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POLL - The WEAKEST LINK of AMERICAN BANDS - (WEST) ROUND 4

MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
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Ok, with the new 'WEAKEST LINK' I will be staying with music and bands. However this time we will debate the greatest American Band.

Now since there are so many that limiting it to 10 would only cause chaos and confusion. I have decided to spread this 'Weakest Link' out into 4 different Polls. These polls will be identified tournament style as East, South, West, and North. I have tried to keep some cohesion with the band and geographic poll they are placed in, but couldn't do it for all. These polls WILL be occurring at the same time, so you will need to place votes in all 4 polls for each round. I did this so it wouldn't take so long to complete.

Each of the 4 polls will be narrowed down to the final 2, then I will take the 2 from each poll and make a Championship poll with 8 bands.

Alright, so here with the FINAL FOUR. Lets determine the GREATEST AMERICAN BAND. WEST REGION

You are going to pick the band that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) bands with the most votes. The final two will move on to the Championship Poll.

The Beach Boys - Eliminated Round 2
Van Halen - Eliminated Round 3
The Doors
Eagles - Eliminated Round 1
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Eliminated Round 3
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sly & the Family Stone - Eliminated Round 1
Metallica
Guns N' Roses
Grateful Dead - Eliminated Round 2

POLL - The WEAKEST LINK of AMERICAN BANDS - (WEST) ROUND 4 51 votes

The Doors
23%
pjhawks2-feign-reluctancefaceinthecloudsmr bunglegoldrushYefaComeToTXjjflashRS151862brewdog123eeriepadavejoe159 12 votes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
45%
mcgruff10PoncierDukeSpiritSpiritual_Chaosjwhjr17tbergsKearn5yGlowGirlAW124797Johnny AbruzzoF Me In The BrainHobbestempo_n_grooveOffSheGoes35PJ_Soul1ThoughtKnownHughFreakingDillondrakeheuer14hihobiboultrapig 23 votes
Metallica
11%
cutzDewieCoxerebusdankindBLACK35eddiec 6 votes
Guns N' Roses
19%
Ledbetterman10Edved82mickeyratmadtowndavepledgeagrievanceHesCalledDyerRP112579Asterisk on the StreetLoujoebrianlux 10 votes
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Comments

  • 1ThoughtKnown1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    CCR made it and Van Halen didn’t. Crazy 
  • erebuserebus Posts: 566
    Metallica
    This may be the weakest group of bands overall 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,306
    The Doors
    C'mon people. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    C'mon people. 

    Seriously.  Metallica and Guns 'n Roses beating out The Doors and CCR?  Strange!  
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • 1ThoughtKnown1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    erebus said:
    This may be the weakest group of bands overall 
    I was thinking the same thing. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    I want to end it all and just OD like Janis Joplin or Jim Morrison I cant figure it out rDoomers Doomer Know Your Meme"Jim, you're not taking these people seriously, are you?"
    "Who me?  Naaaah."

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,306
    The Doors
    I don't dislike The Doors. My Pop played their records when I was little. I just like the other bands better! 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    brianlux said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    C'mon people. 

    Seriously.  Metallica and Guns 'n Roses beating out The Doors and CCR?  Strange!  
    I don't think anyone in this group considers CCR a "west" band is the reason Brian.
  • pledgeagrievancepledgeagrievance Posts: 2,861
    Guns N' Roses
    Weakest output 
  • Edved82Edved82 Posts: 1,279
    Guns N' Roses
    Guns. Most overrated "huge" band of all.
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,521
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Creedence is just boring
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    CCR made it and Van Halen didn’t. Crazy 
    Mind boggling.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    I don't dislike The Doors. My Pop played their records when I was little. I just like the other bands better! 

    That's cool, I'm just joshin' with y'all.  :smile:
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    C'mon people. 

    Seriously.  Metallica and Guns 'n Roses beating out The Doors and CCR?  Strange!  
    I don't think anyone in this group considers CCR a "west" band is the reason Brian.

    Interesting, because CCR was formed in El Cerrito, CA (next door to Berkeley where I was born) and they got stuck in Lodi, a mostly non-descript Central Valley, CA town.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    C'mon people. 

    Seriously.  Metallica and Guns 'n Roses beating out The Doors and CCR?  Strange!  
    I don't think anyone in this group considers CCR a "west" band is the reason Brian.

    Interesting, because CCR was formed in El Cerrito, CA (next door to Berkeley where I was born) and they got stuck in Lodi, a mostly non-descript Central Valley, CA town.

    All this time I thought they were really southern.  I was this many years old when I learned that CCR is a California band, lol!
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    brianlux said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    C'mon people. 

    Seriously.  Metallica and Guns 'n Roses beating out The Doors and CCR?  Strange!  
    I don't think anyone in this group considers CCR a "west" band is the reason Brian.

    Interesting, because CCR was formed in El Cerrito, CA (next door to Berkeley where I was born) and they got stuck in Lodi, a mostly non-descript Central Valley, CA town.

    All this time I thought they were really southern.  I was this many years old when I learned that CCR is a California band, lol!

