June: Garage and Indie
Then it will be into the knock-out stages. The dates for this will follow.

What you need to do

It's pretty simple what you need to do! For each genre, you just need to post your favourite. It's that simple. Of course, there is nothing stopping you from posting your views and comments either.

The Future...

If this proves successful, which I believe it will, we plan to incorporate different categories into the idea, including Classical Music, Film Music and Holiday Locations.

Final Words...

Firstly, if there are any questions about any of this, do not hesitate to ask them. I will then do my best to answer them. And finally, have fun!

[Corki]

The Nominations

1. Blues LINK
Archers: Muddy Water
Cavalry: B.B. King
Infantry: John Lee Hooker
Overall Winner: B.B. KING

2. Country LINK
Archers: Johnny Cash
Cavalry: Big And Rich
Infantry: Shania Twain
Overall Winner: JOHNNY CASH

3. Electronica LINK
Archers: The Prodigy
Cavalry: The Chemical Brothers
Infantry: Moby
Overall Winner: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS

4. Folk LINK
Archers: Bob Dylan
Cavalry: Simon & Garfunkle
Infantry: Ani DiFranco
Overall Winner: BOB DYLAN

5. Garage LINK
Archers: The White Stripes
Cavalry: Sublime
Infantry: Ms Dynamite
Overall Winner: THE WHITE STRIPES

6. Hip Hop LINK
Archers: Grandmaster Flash
Cavalry: Run D.M.C.
Infantry: The Beastie Boys
Overall Winner: THE BEASTIE BOYS

7. Indie LINK
Archers: Modest Mouse
Cavalry: The Ugli Stick
Infantry: Murder by Death
Overall Winner: MODEST MOUSE

8. Jazz LINK
Archers: Louis Armstrong
Cavalry: Ella Fitzgerald
Infantry: Billie Holliday
Overall Winner: LOUIS ARMSTRONG

9. Metal LINK
Archers: Metallica
Cavalry: Ozzy Osbourne
Infantry: Motorhead
Overall Winner: METALLICA

10. Pop LINK
Archers: The Beatles
Cavalry: Elvis Presley
Infantry: Madonna
Overall Winner: THE BEATLES

11. R&B LINK
Archers: Ray Charles
Cavalry: Otis Redding
Infantry: Macy Gray
Overall Winner: RAY CHARLES

12. Reggae LINK
Archers: Bob Marley
Cavalry: Ziggy Marley
Infantry: UB40
Overall Winner: BOB MARLEY

13. Rock LINK
Archers: Led Zeppelin
Cavalry: The Rolling Stones
Infantry: Aerosmith
Overall Winner: LED ZEPPELIN

14. Ska LINK
Archers: The Urge
Cavalry: Madness
Infantry: Five Iron Frenzy
Overall Winner: MADNESS

15. Soul LINK
Archers: James Brown
Cavalry: Aretha Franklin
Infantry: Barry White
Overall Winner: ARETHA FRANKLIN

16. Trance LINK
Archers: Armin Van Buuren
Cavalry:
Infantry: Robert Miles
Overall Winner: ARMIN VAN BUUREN

[Corki]

The threads for Reggae and Country are now up. So get involved!

[Corki]

The voting for Country and Reggae has closed.

The threads for Folk and Soul will go up tonight once I get in from cricket. I am sorry they didn't go up yesterday, but my day was ruined by a cancelled cricket match.

[Corki]

The threads for the Folk and Soul categories are now up.

[Alive-And-Dreaming]

Bob Dylan isn't Electronica.  Neither is Ani Defranco.

[Kara_J]

lol he's just put them in the wrong category -  should have been folk

[Corki]

Yeap, I just put them in the wrong category by mistake. Thanks for sorting it out, Kara.

[Kara_J]

Not a problem

[Corki]

After a bit of extra time due to ties in the voting, winners have been finally found in the Soul and Folk genre. Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan go forth to the Grand Final.

The threads for Blues and Pop are up, so go and make your vote count.

[Corki]

The threads for Jazz and Metal have gone up.

The Champion of Blues is B.B. King.

The Champions of Pop are the Beatles. 

[Corki]

Metallica won the vote for Metal.

Louis Armstrong won the vote for Jazz.

R&B and Ska have been locked until I receive the nominations from the Cavalry.