Posted on 09/27/2007 10:07:04 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
September 27, 2007, 6:45 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Madonna, the Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen lead a wildly disparate class of nominees for 2008 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
They join Afrika Bambaataa, Chic, the Ventures, Donna Summer and the Dave Clark Five on the ballot. Five acts will be inducted March 10, 2008, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
For eligibility, artists had to release their first single no later than 1982. Last year's inductees were R.E.M., Van Halen, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and the Ronettes
Still not even nominated or in:
Rush Foreigner KISS Blue Oyster Cult Meatloaf Alice Cooper Roxy Music Yes Genesis
Feel free to add to the list
ABBA
Chicago
Cliff Richard/Shadows
Deep Purple
Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Hollies
Judas Priest
King Crimson/Robert Fripp
Linda Ronstadt
Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin/Billy Cobham/Jan Hammer
Metallica
Moody Blues
Move/Electric Light Orchestra/Roy Wood’s Wizzard/Jeff Lynne
Neil Diamond
Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds/Rockpile
Ohio Players
Alan Parsons Project
Asia
B-52s
Badfinger
Barry White
Bay City Rollers
Big Star
Black Flag
Blasters
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Oyster Cult
Boomtown Rats/Bob Geldof
Boston
Cars
Cat Stevens
Cheap Trick
Commodores/Lionel Ritchie
Cure
Darlene Love
Dave Clark Five
Def Leppard
Devo
Dick Dale
Dionne Warwick
Dire Straits
Donovan
Doobie Brothers
Edgar Winter Group
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(Small) Faces
Fairport Convention/Richard Thompson/Sandy Denny
Foghat
Foreigner
Free/Bad Company
Fugs
Gary Glitter
Graham Parker & the Rumour
Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers
Hall & Oates
Harry Nilsson
Heart
Herman’s Hermits
Humble Pie
Hüsker Dü
J. Geils Band
J.J. Cale
Jeff Beck
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Buffett
Joan Baez
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson
John Cougar Mellencamp
John Mayall
John Prine
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Johnny Rivers
Johnny Winter
Journey
Kraftwerk
Kool & the Gang
Leonard Cohen
Little Feat
Loggins & Messina
Luther Vandross
Manfred Mann
Minutemen
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Montrose/Sammy Hagar
Mötley Crüe
Motorhead
Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter
Nazareth
New York Dolls
Paul Butterfield
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Peter Frampton
Peter, Paul & Mary
Phil Ochs
Poco
Pointer Sisters
Procol Harum/Robin Trower
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Randy Newman
Raspberries/Eric Carmen
REO Speedwagon
R.E.M.
Replacements
Return To Forever/Chick Corea/Al DiMeola/Stanley Clarke
Rufus/Chaka Khan
Scorpions
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Slade
Sonic Youth
Sparks
Spencer Davis Group
Spinners
Spirit
Status Quo
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller
Stylistics
Styx
Ted Nugent
Television
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Tom Waits
Tommy James & the Shondells
Tower of Power
Tubes
Turtles/Flo & Eddie
UFO
War
Warren Zevon
Weather Report/Jaco Pastorius
X
Zombies/Argent
I agree but all you have to do to understand what the Rock and Roll HOF is all about is go there. It has very little to do with music and everything to do with grifting suckers for the admission price for a tour of memorabilia that you could find at any Hard Rock Cafe.
A few miles away you can see Elvis’ Electra Glide in a Cleveland Harley dealership but you won’t find one in the HOF.
It’s a joke.
Big Star
Beau Brummels
Blue Cheer
Captain Beefheart
Charlatans (U.S.)
Dictators
Joy Division
Kingsmen
Link Wray
Lonnie Donegan
MC5
Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman
New York Dolls
Pretty Things
Residents
Screaming Lord Sutch
Suzi Quatro
Troggs
Wire
Sorry REM went in last year...already forgot!
Madonna is a rocker huh. Guess in 20 years Britney Spears will be inducted?
Bi-Sexual Editor of Rolling Stone and head of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Jann Wenner has said Rush will never get in under his watch because they have not contributed anything to rock and roll other than Tom Sawyer. As a fan of this band...this is our thorn. 40 million records sold worlwide and one of the top ten grossing tours this year not to mention a #3 Billboard debut.
I wouldn’t worry about him. He’ll probably die of some STD before they release their next record. You only have to watch their concert from Brazil to understand that hearing tens of thousands of people singing YYZ has had a more profound effect on music than anything RS has ever printed.
Period.
Ping
RUSH definitely should be there among many others listed, Neil Peart and Geddy Lee are masters of their instruments and Alex Lifeson is definitely no slouch on guitar!
Ping
RUSH definitely should be there among many others listed, Neil Peart and Geddy Lee are masters of their instruments and Alex Lifeson is definitely no slouch on guitar!
Damn, you list looks like my iPod.
oops hit it twice
Without Sonic Youth, there may as well be no Hall of Fame.
Comment of the day! You nailed it. I recently got a full year’s subscription mailed to me from a friend from 1985-1986 and it was literally the same crap they were putting about Reagan as they do with Bush. THE SAME CRAP!!!!!!!! WORD FOR WORD!
And to be honest with you I have been quite shocked that with all of the love Rolling Stone and 75% of the media writers in the 80s and 90s showed Sonic Youth..I can’t believe they are not in or nominated.
I’ll go with the Ventures and the Dave Clark Five, easy.
If the Boys get in you have to let SY in.
Daydream Nation was added to the Library Of Congress’ National Recording Register.
I’ll defend DC5. They were all over the US Top 40 charts with the Beatles and the Stones in the mid-60s. Not very artsy but they were a huge commercial success.
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