    You're not alone!  Fogerty's voice has a bit of southern tinge to it and with all that bayou swap business in some of their songs, it's easy to think of them as a southern band. 
    Another band from the same area, Green Day, had people fooled for a while with Billy Joe Armstrong doing his pseudo English punk vocal thing.  That band is also from the East Bay and played there first gigs in and around Albany, CA (where I lived for my first 11 months), a little town sandwiched between El Cerrito and Berkeley.  They even had me fooled for awhile!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,950
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    It was ridiculously hard to pick this round.  I listen to the music of The Doors and CCR more than the other two by a long shot these days, but CCR was the least influential to me personally growing up, so had to choose them.  Four fantastic bands.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Metallica

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,950
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    The Doors are losing to GNR.  Wild.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    bbiggs said:
    The Doors are losing to GNR.  Wild.

    I can think of other words here!    I'll try to be nice though and just go with "strange"  (as in " people are strange..." :lol: )
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.

    I almost always thank MedozK for doing these polls.  If I have neglected this time, let me make it right...

    Thank you, M, for more cool and fun polls.  Much appreciated!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • erebuserebus Posts: 566
    Metallica
    Keep up the good work MedosK

    I don’t always know the subject matter (horror movies) but like hearing peoples opinions and advocating for what they like
    except that tempo guy, he’s waaaaay too opinionated 
    ……lol, I kid

    I enjoy these weakest links, keep em coming 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    You know what else I like? Whenever Bon Jovi is one of the options, guys try to act repulsed, but you know when New Jersey hit they were calling radio stations to request "I'll Be There For You" everyday. 
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    In other words, please keep Bon Jovi in rotation, MedozK. Even if the poll is "Weakest Link of Motown Groups." 
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Metallica
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    In other words, please keep Bon Jovi in rotation, MedozK. Even if the poll is "Weakest Link of Motown Groups." 
    We get it. You made out to “I’ll Be There for You” maybe even went a little further to “Lay Your Hands on Me.” Nostalgia doesn’t mean that the band is anything approaching decent, though. 

    Like I said …



    :bring_it:  

    (P.S.: I will say that I saw Toxic Avenger: The Musical off-Broadway about a dozen years ago, and David Bryan wrote the music and lyrics. And it was awesome! Props to that guy.)
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.
    brianlux said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.

    I almost always thank MedozK for doing these polls.  If I have neglected this time, let me make it right...

    Thank you, M, for more cool and fun polls.  Much appreciated!
    erebus said:
    Keep up the good work MedosK

    I don’t always know the subject matter (horror movies) but like hearing peoples opinions and advocating for what they like
    except that tempo guy, he’s waaaaay too opinionated 
    ……lol, I kid

    I enjoy these weakest links, keep em coming 


    Thanks a lot. I do these really to read what y'al think. The entertainment value of some of your conversations are great...lol

    Hope we can continue to have fun with these polls. I am really interested to see what band comes out on top once we combine the top 2 from each of the polls.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Guns N' Roses
    MedozK said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.
    brianlux said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Anybody feel like giving some good feedback for MedozK? I feel like we say thank you a lot, but there isn't ever any positive feedback, unless I've missed it. I will start by saying that I think he gave us some really good bands to choose from. It was a good mix of alternative, rock, southern rock, and funk. And I think that it was a nice touch that he listened to mickeyrat's tournament design.

    I almost always thank MedozK for doing these polls.  If I have neglected this time, let me make it right...

    Thank you, M, for more cool and fun polls.  Much appreciated!
    erebus said:
    Keep up the good work MedosK

    I don’t always know the subject matter (horror movies) but like hearing peoples opinions and advocating for what they like
    except that tempo guy, he’s waaaaay too opinionated 
    ……lol, I kid

    I enjoy these weakest links, keep em coming 


    Thanks a lot. I do these really to read what y'al think. The entertainment value of some of your conversations are great...lol

    Hope we can continue to have fun with these polls. I am really interested to see what band comes out on top once we combine the top 2 from each of the polls.

    Awesome!  Cool idea!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    dankind said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    In other words, please keep Bon Jovi in rotation, MedozK. Even if the poll is "Weakest Link of Motown Groups." 
    We get it. You made out to “I’ll Be There for You” maybe even went a little further to “Lay Your Hands on Me.” Nostalgia doesn’t mean that the band is anything approaching decent, though. 

    Like I said …



    :bring_it:  

    (P.S.: I will say that I saw Toxic Avenger: The Musical off-Broadway about a dozen years ago, and David Bryan wrote the music and lyrics. And it was awesome! Props to that guy.)

    Oh I'm sorry, do you only have fond memories of "Bed of Roses"? 

    Say no more. :rose: 
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    edited December 2021
    Guns N' Roses
    I get it about wanting our favorite bands that are less widely appreciated to be in these polls.  I think the problem is, there are so many bands and this site only allows for so many options. 
    I would love to see, but would not expect to see, these bands/musicians included:
    The Replacements (!!!)/ Paul Westerberg
    Dinosaur Jr/J/Lou/Sebadoh
    The Dream Syndicate/ Steve Wynn
    Juliana Hatfield
    Lemonheads
    Japan/David Sylvian
    Minutemen
    Black Flag
    Mission of Burma
    Psychedelic Furs
    Cream (did we do Cream maybe?)
    Jethro Tull ( " )

    Post edited by brianlux on
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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