Battle Of The New Wave Bands - Sweet Sixteen (Round 2)

The results for Battle New Wave Bands (Round 1) have been tallied and 32 core acts have been reduced to 16 worthy of consideration for little of Most Popular New Wave Band as selected by your Votes.

Simply send a Comment  (enter Name only in Name/URL drop-down option) to this post with your selections, ie A) 1, 3   B) 1, 2  etc......

As a reminder, when voting take into account the Artist/Band's legacy to the New Wave genre and their entire body of work.

The winners for Round 2 will be announced in one weeks time, so DEADLINE is Sunday April 6th, 6 pm EST.   Good Luck and make your VOTES Count!

A) El Mocambo			B) CBGB
1. English Beat	A Winner 1 vs 4		1. Ramones
4. Cure		B Winner 1 vs 4	4. Depeche Mode
2. Blondie	A Winner 2 vs 3		2. Smiths
3. Police		B Winner 2 vs 3	3. Joe Jackson
D) 100 Club			C) Roxy
1. Sex Pistols	D Winner 1 vs 5		1. Clash
5. Duran Duran		C Winner 1 vs 5	5. Pretenders
2. Elvis Costello	D winner 2 vs 3		2. New Order
3. Talking Heads		C Winner 2 vs 6	6. Undertones

Battle of New Wave Bands - Round 1 Results

The Votes are cast, and the winners of Battle of New Wave Bands Round 1 are tabulated below.

In the end, a baker's dozen UK bands advanced as well as three seminal New York acts that received their first breaks at CBGBs.

With early returns it appeared that Devo, Gary Numan, Billy Idol and Talk Talk were poised to upset their much higher seeded opponents.  However the heavy final Sunday selections pushed them all out of contention.

Nonetheless, #6 Undertones advanced and #5 seeds Pretenders and Duran Duran won handily.  The only unanimous choice was the Sex Pistols (perhaps due to relatively unknown Toronto punk opponent, the Diodes) with Police and Clash nearly perfect.  However the match-ups in the 'Sweet Sixteen' Round 2 will been increasingly more difficult.  Good Luck to all remaining New Wave Bands!!!

A) El Mocambo			B) CBGB
1. English Beat	1.English Beat (64%)		1. Ramones
8. Devo		1. Ramones (86%)	8. Jam
4. Cure	4. Cure (64%)		4. Depeche Mode
5. Eurthymics		4. Depeche Mode (86%)	5. Madness
2. Blondie	2. Blondie (71%)		2. Smiths
7. B-52s		2. Smiths (64%)	7. Simple Minds
3. Police	3. Police (93%)		3. Joe Jackson
6. Human League		3. Joe Jackson (64%)	6. Gary Numan
D) 100 Club			C) Roxy
1. Sex Pistols	1. Sex Pistols (100%)		1. Clash
8. Diodes		1. Clash (93%)	8. Boomtown Rats
4. Cars	5. Duran Duran (71%)		4. Kraftwerk
5. Duran Duran		5. Pretenders (71%)	5. Pretenders
2. Elvis Costello	2. Elvis Costello (57%)		2. New Order
7. Talk Talk		2. New Order (64%)	7. Billy Idol
3. Talking Heads	3. Talking Heads (71%)		3. Specials
6. Joy Division		6. Undertones (64%)	6. Undertones

Battle of New Wave Bands (VOTING DEADLINE: Sunday March 30th 5pm EST)

Borrowing a page from the NCAA College Basketball 'March Madness' tournament, I have created a Battle of New Wave bands (punk, synth, power pop, ska) ranked bracket of 32 artists/bands grouped into four 'concert venue' categories.

Simply send a Comment  (enter Name only in Name/URL drop-down option) to this post with your selections, ie A) 1, 4, 3, 2  B) etc...

When voting take into account the Artist/Band's impact to the New Wave genre and entire body of work.

The winners for each round will be announced in a few weeks after enough votes are collected.  Then the voting continues..... until ONE Champion New Wave Artist/Band is Selected by Popular Vote.

Good Luck and keep the Votes coming in!

A) El Mocambo			B) CBGB
1. English Beat	A Winner 1 vs. 8		1. Ramones
8. Devo		B Winner 1 vs. 8	8. Jam
4. Cure	A Winner 4 vs. 5		4. Depeche Mode
5. Eurythmics		B Winner 4 vs. 5	5. Madness
2. Blondie	A Winner 2 vs. 7		2. Smiths
7. B-52s		B Winner 2 vs. 7	7. Simple Minds
3. Police	A Winner 3 vs. 6		3. Joe Jackson
6. Human League		B Winner 3 vs. 6	6. Gary Numan
D) 100 Club			C) Roxy
1. Sex Pistols	D Winner 1 vs. 8		1. Clash
8. Diodes		C Winner 1 vs. 8	8. Boomtown Rats
4. Cars	D Winner 4 vs. 5		4. Kraftwerk
5. Duran Duran		C Winner 4 vs. 5	5. Pretenders
2. Elvis Costello	D Winner 2 vs. 7		2. New Order
7. Talk Talk		C Winner 2 vs. 7	7. Billy Idol
3. Talking Heads	D Winner 3 vs. 6		3. Specials
6. Joy Division		C Winner 3 vs. 6	6. Undertones