OT: If the League was Bands: Who would be the The Who?

Submitted by Snidely Doo Rash on May 16th, 2010 at 12:17 AM

So I got to thinking how long it is taking for Calli Footie and Global Domination Footie to get here and ldecided to post this since ain't no bootie round.

If big ten football teams were bands...

Northwestern: Game Theory. Wimpoid but a spectular campus (sound) and academics (songwriting). Oh and I saw them at a frat house there on a summer break circa 88?

Indiana: Sultry, beautiful, and subtly harmonic within with league. I go with Blake Babies here since I think they had some sort of IU connection during the formative years, and I have a softspot as one with hoosier roots

MSU: Ted Nugent during the late totally psycho dickhead phase. I went to Ost Lanzig once while at UofM and realized quickly it was great if you totally ignored the males.

Michigan: This is tough but I am going The Clash here. Watch them on you tube doing their SNL gig(s?) and that should justify the selection. God/doG bless Joe Strummer.

The Illini: Cheap Trick, they are illinois dudes and have the goofiness on display. Great band, not sure the school lives up to their legacy.

Purdue: A Flock of Seagulls. Bad hair and lame, but damn good engineering on the hair.

Minnesota: The Suburbs. Quirky, Lutheran friendly, and agricultural. The braintrust is still trying to figure out the many mysteries involved in how a football bounces off grass and astroturf.

Wisconson: Violent Femmes who want to be House of Pain OR simply Judas Priest.

Penn State: The Who. Being generous here but I like the tradition and the classic rock vibe of this team.

Iowa: Meat Puppets--they were playing at a bar the one time I was in Iowa City and it seemed as though they kinda belonged there.

Ohio State: This is tough as well. Hard to mesh the positives in the music history with a Michigan bias. So I will just go superficial and go all Simple Minds on this one.

Notre Dame is clearly Freakbass, and Rutgers highly resembles Bon Jovi. Nebraska...Glen Campbell? Is expansion really a good idea?

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May 16th, 2010 at 12:35 AM ^

...Simple Minds and Jim Kerr was once married to Chrissie Hynde, so he's way too cool to represent OSU. Dig this great example of '80s pop/alt rock:

OSU has to be some hideous lame ass hair metal band - say Warrant, Slaughter or Stryper.

You should probably give Minnesota Hüsker Dü since they're a Minneapolis band. They probably don't deserve them, but Hüsker Dü deserves mention on any band list just because they were so damn good.

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Fat Mike

May 16th, 2010 at 12:38 AM ^

If your gonna say Michigan is a old school punk band then why not the stooges? I mean, they're from Ann arbor. As long as it's not the band anarbor, no offense to anyone who might like them, but they are just awful

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Tater

May 16th, 2010 at 9:36 AM ^

Hmmmm...the Godfather of Punk meets the Godfather of the Spread Option. I was resistant to this at first, but they are definitely going to be "no fun" to play against from here on out. Also, "1969" was definitely OK, and I can't wait to see some "raw power" from Taylor Lewan.

However, the team doesn't "wanna be" anybody's "dog." I guess it depends on how much "lust for life" they show this season.

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Snidely Doo Rash

May 16th, 2010 at 1:09 AM ^

Can't argue. Iggy definitely captures a side of A2 and Michigan but U of M has more of an intelligensia/internationale vibe.

Husker's and Replacements are the best of the twin tone era bands so yeah... \\\ Prince, Morris Day, so many choices for Minny. The football team just is not on the level of some of the music...new stadium perhaps new day rising?

I like Simple Minds too and that was kinda one for my picks. I didn't want to pick bands who never put out something worthwhile. SYLTM is a great song and I had either forgotten or never saw the video so that was fun to see.

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Monocle Smile

May 16th, 2010 at 2:55 AM ^

FTW.

I've only heard of about four of these bands, but it's probably because I'm a metalhead, I'm 21, and I can't stand anything that even slightly resembles "indie" music.

This may sound corny, but I always thought Tally Hall personified Michigan fairly well. They take traditional musical ideas and manage to kick ass with them.

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JamesBondHerpesMeds

May 16th, 2010 at 3:19 AM ^

I nominate Ann Arbor-brewed Donkey Punch as Michigan's band-rep.

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Monocle Smile

May 16th, 2010 at 4:46 AM ^

Beware, as I'll attach my own opinions of these bands to my analysis. I tried to keep it fairly mainstream and reasonable.

Illinois:

Avenged Sevenfold. Maintains talent and the potential to do great things, but tends to shit the bed with golden nuggets scattered throughout.

Minnesota:

Megadeth. Underrated and overshadowed by contemporary bands and gets in your face when you're expecting them to be soft.

Penn State:

Metallica. All the way. I like the Who reference in the original post, and Metallica is that classic roots-style thrash that you can always come back to, at least for a minute.

Iowa:

Dimmu Borgir. A powerhouse from a far away land. Shrouded in mystery despite kicking ass with vast, relentless sound.

Northwestern:

Meshuggah. You have to respect their cerebral nature and some good comes out of it, but but in the big picture...no. Just no.

Sparty:

Slipknot. Puts all effort into superficially appearing to be significant, but it's all just one steaming pile of bullshit underneath.

Wisconsin:

Slayer. Why? Football philosophy: "We're just gonna put big dudes out there and kick your teeth in." Slayer's musical philosophy: "We're just gonna write an entire album that's really all one track that TEARS YOUR FACE OFF."

Indiana:

Atreyu. Lots of spirit and pride and you can tell they try very hard, but usually limitations on talent cause them to just miss the cut.

Purdue:

Dragonforce. Outstanding talent with techincal ridiculousness yet pleasing to all audiences. However, tends to be a one-trick pony when it comes to song structure. (i.e. Purdue nearly always has lights-out offense and shoddy defense).

Ohio State:

Iron Maiden. One of the original metal bands that started the movement, successful then and successful now and has done so without radically altering its sound.

Michigan:

Judas Priest. The other notable original metal band, started somewhat similar to Iron Maiden in sound, but adapted throughout the '90s to the modern sound of metal. Underwent a change of vocalist and drummer, but it lead to higher album sales and a more br00tal sound.

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