Results: In perhaps our tightest and most competitive pod yet, Rush squeaked out a narrow win over Paul Simon. The numbers: #12 Rush 44%; Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel 40%; Phish 8%; Steve […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Rush pod
Results: #5 seed Graham Parker had a far easier time than anticipated, romping to a landslide defeat of a pod that seemed to underwhelm some of our commenters. The numbers: #5 Graham […]
TunesDay: Go West, young man
You may not have heard of Adam Marsland. You may not have heard of his former band, Cockeyed Ghost. But as we’ve tried to demonstrate, time and time again, that doesn’t necessarily […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Graham Parker pod
After considerable sniping and arguing amongst the commentariat over who is more deserving, ELO or NIN, Devo devotees put on a late push to render the whole debate moot. The numbers: Devo […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the NIN pod
Results: For the second match in a row the seeded artist ran away and hid, as Gainesville’s non-football-related attraction, Tom Petty, lapped the field. The numbers: #10 Tom Petty/Heartbreakers 53%; Jeff Beck […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Tom Petty pod
Results: The last pod produced very little drama, as Fillmore region #9 seed Peter Gabriel led wire-to-wire. The numbers: Peter Gabriel 44%; The Steve Miller Band 17%; Buffalo Springfield 17%; The Black […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Peter Gabriel pod
Results: Not only was our last match the closest we’ve seen so far, it also featured some of the most contentious commentary from our voters. In the end, The Smiths/Morrissey pulled away […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Blur pod
Results: Despite facing a daunting (and comparatively underappreciated) pack of challengers, Queen (perhaps underrated themselves) forged an early lead and romped to an easy win. The numbers: #6 Queen 73%; The Cars […]
Les Paul: the man who changed everything
by Wufnik In thinking about technological change, and our relative inability to often recognize the transformational technologies at the time they come along, consider the electric guitar. Particularly the solid-body electric guitar […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Queen pod
Results: Wow. In another major upset, Prog-Metal masters Queensryche dispose of both The Allman Brothers and #8 seed The Grateful Dead. What a long, strange trip our search for the greatest band […]
