The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Beclowns Itself (Again)
Latest inductees confirm everything wrong with Cleveland-based institution
Willie Nelson got an odd gift for his 90th birthday.
The country music legend learned he finally made the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cut.
Huh?
Is there any sane argument against the singer/songwriter’s legendary status? Did the Hall’s voters need another year of Nelson above ground to finally say, “It’s time?” Did they miss his decades-worth of essential songs, tours and collaborations?
And, by the way, isn’t he a country singer, not a rock ‘n’ roller?
Absurd. All of it.
Then again, absurdity rules this Hall, which officially opened its doors in 1995. The institution is meant to honor rock legends, but through the years it’s welcomed acts whose songs soar beyond the “rock” category.
Think this year’s nominees, including Nelson, Missy Elliott, Chaka Khan and “Soul Train’s” Don Cornelius. Do any of those names scream, “rock” to anyone?
It gets worse.
Bon Jovi, the band that brought the song “Bad Medicine” into existence, is enshrined in the Hall but Iron Maiden isn’t. A more embarrassing case of exclusion comes via the so-called Pre-Fab Four.
The Monkees remain uninvited despite their outsized impact on pop music. The faux band became the real deal, reportedly outsold the Beatles at its musical peak and enjoyed musical rebirths in both the ’80s and mid-2010s.
Their wacky TV show built on the Beatles’ visual legacy and became a precursor to MTV.
And the songs! So many perfect pop moments – think “Last Train to Clarksville,” “Daydream Believer,” “Sometime in the Morning,” “I’m a Believer,” “Shades of Gray” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday.” Even the deep cuts count, and the band’s 2016 “Good Times” album delivered more essential tracks.
The same holds true for the Indigo Girls, a tireless duo with a string of killer tracks and albums. They’re one of the most beloved touring acts around, and yet they still stand outside the Cleveland Hall.
Warren Zevon, Soundgarden and Joy Division also await their induction, assuming it ever happens. Maybe Hall voters are waiting until they each turn 90, which hits Zevon the hardest since he passed in 2003 at the age of 56.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame chairman John Sykes accidentally summed up the institution’s irrelevance via this quote to Variety.
“Sometimes it takes a major moment like Willie’s 90th birthday or, in the case of Kate Bush, music being played in ‘Stranger Things’ to shine a light on them for a lot of younger people who didn’t know who she was in 1985; they probably weren’t even born yet.”
Good thing Nelson lived to be 90, otherwise his body of work might have gotten ignored.
Embarrassing.
The Baseball Hall of Fame is special, in large part, due to the brutal barrier to entry. Some of the best players of the modern era, including Curt Schilling and Don Mattingly, have yet to make the cut. The former’s political positions clearly play a role in his omission.
Other MLB giants excluded from the Hall include Lou Whitaker, Dale Murphy and Dwight Evans. That means getting a Hall pass means something significant to the culture and the sport.
The musicians who make the Hall cut? The honor means little in the long run. Perhaps that’s why we’ve seen inductee no-shows over the years, including three-fifths of Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Axl Rose and David Bowie.
To quote Bill Murray in the classic camp comedy “Meatballs” … it just doesn’t matter.
I still cannot understand why the SCORPIONS have not even been considered, scorned or anything! 58 years of making great music and still going strong, and they aren’t even on the list! Why is that?
Seriously. Scorps and maiden Tull and Foreigner and Bad Company etc..aka actual rock music. Scorpions 70s albums are really underrated. Fly to the Rainbow. Virgin Killer, and Taken by Force are all excellent
So many artists that should be in there! You guys have mentioned Rock geniuses! Yet there’s so much Pop crap in there instead! Even if it’s good, if it ain’t Rock we don’t want it!
They should have added 20 – 50 a year for decades, and then stopped. Nobody makes great Rock anymore. Diluting the gold with garbage creates only pure garbage overall. The place is worse than a joke, and it has a hella bias against all non USA artists!
BTW, Jethro Tull just released a new album.
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So many artists that should be in there! You guys have mentioned Rock geniuses! Yet there’s so much Pop crap in
there instead! Even if it’s good, if it ain’t Rock we don’t want it!
They should have added 20 – 50 a year for decades, and then stopped. Nobody makes great Rock anymore. Diluting the gold with garbage creates only pure garbage overall. The place is worse than a joke.
How does Steve Winwood not qualify for induction? He should have been nominated before three quarters of the current inductions.
It’s b.s. that Warren Zevon did not get inducted. He had the 3rd highest votes. Iron Maiden should be in, too
And where is Steppenwolf! It looks like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is running out of legitimate choices so their picking musicians who are questionable. I understand picking musicians who have had an influence on Rock& Roll but I don’t see how Dolly Parton or Willie Nelson have had an influence on Rock & Roll. If they wanted to add legitimate choices over a longer period then they shouldn’t have inducted 10-12 nominees at one time over the years which has caused the choices to run out
As someone who spent their entire middle school and high school years in the 90’s, I find it hard to believe some of the artists that were best known in that decade are in the Rock Hall of Fame but Soundgarden and Alice In Chains aren’t. Stone Temple Pilots even belong in over some of them. Sheryl Crow and Missy Elliott…really?
Some bands I would expect to be inducted before Sheryl, but she does belong there.
What is the rock and roll hall of fame anyway? A sushi roll with cream cheese.
Change the name.
Next thing you you know they’ll be inducting Barry Manilow or Frank Sinatra.
I can’t believe Missey Elliott on this hall of Fame . I don’t see any white performers in the BET hall of Fame
F’n a,dude. So should we kick all of the black performers out of the Rock Hall then, huh?
