Like Torquemada said, all Rules and Criteria can be found here!
SHUTOUTS
(1) Grateful Dead v (9) Green Day. Who's the real "GD?" I love Green Day. Mike Francesa loves Green Day. The most competitive category here was the "All-American" album battle - Beauty v Idiot. And as good as Idiot is, it can't beat this lineup.
FINAL SCORE: GRATEFUL DEAD 9 - GREEN DAY 0
(3) Simon & Garfunkel v (6) Allman Brothers Band. Allmans are competitive in song ("Melissa") and album (Eat a Peach). But Tom and Jerry are better ("Sound of Silence", Bridge Over Troubled Water)
FINAL SCORE: S&G 9 - ALLMAN BROTHERS 0
(2) Bruce Springsteen v (7) Eminem. No disrespect at all to the real Slim Shady, but there ain't a single item here up for debate.
FINAL SCORE: SPRINGSTEEN 9 - EMINEM 0
BLOWOUTS
(4) Bob Marley v (2) Motley Crue. Sue me, I think Dr Feelgood is better than Uprising. But that's all Vince and Company claim.
FINAL SCORE: BOB MARLEY 7 - MOTLEY CRUE 2
That closes the book on Round 2. Now it gets super-interesting with the Sweet Sixten:
The Village Region
(1) Bob Dylan v (5) Red Hot Chili Peppers
(2) Guns N Roses v (3) Bon Jovi
Liverpool Region
(1) The Beatles v (12) Sublime
(2) Led Zepplin v (3) Pearl Jam
Charlottesville Region
(1) Dave Matthews Band v (5) Billy Joel
(2) The Doors v (3) Pink Floyd
San Francisco Region
(1) Grateful Dead v (4) Bob Marley
(2) Bruce Springsteen v (3) Simon & Garfunkel
Some random (and for the most part obvious) notes:
- San Francisco is the only region to keep to form in terms of seeding.
- DMB is the only 1 seed who has lost a category (twice)
- 6 entrants are yet to lose a category: Dylan, Beatles, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Dead, Springsteen
- The highest combined scores in a Sweet 16 matchup go to Zepplin/Pearl Jam, and Simon & Garfunkel/Springsteen (35 points)
- The lowest is DMB/Billy Joel (27)
- 1 Ten
- 2 Appetite for Destruction
- 3 Blood on the Tracks
- 4 American Beauty
- 5 Crash
- 6 Sgt Pepper
- 7 Dark Side of the Moon
- 8 Slippery When Wet
- 9 Houses of the Holy
- 10 The Doors
- 11 Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 12 Born in the USA
- 13 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- 14 The Stranger
- 15 Uprising
- 16 40 Oz to Freedom
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