The 2010 Official ATK Best Band Poll Series - ON HOLD - Overview

Guidelines

1. When posting the poll, I will use the video from the initial nominaton. If one hasn't been provided, then I will select one. If the person who nominated the band in question objects to that song, then they and only they can provide me with a new one for the initial post.
2. In the thread itself, anyone can post any other video (live or recorded) directly linking to either of the two contenders under poll. Unlike with the DWPS, I encourage gratuitious swearing and abuse, but please refrain from posting videos depicting nudity and porn (specifically looking at Rammstrain with this one...)
3. Polls will last for a determined period of time at the start of each round or end early if there is a significant majority for one nomination over the other. This duration can be found in the schedule below
4. The polls currently under contest will be sticked. Results will be posted in this thread after the conclusion of the poll.
5. In the event of a tie in the first round, the poll will be extended until a vote is cast that breaks the tie. In the event of a tie in the second round and beyond, the winner of the poll will be the nomination with the higher cumulative margin of victory for previous polls [For example, A wins by 2 and 5 in the first two rounds, and B wins by 1 and 7. A and B tie on their poll, thus B (with a +8) beats A (+7)]
6. All polls will be public.
7. Whilst I can't force you to, I would prefer it if you listened to at least three songs of each artist before voting. Someone on here said one song get you the full flavour of the band, and they are absolutly right. Three won't get you the full picture either, but you getting pretty close with three.

CURRENT TIMETABLE FOR POLLS
10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th March – Round One (one day timer) [56 to 32] (4 a day)
18th, 19th, 20th and 21st March – Round Two (one day timer) [32 to 16] (4 a day)
22nd and 23nd March (one day timer)[16 to 8] (4 a day)
25th and 27th March (two day timer) [8 to 4] (2 a day)
29th March (two day timer) [4 to 2] (both in 1 day)
2nd and 3rd April (three day timer) [FINALS] (1 a day)

FIRST ROUND

BYES

8 in total - all were randomly selected, with a limit to one bye per nominator

• Buckethead
• Chevelle
• Sub Focus
• Biffy Clyro
• Bloc Party
• Bon Jovi
• Rolling Stones
• Slipknot

MATCHUPS

Dire Straits bt. Green Day by 1
Pendulum bt. System Of A Down by 7
Muse bt. Temptations by 6
Three Days Grace bt. Breaking Benjmain by 2
Linkin Park bt. The Clash by 1
Jimi Hendrix bt. Black Eyed Peas by 4
Blink 182 bt. Jonathan Coulton by 3
The Animals bt. The Beatles by 1
Bob Marley bt. Sneaky Sound System by 7
Queen bt. Bright Eyes by 10
Fountains Of Wayne bt. Bob Dylan by 1
Aerosmith bt. Johnny Cash by 7

Def Leppard bt. Rammstein by 1
Madness bt. Fair To Midland by 5
Rage Against The Machine bt. Metallica by 2
Nirvana bt. Powerman 5000 by 4
Guns'n'Roses vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bowling For Soup vs. Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Santana vs. Limp Bizkit
The Prodigy vs. Iron Maiden
Pink Floyd vs. You Me At Six
Eminem vs. Coheed And Cambria
Thin Lizzy vs. Jay-Z
Foo Fighters vs. DC Slater

ROUND TWO

Buckethead
Chevelle
Sub Focus
Biffy Clyro
Bloc Party
Bon Jovi
Rolling Stones
Slipknot
Dire Straits
Pendulum
Muse
Three Days Grace
Linkin Park
Jimi Hendrix
Blink 182
The Animals
Queen
Bob Marley
Fountains of Wayne
Aerosmith

UPDATE 1 - Added rules and underlined polls under contest.

UPDATE 2 - Added Rule 7.

UPDATE 3 - Changed timetabling due to missing 13th March polls. Added results from first half of polling for round one.