Battle of the bands 1970's Round 1 Hendrix VS ZZ Top

Who wins this battle

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Votes: 11 47.8%

  • ZZ Top

    Votes: 12 52.2%
  • Total voters
    23
  • Poll closed .
I love to see a very close contest rather than a blowout.
Seeing all these pictures in support, and all that, warms my cold Canadian heart!

This is what I want these thread to be. A celebration of these artists, all of them.
All the bands that made the original list of 16 are formidable talents.
Our judgments here are not the measure of these groups, but a small sampling of
opinion on a guitar based (mostly) website, in a very small time frame.

And that's the thing, I see many have picked up on the "Battle of the bands" aspect,
rather than the battle of an individual guitar player. Satisfies my soul, it does.

I value all of your opinions, all of us should respect each other, and counter as best we can.

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By a razor thin margin... ZZ Top beats out The Jimi Hendrix Experience in our first Battle of the Bands boomer edition LOL

Congratulations!


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gball said:
'Screaming' was seismic when it came out, and still one that I listen to regularly. For me though, 'Sin After Sin' and 'Stained Class' were the ones that really got me. A bit darker, more stripped down production. I know they really came into their own with 'Killing Machine' and 'British Steel' but those were more of a mainstream sound to me and although I love them they didn't grip me the same way.
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I totally agree , I always like the straight forward no frills approach of production.
All rock no softeners. Sad Wings, Sin After Sin, Stained Class and Killing Machine as it was originally titled are the foundation of metal.

The argument or statement for Sabbath being the beginning is a very good one. Every generation starts with a great preceding foundation and building on that strength.
Priest followed by Iron Maiden and when I say follow I mean generation.
 
TVvoodoo said:
@Sargeant Preston if you were on one of those teams, you wouldn't feel the same way!
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I don’t feel ZZ Top is equal. I like them. ZZ has such a huge catalogue and a long history but that argument don’t do a thing for me.
I will give you an example / can of worms.

Randy Rhoads vs Edward. 2 camps ,one for Rhoads a guitar God as is the other camp for Edward a guitar God. EVH had a larger catalogue and was very main stream popular, still I choose Randy all day and every until the end of time.
Main stream is painful.
 
ibmorjamn said:
Main stream is painful.
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I understand you are trying to prove a point here with an analogy... but it brings to mind that old saying about opinions.

This is a battle of bands, so pinning arguments on the basis of one legendary musician member vs another may not fare well in this tourney.

I agree a lot of popular bands and successful music can be seem more safe, bland, or homogenized to some, but conversely many people cannot find much enjoyment out of some music no matter how edgy, groundbreaking or arty it may be.

Accessibility is a key factor for art of all types. If it's so extreme to render it mostly unpalatable, no matter how much virtuosity and talent is on display, or creative themes explored, people are going to be turned off.

Thus is how I feel about Rush and bebop jazz.
 
TVvoodoo said:
I understand you are trying to prove a point here with an analogy... but it brings to mind that old saying about opinions.

This is a battle of bands, so pinning arguments on the basis of one legendary musician member vs another may not fare well in this tourney.

I agree a lot of popular bands and successful music can be seem more safe, bland, or homogenized to some, but conversely many people cannot find much enjoyment out of some music no matter how edgy, groundbreaking or arty it may be.

Accessibility is a key factor for art of all types. If it's so extreme to render it mostly unpalatable, no matter how much virtuosity and talent is on display, or creative themes explored, people are going to be turned off.

Thus is how I feel about Rush and bebop jazz.
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I get it , imho. Not trying to derail the contest. For what ever reason growing up I never really liked main stream. It was just boring
(I thought) Now I do listen to a wider variety of music and more commercial music than back then but in the 70’s by the decades end I had my fill. It’s just my opinion about Hendrix being in another level.
As had previously been described by Mike.
I know there are no wrong answers. These are everyone’s opinions. It should become very interesting by the end.
 
TVvoodoo said:
I understand you are trying to prove a point here with an analogy... but it brings to mind that old saying about opinions.

This is a battle of bands, so pinning arguments on the basis of one legendary musician member vs another may not fare well in this tourney.

I agree a lot of popular bands and successful music can be seem more safe, bland, or homogenized to some, but conversely many people cannot find much enjoyment out of some music no matter how edgy, groundbreaking or arty it may be.

Accessibility is a key factor for art of all types. If it's so extreme to render it mostly unpalatable, no matter how much virtuosity and talent is on display, or creative themes explored, people are going to be turned off.

Thus is how I feel about Rush and bebop jazz.
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“Some are born to move the and live their fantasy’s but most of just dream about thing we’d rather be, sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it. For you the blind who once could see, the bell tolls for the”
 
Clockworkmike said:
Great, where do I send it: prefer snail mail or email? I love Hendrix and worship him as the greatest guitarist, but this was a band battle not a guitar battle
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Even at that, I think, personally, Billy is a better guitar player than Jimi. I'd sure rather sit around listening to him than all that Hendrix wanking.
 
gball said:
Even at that, I think, personally, Billy is a better guitar player than Jimi. I'd sure rather sit around listening to him than all that Hendrix wanking.
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That's a fair opinion. Me personally, I was mesmerized by Hendrix's guitar and still am. I know there's a lot that don't like it and that's ok too. Billy is a wicked bluesy rock player and has a sound that no one ever really replicated as well, as thus he's another I highly revere
 
Clockworkmike said:
That's a fair opinion. Me personally, I was mesmerized by Hendrix's guitar and still am. I know there's a lot that don't like it and that's ok too. Billy is a wicked bluesy rock player and has a sound that no one ever really replicated as well, as thus he's another I highly revere
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I have always loved Hendrix's songs but have not really understood the reverence for his guitar playing. Great player for sure, but greatest? I just don't hear it.
 
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