Zombie's got some really good stuff, but I could do without Beastie Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Def Leppard, Scorpions, Ratt, ONJ, and Nazareth. Oh, and Deep Purple is better than everything on the list except 80's Metallica.

Onyx also has her fair share of good picks. I had never heard The The or Red Rider, and I liked them very much. The list is hurt by Gary Numan, Eurythmics, Enigma, Falco, and The Police.

sfpx's list has got to be the most similar to mine. I wanted to pick The Jesus Lizard myself. I'm really not into Flipper, but everything else gets the thumbs up.

So my vote goes to sfpx.

Onyx

Give or take a few, Zombie's list starts out quite strongly for me, but loses it a bit after Metallica, although Def Leppard used to be one of my favourite bands growing up. My favourites: Yes, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Judas Priest, pre-1990s Metallica.

Onyx's list is more consistent. There is a lot of music I enjoy: David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, Type O Negative, Gary Numan, The Doors, Talking Heads, and stuff I enjoyed from when I was growing up: Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Dire Straits, The Police.. I need to listen to more Prince though.

sfpx's list has some good stuff too.. Maiden, Wipers, Killing Joke, Velvet Underground.. was never a big fan of Slayer, probably the only "big" thrash metal band I find a bit overrated. I enjoyed the latest IDLES album too.

If this were football (soccer), this would be the "group of death", but I am going for Onyx for diversity and consistency.

ZombieCPA
1. AC/DC Hard Rock -2
2. Black Sabbath Heavy Metal -4
3. Blue Oyster Cult Rock -3
4. The Ramones Punk Rock -3
5. The Beastie Boys Hip Hop -3
6. Johnny Cash Country/Folk -3
7. Fleetwood Mac Rock -3
8. INXS Rock -2
9. Yes Progressive Rock
10. Judas Priest Heavy Metal -2
11. Metallica Thrash Metal -2
12. Heart Rock -2
13. Cheap Trick Hard Rock -4
14. Styx Hard Rock -2
15. Def Leppard Hard Rock -2
16. ZZ Top Hard Rock -3
17. Scorpions Hard Rock -2
18. Ratt Glam Metal
19. Olivia Newton-John Pop/Country
20. Nazareth Hard Rock

Total Points 39/100


OnyxHades
1. David Bowie Art Pop/Rock -5
2. Queen Rock -4
3. Pink Floyd Progressive Rock -4
4. Type O Negative Gothic Metal -2
5. Gary Numan Electronic -1
6. The The Post-punk -2
7. The Doors Rock -4
8. Talking Heads New Wave -2
9. Prince Funk Rock -2
10. Billy Idol Rock -2
11. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Punk Rock -2
12. Eurythmics Synthpop -2
13. Falco New Wave
14. Dire Straits Rock -3
15. The Cult Hard Rock
16. Leonard Cohen Folk
17. Duran Duran New Wave -3
18. Enigma World/New Age
19. Red Rider Rock
20. The Police New Wave -2

Total Points 39/100

sfpx
1. IDLES Post-Punk
2. Black Flag Punk Rock
3. Screaming Females Punk Rock
4. Flipper Noise Rock
5. Dead Moon Garage Rock
6. Iron Maiden Heavy Metal -5
7. The Jesus Lizard Noise Rock
8. Wipers Punk Rock
9. Killing Joke Post-punk/Industrial Metal
10. The Stooges Garage Rock -5
11. Electric Wizard Doom Metal
12. The Velvet Underground Art Rock -3
13. Bathory Black Metal
14. Devo New Wave -2
15. Pissed Jeans Noise Rock
16. The Cramps Psychobilly/Punk Rock
17. Slayer Thrash Metal
18. Melvins Sludge Metal
19. Hüsker Dü Alternative Rock
20. X Punk Rock

Total Points 15/100

So we have a tie but Marcus is making me choose. So since Onyx has Bowie I have to break the tie there. I Vote: Onyx

onyx

Onyx

From Zombie's list: Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Ramones, Judas Priest, Cheap Trick are my kind of classic rock. I also don't mind some of the others like Heart, Styx, ZZ Top, and Scorpions. A couple others I'm not familiar with.

Onyx has Bowie, so it's a close one already. Queen, Floyd, Type O, The Doors, and Billy Idol are all stuff I can get into.

sfpx's list is a bit obscure punk-ish to me. Not familiar with most of it, but I love Maiden, and I love The Stooges.


All these lists have some winners, but @ZombieCPA's list melts my heart. I'll probably go to hell for not voting for a list with Bowie, but fuck it. I think what really sold me was The Ramones and Cheap Trick.

Zombie ended up with quite a few bands I like. AC/DC would've been my third or fourth pick if he hadn't gotten them first. Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Judas Priest, Metallica, ZZ Top, and Scorpions are great as well. Not crazy about Olivia Newton-John or The Beastie Boys.

Onyx has Type O Negative, another band I would've picked early on. Queen, Pink Floyd, and The Doors also stand out. I really like the variety of her list and there isn't anyone on it I dislike.

From sfpx's list, I enjoy Iron Maiden, Devo, The Cramps, and Slayer. A few of the bands I wasn't familiar with were good too, particularly IDLES and Killing Joke, but some of them really don't do much for me.

Even though he tainted his list with a couple picks, Zombie gets my vote, mainly thanks to his hard rock and heavy metal choices.

gah I hilighted all my favorites matchups and now the post was deleted & I cant be assed to do it again, but the results were

Zombie 3
Oxy 6
sfpx 4

Closer than I thought it was gonna be