uolj
Starter
Oops. Surprised I missed that, I thought I'd checked a couple times as I considered him a few times over the course of the draft.
Tropical Island Music Artist Draft - FINIS
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NoBonus
Starter
I would have nabbed him if he hadn't been taken early.
Love these guys but a tough pick due to their unfortunate demise.
NoBonus
Starter
Great, now I've got to look them up...
they ended up like For Squirrels... but For Squirrels eventually reformed.
William Blake
Bench
Little catalogue is why I didn't pick them earlier. You should check out Sonic Avenues, they sound just like the Hearts.
Will check them out some more. I also liked the Hearts' labelmates the Epoxies and the Briefs. Probably actually considered picking the Briefs once or twice.
And it got me thinking about other Portland bands that don't fit into the typical indie-rock mold that I have liked since I came here. Another that sprung to mind is the Soda Pop Kids. Not sure if they are still around.
Another band I left out for small catalog was the Amazing Royal Crowns. Fun punk-influenced rockabilly act from Providence, RI. Essentially sued out of existence by the Royal Crown Revue (more to it than that but fun to have a villain
), interestingly enough I first encountered both at a Warped tour where they were on the same act a year or two before RCR had their 15 minutes during the swing-revival.
And it got me thinking about other Portland bands that don't fit into the typical indie-rock mold that I have liked since I came here. Another that sprung to mind is the Soda Pop Kids. Not sure if they are still around.
Another band I left out for small catalog was the Amazing Royal Crowns. Fun punk-influenced rockabilly act from Providence, RI. Essentially sued out of existence by the Royal Crown Revue (more to it than that but fun to have a villain
), interestingly enough I first encountered both at a Warped tour where they were on the same act a year or two before RCR had their 15 minutes during the swing-revival.
SacKings7
Starter
A few that I was considering, although some have already been mentioned:
Steely Dan
Slayer
Run DMC
Twisted Sister
Blink 182
Silverchair
Cypress Hill
Golden Earring
Sum 41
System of a Down
Limp Bizkit (yes, I know...)
Slipknot
Avenged Sevenfold
Ludacris
50 Cent
Swollen Members
Dead Prez
Great Big Sea
Stompin' Tom Connors
Third Eye Blind
Wintersleep
Alexisonfire
The All-American Rejects
Matthew Good Band
American Hi-Fi
The Cure
Dragonforce
That's all I can think of right now, but I'm sure there are more
Steely Dan
Slayer
Run DMC
Twisted Sister
Blink 182
Silverchair
Cypress Hill
Golden Earring
Sum 41
System of a Down
Limp Bizkit (yes, I know...)
Slipknot
Avenged Sevenfold
Ludacris
50 Cent
Swollen Members
Dead Prez
Great Big Sea
Stompin' Tom Connors
Third Eye Blind
Wintersleep
Alexisonfire
The All-American Rejects
Matthew Good Band
American Hi-Fi
The Cure
Dragonforce
That's all I can think of right now, but I'm sure there are more
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Been gone most of the weekend, but am back. AM goign to clean up the board/up date listings for the last time, + ask for people to send in their rankings in a PM.
jalfa
Starter
+1 to those who mentioned Mötorhead, Deftones and the two Nicks (Cave & Drake). Other stuff I thought about drafting or assumed would get drafted:
Punk(ish):
Alkaline Trio
Bad Religion
Descendents
Hot Water Music
Refused
Electronica/rave stuff:
Aphex Twin
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
Kraftwerk
Massive Attack
Indie (many Canadian, those guys had a lock on that for a minute, imo):
Bloc Party
Broken Social Scene
Built To Spill
Hidden Cameras
The Hush Sound
Interpol
Joy Division/New Order
The New Pornographers
Stars
Teagan and Sara
Loud Music:
Clutch
The Company Band
Danko Jones
Fu Manchu
Kyuss
Turbonegro
Singer Songwriter Things:
Iron And Wine
Amy Milan
Anna Ternheim
(weird) German Stuff:
Atari Teenage Riot
Kante
Kettcar
The Notwist
The Robocop Kraus
and many, many more.
Punk(ish):
Alkaline Trio
Bad Religion
Descendents
Hot Water Music
Refused
Electronica/rave stuff:
Aphex Twin
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
Kraftwerk
Massive Attack
Indie (many Canadian, those guys had a lock on that for a minute, imo):
Bloc Party
Broken Social Scene
Built To Spill
Hidden Cameras
The Hush Sound
Interpol
Joy Division/New Order
The New Pornographers
Stars
Teagan and Sara
Loud Music:
Clutch
The Company Band
Danko Jones
Fu Manchu
Kyuss
Turbonegro
Singer Songwriter Things:
Iron And Wine
Amy Milan
Anna Ternheim
(weird) German Stuff:
Atari Teenage Riot
Kante
Kettcar
The Notwist
The Robocop Kraus
and many, many more.
