FOFC Greatest Band Challenge Part II: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

The FOFC Band Challenge Part II was a competition to decide who could draft the best band after most of the top shelf talent had been eliminated from the draft pool. The categories and sub-categories were:

Main Categories
Lead Singer
Lead Guitarist
Bass Guitarist
Keys
Drummer
Other Instrument
Songwriter
Manager/Producer
Cover Song

Sub-Categories
Rock
Hip Hop/Jazz/R&B
Country or Metal
Female
21st century
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s & Earlier

HOW TO VOTE: Select your 3 favorites in order of awesomeness like so:

1. Band1 (5 points)
2. Band2 (3 points)
3. Band3 (1 point)

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Chief Rum

Stevie Nicks, Lead Singer, Female
Carlos Santana, Lead Guitar, 1990s
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Bass Guitar, Country/Metal
Tom Scholz (Boston), Keys, 1980s
Travis Barker, Drums, 21st Century
Louis Armstrong, Other, Hip Hop/Jazz/R & B
Paul Simon, Songwriter, 1960s & Earlier
David Bowie, Manager/Producer, 1970s
A Day In The Life (The Beatles) Cover, Rock

Julio Riddols

Roger Daltrey - Lead Singer - Rock
Orianthi (Michael Jackson/Various/Solo) Lead Guitar - Female
Jaco Pastorius (Blood, Sweat & Tears/Various) Bass - Jazz
Bruce Hornsby - Keyboards - 80's
Danny Carey (Tool), Drummer, 90's
Julia Fischer (Classical Violinist) Other Instrument - 21st century
Harry Nilsson, Songwriter, 70's
Albert Grossman (Bob Dylan) - Manager - 60's
A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash) - Cover Song - Country

britrock88

Diana Ross, Vocalist, Female
Pat Metheny(Various), Guitar, '80s
John Myung (Dream Theatre), Bass, Metal
Duke Ellington, Piano, Jazz
Hal Blaine (Wrecking Crew), Drums, Rock
Bela Fleck (Various) , Other (Banjo), '90s
George Harrison, Songwriter, 60s and Earlier
Brian Eno (David Bowie), Producer, '70s
Someday Baby (Bob Dylan), Cover, 21st century

Grover

Jim Morrison, Lead Singer, Rock
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Lead Guitar, 1990s
Cliff Burton (Metallica), Bass, Metal
Herbie Hancock, Keys, Jazz
Reni (Stone Roses), Drummer, 1980s
Melora Creager (Nirvana/Marilyn Manson)Other (Cello) (Rasputina), Female
Leonard Cohen, Songwriter, 1960s & Earlier
Kanye West, Producer, 21st Century
Hotel California (The Eagles), Cover, 1970s

NTO (Sharktopus)

Ann Wilson (Heart), Lead Singer, Female
Eric Clapton, Lead Guitarist, 60s and Earlier
Lemmy (Motorhead/Hawkwind), Bass, Metal
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Keys, 21st Century
Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Drums, 70's
Miles Davis, Other, Jazz
Elvis Costello, Songwriter, 80's
Dust Bros (Beastie Boys/Beck), Producer, 1990s
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Cover, Rock

Suicane75

Lyle Lovett, Lead Singer, 1980's
Randy Rhodes (Ozzy), Lead Guitar, Metal/Country
James Jamerson(The Funk Bros), Bass Guitarist, Hip Hop/Jazz/R&B
Waren Zevon(Springsteen/Jackson Browne/Various), Keys, Rock
Levon Helm(Bob Dylan/Eric Clapton), Drummer, 1960s & Earlier
Esperanza Spalding (Various), Other Instrument (Upright Bass), Female
Tom Waits, Songwriter, 1970's
Joe Henry(Various), Producer, 1990's
Thin Blue Flame (Josh Ritter), Cover Song, 21st Century

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

hmmm. have to give this some due diligence. i will say i think brittrock's band would top the adult contemporary charts in perpetuity.

[britrock88]

Geez, there's a lot to like in this draft. Round 3 after this? :D

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Geez, there's a lot to like in this draft. Round 3 after this? :D
i'd be up for it. but at the rate we're losing drafters it would just be you, me and grover :lol:

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

there's a lot of vitriol on this board today and frankly this is the only thread i feel safe in. as such:

Chief: rock solid top to bottom. my only hangup would be bowie @ producer. i think eno was instrumental to a lot of his popular success. but i'm just picking nits.

