# The Great Music Knockout: Round 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011 "2002-05-09T02:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011/21 "2002-05-09T21:27:42Z")
1. Peter Gabriel 2. The Kinks 3. Yes 4. The Byrds 5. Rush 6. Van Halen 7. Paul McCartney 8. Simon & Garfunkel 9. Elvis Presley 10. The Eagles 11. The Doors 12. Alice In Chains 13. Johnny Cash 14. Ugh… I’ll hold my nose and vote for Bon Jovi (neither ever made a great album, but at least Bon Jovi seems like an okay person) 15. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 16. The Guess Who 17. Blondie 18. Rod Stewart 19. Led Zeppelin 20. Neil Young 21. The Rolling Stones 22. Britney Spears (Actually, I hate the music of Miss Spears just as much as the crud Miles Davis used to churn out… but at least I can enjoy a Brittney video, provided I have the mute button on) 23. The Carpenters 24. Willie Nelson 25. Phil Collins 26. George Harrison 27. Frank Sinatra 28. The Beatles 29. Paul Simon 30. The Steve Miller Band 31. Radiohead 32. The Scorpions 33. Guns 'N Roses 34. Creedence Clearwater Revival 35. Chicago 36. Black Sabbath 37. James Taylor 38. The Commodores 39. The Who 40. The Four Tops 41. R.E.M. 42. Smashing Pumpkins 43. Bad Company 44. Billy Joel 45. The Bee Gees 46. Styx 47. Little Richard 48. U2 49. Bush 50. The Police 51. Alice Cooper 52. AAAARGH… this one was painful, since I love them both… but I gotta go with Dire Straits (if Aeromsith had split up around 1989, they’d win) 53. Creed 54. John Lennon 55. AC/DC 56. Neil Diamond 57. Donna Summer 58. Marvin Gaye 59. Jimi Hendrix 60. The Doobie Brothers 61. David Bowie 62. The Cars 63. Santana 64. Michael Jackson But hey, where’s Cheap Trick vs. King Crimson? Where’s Chuck Berry vs. Cream? Where’s Roy Orbison vs. Emerson Lake & Palmer? Where’s Jeff Beck vs. Kenny Rogers? Roxy Music vs. the Partridge Family? KC & the Sunshine Band vs. the Dave Clark 5? ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011/22 "2002-05-09T21:36:38Z")
1. Peter Gabriel 2. The Kinks 3. Yes 4. The Buffalo Springfield 5. Rush 6. Van Halen 7. Paul McCartney 8. Simon & Garfunkel 9. The Beach Boys 10. The Eagles 11. The Doors 12. The Sex Pistols 13. Johnny Cash 14. Frank Zappa 15. Foreigner 16. Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. Blondie 18. Rod Stewart 19. Led Zeppelin 20. Neil Young 21. The Rolling Stones 22. Miles Davis 23. The Carpenters 24. Willie Nelson 25. ABBA 26. George Harrison 27. Duran Duran 28. The Beatles 29. Queen 30. Barbra Streisand 31. Aretha Franklin 32. Metallica 33. Guns 'N Roses 34. Creedence Clearwater Revival 35. Foo Fighters 36. Black Sabbath 37. James Taylor 38. Janis Joplin 39. The Who 40. The Four Tops 41. R.E.M. 42. Beastie Boys 43. Lou Reed 44. Billy Joel 45. The Bee Gees 46. Styx 47. The Clash 48. U2 49. Nirvana 50. The Police 51. Soundgarden 52. Aerosmith 53. Public Enemy 54. John Lennon 55. AC/DC 56. Crosby, Stills & Nash 57. Donna Summer 58. Marvin Gaye 59. Jimi Hendrix 60. Rage Against The Machine 61. David Bowie 62. The Cars 63. Supertramp 64. Michael Jackson Definitely weird that you’ve got almost every big Seattle band _except_ Nirvana. I gave them a write-in vote at 49 and boycotted the dreaded Bush/Cher matchup. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011/23 "2002-05-09T21:36:41Z")
1. Peter Gabriel 2. The Kinks 3. Bruce Springsteen 4. The Buffalo Springfield 5. Pearl Jam 6. Van Halen 7. Paul McCartney 8. Simon & Garfunkel 9. The Beach Boys 10. The Eagles 11. The Velvet Underground 12. The Sex Pistols 13. The Ramones 14. Frank Zappa 15. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 16. Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. Charlie Parker 18. Motley Crue 19. Led Zeppelin 20. Neil Young 21. The Rolling Stones 22. Miles Davis 23. Madonna 24. Willie Nelson 25. ABBA 26. Genesis 27. Frank Sinatra 28. The Beatles 29. Queen 30. The Steve Miller Band 31. Aretha Franklin 32. Metallica 33. Guns 'N Roses 34. Creedence Clearwater Revival 35. Foo Fighters 36. Black Sabbath 37. Whitney Houston 38. The Commodores 39. The Who 40. ZZ Top 41. R.E.M. 42. Beastie Boys 43. Bad Company 44. Billy Joel 45. Meatloaf 46. Ozzy Osborne 47. The Clash 48. U2 49. Bush 50. Elton John 51. Alice Cooper 52. Dire Straits 53. Public Enemy 54. Garbage 55. AC/DC 56. Crosby, Stills & Nash 57. Sade 58. Gaye 59. Jimi Hendrix 60. Rage Against The Machine 61. David Bowie 62. Red Hot Chili Peppers 63. Supertramp 64. Michael Jackson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011/24 "2002-05-09T21:38:59Z")
Shoot… Where’s Bob Dylan vs. Sam Cooke? Where’s Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons vs. the Jefferson Airplane? Where’s Barry Manilow vs. Beck? Where’s Peter, Paul & Mary vs. Parliament/Funkadelic? Where’s the Dixie Chicks vs. the Animals? Where’s Run DMC vs. the Everly Brothers? We need at least 128 acts to make this a REAL tournament! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-music-knockout-round-1/108011.md?page=1)