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For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... AOR. Enjoy!

Billy Squier
Blue Oyster Cult
Boston
Bruce Springsteen
Cheap Trick
Dire Straits
Eddie Money
Fleetwood Mac
Foghat
Foreigner
Heart
Honeymoon Suite
Joe Walsh
John Cougar Mellencamp
Journey
Kansas
Loverboy
Meatloaf
Nazareth
Night Ranger
Peter Frampton
REO Speedwagon
Rush
Sammy Hagar
Styx
Survivor
Tesla
The Who
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Toto
Triumph
Yes

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Rush
3. The Who
4. Journey
5. Boston

Could have easily put Tom Petty or Cheap Trick in the last 2 spots...

1.Bruce Springsteen
2.The Who
3.Fleetwood Mac
4.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
5.Dire Straits

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. The Who
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
5. Boston

1. Yes
2. The Who
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Boston
5. Rush

Blue Oyster Cult would be next up. Huge variations in quality in this category. I would have put the Who under 60s pop, but I guess it depends on what period you prefer from them.

Seriously though, Yes' run on The Yes Album/Fragile/Close to the Edge is so underrated by critics. I definitely see why some wouldn't like that style, but it's the best prog I've heard outside of King Crimson.

AOR...A = Arena, R = Rock, O = ?

I guess if it were Arena Rock U2 would be here. What does AOR stand for? I see a lot of arena rock bands but no U2 and a lot of cinematic conceptual bands but no Pink Floyd, and otherwise spread throughout well known rock bands from 1960s to 1980s.

1. Bruce Springsteen (CONCERT TICKETS MARCH!)
2. The Who
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Yes
5. Cheap Trick

1. The Who
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Dire Straits
4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
5. Boston

Jirin wrote:AOR...A = Arena, R = Rock, O = ?

I guess if it were Arena Rock U2 would be here. What does AOR stand for? I see a lot of arena rock bands but no U2 and a lot of cinematic conceptual bands but no Pink Floyd, and otherwise spread throughout well known rock bands from 1960s to 1980s.

It stands for "album oriented rock". Pink Floyd and U2 would probably fit in here just fine, but my guess is that Slick saved them for other genres.

Jackson wrote: Seriously though, Yes' run on The Yes Album/Fragile/Close to the Edge is so underrated by critics. I definitely see why some wouldn't like that style, but it's the best prog I've heard outside of King Crimson.

I prefer Yes to King Crimson, but otherwise I agree with you completely. Back in the early 1970's there was a genre called "classical rock" which included EL&P and Yes and others.

1. The Who
2. Yes
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Journey
5. Fleetwood Mac

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Dire Straits
4. The Who
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I'm relieved that I didn't have to make my list longer.

1. The Who
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Dire Straits
4. Fleetwood Mac
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. The Who
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. John Cougar Mellencamp
5. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Yes
4. Dire Straits
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Nick wrote:

Jirin wrote:AOR...A = Arena, R = Rock, O = ?

I guess if it were Arena Rock U2 would be here. What does AOR stand for? I see a lot of arena rock bands but no U2 and a lot of cinematic conceptual bands but no Pink Floyd, and otherwise spread throughout well known rock bands from 1960s to 1980s.

It stands for "album oriented rock". Pink Floyd and U2 would probably fit in here just fine, but my guess is that Slick saved them for other genres.

I thought it stood for Adult Oriented Rock...

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. The Who
3. Rush
4. Yes
5. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers

Thanks!

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. John Cougar Mellencamp
4. Rush
5. Dire Straits

1. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Who
4. Boston
5. Rush

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. The Who
4. Cheap Trick
5. Yes

1. Heart
2. John Cougar Mellencamp (does this mean we don't consider his songs as "Johnny Cougar" or "John Mellencamp"
3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4. REO Speedwagon
5. Night Ranger

Full disclosure: gaming the system a bit - naturally Bruce deserves a slot, but I figure he'll probably squeak in and I didn't want one of my favorite (and mostly forgotten) 80s hair bands to go without a vote.

1- Bruce Springsteen
2- The Who
3- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4- Boston
5- Fleetwood Mac

1. The Who
2. Rush
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Yes
5. Fleetwood Mac

1. The Who
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4. Yes
5. Cheap Trick

1. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Tesla
4. Toto
5. Heart

Honestly, I don't think five of these deserves to go to another round...

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Tom Petty
4. Dire Straits
5. The Who

RESULTS: (42) voters...

118 - Bruce Springsteen
98 - The Who
77 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
49 - Rush
44 - Fleetwood Mac
33 - John Cougar Mellencamp
30 - Journey
26 - Boston
26 - Yes
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24 - Tesla
22 - Dire Straits
18 - Cheap Trick
11 - REO Speedwagon
8 - Styx
7 - Heart
6 - Toto
5 - Triumph
4 - Night Ranger, Sammy Hagar
3 - Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Walsh
2 - Eddie Money, Foreigner, Peter Frampton
1 - Honeymoon Suite, Nazareth
0 - Billy Squier, Foghat, Kansas, Loverboy, Meatloaf, Survivor

Others....

Bruce, Rush, Cheap Trick, Journey, Heart
1. Boston 2. Journey 3. The Who 4. Petty 5. F Mac
1) Mellencamp 2) Styx 3) BOC 4) Dire Straits 5) Springsteen
1. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2.Cheap Trick 3. Joe Walsh 4. Sammy Hagar 5. Journey
Journey Rush Bruce Springsteen Peter Frampton Edward $
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers The Who Rush Styx REO Speedwagon
John Cougar Bruce Springsteen Boston REO Fleetwood
Tom Petty Rush Journey Bruce Springsteen Boston
Petty Mellencamp Springsteen Styx Eddie Money
Tom Petty, Tesla, Cougar, Yes, Rush.
1. The Who. 2. Rush. 3. Bruce Springsteen. 4. Journey. 5. TOm Petty.
Tesla, Boston, rush, who, petty
Rush, Yes, The Who, Tesla, Fleetwood Mac
Tesla, Petty, Journey, Boston, Rush
Tesla, night ranger, reo, rush, and honeymoon suite
Cheap Trick, The Who, Rush, Boston, Tom Petty
1. The Who. 2. Bruce Springsteen. 3. Tom Petty and the Hearrbreakers. 4. Dire Straits. 5. Johnny Cougar
The Who, Journey, Mellencamp, Foreigner, Petty
The Who, The Boss, The Cougar, The Journey & The Heartbreakers.
1. Triumph 2. Toto (With Bobby Kimball) 3.REO 4. Sammy Hagar 5. Nazareth
Tom Petty, Springsteen, Dire Straits, cheap Trick, the Who.