Episode 3: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’80s First Round)

Episode 3 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. Having already discussed the '60s and '70s matchups, here we continue with the '80s.

Matchups for this episode:

(1) U2 vs. (16) Def Leppard

(2) R.E.M. vs. (15) Aerosmith

(3) Guns n' Roses vs. (14) Rush

(4) Talking Heads vs. (13) Iron Maiden

(5) Metallica vs. (12) Billy Joel

(6) The Smiths vs. (11) Genesis

(7) AC/DC vs. (10) The Police

(8) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers vs. (9) The Cure

Notes for this episode:

Metallica's Load (79 minutes) and Reload (76 minutes) are even longer than we remembered!

Busta "Cherry" Jones was the second Talking Heads bass player in their expanded lineup