#1 The Beastie Boys
#5 Eric B. & Rakim (VERY tough, a case of where a short sharp peak beats a long career of smaller peaks...barely)
#3 Sonic Youth
#2 Depeche Mode
#1 Nirvana
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson (Also VERY VERY tough, and extremely hard to compare...but Janet was more consistent for longer)
#2 The Replacements
Aside from the 2 I pointed out, every other matchup was a no-brainer today.
#1 The Beastie Boys : tied for favorite band ever
#5 Eric B. & Rakim
#3 Sonic Youth
#2 Depeche Mode
#1 Nirvana
#4 NWA (Mötley Crüe... easy to type with a French keyboard, I would call that a trema more than an umlaut)
#6 Faith No More
#2 The Replacements (if you ask me what is the best album I have discovered through AM Forum polls, Let it Be is always one of the first that comes to mind)
#1 The Beastie Boys: Close call here, but I own a few Beasties CDs but nothing by The Cult despite being intrigued by them.
Pass (Don't know enough of either, really.)
#6 Lenny Kravitz: For his first 3 albums.
#2 Depeche Mode: I've been Depeching a lot lately. They're close to my top 10.
#1 Nirvana: Phil gets undue hate, but Nirvana has this easily.
#5 Mötley Crüe: Headbanging delight! By the way, it's Alt+148 for ö and Alt+0252 for ü.
#3 Janet Jackson: I like Faith No More, but Janet is vital for me.
#10 Soft Cell: Very underrated synth pop filth at its finest.
#1 The Beastie Boys
#4 Nick Cave
#3 Sonic Youth
#2 Depeche Mode
#8 Phil Collins (Not even very close either)
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson
#2 The Replacements
BEASTIE BOYS (Have not yet heard all of Hot Sauce Committee, but they would have taken this matchup on Paul’s Boutique alone. Hell, they would have taken it on Ill Communication alone.)
ERIC B. & RAKIM (Close!)
SONIC YOUTH (Raw material over shrink-wrapped product.)
DEPECHE MODE (I forget which poster said this last round, but I too go back on forth on whether Depeche Mode is OK or not…they do have some songs I like. But I am positive that Huey Lewis is not OK.)
NIRVANA (Heh.)
N.W.A. (Neither of these acts is my cuppa, really, but I’m very comfortable with my choice.)
FAITH NO MORE (Like a lot of you have already said, these artists are pretty close in my estimation. I went with the one that resonated a bit more with me personally.)
#1 The Beastie Boys
Don't care
#3 Sonic Youth
#2 Depeche Mode (Huey's fun and all, but ...)
#1 Nirvana (I'm voting for the act that I actually never saw live)
#4 NWA (Almost don't care)
#6 Faith No More (This was very close, but "Angel Dust" is an all-time favorite)
#2 The Replacements
Beastie Boys (in a nail-biter)
Nick Cave (a bit less close, but still tight)
Sonic Youth
Depeche Mode
Nirvana (closest 1 vs. 8 in this round)
Motley Crue (yes, really)
Faith no More
Replacements
#1 The Beastie Boys
#4 Nick Cave- An artist who always has a song on an album that I love but I end up not liking the rest of the album. Still for how long he's been doing it, that's a lot of good songs.
#3 Sonic Youth
#2 Depeche Mode
#1 Nirvana
#4 NWA
#3 Janet Jackson
#2 The Replacements
RESULTS:
The Beastie Boys 87.9% / The Cult 12.1%
Nick Cave 51.5% / Eric B. & Rakim 48.5%
Sonic Youth 70.6% / Lenny Kravitz 29.4%
Nirvana 83.3% / Phil Collins 16.7%
N.W.A. 68.8% / Motley Crue 31.2% (couldn't get Moonbeam's suggestions to work)
Janet Jackson 61.8% / Faith No More 38.2%
The Replacements 79.4% / Soft Cell 20.6%