In 2020, Led Zeppelin dominated the Battle of the Bands tournament, and appeared to be en-route to doing the same. In what had to be a shocking upset, The Clash’s London Calling won a decisive victory over Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti. It’s the first time ever Led Zeppelin has lost a BOTB contest, however Led Zeppelin still has an entry in the Elite 8 with Led Zeppelin IV. Meanwhile Pink Floyd continues to steamroll with Wish You Were Here anniliating The Eagles Hotel California.
On Coop’s bracket, 3rd seeded Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti fell behind early and never mounted a comeback to 2nd seeded The Clash’s London Calling. The Clash would win with 60% of the vote.
On Hector’s bracket, the second seeded Eagles Hotel California never was in it. The 6th seeded Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here got 70.6% of the vote in a blowout.
On Coop’s bracket, 2nd seeded The Clash’s London Calling will face top seeded Led Zeppelin IV in that bracket final. On Hector’s bracket final top seeded Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours will face 6th seeded Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here.
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.
| Votes | |
| Hector | 96 |
| Coop | 99 |
| Dave | 96 |
| John | 89 |
| Total | 380 |
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