Well I was thinking post 1975 so the Sex Pistols/Damned/etc. also get included. Because they do not fit in the first one.

Sex pistols were included in this. Infact they still are.

With 12 quarter final spots already secured, the last 4 heats will determine Music Banter's top twenty bands that fit the criteria!

I now have my clear favourites, I don't have any mixed emotions about who to vote for anymore, it is clear; failure to comply with my way of thinking will result in me taking over the forum in a coup and declaring marshal law.......where all fans of prog rock will be shipped off to attend every single American Idol audition FOREVER :ar_15s:


In all seriousness though, Comus this has been excellent few weeks, nice one :clap:

Seeding for the Semi Finals:

Semi Final 1:

W1
W3
S2
S4

Semi Final 2:

W2
W4
S1
S3

W(number) = Winner(heat number)
S (number) = Second Place (heat number)

This could be a hard choice. Tangerine Dream are one of my favs and they are going to miss out. How I will select between King Crimson and The Velvet Underground, if it comes to that, goodness only knows.

I'm always amazed to see how the voting dynamic changes when the bands progress to the next round.

So far we have had 25 round one polls, 10 round two polls, 4 quarter final polls and two tiebreakers, that's 41 polls made by yours truly, if there are no tiebreakers. we'll have a total of 44 polls. Of course that would be 45 If I decide to take the two best ranked from the final to go into a 2 band poll.

Semi Final One:
W1 - The Velvet Underground
W3 - Frank Zappa
S2 - The Kinks
S4 - David Bowie

Semi Final Two:
W2 - King Crimson
W4 - Jimi Hendrix Experience
S1 - Hawkwind
S3 - The Who/Soft Machine

The Who and Soft Machine go to a tiebreaker before the semi finals start.

Zappa's a given...and Bowie will never beat VU or the Kinks :/