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22 May 2007

1 am Eastern

Tuesday Rivalry: Neeeeeeeerrrrrrddds!

We’ve made fun of a lot of people over the course of this tournament - AFI fans, DMB fraternities, Oasis, crappy American bands, Canadian bands that aren’t crappy but who cares cause they’re Canadian - but we haven’t really turned the gun on ourselves yet. We’ll save the indie self-deprication for another day (when Laibach returns), but in the meantime, it’s time to fess up - who’s the nerdiest band, and how many of their albums do we own?

Which is the nerdiest band?
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My name is Dan, and I have seen Rush in concert. Yep, they had a big dragon.

14 responses so far

  1. Zach Says:

    I own a Rush greatest hits album. Nothing else on the list though.

  2. SergeantSki Says:

    I have also seen Rush in concert. Three times. I had to give my vote to TMBG, though. At one point, I owned EVERY Rush album, and every TMBG album, but alas, I am old enough that I started buying music on cassette, and most of those cassettes are long gone. In this new, digital age, I’ve only got 4 Rush albums, and 3 TMBG albums.
    I also cover Moxy Fruvous in my live shows.
    Nerdiest artist of all time, though? MC Frontalot!

  3. hayley Says:

    Rush is the worst thing to come out of canada EVER.

  4. alex Says:

    Weird Al. Start the poll over.

  5. myxomatosis Says:

    I didn’t know Rush was considered to be a nerdy band, but after thinking of it for a while I realized that I’ve lived in denial all these years.

  6. heykaren Says:

    Just say ‘no’ to Yes.

  7. myxomatosis Says:

    By the way, I own three Rush albums (for instance their first, without Neil Peart, which is absolutley horrible) and two Tool albums. They aren’t nerdy, are they? Oh well, I like Weezer and lots of other nerdy bands too. Nerds are cool.

  8. myxomatosis Says:

    I apologize for my spelling. As you probably already figured out, since you’re so smart, I tried to write “absolutely”.

  9. myxomatosis Says:

    btw, Rush’s new album went straight to #4 here in Finland, quite surprising actually.

  10. zunk Says:

    I would say Tool is one of the most psychadelic bands out there right now, but they are definetely not nerdy.

  11. Guinnes Says:

    In the interest of complete nerdiness…..missed bands
    Weezer
    Fountains of Wayne
    Mighty Mighty Bosstones (ska for and by nerds)
    Bad Religion (punk for nerds)

  12. Veoki Says:

    alex said:

    Weird Al. Start the poll over.

    Haha, agreed. Weezer is pretty effing nerdy too, Guinnes.

  13. Catsparrow Says:

    I am in love with They Might Be Giants. you gotta love a band with an accordion! :)

  14. csloce23 Says:

    Rush, easily. For Christ’s sake, they wrote a song about TREES!
    I don’t hate them though. And for the record, I enjoy Yes’s nerdiness.

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