Julio: you stole carey and i hate you. wish you'd have picked a producer over abe grossman. love your cover

brittrock: hat's off. you stuck to your guns. atrist's artists. again, the critical darling.

Grover: insanity. a hard rock foundation produced by kanye covering hotel california... would it work? who cares, melora creager is fucking hot.

Sui: once again my early favorite. you picked a theme and stuck to it. that gets points in my book

[Maple Leafs]

You guys let me know when you've done enough drafts to have Axl Rose picked so I can come vote for that band, OK?

[Suicane75]

Bump.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

1. Grover
2. Suicane
3. brittrock

[Autumn]

1. Grover
2. Suicane
3. Britrock

I think these are all great looking bands - a lot more distinctness to each one as i can tell the guys went after a particular sound. I think Grover gets the best leadman out of the bunch, an amazing songwriter, and a fantastic and underrated guitarist. Suicane has a really interesting feel to his band, and while they're not my favorites, they clearly work great together, I think it's a great mashup. Britrock is similar - it's not necessarily the band I want to listen to, but it's a great combination of talents for the sound he's going for.

[rockboy70]

1. Grover
2. NTO
3. Chief Rum

[corbes]

1. Suicane
2. Chief Rum
3. NTO

I have my own list of what would be a great band amongst the musicians who haven't even been picked yet but I won't post it unless there's agreement that there won't be a third round.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

fire away cuz there won't be a 3rd rd. i really like ann wilson's voice so no regrets there but in hindsight it probably would have been more fun to do something like

bob marley
clapton
sting
thelonious monk
coltraine
bill bruford
cover: red red wine

or sabbath's war pigs. that would probably make a good reggae cover.

[Chief Rum]

fire away cuz there won't be a 3rd rd. i really like ann wilson's voice so no regrets there but in hindsight it probably would have been more fun to do something like

bob marley
clapton
sting
thelonious monk
coltraine
bill bruford
cover: red red wine

I was trying to find a way to work in Bob Marley, the Edge, Danny Elfman and Bradley Nowell, among others. Shocked neither Marley nor James Brown were picked.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

or keith richards

[Grover]

Rory Gallagher > Clapton and Richards.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

or jeff beck

[Chief Rum]

Or even BB King

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

or angus young. see, we could have 4 or 5 more drafts

[corbes]

Among the names I might consider at this point:

Vocals: Nina Simone, female
Guitar: Taj Mahal, 21st century
Bass: Tony Levin, 1980s
Drums: Russell Baptiste (Funky Meters), jazz/r&b
Keys: Dr. John, rock
Other: Col. Bruce Hampton (nothing), 1990s
Songwriter: Allen Toussaint, 1970s

[CAsterling]

1) NTO
2) Suicane
3) Chief Rum

Any band with Lemmy has to be a winner.
Remembering that Brendon Fraser film
Who would win in a fight between Lemmy and God? Lemmy..no wait God...Trick question Lemmy is God
Add Ann Wilson singing and Clapton on Guitar that would be an amazing band to go see,

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

bamp

we'll keep this open till thursday evening.

[Julio Riddols]

Lets just keep drafting til we're reduced to finding local bar bands and making videos of them to upload just so we can use them in our band.

[Autumn]

You should hear my Aunt Maureen on the accordion!

[britrock88]

Julio makes 4! I've got a friend that'll join the board to keep drafting. That's 5!

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

13.1 Spoonman, Spoons(other)

All my friends are Indians
(All my friends are brown and red)
Spoonman

[Kevin]

1. NTO
2. Chiefrum
3. Britrock

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

bump. like to get a few more voters. 6 is just... sad

Julio makes 4! I've got a friend that'll join the board to keep drafting. That's 5!
shirley you can't be serious

[britrock88]

He's a musician, I sent him links to the first couple drafts so he could enjoy/share his opinion... he's riveted.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i think the board is suffering from draft fatigue

[Chief Rum]

I'm gonna vote at some point, so you'll get another vote ar least.

I think the low vote total is the fact this is the second go around. Not as much interest. That's fine by me--the real fun was the draft itself, IMO.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

alright, i'm sticking a fork in this thing. and the winner is...

GROVER!!!

:party:

Congrats! pm brittrock to collect your subscription to highlights magazine and six dollar applebee's gift card

thanks to all the voters and participants. it was a lot of fun!