Final Tally:
The Cure 1, Skinny Puppy 3, Siouxsie & the Banshees 5 Killing Joke 5
Believe I finally spelt Siouxsie right, anyways Siouxsie off to the Happy House and Killing Joke has been left in the Eighties, they're out!!!
Preliminary: The Cult, The Pogues, Cocteau Twins, Birthday Party, Dead Can Dance, Chameleons
20. Dead Milkman, 19, Mission of Burma 18, Echo & the Bunnymen, 17, Jesus & Mary Chain, 16. Sisters of Mercy, 15, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 14. Sonic Youth, 13. Bauhaus 12. Violent Femmes, 11. The Smiths, 10. Joy Division, 9. Gang of Four, 8. The Cramps, 7. Pixies 6. Ministry, 5. Public Image 4. Killing Joke 3. Siouxsie & the Banshees
I think I should take a page from Bob and call this final the battle of big hair.
Anyways
the moment you have been waiting for, its time to crown the greatest alternative band of all time 
(minus the pogues, smiths, violent femmes & Bauhaus of course)
Shall it be the melancholy and weepy Cure or the unorthodox and schizophrenic Skinny Puppy....You decide!!! Polls close Saturday Night!
Vote 1 off! I'm going with the unconventional so I vote off....
The Cure