In Your Opinion Who are Some of the R&R HOF's Biggest Snubs???

[Danny Serafini]

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I just glimpsed at this and was wondering why Walker, Texas Ranger should be in the R&R HOF

[texasdave]

If we were to squeeze an individual in, then I would offer up the name of Randy Bachman. He was a member of both The Guess Who and BTO. Bachman was an integral member of two bands, who combined, put up hit after hit for the better part of a decade.

[klw]

There's just so many:

Genuinely shocked omissions: The B-52's, Barry White, Dick Dale, Kool & the Gang, Toot & the Maytals, Thin Lizzy, Diana Ross, The Spinners, Devo, Lenny Kravitz

England is screaming: The Jam, The Damned, XTC, Joy Division/New Order, The Buzzcocks, The Specials, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Blur, Oasis

AOR: Jethro Tull, Blue Öyster Cult, Bad Company, Steppenwolf, ELP, Alan Parsons Project

Heavy: Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, The Scorpions, Slayer, Mötley Crüe, Pantera

Hardcore: Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains

Left of the dial: The Replacements, Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Fugazi, Guided By Voices

90s pileup: Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Faith No More, Alice in Chains, The Offspring, PJ Harvey, Pavement, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr.

Monsters of rap: Wu-Tang Clan, OutKast, De La Soul, Nas, Afrika Bambaataa

Songwriters: Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Jim Croce, Gram Parsons, Squeeze, Carly Simon

They were very popular: INXS, George Michael/Wham!, Supertramp, The Monkees, Bryan Adams, Dave Mathews Band, TLC, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, The Pointer Sisters, Gloria Estefan, Mariah Carey, Bruce Hornsby

Proof that Rolling Stone was never cool: Link Wray, The Sonics, New York Dolls, Brian Eno, X, Sparks, Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Shonen Knife, The Chemical Brothers, almost every single funk band

The Smiths aren't in? Wow ! Now that is a snub! I know they didn't last long but what a peak!

[klw]

Stuart Adamson

In case folks don't recognize the name, his two biggest bands were The Skids and Big Country.

[M2]

In case folks don't recognize the name, his two biggest bands were The Skids and Big Country.

And just because I respect the rule of three.

[westofyou]

FWIW I find the moving target of HOF ratings, stupid, popularity plays into the R&R HOF, mostly because musical taste is like a flavor profile.

That's why Zappa gets talked about with Crosby, Stills and Nash (outside of the fact that he and them and a couple of the Monkees all lived in the same neighborhood)

That said... The Smiths aren't in?

Jesus, just shut it down

[moewan]

For me it was Aerosmith, 1978, just a MESS

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BTW not having the Monkees in the HOF is criminal. They invented the stadium show and had numerous hits, Dolenz was the first rocker to own a Moog as well

Criminal

I totally agree about the Monkees

[marcshoe]

FWIW I find the moving target of HOF ratings, stupid, popularity plays into the R&R HOF, mostly because musical taste is like a flavor profile.

That's why Zappa gets talked about with Crosby, Stills and Nash (outside of the fact that he and them and a couple of the Monkees all lived in the same neighborhood)

That said... The Smiths aren't in?

Jesus, just shut it down

I blame The Cure. It's just confusing.

[klw]

FWIW I find the moving target of HOF ratings, stupid, popularity plays into the R&R HOF, mostly because musical taste is like a flavor profile.

That's why Zappa gets talked about with Crosby, Stills and Nash (outside of the fact that he and them and a couple of the Monkees all lived in the same neighborhood)

That said... The Smiths aren't in?

Jesus, just shut it down

More like Jesus and Mary Chain Gang shut it down, amirite?

[RedsBaron]

BTW not having the Monkees in the HOF is criminal. They invented the stadium show and had numerous hits, Dolenz was the first rocker to own a Moog as well

Criminal

I'm hardly an expert, but I totally agree that The Monkees should be in.
Another group I think should be in are The Bangles. I could offer several reasons, but I will be succinct: Susanna Hoffs.

[marcshoe]

I'll go a little further back than some of you whippersnappers.



So,he did a lot of covers. Nobody objected when Linda Ronstadt was inducted. I'm guessing there's a secret agent man keeping him out.

[Larry Schuler]

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[westofyou]

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