THE KINKS VS. THE BEATLES!

This week's Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament pits legendary British invasion groups, The Kinks versus The Beatles. Vote for the band that you think should advance in the tournament in the comments on this blog, Facebook, or Twitter. Voting stops at Midnight Eastern time tonight!

The Kinks

Vs.

The Beatles

Let the battle begin!

- Mike C.

PINK FLOYD DEFEAT RUSH!

In this week's Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament, progressive psych moodsters, Pink Floyd, slaughtered progressive rock band, Rush, in an 18 - 3 vote smack down. It appears that Pink Floyd built a defensive wall with instructions to see them on the dark side of the moon. Rush quietly, yet progressively, flew by night away from this tournament. 

The Winners: Pink Floyd

Next Week's Battle: The Kinks Vs. The Beatles!

- Mike C.

PINK FLOYD VS. RUSH

This week's match up in the Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament pits the progressive psych sounds of Pink Floyd against the progressive rock music of Rush. Vote for the band that you think should advance forward in the comments below, on Facebook, or on Twitter. Voting stops at Midnight Eastern time.

Pink Floyd

Vs.

Rush

Good luck on voting!

- Mike C.

SONIC YOUTH DEFEAT GUNS & ROSES!

It was a slaughter of the highest order in this week's match up of Guns & Roses vs. Sonic Youth in the Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament. Sonic Youth won their second battle with 20 votes compared to Guns & Roses with 5 votes. The consensus of music voters favored the dissonance and longevity of Sonic Youth and their decades of albums releases and influence. Perhaps if Guns & Roses didn't wait close to 20 years to release "Chinese Democracy" and kept the original lineup, this contest may have turned out differently. In the end, the daydream nation rose victorious and left Axl & Slash to continue searching for that paradise city. 

The Winner: Sonic Youth

Next Wednesday's Battle: Pink Floyd vs. Rush

- Mike C.

GUNS & ROSES VS. SONIC YOUTH

This week's match up in the Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands witnesses the first appearance of Guns & Roses against Sonic Youth, who defeated The Yardbirds in the second battle of the tournament. Will Axl Rose and Slash be able to out vote Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore? Vote for the band you think should advance to the next round by mentioning their name in the comments below, on Facebook, or Twitter. All voting stops at Midnight.

Guns & Roses

Vs.

Sonic Youth

Good luck to the bands!

- Mike C.

LED ZEPPELIN DEFEAT THE ROLLING STONES!

In an unsuspecting turn of events, Led Zeppelin scored 16 votes to The Rolling Stones with 7 votes in the Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament. From the beginning, many music fans believed that the Stones would stroll through this contest to the end and hopefully go against fellow British invaders, The Beatles, but the supergroup of Led Zeppelin thwarted everyone's prediction leaving them dazed and confused. The Rolling Stones may still be together over 50 years and at this vital moment of their career, they still can't get satisfaction.

The Winner: Led Zeppelin

Next week's battle: Guns & Roses vs. Sonic Youth

- Mike C.

THE ROLLING STONES VS. LED ZEPPELIN

Following last week's close match up of The Cure versus Black Sabbath in which Black Sabbath was declared the victor, this week is going to have music heads explode. Today's Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament pits The Rolling Stones against Led Zeppelin. Two monster titans of the music world battle each other and only one can advance against Black Sabbath in a future battle. Vote for the band you think should advance in this tournament in the comments in this blog, on Facebook, or Twitter. Voting stops at midnight tonight. 

The Rolling Stones

Vs.

Led Zeppelin

May the best band win! Results will be posted tomorrow afternoon.

- Mike C.

BLACK SABBATH DEFEAT THE CURE!

It was another close match up in this week's Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands Tournament. Black Sabbath scored 9 votes while The Cure took 8 votes to the Midnight deadline. It was the second battle that almost ended in a draw, which would have went into overtime and forced another day of voting. In the end, the war pigs of Black Sabbath fought through the forest of The Cure and became the victors. 

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

Next week's battle: The Rolling Stones vs. Led Zeppelin

- Mike C.

The Cure vs. Black Sabbath

This week's Temporary Rough Venom Battle of the Classic Bands pits alt-goth-mope new wavers, The Cure (9), versus original proto doom metal band, Black Sabbath (10). As usual, the match ups do not make any sense because each band was randomly placed on the bracket. Vote for which band should advance in the tournament by typing their band name in the comments here or on facebook. Any "Duh!" or comments that do not list either The Cure or Black Sabbath will count as a wasted vote and thrown out. Voting stops at Midnight tonight and a winner will be announced around noon tomorrow. 

The Cure

Vs.

Black Sabbath

Remember, the lesser of two awesomes is still awesome!

(Thanks, Dave Lawlis for that quote!)

- Mike C.