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[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Three of The Hottest 80s Band Tournament

Run-DMC

Defeated opponents: Missing Persons

Formed in: 1983

Genres: hip hop, rap rock 

Lineup: Joseph "Run" Simmons – vocals

Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels – vocals

Jam Master Jay – percussion, keyboards

Albums from the 80s: 

Run-D.M.C. (1984)

King of Rock (1985)

Raising Hell (1986)

Tougher Than Leather (1988)

Propaganda: The classic hip-hop/rock crossover group. They made Addidas hip. They saved Aerosmith's career. They are legends.

Aerosmith

Defeated opponents: Pet Shop Boys

Formed in: 1970

Genres: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal

Lineup: Steven Tyler- vocals, guitar, keyboard, harmonica

Joe Perry- guitar

Brad Whitford- guitar

Tom Hamilton- bass

Joey Kramer- drums

Albums from the 80s: 

Rock in a Hard Place (1982)

Done with Mirrors (1985)

Permanent Vacation (1987)

Pump (1989)

Propaganda: They have a roller coaster themed after them too

Iron Maiden

Defeated opponents: Europe, Sonic Youth

Formed in: 1975

Genres: Metal, Power Metal, Prog Metal

Lineup: Bruce Dickinson - vocals 

Dave Murray - guitar

Adrian Smith - guitar, vocals, keyboard 

Steve Harris - bass, vocals, keyboard

Nicko McBrain - drums 

Albums from the 80s: 

Iron Maiden (1980)

Killers (1981)

The Number of the Beast (1982)

Piece of Mind (1983)

Powerslave (1984)

Live After Death (1985)

Somewhere in Time (1986)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

Propaganda: What other band could make metalheads love songs based on poetry ("The Trooper" inspired by Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (based on the Coleridge poem of the same name), history ("Alexander the Great"), cult TV series ("The Prisoner" based on the show of the same name), mythology (twisted a bit with "Flight of Icarus"), and classic literature ("Phantom of the Opera" based on the Gaston Leroux novel, "Murders in the Rue Morgue" based on the Poe story, "To Tame a Land" originally meant to be titled after its inspiration: Frank Herbert's "Dune")? These guys are proud geeks and one of the most epic bands on the planet, STILL going strong all these years later.

Visual propaganda for Run-DMC:

Visual propaganda for Aerosmith:

[1071png]

hes just a pigment of your imagination

[thealatvs]

no more mirrors (the beginning of dante’s nightmares)

[canmking]

R u n D M C

[twixnmix]

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC photographed by Glen E. Friedman in New York City, 1987.

[kurumeuruki]

idk what happened here but this is fun

trend og pic:

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith - Walk This Way 1986

"Walk This Way" is a song by the American rockband Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the album Toys in the Attic (1975). It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit singles for the band in the 1970s.

In 1986, the hip hop group Run-DMC covered "Walk This Way" in collaboration with Aerosmith, and it became a touchstone for the new musical subgenre of rap rock, or the melding of rock and hip hop.

This version of the song charted higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than the original, peaking at number 4, becoming Run-DMC's biggest hit. It was also the first hip hop single to reach the top five on the Billboard charts, as well as one of the first big hip hop singles in the UK, peaking at number 8. It won both groups a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single in 1987. Raising Hell was nominated for a Grammy Award, making Run-DMC the first hip hop act to receive a nomination. In 2017, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant".

Both versions of "Walk This Way" are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

The 1986 video for "Walk This Way" symbolically places Aerosmith and Run-DMC in a musical duel in neighbouring studios before Steven Tyler literally breaks through the wall that separates them. The video segues to the bands' joint performance on stage. The highly popular result was the first hip hop hybrid video played in heavy rotation on MTV, and is regarded as a classic.

"Walk This Way" received a total of 68,3% yes votes! Previous Aerosmith polls: #84 "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)".

[the-phantom-otaku]

I NEED to touch it, I need it more than food and water

[warhead]

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Run-D.M.C. was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame April 4, 2009

[queenzufufu]

The interesting thing about seeing people discover Ed Gamble through Taskmaster is that some look at his desperation dedication to win, judge him by his general appearance and interactions with Greg and the rest of the cast, and pass him off as some stereotypical, overbearing "jock" character, when in reality he's a type 1 diabetic, asthmatic, ex-goth kid who used to collect salt and pepper pots and geodes, who dislikes sports partly due to bad school experiences, who loves food, heavy metal, comic books, board games, his wife, and his cat that he's allergic to, and who's talked openly about his mental and physical struggles with losing weight and managing his type 1.

I dunno, I just find it funny when I see people describe him as "a high school bully" or a "hostile competitor" when he's clearly just an over-excitable, super massive TM nerd whose dream was to be on the show and make love to some hummus.

[implied-gay-sex]

TUMBLR STOP SHOWING ME SEX GIFS

Anyways he looks so cute here🩷🩷I wanna run him over

[oldmanpeace]

[basil-does-arttt]

AU where Dante goes to Fortuna much earlier and ends up taking Nero under his wing instead of Kyrie's parents.. hold on i need to think on this some more ill get back to you

[best-overplayed-song]

fun facts

in the '80s, Run DMC was pushing an anti- drug and gang message: "If only one kid turns away from gangs or drugs, we’ve been successful … Life is hard enough without drugs or joining gangs … We offer kids alternatives. We tell them they can go play ball, go to school. There are lots of other things you can do besides taking drugs or joining gangs … We are not thugs. We don’t use drugs. People try to stereotype us"

years later, DMC admitted "Yeah we was getting high as hell. I was a cocaine man, Run was a weed head, and Jay was weed and 40s. The coke in the ‘80s was the best coke ever!"

when asked why the woman in the song was described wearing 2 different outfits, T-Pain said: "The first girl is dressed how Flo Rida likes. Second girls is dressed how I like. Flo likes a classy lady. I like a lazy bitch"

[twixnmix]

Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, DJ Hurricane, Chuck D and Davy DMX at 300 Elizabeth Street, next door to the Def Jam/Rush Productions office building, in New York City, 1987.

Photos by Glen E. Friedman