[CANADA] Promotion-Voting 09

Mercoledì 16 Dic 2009, 5:58

It's now the end of Season 1, and we've seen six artists relegated, meaning they are dropped from the league system. This means we need six new artists to replace them!
So, in this thread, please post your favourite six bands that meet the following criteria:

1) Are a rock artist. This is defined as an artist that plays a style of music incorporated into the rock genre.

This can be pop/rock, alternative rock, punk-rock, all forms of metal, acoustic rock (as an addition). This does not include standard pop such as girl bands, this does also not include stuff like electronica, although there may be exceptions, I will judge each case individually. If I am unsure as to whether an artist is a rock artist or not, I will use the Last.fm tags as my guide.

2) Are Canadian. This is defined as originating from Canada.
Originating is defined as:

a) The artist or all or some members of the band of which the artist is comprised was born in Canada, as is the case with the majority of the bands in the competition.

b) The artist was formed in Canada.

c) The artist was formed elsewhere, but before striking a record deal and producing its first solid release, became based in the Canada.

3) Did not already participate in the league in the last season. This means artists relegated this season.

In basic terms, please choose your six bands, and check the following list to see if they are there. If they are, then they are not eligible to be voted for in this thread and you need to choose new ones.

* Alanis Morissette
* Alexisonfire
* Annihilator
* Arcade Fire
* Avril Lavigne
* Billy Talent
* Cancer Bats
* Comeback Kid
* Cryptopsy
* Danko Jones
* Devin Townsend
* Godspeed You! Black Emperor
* Kataklysm
* Nadja
* Neil Young
* Nickelback
* Propagandhi
* Protest the Hero
* Rush
* Silverstein
* Simple Plan
* Strapping Young Lad
* Sum 41
* Voivod

4) Your band isn't in another country's rock artist league. This can happen where a band has multiple nationalities. Please check the leagues of the other nationalities of the band to see if they are in those bands.

If your chosen artists do not meet these criteria, I will endeavour to inform you of this by shoutbox message or personal message, but ultimately you should try to meet these criteria to save us both the hassle.

I will endeavour to update the vote counts as time progresses, however I'm making no promises due to time restraints. The best 2 bands of each genre (metal, punk and rock), wich are receiving the most votes will qualify.

The deadline for this vote is the end of June. So, the 16th of January at 5pm (UTC). This is subject to change (change is most likely to be extention however).

Please note that I do intend to, at some point, advertise this thread out across Last.fm to bring in new users. If you would like to get your favourite artists voted, perhaps you should bring in other users who like that artist to vote for them? ;)

If I've missed anything out, I shall edit this thread, and post what changes I made additionally as a new post in this thread.

Please use this thread for voting purposes only, if you would like to discuss what is going on, please use the group's shoutbox.

If you want to change anything in your post make a new one and leave the old where it is, thx.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy voting!

Vote Standings

Last Updated 05.01.2010, 21:28

9
-The Real McKenzies

7
-The Weakerthans

6
-Metric

5
-A Silver Mt. Zion
-Bryan Adams

4
-Do Make Say Think
-Tegan and Sara

3
-3 Inches of Blood
-Broken Social Scene
-D.O.A.
-The Flatliners
-Fucked Up
-Joni Mitchell
-SNFU
-Steppenwolf
-UNEXPECT
-Wolf Parade