Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands is a competition to find out the most popular band on GameFAQs. Ulti has hosted four editions of BotB, with the first taking place in 2004 and the most recent happening in 2009.

BotB voting is held on the GameFAQs music boards plus the most popular social boards on the site. The six boards where the Contest has been hosted every season are


 * Board 8
 * LUE
 * Poll of the Day
 * Hacked
 * Music: Metal
 * Music: Rock

Battle of the Bands 1 - 2004
The original BotB was won by #2 seeded Pink Floyd, which survived a 2 vote scare from Led Zeppelin to make the Championship Match. In the Final Floyd dispatched of #8 Tool fairly easily, ending its Cinderella run (it had upset the Red Hot Chili Peppers by 2 votes to sneak into the final match).


 * Complete BotB 1 Bracket

Battle of the Bands 2 - 2005
For the sequel, Ulti doubled the field to give a full 128 bands a chance at glory. In the end, Led Zeppelin avenged its earlier loss by defeating Pink Floyd in the Final Four to set up an epic Championship battle against Queen, which had easily topped Jimi Hendrix to get there. 572 votes later, Led Zep had topped Queen in a tough fight to claim victory in by far the most popular match in BotB history.


 * Complete BotB 2 Bracket

Battle of the Bands 3 - 2007
The field was back to 64 entrants for BotB 3, and once again it was Queen and Led Zeppelin rewriting the record books with a very exciting 555 vote clash in the Final Four. However, this time Queen was able to reverse the result and score a close victory, then go on to defeat Iron Maiden in a hard fought Championship where an incredible 753 total votes were cast. The other highlight of the season was Bob Dylan's stunning Cinderella run- despite being only a 13 seed, he came within 9 votes of upsetting Iron Maiden in their Final Four matchup.


 * Complete BotB 3 Bracket

Battle of the Bands 4 - 2009
The fourth season of BotB is currently underway.


 * BotB 4 Bracket - in progress