Battle of the Bands [Updated - Seriously!] :P

[Timminz]

The Search for Alexander
classic, no cards, chained, no fog, sequential
Rock
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First concert was Greenday on Halloween night in 1995
Micheal Jackson's BAD. (teehee, he sure is.)

[Strider24]

Band: The Eagles!!!!!!
Genre: Rock
Map: USA (obviously)
Cards: Flat Rate
Fort: Unlimited
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First concert: Nickelback, London, 2004 I think (I was 13)
First Album: The Eagles Hell Freezes Over

[Mustapha Mond]

Band: Led Zeppelin

Map: The Siege - You know that line in "What Is and What Should Never Be"? "It's to a castle I will take you, where what's to be they say will be." It's that castle.

Cards: Standard. Led Zeppelin had some luck, but a lot of skills. Escalating makes this too much a game of chance.

Fortifications: Adjacent. LZ kept a pretty tight crew that they worked with over the years -- not a lot of personnel changes even outside the band itself.

Fog: Definitely yes, in honor of the Misty Mountains.

Genre: Rock. Duh.

Account type: Premium

First concert: Well, my parents took me to a bunch of stuff when I was little, like Sammy Davis Jr. and Neil Diamond. The first rock concert I went to was Rush. Awesome. Saw them three more times after that.

Best concert: Prince. Don't laugh. If you don't get it, that's your problem.

First album: Again, I inherited some stuff from my parents that I actually liked at the time, but the first thing I bought with my own money was I think Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits.

[Tieryn]

Awesome Great to hear al the stories, all in to this point.

Looks like it's a rock/metal heavy group we have here. Anyone from the electronic side? Or some country, or pop?

It's also great to see some bands I've never heard of. I'm gonna make an effort to get songs from each of them if you think they're great, I think you all should too Spread the music!

[lucky_topher]

Harry Chapin

Crossword map (Folk = mostly words/spoken), escalating cards (like the speed of the truck in '30,000 lbs of bananas'), adjacent (since many are stories about a person-to-person direct situation), no fog (as he makes simple truths clear)

Folk

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Garth Brooks - late 80's

On CD, Vanilla Ice

[Gozar]

The Search for Alexander

Maybe we will actually win this Battle of the Bands, eh Tim?

[TheKidsTrumpet]

I'm in for

Sonata Arctica
Europe/Flat/Chained/No Fog - Just cause... and their from Finland...
Power Metal/Progressive Metal
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My first concert was the Beach Boys (w/ John Stamos on drums, lol) & Christopher Cross
First album I bought for myself was I think a Five Iron Frenzy (Our Newest Album Ever) album, completely different genre (ska) but definitely in my top 5 bands.

[Riskmaster101]

I am Premium! I own ACDC!!! Underworld Sequential No Cards Unlimited!!

[matt_707]

I am Premium! I own ACDC!!! Underworld Sequential No Cards Unlimited!!

grrrr you took my ac/dc

[danodukebb]

I'll be the flaming lips
Kinda Electronica but could be rock too

Classic/Flat Rate/chained forts/no fog
freemium

First big event concert i went to was warped tour 2005
Favorite concert was an amazing band called "Toubab Krewe" a couple months back

First CD I think I actually paid for was Blink 182's self titled CD

*changed forts from adj to chained thanks*

[Timminz]

The Search for Alexander

Maybe we will actually win this Battle of the Bands, eh Tim?

Honestly, I think we'd have a better chance at a real Battle of the Bands, but I gotta represent here.

[BaldAdonis]

The Search for Alexander
classic, no cards, chained, no fog, sequential

That's a good way to get away with playing your favourite settings.

Put me down for Cat Stevens. It looks like you have more than enough rock/metal, so I went with one of my favourite folk artists. And you could always call him pop if folk collapses. He'll play on the Middle East, birthplace of Islam and also a region where he does a lot of charity work, with escalating cards (cause it's a wild world) and unlimited fortifications (he moves around a lot). Finally, no fog and sequential, cause he says what he sees, and plays with structure, none of that freestyling nonsense.

I know there were others before it, but none that come to mind, and I have very vivid memories of seeing Dillinger Escape Plan with the Locust 5 years ago. Wow.

First album.... Savage Garden. I think I kept that for about 6 months before I gave it to my sister, who was enjoying it a lot more than I was. The first album I bought myself was NOFX's Punk In Drublic. Still one of my favourites.

And premium is yes.

Is anyone else here on last.fm?

[TheKidsTrumpet]

Nice! Punk in Drublic... a classic. That was one of the first but not the very first album I bought. And EXCELLENT choice with Cat Stevens.

[Bla-cro]

Band: Black Label Society (metal)
Map:Age of Might
Settings: Sequential, No cards, chained, No fog of war

[Timminz]

The Search for Alexander
classic, no cards, chained, no fog, sequential

That's a good way to get away with playing your favourite settings.

hehe. exactly

[riggable]

Isn't this like the 3rd or 4th battle of the bands tournament in the last half year? Anyways, i'd still like to join:


My band: The Pixies
Middle Earth, No cards, Unlimited, No fog, sequential.
Alternative Rock
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I think my first was either the Red hot chili Peppers in Td banknorth Garden arena
OR
The Who in Mohegen sun.

is the first concert really important?


First album: Smashmouth - Astrolounge ( )

[Metsfanmax]

Band: Steely Dan
Settings: USApocalypse (one of their songs, King of the World, is about life about a nuclear conflict) / Escalating (they have lots of rising tensions in their music) / Unlimited (they never hold back on their irony) / Fog (their lyrics are very mystical and hard to understand sometimes)
Genre: Jazz, Rock
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First Concert: Neil Diamond
First Album: I think it was Hotel California by The Eagles.

