#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. #16 (986) The Buckinghams
#8 (474) My Chemical Romance vs. #9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
#5 (295) Supertramp vs. #12 (730) The Sugarhill Gang
#4 (218) The Guess Who vs. #13 (807) Lostprophets
#3 (167) Gladys Knight & The Pips vs. #14 (858) Emerson Lake & Palmer
#6 (346) Massive Attack vs. #11 (679) Thin Lizzy
#7 (423) a-ha vs. #10 (602) Jet
#2 (90) The Doors vs. #15 (935) Hard-Fi

RHCP...
MBV... Though I actually like a few MCR songs, don't tell anyone...
Sugarhill... I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop...
Guess Who... Though I like some lostprophets songs too...
GK & The Pips...
Massive Attack... Though I don't like voting against Thin Lizzy...
Jet... Too many people know of a-ha as a one-hit wonder, which couldn't be further from the truth. They have some good stuff, I just really like Jet for some reason...
The Doors... Though Hard-Fi is a really underrated band, they have no shot here...

Here are some pretty solid lower seeds !

Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Bloody Valentine
Supertramp
Lostprophets (love their 2 first albums, especially the 1st which is in my top 50 all time, even though I guess it is a lost fight in this forum !)
Massive Attack
a-ha
the Doors

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
#12 (730) The Sugarhill Gang
#4 (218) The Guess Who
#14 (858) Emerson Lake & Palmer
#11 (679) Thin Lizzy
#7 (423) a-ha
#2 (90) The Doors

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
#5 (295) Supertramp
#4 (218) The Guess Who
#14 (858) Emerson Lake & Palmer
#11 (679) Thin Lizzy
#7 (423) a-ha
#2 (90) The Doors

I guess my classic-rock roots are showing in a big way here...

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. My Bloody Valentine
12. The Sugarhill Gang
Pass on the 4/13
3. Gladys Knight & the Pips
6. Massive Attack
7. a-ha

As for the last one…when I saw the Doors (easily my least favorite very highly-acclaimed band) appear for our consideration, I thought, “crap, I’m going to have to vote for them”…I had never even heard of Hard-Fi.

Then I checked out “Hard to Beat” and “Cash Machine” on YouTube. Umm…yeah, that’s more than enough. Jaws may drop over this, but for me it’s no contest:

15. Hard-Fi

Guess my classic-rock animus is showing in a big way here (apologies to Harold).

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This group’s rankings are unusually Koyaanisqatsi, with a majority of artists placing way off their AM rankings. My guess is this will make for a wide-open competition here (I hope so anyway—go, MBV!)

MOST UNDERRATED
Massive Attack (UMT 346, AM 61); My Bloody Valentine (UMT 551, AM 127); The Doors (UMT 90, AM 30—truth in reporting); Thin Lizzy (UMT 679, AM 243).

MOST OVERRATED
The Guess Who (UMT 218, AM 1356); Red Hot Chili Peppers (UMT 39, AM 152); Gladys Knight & the Pips (UMT 167, AM 568 ); a-ha (UMT 423, AM 1263); Jet (UMT 602, AM 1710); My Chemical Romance (UMT 474, AM 1195).

NOT AM RANKED
Lostprophets, The Buckinghams.

CLOSEST
Emerson Lake & Palmer (UMT 858, AM 894).

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
#5 (295) Supertramp
#4 (218) The Guess Who
#3 (167) Gladys Knight & The Pips
#6 (346) Massive Attack
#7 (423) a-ha
#2 (90) The Doors

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
Ug, I have a feeling MCR is going to win this, despite being an awful band against a great one.
#6 (346) Massive Attack
#2 (90) The Doors

Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Bloody Valentine
Sugarhill Gang
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Massive Attack
a-ha
The Doors

#1 Red Hot Chili Peppers - I liked them better in college than I do now. They are not at all deserving of a #1 seed...in fact, in this bracket I'd put the Doors #1, Gladys Knight #2, and RHCP #3.
#9 My Bloody Valentine
#12 Sugarhill Gang - This was kind of a tough choice, but given the monumental influence of "Rapper's Delight", I have to go with the Gang...
#4 The Guess Who - I guess...not too excited about either
#3 Gladys Knight and the Pips
pass
#7 a-ha - agree, not a 1-hit wonder!
#2 The Doors

Today's favorite: a-ha
Today's favorite I didn't vote for: Supertramp
Favorite song in Today's bracket: "The Sun Always Shines on TV", a-ha

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 (551) My Bloody Valentine
#5 (295) Supertramp
#4 (218) The Guess Who
#3 (167) Gladys Knight & The Pips
#6 (346) Massive Attack
#7 (423) a-ha
#2 (90) The Doors

#1 Red Hot Chili Peppers
#9 My Bloody Valentine
#5 Supertramp
#4 The Guess Who
#3 Gladys Knight & The Pips
#6 Massive Attack
#7 a-ha
#2 The Doors

Favorite this round: It might just be Ms. Knight and the Pips. I adore her voice... possibly my favorite female soul singer.

Favorite I didn't vote for: I have some residual fondness for ELP from my classic rock only days.

#16 The Buckinghams
#9 My Bloody Valentine
#5 Supertramp
...
#3 Gladys Knight & the Pips
#6 Massive Attack
#7 a-ha
#2 The Doors

Whoa, strong bracket this week!

#1 (39) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#8 (474) My Chemical Romance [this feels nuts. I dig Loveless but MCR...I just really enjoy some of their singles and they were an integral part of being 13]
#5 (295) Supertramp
#13 (807) Lostprophets
#3 (167) Gladys Knight & The Pips
#11 (679) Thin Lizzy [Massive Attack are great but being 11 and hearing Boys Are Back on a compilation CD for the first time...ahhhh ]
#7 (423) a-ha
#2 (90) The Doors

RCHO
My Bloody Valentine
Guess Who
ELP
Massive Attack
A-ha
The Doors

This is by far the best bracket I've seen so far in this game. As long as MBV beats MCR, I'll be happy.

Winners in #52...
RHCP 96.7% / Buckinghams 3.3%
My Bloody Valentine 66.7% / My Chemical Romance 33.3%
Supertramp 57.1% / Sugarhill Gang 42.9%
Guess Who 71.4% / Lostprophets 28.6%
Gladys Knight & The Pips 58.6% / Emerson Lake & Palmer 41.1%
Massive Attack 51.7% / Thin Lizzy 48.3%
a-ha 69% / Jet 31%
Doors 93.3% / Hard-Fi 6.7%