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BOTB 1970s: Top Seeds Pink Floyd & Black Sabbath Win Opening Matchups

Top seeds Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Black Sabbath's Paranoid won their opening round matchups in the 2024 Battle of the Bands tournament.

Top seeds Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Black Sabbath’s Paranoid won their opening round matchups. The wins give all four number one seeds int he tournament a spot in Round 2.

On Dave’s bracket, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album easily disposed of The Runaways self-titled album. In fact, it was a shutout for quite a while. Dark Side of the Moon would capture 92.9% of the vote.

After a big of a sluggish start, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid would go on to defeat The Guess Who’s American Woman on Surgeon’s bracket capturing 65% of the vote.

On Dave’s bracket, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon will face the winner of the 4-5 matchup between Dolly Parton’s Jolene and Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run. Meanwhile on Surgeon’s bracket, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid faces the winner of the 4-5 matchup between Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

To follow the current version of the brackets, see below:

A total of 600 total votes in the tournament kicks in a series of gift card prizes on top of the swag prizes.

Round 1 Votes
Hector15
Coop16
Dave14
John20
Total65

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