Tournament of Rock, Rd 1, Grp 3: Metallica vs. Buddy Holly
 

Vote for the group you would see if both were in concert.

Before 1990 Metallica was the best band in the world

What a shit draw for Buddy Holly.

Hello people, this whole tournament could largely be attributed TO Buddy Holly. He was the first.

Oh man, poor Buddy Holly. Metallica is nice and all, but it's Buddy Effing Holly

Maybe Bucc could tell us what Buddy Holly was like in concert? :D

I've seen Metallica live... wasn't impressed. Left early to catch the Flaming Lips.

please leave your testicles behind. K. thx.

To be fair, Metallica's songs sound more similiar then those done by Good Charlotte

not before 1990 they didn't

I saw Metallica live three times between the winter of 1988 and the fall of 1989. They were an awesome live experience.

Then the Black album came out. I said, "Meh", and never listened to them again.

QFT.

Actually, I'd be forced to include the black album which was 1991. Tho for some reason, it's become really trendy to hate on that album in the last few years.

SI

dola...

When I say, "never listened to them again", I mean that I stopped buying/listening to new albums. The old ones are still classics. Just wanted to clarify that before Lathum beat me with a nail-studded baseball bat. :)

good thing you did. I was getting ready to come across state lines.

FWIW I was/am the same way with them.

I enjoyed the black album, I guess it took one album longer before I no longer thought they were the greatest band in the world.

There were a couple of really kickass songs on the Black Album (Of Wolf And Man for one), but yeah, you could hear them go sharply downhill with that album.

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It's a shame this is a tourament of who rocks the best, and not who rocked first.

It would be a real shame to see Buddy lose to a bunch of ass-clowns like Metallica.

This is a lot closer than I thought it would be.

buddy Holly making a late charge

People are remember the whole Napster fiasco.

Whatever my opinions of Metallica as people, it's irrelevant to my opinion of them as musicians.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the tournament of who you'd like to see in concert, and depending on the person, "who rocked first" might be a better draw.

In my world the Black Album was the last one they made. Therefore, I voted for Metallica.

Excellent point larry. Buddy Holly is dead so I'd rather see him in concert, rocking Peggy Sue\

It would have been quite interesting to see what would have happened had Holly not died at 22 and Ritchie Valens at 17.

There's a reason the song isn't "ooo eee ooo I look just like James Hetfield"

Buddy Holly wouldn't be crap if it wasn't for Dr. Sam Beckett helping him out.

Count me in for Buddy Holly. Every time I listen to Buddy Holly I think about how great it would be for someone to update his songs, just to kind of bring them forward a bit. There's such a great primitive energy to his music. If he were a young musician today he would make Jack White look like Barry Fucking Manilow.

Their music wasn't the only thing that changed with (or after) the Black Album.

Wow Buddy by 1 right now... so close. Come on Buddy fans, let's put this one away!

Buddy... Can't bust him!

I thought that was MC Hammer?

Technically, it's Buddy Lee, and it's his dungarees that you can't bust.

Metallica has 20 minutes to make up a three vote deficit.

First, Slick Rick loses in the 1st round of the Tournament of Rick.

Now, Metallica loses in the 1st round of the Tournament of Rock.

You disappoint me FOFC.