BEST BAND EVER: Results!

[KidInTheDark666]

Shit, I meant to vote for Hahto as well.

 

[Night Prowler]

Shit, I meant to vote for Hahto as well.

You can change your vote now.

 

[Mosh]

Don't even need to click on the dropdown menu to guess who picked Lars.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Hey, someone has to give a bit of mercy for Lars.

 

[Lampwick 43]

The Lars - Peart matchup makes sense when you figure that in a seeded bracket the top overall seed will face off against the bottom seed in the first round.

Now the fact that Lars is even in this tournament in the first place is another matter.

 

[Collin]

Sean Kinney is so underrated.

 

[LooseCannon]

Now the fact that Lars is even in this tournament in the first place is another matter.

Lars's drum kit:

And you get the sense he only uses about 50% of it.

Neil's drum kit:

And he used every piece, and would have added more if he could.

 

[Saapanael]

To be fair, the poll says to vote for your “favorite vocalist” so that might explain the Ulrich vote.

 

[Night Prowler]

Fixed, thanks.

 

[Diesel 11]

Peart by a mile, and Kinney has a really nice feel and I prefer Jukka to Kai.

 

[jazz from hell]

Lars (just for schnitz n schniggles) and Sean.

 

[Lampwick 43]

Obviously Peart, and I'll give the edge to Kinney in the second match for songwriting abilities.

 

[Midnight]

To be fair, the poll says to vote for your “favorite vocalist” so that might explain the Ulrich vote.

He's far better than Hammett, but he's only the third best vocalist in his band. Then again, so was Peart.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

We seem to be glossing over a fact here:

Dio is the best.

 

[Yax]

To be fair, the poll says to vote for your “favorite vocalist” so that might explain the Ulrich vote.

Favorite does not equal best, yeah (I did notice it said vocalist at first). So I voted for Lars. Neil is awesome, and a much better drummer than Lars. But Lars has a way of finding the right, accessible groove, and his sense of doing fills is just so charmingly off. I enjoy listening to his playing as it just fits like a glove with Metallica.

 

[The Flash]

Glad Dio won the vocalists game. Also glad Halford placed second. Did a Dio & Halford marathon yesterday and those two really are in a class of their own among people who participated in the game.

Peart & Kinney, btw.

 

[LooseCannon]

Dio is the best.

Quoth the traitor.

 

[LooseCannon]

If you voted for Lars, you should recuse yourself from voting in this game any further. There's drummers out there who can compete with Neil Peart. Lars once did this for an entire album:

 

[KidInTheDark666]

The bad thing about St. Anger isn't how Lars plays, just the way his drums sound.

 

[The Flash]

Lars' worst offenses as a drummer are found in his sloppy live performances. He was a decent drummer in the 80s, with one shining moment of brilliance on AFJA - which came after him taking drum lessons to expand his palette, unsurprisingly.

The bad thing about St. Anger isn't how Lars plays, just the way his drums sound.

He's the one that thought it was a good idea for them to sound that way so he's fully responsible.