Big Four Bands Thread Round 19: Gothic Rock
 

Every week, a genre is picked. And for a week, users get to vote for their "big 4" of that genre. Users can vote for whatever reason they want, whether it be favoritism or some other quality.

Users get four votes. No more, and no less. You can vote for any reason you want. Importance, favoritism, and any other reason is eligible. At the end of the voting week, which is Friday, all of the votes are tallied. The four bands with the most votes are the winner.

Votes with very unrelated bands will not be related. So there will be no elligible votes claiming Elvis is post-grunge or anything like that. In addition, a band must be labelled as the current genre by a music-specific website/magazine. I repeat. The sources must specifiy in music. So websites like Wikipedia, Rateyourmusic, Last.fm, Metal Archives, Discogs, Allmusic, Rolling Stone, and Consequence of SOund are examples.

IMPORTANT: If you want to change your vote, PM me about it or post a message on my wall. I will be tallying votes throughout the week, so not going back and changing the post.

ALSO IMPORTANT: Votes will be ignored they have less or more than four, or if they include bands that do not fit the genre. For informaton on a band's genre, it's good to check music sites list Discogs, Allmusic, RYM, or Last.fm.

TIE-BREAKERS: In the event thaty ties between lutiple acts cause more than a big four, the official big four will not be decided until until a vote is made or changed that decides on a Big four. The likely event is I will change my vote. This will not halt the current round.

Voting ends whenever Frownland decides that it ends.

Winners

Sex Pistols
The Ramones
Black Flag
The Stooges

sex pistols
Ramones
Clash
Black Flag

Sex Pistols
Ramones
Minor Threat
Bad Religion

Minor Fret>Minor Threat

I remember on the original on on RYM, Ramones dominated everyone else. It looks like Sex Pistols are dominating. But I guess with one amazing album and no other ones except for archives and junk, it's hard to taint the discography.

Sex Pistols
Ramones
X
Richard Hell & The Voidoids

I find it kinda difficult cause my big 4 of Punk Rock would be different from a big 4 of hardcore punk or a big 4 of Skate Punk or some ****.
I think typically the top 5 is:
Ramones
Clash
Sex Pistols
Misfits
Dead Kennedys

Buut if imma pick well known faves:
Dead Kennedys
Misfits
Stiff Little Fingers
FEAR

You going with the bottom list? You can vote for any reason you want.

**** I forgot Misfits

Oh okay I'll remember that.

That wass actually a main discussion point brought up in the original. Punk was the first round in that series, too. Only real differences were the criteria for elligible albums and the fact that they took part in separate threads.

Since it was RYM, the band either had to be voted as the genre or a subgenre of the genre or have an album voted one of those two in order for the band to be elligible. I left that off seeing how it's not RYM.

Well, their shirts are metal as fuck, so that's my guess as to why so many metalheads give Misfits a pass.

And their lyrics rule as well.

I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
You better think about it, baby
I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch
You better think about it baby, babe

So magnanimous.

I got something to say
I killed your baby today
And it doesn't matter much to me
As long as it's dead

Well I got something to say
I raped your mother today
And it doesn't matter much to me
As long as she spread

You can only vote for four.

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Now I feel guilty. ;)
For the record, Exene Cervenka is a co-frontperson of X (one of my choices).
So there - I feel slightly less guilty now.

The rule is four votes, no more, no less. Which do you want to leave off?

Hey, in the original post you should give out the date for when voting ends.

I'll emphasize it more so people don't miss it.

Ok. Sorry. I must have missed it.

Today is Friday. Is it too difficult to give a date too, like Friday 7/08 or Friday 7/15??? Just for clarification???

Well I can't include the vote then.

Bikini kill is Riot Grrrl. You really need to study your genres a bit more.

**** riot grrrl.

The Ramones
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Stooges

Black Flag is more like Hardcore Punk, but I can't think of any straight-up punk bands besides these three. You know what, nvm, Stooges.

Then quit listening to all your pansy prog and go listen to some music with testicles.

Yeah, but black flag is like the original hardcore punk band. They were there before the genre had even been invented.

Dead Kennedys
Nomeansno
Misfits
Crass

I think that, from the 3 chord ass-tastic guitar playing alone, it's pretty clear that Riot Grrrl is punk.

I know. I was making fun of the guy who that post was in reply to. Cause he does that constantly.

Oh, alright.

At least I got to use ass-tastic.

Ass-tastic is a great word. Lol

Indeed.

Dead Kennedys
The Clash
Sex Pistols
Ramones

Flipper
Rudimentary Peni
Jawbreaker
Circle Jerks

I think this is not about one's favourite bands, but about the most important and influential bands of a genre.

oh....

Flipper
Rudimentary Peni
Jawbreaker
Circle Jerks

most influential on the stuff i like :)

Fair enough.