R'n'R Hall of Fame: Who Isn't In, But Should Be?

[Ltlabner]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Whoops.. definitely, without a doubt... they get in for sure. Not only did they rock they made fun of it all for decades.

Come On Come On on the Live at Budokan album is 3 minutes of what rock n roll is about.

And Surrender might be the bar of excellence, IMO, for a pop-anthematic song.

[MrCinatit]

Heart - the old rocking Heart, not the ballad Heart.
War
How is Alice not in?
King Crimson.
Ooooo...Bread (kidding - I like them though)
How are the Stooges not in??
Deep Purple
The Motor City Five
Rush
The Cure
A couple of less popular picks that I am on the bubble on are Patsy Cline, Joy Division, T Rex and ABBA.
The future: Sonic Youth, Metallica, Run DMC, chilly willy, Nirvana
Just off the top of my head.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by Ltlabner

And Surrender might be the bar of excellence, IMO, for a pop-anthematic song.

Seriously... I can't think of a more perfect line then this.

When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out

[traderumor]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Whoops.. definitely, without a doubt... they get in for sure. Not only did they rock they made fun of it all for decades.

Come On Come On on the Live at Budokan album is 3 minutes of what rock n roll is about.

Ah, Live at Budokan. Probably the best live I've every listened to. My cousin turned me into a heavy metal lover in the pre-hair band days, and he saw a lot of live shows, but he always said J. Geils, Cheap Trick, Heart, and John Cougar Mellencamp did some of the best rockin' around live.

No votes for Iron Maiden? In my pagan days, "Run to the Hills" was one of my favs of all time, especially live (they were openers at about every concert I attended). But the Scorpions were my favorite band.

[Ltlabner]

Foghat for sure.

[Ltlabner]

Hope this doesn't hijack from the original intent, if so ignore.

Do you folks think Guns N Roses are HOF material when their time comes?

On the one hand, took pop-metal away from hair bands and back towards rocking out. Appetite for Distruction was huge with lots of hits (or at least very popular songs), heavy MTV rotation, true rockers in a sea of big hair and spandex. Sortof like the Sexpistols they didn't have any staying power but they came roaring and left just as quickly.

OTOH: Very short catalog, 4 real albums (and that's being generous by including Lies and counting the Use Your Illusions as two seperate albums - ignore Spagetti Incident and the live stuff). Volitale live shows (saw them twice. The only band to be on both my personal best and worst live shows list) and of course, Axel "My best friend is Danny Boniducie" Rose.

[M2]

K.I.S.S. - they've got an army for crying out loud.

The Cars - invented new wave

The Cure - Was anybody from the R'n'R HOF alive in the 1980s?

Black Flag - invented modern California

Peter Gabriel - one of the biggest acts on planet earth

Motorhead - unless you're too much of a (expletive) to vote for them

Rush - 10 million stoned kids can't be wrong

Kool & the Gang - We've all been to a party right?

Chubby Checker - So what if he only recorded two songs. Everybody knows them.

Albert Collins - The Master of the Telecaster

Jethro Tull - a band that boasts two greatest hits albums, the undisputed kings of flute rock

ELO - go ahead, listen to ELO and try not to tap your toe, it can't be done

Peter Frampton - The Chubby Checker of the '70s

Robert Palmer - and have the backup Betties accept for him

Iggy Pop/The Stooges - Nothing says "uncool" faster than this omission

Judas Priest - convinced an entire generation of metal artists to dress up like gay bikers

Cheap Trick - Unfathomable that they aren't in

"Weird Al" Yankovic - perhaps the most single brilliant performer of our time

I could go on, but given who isn't in the R'n'R HOF it's probably more of a badge not to be in it.

[Ltlabner]

Originally Posted by M2

K.I.S.S. - they've got an army for crying out loud.

The Cars - invented new wave

The Cure - Was anybody from the R'n'R HOF alive in the 1980s?

Black Flag - invented modern California

Peter Gabriel - one of the biggest acts on planet earth

Motorhead - unless you're too much of a (expletive) to vote for them

Rush - 10 million stoned kids can't be wrong

Kool & the Gang - We've all been to a party right?

Chubby Checker - So what if he only recorded two songs. Everybody knows them.

Albert Collins - The Master of the Telecaster

Jethro Tull - a band that boasts two greatest hits albums, the undisputed kings of flute rock

ELO - go ahead, listen to ELO and try not to tap your toe, it can't be done

Peter Frampton - The Chubby Checker of the '70s

Robert Palmer - and have the backup Betties accept for him

Iggy Pop/The Stooges - Nothing says "uncool" faster than this omission

Judas Priest - convinced an entire generation of metal artists to dress up like gay bikers

Cheap Trick - Unfathomable that they aren't in

"Weird Al" Yankovic - perhaps the most single brilliant performer of our time

I could go on, but given who isn't in the R'n'R HOF it's probably more of a badge not to be in it.

Stunning...bravo! Well done. You've got some great choices of groups I had overlooked.

Especially like the Chubby Checker/Peter Frampton connection

I can't believe I forgot Motorhead.

[KronoRed]

Wait..Blondie is in but the Cars are not?

That's criminal.

[westofyou]

Albert Collins - The Master of the Telecaster

I listened to some Albert yesterday, what a great showman he was.

[GAC]

Originally Posted by Ltlabner

Alice Cooper should definately be in if he/they aren't in already. Some of his earlier stuff is amazingly good pop-rock-harder edged glam. Combined with his cutting-edge live show I think he pieced together existing muscial styles with some new twists and spit out some influential work.

The track "Welcome to my Nighmare" by itself should be enough, but thats probably a little over the top.

I'd also throw a vote for Stevie Ray Vaughn out there, but I don't think his first album came out till 1983ish, although IIRC he had a single or two prior to that.

I was listening to a radio show the other night on the 35th Anninversary of Cooper's "Killer" album. It had some great interviews and clips. I was a huge Alice Cooper fan back in the early-mid 70's.

KISS, who are in the HOF, state Alice Cooper was a huge influence on them. And Cooper is not in the HOF, and should be.

[Rojo]

Three words: Bay, City, Rollers.

Also, Til Tuesday, David Hasselhoff, Blind Mellon, The Fixx, Rick Springfield, Katrina and the Waves.

And I didn't think there were actual Alice Cooper fans. Midwest thing I guess.

Institutionalizing rock 'n roll, tsk. I hope Gang of Four never make it.

[Cedric]

Cars, Dick Dale, Social Distortion.

[M2]

Originally Posted by Rojo

Blind Mellon

That band convinced me to leave my ex. She liked them.

[919191]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Seriously... I can't think of a more perfect line then this.

When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out

I just saw Tommy Womack last month and he finiished with "Surrender". He called it the greatest r@r song ever written. He then went into some philosophical stuff and lost me, and then hw played it pretty well.