[Conservative Tsunami]

I think the fact that Vanilla Fudge isn’t in there is a crime.

For their psychedelic version of "You Keep Me Hanging On"??

By that same token, where is the Strawberry Alarm Clock's induction?

[LS]

Well, the fact that you would put it that way shows you don't know much about the Fudge. From 1968-9, they had one of the top selling albums---not just a song---and were reknowned as the hottest concert band out there. They toured with Led Zeppelin and in a rarity Zep and Fudge alternated who opened the set. When they toured in 69 with Hendrix, they frequently captured the show. Deep Purple, for one, cited the Fudge as their inspiration.

The only thing that hampered them from being better known was a disastrous second album, a "concept album" that featured almost no music and a lot of news clips interspersed with the "Beat Goes On." This was the brainchild of their producer, the legendary Shadow Morton, and he later admitted he screwed up the band. They made three more albums, one of which did very well, but the damage was done. But their symphonic rock easily predated groups like "Electric Light Orchestra," and individually three of the four members were at one time considered the best on their instrument in the business---Mark Stein, Tim Bogert, and Carmine Appice.