The R&R HOF could burn to the G*D Dmaned ground for all I care!
John Mellencamp? That's a joke, right? He's so smalltown.
Its only Rock n Roll....
I can't believe those haven't had the "honor". Never heard of half those nominated this year. Of course, with Cat Stevens' wacked beliefs, he'll be a shoe in.
What -- The Trashmen still not nominated? No justice, no peace.
Left out : Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, Deep Purple
In : John Mellencamp, the Patti Smith Group, Chic, Joe Tex, Cat Stevens, the Sir Douglas Quintet
Yea , Id have to agree with ya .
Jann Wener, fag, has said Rush will never get in.
Missing from the nomination list again this year include bands like Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Joan Jett, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Heart, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar, and Duran Duran.
Nominees are picked by a 70-member committee of rock 'n' roll historians, journalists and label execs, with ballots then mailed to an international voting body of 700 music industry types for the final decision. The five to seven nominees that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Rock Hall next year.
If these bands can't get inducted, I might as well forget about Motorhead getting in. Black Sabbath, Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, ELO, Van Halen, even Deep Purple? Jeez, what's wrong with the judges?
In other words, people who don't know anything about rock and roll are making the selections to the "rock and roll hall of fame".
Now why in the *heck* would the "Picasso of Jazz" even be considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?!? And excuse me but the Sir Douglas Quintet?!?
Somebody's hittin' the pipe waaaay too often.
Duran Duran deserves to be in the HOF they made MTV popular and defined what a music video should be. But I have to question how J Geils got nominated. They may have fun songs but they aren't legends or anything like that.
That's a joke.
Missing from the nomination list again this year include bands like Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Joan Jett, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Heart, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar, and Duran Duran.
Rush made stellar music: Red Barchetta is a Top Ten driving song. And so is Highway Star...no news there, I know. Van Halen -- seen them about a dozen times live. Saw Yes, in their various lineups, a few times, too. I could praise all the above in some way. ELO -- Rockaria :-) Patty B -- good stuff. And I would like to add The Cars to that list.
Lynyd Skynyrd doen'thave a prayer of getting in...ever.
Reason?...."Sweet Home Alabama"
I like Butterfield and J. Giels. Stuff the rest.
Seger has been snubbed for years, and is from Detroit. Many people believe the RRHOF is biased against Midwesterners, and when you see who is nominated and selected, that seems to be true.
They are really reaching the bottom of the barrel if they consider any of those acts as "hall of fame" material.
It may be a disgrace, but I would like Dave Clark 5 to win (even knowing that the politically correct choice will be Yussuf Islam so that he can bash the President in his speech).
The RnR Hall of Fame is a joke. By failing to nominate the band that brought hard rock back from the dark days of disco in the late '70s makes it completely irrelevant. This band featured the greatest guitarist since Hendrix and the best frontman since Plant. They put out 6 albums that featured not one bad song. They sold millions of records to rabid fans while being hated by rock critics. They were, in my humble opinion, the greatest live band to ever step onstage. I am referring, of course, to Van Halen fronted by David Lee Roth. The failure of the Hall to even nominate them is a joke. My theory as to why they have not been nominated is simple. I will illustrate it by paraphrasing something Dave said on a radio interview in the early '80s. 'The critics trash VH and love Elvis Costello. Mainly because the critics all look like Elvis Costello and are pissed that they dont look like me.'