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I wrote up the Descendents at one point then deleted it because I realized all I really wanted was Milo Goes to College. If there's such a thing as a punk rock value pick Bad Religion would be it.
NoBonus
Starter
The one guy I would add is Parry Gripp... so bizarre... but free MP3's on his site. He was the lead singer of Nerf Herder, now he makes funny, funny songs.
Check him out.
ParryGripp.com
Check him out.
ParryGripp.com
Actually I think I prefer Nerf Herder. But the girl at the gamestop song of his I like. Because it sounds like a Nerf Herder song.
NoBonus
Starter
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SacKings7
Starter
Haha nice. I didn't see that, but I was wondering why they weren't picked. Guess I was wondering about nothing
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Was looking at:
For filler rock:
All American Rejects
For heavier filler rock:
Papa Roach
Hoobastank
Evanescence
Velvet Revolver
For a touch of grunge:
Hole
Everclear
Folk:
Avett Brothers
Missy Higgins
Punk:
Rancid
Classic Rock:
Steppenwolf
Diversification plays:
Enya (New Wave)
Alabama (country)
Carl Orff (composer)
For filler rock:
All American Rejects
For heavier filler rock:
Papa Roach
Hoobastank
Evanescence
Velvet Revolver
For a touch of grunge:
Hole
Everclear
Folk:
Avett Brothers
Missy Higgins
Punk:
Rancid
Classic Rock:
Steppenwolf
Diversification plays:
Enya (New Wave)
Alabama (country)
Carl Orff (composer)
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RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Joy division got drafted.
RookieOfTheDay
Starter
Now that you mention it, I'm surprised King Crimson didn't get drafted either, as they're the one prog band that it seems cool for hipsters to like.
dukeswh
Bench
Motorhead was going to be my next pick if we continued. Other bands I considered were
Suicidal Tendencies
Faith no More
Sex Pistols
Testament
Exodus
Overkill
Velvet Revolver
If I was going to add some obscure bands I was going to take:
Meg & Dia (I think they're not that much obscure now since the second half - Dia - was the first runner up in The Voice)
Wolfgang - they're a band from Philippines who are really good.
This is from their first album, which was a gem:
and this is from their second album, which had a few songs that I like
Suicidal Tendencies
Faith no More
Sex Pistols
Testament
Exodus
Overkill
Velvet Revolver
If I was going to add some obscure bands I was going to take:
Meg & Dia (I think they're not that much obscure now since the second half - Dia - was the first runner up in The Voice)
Wolfgang - they're a band from Philippines who are really good.
This is from their first album, which was a gem:
and this is from their second album, which had a few songs that I like
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RookieOfTheDay
Starter
I forgot all about Faith No More. Definitely a surprised they weren't picked.
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I saw Faith No More on a top 100 list of one-hit wonders, I disagree with lumping them into that category, but that might be why
Then again Men at Work frequently are put into that category on the basis of a song that wasn't even their highest charting track!
Then again Men at Work frequently are put into that category on the basis of a song that wasn't even their highest charting track!
GoGoGadget
All-Star
Undrafted bands/artists I'd have considered if I were a part of this thing. In other words, since I opted not to do the actual draft, let me now proceed to point out the many ways in which y'all got it wrong 
(unless, of course, I didn't search thoroughly enough and a few of these were picked, in which case, good choice):
April Stevens (1, 2)
Bessie Smith (1, 2)
Billie Holiday (1, 2)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1, 2)
Maddox Brothers & Rose (1)
Bonnie Raitt (1, 2)
Booker T & the MGs (1, 2)
Bill Withers (1, 2)
Bjork (1, 2)
The Boswell Sisters (1, 2)
Bow Wow Wow (1, 2)
The Breeders (1, 2)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1, 2)