[ga7]

Band: Atari Teenage Riot
Home settings: Berlin 1961/Escalating/Unlimited. Because Burn Berlin Burn! Preferably in a growing massive riot.
Genre: Electronic/Rock
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First concert that mattered would be Mass Hysteria, one of the few good french metal bands in the early 2000's, jumping around in what felt like a stoner aquarium
First album: uhh... Either Daft Punk - Homework or Metallica's black album.

[snisnasnappy]

Lostprophets

rock

2006 pinkpop

start something

classic sec unlimited no fog flat rate

[Tieryn]

26 players to now. Need 14 more.

Looks like we're mostly rock and metal. with some reggae and some folk. I will still go with the 8x5 setup, and I will group bands according to what I think are most similar. we'll have a discussion on them and you're welcome to ask to make changes pre-tournament.

Current players are:
For Rock:
1 Pink Floyd Gozar British Isles Escalating Chained No
2 Wolfmother Denominator Australia No Cards Unlimited No
3 Foo Fighters Lord Voldemort British Isles Escalating Unlimited No
4 The Headstones Keiths31 Classic No Cards Chained No
5 Black Sabbath Millertime13 Classic Flat Chained No
6 The Search for Alexander Timminz Classic No Cards Chained No
7 The Eagles Strider24 USA Flat Unlimited No
8 AC/DC Riskmaster101 Valley Of The Kings Escalating Unlimited No
9 Led Zeppelin Mustapha Mond Siege! Flat Adjacent Yes
10 Flaming Lips danodukebb Classic Flat Chained No
11 The Pixies riggable Middle Earth No Cards Unlimited No
12 Steely Dan Metsfanmax USApocalypse Escalating Unlimited Yes
13 Atari Teenage Riot ga7 Berlin 1961 Escalating Unlimited No
14 Lostprophets snisnasnappy Classic Flat Unlimited No


For Metal
15 Tool Tieryn 8 Thoughts Escalating Unlimited Yes
16 Slipknot Edwinissweet Age of Merchants Flat Unlimited Yes
17 Nightwish Amazzony Crossword Flat Chained No
18 Iron Maiden Gypsys Kiss Classic Flat No
19 Kreator Sweko Germany Flat Chained No
20 Metallica Razormonster USA Flat Chained No
21 Sonata Arctica thekidstrumpet Europe Flat Chained No
22 Black Label Society Bla-cro Age of Might No Cards Chained No


Hip Hip / Reggae, then Folk
23 Upsurt BagwellTheGreat Hong Kong Flat Unlimited No
24 UB40 MarVal BeNeLux No Cards Chained No

25 Harry Chapin Lucky_topher Crossword Escalating Adjacent No
26 Cat Stevens BaldAdonis Middle East Escalating Unlimited No

[I GOT SERVED]

I find it interesting that there are no straight up electronic bands. I shall break this trend.

My band be Justice

France/Escalating/Unlimited/No fog.
-France because both DJ's are French
-Escalating, because that's kinda how their music is....I suppose
-Unlimited, because they can go on for ages.
-No fog because their songs are straight foward

Electronic.

Premium.

I went to a Modest Mouse concert this past summer, which was pretty damn awesome, to say the least.

First album I ever owned.....probably a Beatles album....I think it was Abby Road, but I'm not sure aboot that.

[TheKidsTrumpet]

man... Justice is AWESOME! Props on that one.

I have this pic as my wallpaper on my desktop:

http://a642.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/im ... 0e7a29.jpg

[Tieryn]

That picture is ridiculously freaking awesome.

[LLLUUUKKKEEE]

I'm in:

- Band: No Fun At All (cause CC is fun)
- Genre: Sweedish Punk
- Map: Doodle earth (cause punk is childish)
- Cards: No Cards (cause there is NO more NFAA)
- Fortifications: Chained
- CC: Premium
- First concert: Chilli Peppers in 94
- First Album: Indecent obsession

[Marshall Law]

Band: Toto, not my favorite by any means but for poops and smilies
Genre: Pop Rock I guess, wiki says "Rock, Pop rock, Hard rock, Jazz fusion, Neo-progressive rock, Funk-Rock" whatev
Map: "I bless the rains down in Africa"
Cards: Escalating, I hate this setting but "Theres nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do"
Fortifications: Unlimited for the track "I Won't Hold You Back"
CC: Premium
First concert: Kanasas and ELO when I was 10.
First Album: Hammer Don't Hurt Me, you listen to weird things when your a kid
A Few Favorite Bands: Umphrey's Mcgee, Beatles, Phish, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Mars Volta, RJD2, Beck, Bela Fleck, Flaming Lips, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Blind Faith, Blind Melon, The Band, Bob Marley, Toots, moe., Widespread Panic, Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, Elliot Smith, Keller Williams, Wilco, John Vanderslice, Of Montreal, Gov't Mule, Alman Brothers, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Karl Denson, Leo Kottke, Madness, The Advantage, Oysterhead, Parliment, Pixies, Prefuse 73, Queen, Robert Randolph, The Bad Plus, Medeski Martin and Wood, Rush, Stevie Wonder, STP, String Cheese Incident, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Meat Puppets, Moody Blues, The New Pornographers, A.C. Newman, The Shins, The Slip, Vinyl, The Unicorns, Neko Case ........ too many to name. Let's just say I'm a bit into music