Heat One: Battle of the Bands
 

David Bowie:

The chameleon of rock David Bowie has stayed within the pop sensibility of whatever era he was currently occupying. He needs no introduction, those that would like his music has most certainly heard it. His most celebrated work comes from the late 60’s to the Early 70’s including my personal favourite The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Gentle Giant:

What can I say? Gentle Giant are the bomb if you don’t have Octopus, and to a lesser extent the rest of their discography notably Three Friends, then you really don’t have any prog worth it’s salt. With very experimental and progressive ideas Gentle Giant mixed the weird with the standards of the time. If you don’t have any Gentle Giant, make sure you get some before you vote.

Os Mutantes:

The Brazillian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes has been hailed by critics and fans alike, check out their self titled debut from 1968.

The Monks:

Ah the Monks, endorsed by Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra among others, does this band need any more reason to vote for them? Check out Black Monk Time and be prepared to **** bricks when you’re told that it’s from 1966.

Trapeze:

Many of the band members of Trapeze have went on to fame and fortune with bands such as Deep Purple, Judas Priest and Whitesnake, but from the legacy of the band some rather choice, if uneven recordings came to be. Check out Medusa their 1970 Magnus Opus, their other albums are worthwhile but be prepared to be given some very varied quality in songwriting.

Come on people, get Gentle Giant through!

Gone with The Monks, they were way ahead of their time and Black Monk Time is just an incredible album, everyone else can vote for David Bowie

I have to go Gentle Giant. Thoug hI admit I haven't listened to Os.

I'll repeat that ties go to tie breakers here just in case I haven't.

anyone who doesn't vote bowie is retarded

^^ I lol'd but....lady speaks true

Gentle Giant > David Bowie

retard:rofl:

Bowie's utter rubbish of his later years makes my comments far more reliable than yours.

Great work Comus

I voted Gentle Giant. I never liked Bowie, even his most accessible stuff.

C'mon people, Bowie has this in the bag, get The Monks over that line :soapbox:

Damn, Bowie, Gentle Giant and Os Mutantes!@#
Don't have any monks or Trapeze yet, but I fear listening to one of their releases once or twice won't change my mind immediately. Oh well, I'll just give em a listen out of curiosity and get back here.

Let's get gentle giant comfortably through people! Get those votes in!

Bowie gets my vote. Trapeze would be second followed by Gentle Giant.

I'm just confused here, two bands go through, Bowie is guaranteed, so why vote for him if you have a secondary preference?

If everyone thought Bowie is gauranteed to go through and nobody voted Bowie than Bowie wouldn't go through.

But you could always check who has the most votes before you vote.

Since when? Thats total hax.

Check out a poll you haven't voted on, and next to the Vote Now button, to the far right is the "View Poll Results Button" go to the New Releases forum to a poll you haven't voted on and check yourself.

but then you can't vote at all.

No you can, just leave the thread and come back in and vote for The Monks :afro:

David Bowie-cliched choice? So what? Glam Rock, Experimental, Industral Pop, Drum and Bass, Pop-the list goes on. Consistently great.

If by cliche you mean correct then yes. Choosing Bowie is very cliche.

Bowie is a giant and a fashion icon
and brilliant .

Bowie's a dead cert so I'm voting for Gentle Giant.

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!! :yikes:

Do you even need to ask?

I'm a huge GG fan, but no.

Bowie takes it, however GG is easly my second choice. But I haven't heard the others, actually.

They have the same amount of great albums, bowie has more decent albums, but then again he also has more albums.

David Bowie by a country mile.

Bowie:
Man Who Sold the World
Hunky Dorey
Ziggy Stardust
Aladdin Sane
Young Americans
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Let's Dance

Giant:
Gentle Giant
Acquiring the Taste
Three Friends
Octopus
In A Glass House
Free Hand

Not quite.

Plus, Bowie's great albums are just greater, they're more consistant and distinct from another.

Young Americans, Let's Dance and Station To Station? I don't think they deserve to be on a list with good Bowie albums. Pin Ups should definitely be there though.

Then again I don't like much Bowie after the 70's apart from *cue flaming* Tin Machine.

I like Tin Machine. I think it's only yourself, Bulldog and myself that like them but what's wrong with Station To Station ? Probably in my top 3 Bowie albums.

Where's Scary Monsters? :(

I don't know how any rational person could like Tin Machine, they're just that awful.

Yeah, well you have the right to your objectively wrong opinion.

I used to like it a lot but now I just can't feel it when I listen to it anymore.

David Bowie and Gentle Giant Progress