Post by burdette25159 on May 19, 2012 13:32:53 GMT -5
The history of music from 1950s on is filled with shocking music moments. This tournament will determine the most shocking moment in music history, This tournament will need a minimum of 64 shocking music moments,
Nomination/qualifying stage:
A maximum of 10 moments can be nominated per post, nominations continue until we get to the 64 nomination minimum but I can accept more then 64 moments. Once we get enough moments, I'll shuffle up the moments.
The Tournament Itself:
Every match in the tournament is a all day affair, except the finals which is 2 days.
Here are the nominations (I have put up the first 10)
1. John Lennon assassinated
2. Michael Jackson dies
3. Who concert tragedy in Cincinnati in 1979
4. Sinead O Connor rips the pope on Saturday Night live
5. Michael Jackson scandal of 1993 breaks
6. The Beatles' "Bigger Than Jesus" backlash
7. Disco Demolition night debacle
8. Milli Vanilli's lip-syncing exposed
9. Woodstock 99
10. The Tragedy at Altamont
11. The Day the music died (Holly, Valens, Bopper die in plane crash)
12. Ozzy and the bat
13. Kurt Cobain dies
14. Marvin Gaye murdered by his own dad
15. Madonna "Sex" book
16. Poison fires C.C. DeVille after 1991 VMA performance
17. Olympic Stadium riot after Hetfield steps too close to a pyrotechnics blast during the opening of "Fade to Black".
18. The controversial final 4 minutes of Michael Jackson's Black or White video
19. Freddie mercury dies of AIDS
20. Janet Jackson wardrobe Malfunction at the Super Bowl
21. George Harrison stabbed in his home in 199
22. Madonna/Spears/Aguilera kiss at 2003 VMAs
23. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley marry
24. Death of Elvis
25. Elvis meets Nixon
26. Homeless man claims to be Kiss drummer Peter Criss
27. M.C. Hammer declares bankruptcy
28 John Fogerty gets sued for plagiarizing himself
29. Ronnie Van Zant's grave is disturbed
30. Gary Glitter busted for kiddie porn
31. Michael Jackson buys the Beatle's catalog
32. Jim Morrison exposes himself
33.Morrison sings "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" on Ed Sullivan despite not being allowed to say "Higher" on TV
34. Death of Tupac
35. Notorious BIG is killed
36. The Great White concert fire
37. Nikki Sixx has a near-death experience after ODing on Heroin
38. Britney Spears Head shaving
39. Def Leopard drummer Rick Allen loses arm
40. Cat Stevens supports a fatwa against Salman Rushdie
41. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video
42. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band flops as a movie
43. The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform only in their socks
44. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
45. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs
46. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes death
47. Gary Glitter child porn bust
48. Nancy Spungen's murder/Sid Vicious's death
49. Whitney Houston's death
50. Michael Jackson's Pyrotechnic malfunction during filming of a Pepsi commercial causes him to have a hair burn.
51. Andy Gibb dies days after his 30th birthday
52. Kiss records a disco album (Dynasty)
53. Tommy and Pamela Lee's sex tape
54. Led Zepplin and the mystery of the mud-shark
55. Rock Stars vs. Parents at a Senate Hearing
56. Elvis shakes things up on TV
57. Judas Priest goes to court over subliminal messages
58. Prince changes his name
59. The Beach Boys make friends with Charles Manson
60. Michael Jackson Trial.
61. Alice Copper chicken incident
62. Jerry Lee Lewis marries a child bride
63. Rolling Stones get busted for possession
64. The murder of Selena
65. George Michael busted for indecent exposure.
66. Al Green becomes a reverend
67. John Lennon and Yoko Ono get naked on their album cover
68. Ice T's "Cop Killer" outrages the police.
69. David Bowie accused of fascism.
70. Alan Freed busted for payola
71. Dimebag Darrell gunned down on stage
Nomination/qualifying stage:
A maximum of 10 moments can be nominated per post, nominations continue until we get to the 64 nomination minimum but I can accept more then 64 moments. Once we get enough moments, I'll shuffle up the moments.
The Tournament Itself:
Every match in the tournament is a all day affair, except the finals which is 2 days.
Here are the nominations (I have put up the first 10)
1. John Lennon assassinated
2. Michael Jackson dies
3. Who concert tragedy in Cincinnati in 1979
4. Sinead O Connor rips the pope on Saturday Night live
5. Michael Jackson scandal of 1993 breaks
6. The Beatles' "Bigger Than Jesus" backlash
7. Disco Demolition night debacle
8. Milli Vanilli's lip-syncing exposed
9. Woodstock 99
10. The Tragedy at Altamont
11. The Day the music died (Holly, Valens, Bopper die in plane crash)
12. Ozzy and the bat
13. Kurt Cobain dies
14. Marvin Gaye murdered by his own dad
15. Madonna "Sex" book
16. Poison fires C.C. DeVille after 1991 VMA performance
17. Olympic Stadium riot after Hetfield steps too close to a pyrotechnics blast during the opening of "Fade to Black".
18. The controversial final 4 minutes of Michael Jackson's Black or White video
19. Freddie mercury dies of AIDS
20. Janet Jackson wardrobe Malfunction at the Super Bowl
21. George Harrison stabbed in his home in 199
22. Madonna/Spears/Aguilera kiss at 2003 VMAs
23. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley marry
24. Death of Elvis
25. Elvis meets Nixon
26. Homeless man claims to be Kiss drummer Peter Criss
27. M.C. Hammer declares bankruptcy
28 John Fogerty gets sued for plagiarizing himself
29. Ronnie Van Zant's grave is disturbed
30. Gary Glitter busted for kiddie porn
31. Michael Jackson buys the Beatle's catalog
32. Jim Morrison exposes himself
33.Morrison sings "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" on Ed Sullivan despite not being allowed to say "Higher" on TV
34. Death of Tupac
35. Notorious BIG is killed
36. The Great White concert fire
37. Nikki Sixx has a near-death experience after ODing on Heroin
38. Britney Spears Head shaving
39. Def Leopard drummer Rick Allen loses arm
40. Cat Stevens supports a fatwa against Salman Rushdie
41. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video
42. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band flops as a movie
43. The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform only in their socks
44. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
45. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs
46. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes death
47. Gary Glitter child porn bust
48. Nancy Spungen's murder/Sid Vicious's death
49. Whitney Houston's death
50. Michael Jackson's Pyrotechnic malfunction during filming of a Pepsi commercial causes him to have a hair burn.
51. Andy Gibb dies days after his 30th birthday
52. Kiss records a disco album (Dynasty)
53. Tommy and Pamela Lee's sex tape
54. Led Zepplin and the mystery of the mud-shark
55. Rock Stars vs. Parents at a Senate Hearing
56. Elvis shakes things up on TV
57. Judas Priest goes to court over subliminal messages
58. Prince changes his name
59. The Beach Boys make friends with Charles Manson
60. Michael Jackson Trial.
61. Alice Copper chicken incident
62. Jerry Lee Lewis marries a child bride
63. Rolling Stones get busted for possession
64. The murder of Selena
65. George Michael busted for indecent exposure.
66. Al Green becomes a reverend
67. John Lennon and Yoko Ono get naked on their album cover
68. Ice T's "Cop Killer" outrages the police.
69. David Bowie accused of fascism.
70. Alan Freed busted for payola
71. Dimebag Darrell gunned down on stage
