Week 5: All Star Break

Bruce in a landslide last week. No contest. The blog takes a break this week due to access issues. Back next week.

Week 4: Debby Harry, Bruce Springsteen, Karen O, Geddy Lee

Jimi Hendrix handily won last week (20 pts), with Janice Joplin (13 pts) second. Ian MacKaye and Tom Petty were well behind. This week's crop is very different...

Geddy Lee of Rush

Performs "Tom Sawyer" in 1982

Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Performs "Y Control"

Debbie Harry of Blondie

Performs "A Girl Should Know Better"

Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band

performs "Born to Run" in 1978

Week 3: Jimi Hendrix, Tom Petty, Ian McKaye, Stevie Nicks

 The winner from Week 2?  A tie!  Natalie Merchant and David Lee Roth.  This week, two 60s icons, a classic rock standby, and a punk rocker.
Jimi Hendrix with the Experience

performs "Rock Me Baby" in 1967

Tom Petty with the Heartbreakers

performs "American Girl" in 1978

Ian MacKaye with Minor Threat

 performs "Not Your Stepping Stone"

Janice Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company

performs "Piece of My Heart"

Week 2: Natalie Merchant, Black Francis, Iggy Pop, David Lee Roth,

Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs

performs "Hey Jack Kerouac" in early 1990s

Black Francis of Pixies

performing "Hey" in 1988

Iggy Pop of the Stooges
performs "1970" in 1970

David Lee Roth of Van Halen
performs "Unchained" in 1981

Week 1: David Byrne, Robert Plant, Steve Perry, Bob Marley

And the winner is... David Byrne (17 points) by a nose over Bob Marley (15)!  Robert Plant was the third choice of every voter, giving him 8 points.  Steve Perry was the top choice for one voter, and the last for everyone else.  De gustibus non disputandum est!  (in matters of taste, argument is pointless...)

David Byrne, of Talking Heads

Robert Plant, of Led Zeppelin

 

Steve Perry, of Journey

 

Bob Marley, of Bob Marley and the Wailers