The Cardigans (1, 2)
Chris Isaak (1, 2)
Combustible Edison (1)
Damien Rice (1)
Dean Martin (1, 2)
Deee-Lite (1, 2)
The Desert Sessions (band?) (1, 2)
Dick Powell (1, 2, 3)
Dinah Washington (1, 2)
Esquivel (1, 2, 3)
Eurythmics (1, 2)
The Feelies (1, 2)
Fiona Apple (1, 2)
Gnarls Barkley (1, 2, 3)
Gorillaz (1, 2)
The Hives (1, 2)
Imelda May (1, 2)
Joey Altruda (1, 2)
Julie London (1, 2)
k.d. lang (& The Reclines?) (1, 2, 3)
Kay Starr (1, 2, 3)
Kool & The Gang (1, 2)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (1, 2)
Les Paul & Mary Ford (1, 2, 3)
Link Wray & His Ray Men (1, 2, 3)
Louis Prima (1, 2)
Madness (1)
Lyle Lovett (1, 2, 3)
Mazzy Starr (1, 2)
The Mills Brothers (1, 2)
The Monkees (yeah, really) (1, 2, 3)
Nina Simone (1, 2)
Norah Jones (1, 2)
Nouvelle Vague (1, 2)
The Pharcyde (1)
Pink Martini (1, 2)
Pizzicato Five (1, 2)
PJ Harvey (1, 2)
The Presidents of the United States of America (1, 2, 3)
Regina Spektor (1, 2)
Run DMC (1, 2)
Sam Butera (1, 2)
Sam Cooke (1, 2)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (1, 2)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (1, 2, 3)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1, 2)
Sly & The Family Stone (1, 2)
The Skatalites (1, 2)
Son House (1, 2)
The Specials (1, 2)
Squirrel Nut Zippers (1, 2)
Southern Culture on the Skids (1)
Stompy Jones (1, 2)
The Sugarcubes (1, 2)
Talib Kweli (1, 2)
Toots & The Maytals (1, 2)
Tracy Bonham (1)
The Shangri-Las (1, 2)
The Sundays (1, 2)
The Waitresses (1, 2)
Wilson Pickett (1, 2)
The Yardbirds (1, 2)
(unless, of course, I didn't search thoroughly enough and a few of these were picked, in which case, good choice):April Stevens (1, 2)
Bessie Smith (1, 2)
Billie Holiday (1, 2)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1, 2)
Maddox Brothers & Rose (1)
Bonnie Raitt (1, 2)
Booker T & the MGs (1, 2)
Bill Withers (1, 2)
Bjork (1, 2)
The Boswell Sisters (1, 2)
Bow Wow Wow (1, 2)
The Breeders (1, 2)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1, 2)
The Cardigans (1, 2)
Chris Isaak (1, 2)
Combustible Edison (1)
Damien Rice (1)
Dean Martin (1, 2)
Deee-Lite (1, 2)
The Desert Sessions (band?) (1, 2)
Dick Powell (1, 2, 3)
Dinah Washington (1, 2)
Esquivel (1, 2, 3)
Eurythmics (1, 2)
The Feelies (1, 2)
Fiona Apple (1, 2)
Gnarls Barkley (1, 2, 3)
Gorillaz (1, 2)
The Hives (1, 2)
Imelda May (1, 2)
Joey Altruda (1, 2)
Julie London (1, 2)
k.d. lang (& The Reclines?) (1, 2, 3)
Kay Starr (1, 2, 3)
Kool & The Gang (1, 2)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (1, 2)
Les Paul & Mary Ford (1, 2, 3)
Link Wray & His Ray Men (1, 2, 3)
Louis Prima (1, 2)
Madness (1)
Lyle Lovett (1, 2, 3)
Mazzy Starr (1, 2)
The Mills Brothers (1, 2)
The Monkees (yeah, really) (1, 2, 3)
Nina Simone (1, 2)
Norah Jones (1, 2)
Nouvelle Vague (1, 2)
The Pharcyde (1)
Pink Martini (1, 2)
Pizzicato Five (1, 2)
PJ Harvey (1, 2)
The Presidents of the United States of America (1, 2, 3)
Regina Spektor (1, 2)
Run DMC (1, 2)
Sam Butera (1, 2)
Sam Cooke (1, 2)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (1, 2)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (1, 2, 3)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1, 2)
Sly & The Family Stone (1, 2)
The Skatalites (1, 2)
Son House (1, 2)
The Specials (1, 2)
Squirrel Nut Zippers (1, 2)
Southern Culture on the Skids (1)
Stompy Jones (1, 2)
The Sugarcubes (1, 2)
Talib Kweli (1, 2)
Toots & The Maytals (1, 2)
Tracy Bonham (1)
The Shangri-Las (1, 2)
The Sundays (1, 2)
The Waitresses (1, 2)
Wilson Pickett (1, 2)
The Yardbirds (1, 2)
jalfa
Starter
Yeah, missed that. Well done to WB.
More music coming to my mind now (the jazz front): Jon Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Hancock, Nils Petter Molvaer, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Esbjörn Svensson Trio.
NoBonus
Starter
Hey, I took the Sex Pistols...
NoBonus
Starter
likewise
Prophetess
Gallifrayain
how do we rank again? everyone but ourselves? 1 to 15?
Yep!
uolj
Starter
Yeah, pretty much. Here, to help out I'll start you off:
- uolj
- ... and so on and so forth ...
