Ratings key: 
10 - One of your very favorite artists of all time.
9 - Killer fucking band.  Or artist.
8 - Great sound, great songs, great albums.
7 - Very good, but not quite great.
6 - Pretty good.  More than a few songs you like.  You'd entertain the thought of seeing them live if they were in the area.  Or still alive.
5 - They're okay, but maybe not something you'll go out of your way to listen to.
4 - Meh.  There may be a song or two, or an album that you dig, but you'd rather listen to other stuff.
3 - Not very good.  You will more likely than not turn the station if they come on the radio.
2 - Not your cup of tea at all.  Some people like this, but you are not one of them.
1 - Horrible in every way.
0 - In the running for worst artist/musician of all time.  You would rather take a cheese grater to your face than listen to this.











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Current Standings:
6.83 - Journey
6.66 - Prince
6.33 - Eminem
6.09 - Weezer
6.02 - Daft Punk
5.57 - Ghost
5.00 - Lady Gaga
4.66 - Avenged Sevenfold
4.53 - Bruno Mars
4.33 - Linkin Park
3.66 - Babymetal
3.63 - My Chemical Romance
0.88 - Lil Xan

Also, please nominate one artist of your choosing.  It can be anyone.  The subject of next week's thread will be chosen from those candidates.


Picks so far:
2 Live Crew
Better than Ezra
Billy Joel
Blondie
Calvin Harris
Foo Fighters x2 (2nd time)
Frank Zappa
King Gizard and Lizard Wizard x2
Lil Dicky
Lordi
Lush
Michael Jackson
Misfits, The
Nickelback x3
Sponge
Tom Petty
 

Fuck yeah ghost!

Can I nominate first?
I'll give Ghost a listen before I vote.

I vote for billy joel.

And i give Ghost 7/10. Catchy songs and good music, but hate all the ridiculous satanic shit.

Vote for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard next!

Ghost is Wack

do some punk band. None of the Blink 182/Green Day crap. That shits not punk. Or rancid that shits wack 

You're gonna need to specifically name a group

 

Never heard any of those songs or of this group. Gave it an honest listen. Some of the songs i didnt hate. 4/10


I nominate foo fighters. Their last 3-4 records have been great. Wasting Light is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Ghost are shit. They look cool but sound like garbage.

I nominate Lil Dicky

I’m not a fan but that’s a solid nomination. They’ve maintained consistency throughout their career which is rare.
 

Something that everyone might know 

the misfits 

it’s popular band to the normies an it’s respected in the punk scene 

Ghost is fun music. Like King Diamond fronted TheSmiths. 5/10.

The Misfits is a good choice. Suicidal Tendencies if you want a bigger name skater punk. Bands such as Discharge, GBH, and Bad Brains would probably be too obscure for most people. 

5/10 never really got into Ghost a little to emo for me. They remind me of Bullet for my Valentine. If I want evil Mercyful Fate and Slayer are better options.
 

I love Ghost. One of the few modern bands I can enjoy. I really enjoy the variety in their sound and theatrics. The "show" has really been lacking in most modern bands, save a few. It harkens back to the Alice Cooper/Kiss/Pink Floyd shows where its a whole experience rather than just a bunch of dudes standing around on stage

edit: I guess I'll pick Foo Fighters just at random. I don't really listen to any of those listed

Oh pick an artist, right. I choose Calvin Harris.

Familiar with them, not a huge fan. 2

I vote for Nickelback next week.

Can we add Tom Petty as a candidate please?

Listening through what I could of those videos. I should have given them a 2/10 Ghost is My Chemical Romance good.

Good to see a popular band that resides in the rock/metal genre. Having said that I do not really like them personally. 4.

nominate Michael Jackson

fucking 10 !

ive seen them like 5 times.


I'd put their live performance right up there with King Diamond.

2.

Guess I'll nominate King Gizard and Lizard Wizard cause the name is fuckin goofy.

Glad to see some people like King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, as far as metal goes it's definitely top 3.

Ghost is nothing like either of them though.

Final thoughts, all my sentences started with G which is kinda cool.

Never listened to Ghost. I think I've heard He Is before though. Based on the songs posted I'm going:

6 - Pretty good. More than a few songs you like. You'd entertain the thought of seeing them live if they were in the area. Or still alive.

I'll nominate Lordi.

I'll nominate Lush, lead singer Miki Berenyi was allegedly an avid Game Boy player and there's even a couple of pics of her and her Gameboy, one of them taken in backstage at Lollapalooza '92:
https://twitter.com/berenyi_miki/status/1010232773276262400




This is a Nintendo forum, need to say more?  

Shoegaze bands tend to be overlooked for the most part, and Lush is one of the most well known shoegaze bands in the 90s.

Also since a lot of you guys seem have a thing for metal, there is a song by Lush that in my opinion is as metal as classic shoegaze can get:




Thanks for your consideration!

Except that last one.