What about The Turtles?

I nominate The Animals and Small Faces, since they don't appear to have been nominated.

odd, it's in the access file but didn't export, I'll go back and do some tallies.

How is one supposed to nominate prog metal bands if there is no bracket for them?

There's no bracket for specific bands, it's all based on how many nominations. Besides it has to be formed before 1980 and I doubt many prog metal bands fit into that category.

Would Rush be eligible?

Yes.

I nominate Rush.

Nominate:
Boston
Billy Joel
The Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers Band
Sex Pistols
The Moody Blues


Support:
Amon Duul II
The Velvet Underground
The Who
The Doors
Black Sabbath
Jefferson Airplane
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Steely Dan

when are we starting the polls?

I nominate The Misunderstood and Buffalo.

The polls will start over christmas, to allow the maximum amount of bands to be submitted. As I've stated I'm going to Spain from the 16th to the 23rd and Internet access will be limited. These things take time, so I do think it would be acceptable to start after christmas, rather than start during, since not that many people will want to be on here wasting their time.

Nominate:
The Sonics
The Bruthers
The Monks
Turquoise
Scott Walker
The Pretty Things
Os Mutantes
The Hollies
The Kaleidoscope (UK Version)
49th Parallel

Support:
The Kinks
The Velvet Undeground
Syd Barrett
The Yardbirds
The Small Faces

Awesome.

Hokai, I'm going to go through and tally, and hopefully make up a useful number, if no one objects I'd fill in the rest of the places with general staples of the genre to make up the rounds. If we're far too lacking in nominations I'll let this run out the year if not I'm going to start the group stages on the 26th and close the nominations in two hours.

so far we have 120 nominations Which would give 24 rounds with 48 progressing to the next round, I will add five more bands seeded randomly to make 125 nominations which would allow 50 to progress, then subsequently 20 and then 8 to 4 band semi finals where, depending on public opinion, either 5, 4 or 2 bands will progress to the finals

Seeding of the 120 ands (before additions) in order:

Field1
Frank Zappa
The Velvet Underground
King Crimson
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
Cream
Jefferson Airplane
Can
Hawkwind
Comus
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
David Bowie
The Byrds
Magma
The Allman Brothers
Syd Barrett
The Doors
Queen
Gong
Black Sabbath
Genesis
Jethro Tull
The Zombies
Capability Brown
Soft Machine
Mountain Ash Band
Steely Dan
Wishbone Ash
Goblin
The Residents
The Pentangle
Neil Young
Kraftwerk
Gentle Giant
Yes
ELP
Ash Ra Tempel
Faust
The Monkees
The Mamas and the Papas
Room
The Amboy Dukes
Small Faces
Procul Harum
T. Rex
Moby Grape
Leaf Hound
Camel
Thin Lizzy
Big Star
The Who
Neu!
Bodkin
Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Left Banke
Brainticket
Donovan
Fairport Convention
Fifty Foot Hose
Todd Rundgren
The Turtles
Barclay James Harvest
Rare Bird
Titus Groan
The Moody Blues
Van Der Graaf Generator
The Band
Rush
Rainbow
Free
Blue Oyster Cult
Alice Cooper
The Animals
Rush
Boston
Billy Joel
Roxy Music
Sex Pistols
Traffic
The Misunderstood
Buffalo
The Sonics
The Bruthers
The Monks
Turquoise
Scott Walker
The Pretty Things
Os Mutantes
The Hollies
The Kaleidoscope (UK)
The Grateful Dead
Judas Priest
49th Parallel
Amon Duul II
Tangerine Dream
Eloy
Deep Purple
Premiata Forneria Marconi
White Noise
The Red Krayola
Henry Cow
Savoy Brown
13th Floor Elevators
UFO
Caravan
Robert Wyatt
Talking Heads
Moody Blues
Ten Years After
Human Beast
Curved Air
Trapeze
Love
Janis Joplin
Argent
Colosseum
Uriah Heep
Flower Travellin' Band

Every Band after and Including Neu! have no support and thus will be seeded randomly.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Shadows, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac have been nominated, all these (with the exception of the Shadows) were mentioned in my "fake" nomination in the first post.

Closed as requested.