Supergroup Smackdown qualifier round 7: Who rawks harder? Down vs. Mad Season?

Question

Supergroup Smackdown! 24 supergroups go in, only one can be the best.

Mad Season (1994)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) John Baker Saunders (The Walkabouts)

vs.

Down (1995) -
Phil Anselmo (Pantera) Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) Todd Strange (Crowbar) Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod)

Sorry to keep this one so simple, without editorial on the bands.

Answer 1

Down. No contest. Those guys are heavy southern sludge rock with a kicker of a background. Mad Season are grunge lightweights.