We’re plowing through March at a rate that hopefully means that we’ll be finished this tournament by the 31st. That means that there’s going to be a whole bunch of match-ups today and tomorrow (4 in the main tournament and 8 in the loser’s bracket), and then because it turns out we have an extra round in the loser’s bracket, the rest of this week will be focused on the next round over there.

First up, let’s take a look at the results in the last set:

The Offspring’s Come Out and Play def. Blondie’s One Way or Another (213-137)

Foo Fighters’ Everlong def. System of a Down’s Chop Suey (244-114)

Silversun Pickups’ Lazy Eye def. Joan Jett’s Bad Reputation (203-147)

Alanis Morissette’s You Oughta Know def. Elvis Costello’s Pump It Up (242-100)

And in the loser’s bracket:

Avenged Sevenfold’s Almost Easy def. The Sterns’ Supreme Girl (234-70)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Where’d You Go? def. Squeeze’s Cool for Cats (164-142)

Tenacious D’s Master Exploder def. That Handsome Devil’s Rob the Prez-O-Dent (242-72)

Modest Mouse’s Float On def. Jane’s Addiction’s Mountain Song (218-104)

Megadeth’s Peace Sells def. Social Distortion’s I Was Wrong (180-132)

Now, let’s see what we’ve got today:

Our first match is something people have been waiting the whole tournament to see. It’s Journey’s Any Way You Want It vs. Kansas’ Carry On Wayward Son!

Next up, we have two of the only songs from Rock Band 2 that are currently also available as DLC with Soundgarden’s Spoonman taking on Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer!

After that, we have two classic 90s alternative rock tracks as Pearl Jam’s Alive battles Smashing Pumpkins’ Today!

Finally, the final challenge of Rock Band 2 faces off against one of the first songs you’ll play when Judas Priest’s Painkiller faces Billy Idol’s White Wedding (Part 1)!

And here’s your loser’s bracket matches:

NOTE: There’s a lot of matches and coming up with flavour text is difficult, so if it starts to get repetitive, there’s only so many ways to say “these songs don’t share too much in common.”

First up, it’s a pair of rock n’ roll legends with AC/DC’s Let There Be Rock taking on Motörhead’s Ace of Spades ’08!

Then, we have a modern great taking on a legendary classic with Linkin Park’s One Step Closer facing Steve Miller Band’s Rock’n Me!

After that, we have two great modern punk-ish songs as Anarchy Club’s Get Clean battles Rise Against’s Give It All!

Next, we have two quirky alternative songs when Devo’s Uncontrollable Urge faces Lit’s My Own Worst Enemy!

Then, Ramblin’ Man faces a rambling man when The Allman Brothers Band’s Ramblin’ Man takes on Bob Dylan’s Tangled Up in Blue!

Next, two almost polar opposites face off when Steely Dan’s Bodhisattva meets Rage Against the Machine’s Testify!

Our next match pits two favourites from the early tiers against each other as The Guess Who’s American Woman does battle with Nirvana’s Drain You!

Finally, it’s a 90s alternative battle. It’s The President’s of the United States of America’s Lump vs. Dinosaur Jr.’s Feel the Pain!