Battle of the Bands Semi-Finals: Abin Surly vs Michael Heide

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Abin Surly
Gods & Monsters

• Vocals: Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin, Page&Plant)
• Guitar: Pete Townshend (The Who)
• Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)
• Drums: Neil Peart (Rush)
• Guitar, backup vocals: Eric Clapton (Cream)

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Michael Heide

• Vocals, Percussion, Beatboxing, Keyboards: Mike Patton (Faith no More, Fantômas)
• Lead Guitar: Slash (Guns 'n' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver)
• Bass: Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)
• Drums: Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
• Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield (Metallica)

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Individual musicians (5 points):

Robert Plant ****
Pete Townshend ****
Les Claypool ***
Neil Peart *****
Eric Clapton *****

21/25.

Mike Patton *****
Slash *****
Lemmy Kilmister ***
Joey Jordison *****
James Hetfield ****

22/25. This is probably the closest bout in the whole draft.

How do they fit together (5 points)?
Abin's guys are good. But Clapton and Townshend have drastically different styles. The Who doesn't sound anything like Primus. Led Zeppelin doesn't sound at all like Rush. It's just mismatched, you know?

Not only do my people fit together stylewise, all of them have actually played or toured with most of the others.

Gods and Monsters consists of great musicians, but the single members don't form one cohesive band. On the other hand, I can see my guys recording several albums together, and their concerts would rock.

[Abin Surly or ewe sirius Find all posts View Profile Close Abin Surly]

Michael, Michael, Michael...my guys are all quite versatile, covering a wide range of style as individual performers and have all been in many collaborative situations, both in the studio and on-stage (some have actually played together in live situations).

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Yeah, but deaf Townshend and Claypool? Clapton and Peart? I can't see that working out.

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Oh, Ye of little faith.

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Peart is a nice enough guy. I'm sure his obsession with Ayn Rand won't get in the way of the rock.

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Eh. Whatever. Congrats, Abin.

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Haben Sie vielen Dank!