The Wikipedia Band Game

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    Todd

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    OK, bear with me because this sounds stupid and confusing, but it's actually quite fun and challenging.

    The idea of the game is you're given 2 bands, and you have to start off at the first band's Wikipedia page, and by clicking links to other Wikipedia articles on that page, get to the second band's Wikipedia page.

    So, let's say for example, I gave you Linkin Park and Tool. A path for that would be:

    Linkin Park > Projekt Revolution > Mudvayne > Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 > Deftones >Tool

    So this requires you to use your thinking skills, and to know a bit about bands. I knew LP was on the PR tour, so I followed that link. I randomly went to the Mudvayne page from the PR page, and then saw the link to SS03, which I knew the Deftones were on as well. Knowing that the Deftones collaborated with Keenan from Tool on Passenger, I went to the Deftones page from SS03, where I found a link to Tool. The pages you go to in between the two bands do not have to be related to music at all (but they probably will be)

    So, once you successfully find a path, post the path you took, and then post 2 more bands for people to find a path to.

    A couple rules:
    1. English Wikipedia only
    2. The left-hand menu of Wikipedia where the search box is, and the categories way down at the bottom are off limits, they make the game too easy
    3. Pick lesser known bands to make it more challenging, but make sure either band you pick doesn't have a 1-sentence article that doesn't link to anything.
    4. Guitar Hero and Rock Band's pages can't be used. They link to a bunch of bands and are linked to by a bunch of bands. They would make this too easy.

    So the first set of bands are Linkin Park and Muse. Find your way from LP's page to Muse's page, post the route you took, and choose 2 more bands. Yes, I checked. There is a path between LP and Muse, it just takes a little bit of work. Good luck :lol:
     
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    Linkin Park > Warner Bros. > List of Warner Bros. Records artists > List of current Warner Bros. Records artists > Muse

    I love this game!

    Now... find your way from Muse to Guns N' Roses. ^_^
     
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    Muse > The String Quartet Tribute/Vitamin Records > Guns N Roses ||||||||||||||||||| My Chemical Romance to Dir En Grey
     
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    My Chemical Romance > Linkin Park > Mike Shinoda > Japanese American > Japan > J-pop > Music of Japan > Dir En Grey


    Faith No More to Every Time I Die.
     
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    Faith No More > Mike Patton > The Dillinger Escape Plan > Steve Evetts > Every Time I Die

    Queens of the Stone Age to Justin Timberlake.
     
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    Queens of the Stone Age > Alternative Rock > Hardcore Punk > Equal Vision records > Alexisonfire > Fucked Up > Nelly Furtado > Justin Timberlake

    Michael Jackson to Radiohead
     
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    Queens of the Stone Age > Grammy Award of 2008 > Best Male Pop Vocal Performance > Justin Timberlake

    Korn to Marilyn Manson.
     
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    Korn > Alternative Metal > Marilyn Manson

    Now Michael Jackson to Radiohead :p
     
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    Oops! Sorry Dean!

    Michael Jackson > Thriller > Beat It > John Mayer > Radiohead.

    Britney Spears to Linkin Park.
     
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    It's okay :)

    Britney Spears > Justin Timberlake > Timbaland > We Made It > Linkin Park

    Weezer to Oasis
     
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    Weezer > Alternative rock > Britpop > Oasis

    Green Day to Fall Out Boy.
     
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    Sorry, not to interrupt the game but there was a wayyy easier way to link MCR with Dir en Grey than that stretch...

    My Chemical Romance > Taste of Chaos tour 2005 > Dir en Grey

    ...Just thought I'd point that out. You may proceed with the game now. :lol:


    And Dir en Grey are not J-pop. :p
     
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    I know, I just couldn't see a direct link to Music of Japan :p

    Green Day > Reprise records > My Chemical Romance > Fall Out Boy

    Every Time I Die to Linkin Park
     
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    Everytime I Die > Southern rock > Rock music > Linkin Park

    Children of Bodom to HIM.
     
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    Children of Bodom > Finland > Music of Finland > HIM


    Stabbing Westward to Red Hot Chili Peppers
     
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    Stabbing Westward > Chris Vrenna > theSTART > Incubus > Mr Bungle > Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Tricky to Theory Of A Deadman
    If anyone can take the route I'm thinking of I'll be impressed.
     
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    Tricky > Massive Attack > Rock music > Hard rock > List of hard rock musicians > Theory of a Deadman

    Disturbed to Iggy Pop.
     
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    Disturbed > Land of Confusion > Peter Gabriel > David Bowie > Iggy Pop


    Strapping Young Lad to Sinead O'Connor
     
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    This has officially stumped me.
     
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    Dean

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    It can be done but it takes a while. someone else can put a new one if they want.
     

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