Battle of the Bands 2007 Round 1 - Bracket A, Part 1

Bracket A

Round 1 - Bracket A Results:

#1 The White Stripes 3 - #64 The Duke Spirit 0 - #65 DragonForce 0 - No real surprise here, as the Stripes are the top seed in the whole tournament.

#33 30 Seconds To Mars 2 - #32 The All-American Rejects 1 - Technically an upset, but at this point, who the hell cares?

#16 Ministry 3 - #49 Lenny Kravitz 0 - Considering that Kravitz hasn't had a decent song in nearly 10 years, this was something of a given.

#17 The Deftones 3 - #48 Iron And Wine 0 - A blowout for the band that all 3 voters have at least heard of.

#8 Green Day 3 - #57 The Dresden Dolls 0 - Even Ryan voted for Green Day and Ryan hates Green Day in a way so passionate it can only be described as irrational.

#25 Pete Yorn 2 - #40 Lucinda Williams 1 - Do you remember Pete Yorn? Apparantly Ryan and Matt do.

#9 Neil Young 3 - #56 Saves The Day 0 - The aging rocker continues his comeback with a high ranking in the tournament and a sweep of Saves The Day.

#24 Hot Hot Heat 2 - #41 The Dave Matthews Band 1 - A result that's one part love of Hot Hot Heat and one part hatred of the Dave Matthews Band.

#4 Franz Ferdinand 3 - #61 Stellastarr 0 - An appropriate blowout.

#29 The Fray 2 - #36 The Cure 1 - The Fray aren't the trendiest of bands, but they've still done quite a bit more than the Cure lately.

#13 Snow Patrol 3 - #52 Matisyahu 0 - The hype around the Hasidic rapper has faded considerably over the past year, enabling an easy victory for the Coldplay sound-a-like.

#20 A.F.I. 2 - #45 Augustana 1 - Despite the insanity at Band Madness, I'm still giving A.F.I. a chance in this tournament. Seeing as how it can't be flooded, I wouldn't expect them to last past next round.

#5 Death Cab For Cutie 3 - #60 Louis XIV 0 - A handful of singles won't cut it against the best emo has to offer.

#37 The Dropkick Murphys 2 - #28 Taking Back Sunday 1 - The first upset of the tournament features pure rock n roll knocking off above average emo. If you're wondering about the Dropkick Murphys, keep one important rule in mind. As soon as the singing starts... the listening should end. Trust me.

#12 My Chemical Romance 2 - #53 Rooney 1 - One of the hottest bands of 2006 knocks off the band that Seth Cohen won't shut up about. His show isn't even on the air anymore and he's still going on about Rooney.

#44 The Sounds 2 - #21 Kanye West 1 - The biggest upset of Bracket A was brought about by an obscenely obscure band going up against an artist from a genre that Ryan will perhaps never vote for.

Coming Soon: Round 1, Bracket A, Part 2