Yes
NOT CHUCK BERRY ❣️
Right? What a half-witted ignorant comment! For what it’s worth – Maiden , Halen, Jethro, & B52s ALL need to be in, or burn it down. They each took big chances, created their own sound & style & led the way Into the Future. Definition of pioneers, which is part of criteria. Screw that Hall what a joke it’s become. I dig hip hop & understand Country’s popularity, but I mean come on
You got that right pally! Jesse Jackson would cry like a baby if one of US got into THEY world.
It’s not the white rock and roll HOF, and rock and roll comes from the roots of Black music so your take is wrong in multiple ways.
I was gonna tell these idiots that. Rock N Roll come from black music.
RnR’s roots come from country music Black music does as well.
You obviously get it and know how things happened.
I’ve seen many of them. Muddy Waters 4 times, Dizzy Gillespie 6 or more. Count Basis. I can keep going. Lots of duplicate music. I’m not big into county but now it’s just pop. However a song like Mama Tried was first recorded in 1921 and that’s been covered as well. Music has roots.
Poco. Most underrated group ever.
So by that logic any black artist should automatically be inducted because its roots come from black music? Regardless of the music they actually create now? When will Beyonce be nominated?
Try comparing like things. The rock and roll hall of fame is just called that. Its not an actual hall of fame for rock. Its the music hall of fame. Im sorry that you and the author dont know that but you all make yourself look like such a sad group of losers
Thank you!
Why do you feel the need to bring race into this conversation. Why don’t you think before you post.
A joke!
Styx,Bad Company, Foreigner, Grand Funk,IronMaiden, Motley Crue,, REO Speedwagon,all of what Unc mentioned,
Grand Funk is not in??? There first three albums solified them as one of the best garage bands of all time
Jethro Tull, Kansas, and many others not in the Hall but room for Country and Hip Hop stars. No disrespect but change the name if you are going to include other types of music.
I second Jethro Tull !! It took until last year for Moody Blues to get in !!
Yes! Why not?
Jethro not in? OMG Didn’t realize that. A major sin
I am boycotting the so called RRHoF until Tull is enshrined.
Furthermore, I am boycotting Cleveland. And all of Ohio.
Johnny Rivers not in. Who’s making these decisions? Obviously not someone who knows music. If it’s called the RRHOF, shouldn’t that be the genre?
I am a huge Iron Maiden fan I hope that if the day ever comes when Iron Maiden is inducted that all 6 members of the band collectively give the finger to the Rock hall of fame. With a large portion of the musicians in the hall of fame now it’s a badge of honor to NOT be in that ridiculous institution. I will never give my hard earned money to that institution.
Love your comment sir! Rock and roll hall of Fame is garbage!
Perfectly said
Johnny Rivers.
Thanks for the Johnny Rivers mention…..Mary Wells? Martha & The Vandellas? Melanie?
YOU ARE RIGHT ON TARGET MR.MAQQEBET. How does an institution ignore the contribution of Johnny Rivers to Rock-N Roll yet proclaim itself the Rock-N Roll Hall of Fame! Until Mr. Rivers is inducted into “The Hall” a large group of my friends and myself won’t make the trip to Cleveland.
At least multi-talented Al Kooper finally got into the HOF. He’s played with most of the R&R groups, founded BS&T, discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd, played with Dylan, the Who, and the Stones, not to mention producing over 11 personal albums. Not too bad a career. And Hendrix gave him a guitar.
Al Kooper? Sounds like somebody I need to Google asap!
Oh please do. One of the early to mid 60s greats
The fan vote means nothing obviously how about allowing the fans to vote in our choices like Free/Bad company/Paul Rodgers!
To me the biggest snub Paul Rodgers alone belongs Free Bad Co the Firm
3 Dog Night, Harry Nilsson, BTO/Guess Who/Burton Cummings
R&R is the music, RRHOF is just a horrible institution.
Ted Nugent certainly belongs, but he’s not a woke, liberal, pedo, gooming democrat fascict, so he will never be inducted!
No…he’s just not good enough. Has zero to do with his politics!
It is all about politics. Where have you been? Living under a rock?
That’s BS and you know it!
Where’s you record? Did you write “ Cat Scratch Fever”?
People who don’t even know who he is( young) know THAT SONG!
Incorrect. The Nuge is awesome. Everything in life is now all about someone’s politics. AND I’m pretty sure that he doesn’t care.
After all the s*** I’ve read your post is the only one to floor me. From a pure musical stand point The Nuge absolutely….. overwhelmingly……and completely belongs in the rock and roll hall of shame. Put your political bias aside.
Sorry bud, but fascism is a far right movement. Always has been, always will be. Dems have been calling you that for years. Why don’t you stick to your wore out “socialist” label instead of trying to use the other partys label for you just because it’s a popular word now.
So because the left has been calling the right fascists for years means it is true? Do you even know the definition. How about you try looking it up and then look at the tenants of both parties to compare. I have stayed Independent my whole life and supported the best candidates. I do not hate Republicans or Democrats but I do hate empty head loud mouths that regurgitate talking points with nothing to back them up.
The fact that republicans have been fascist since the 1920s is all the evidence needed. Read up on Prentiss Bush (yeah, that family) and his fellow wall st. thugs plot to overthrow the FDR admin. ,for starters.
If you actually read any history, you will understand that fascism has and always been a movement of the Left. Nazi was short for National Socialist. They weren’t duping the people with the Socialist brand; they were lefties. Mussolini was a Communist and slightly softened as he became Il Duce.
Reading and comprehension of subject matter not a strong point with you is it?
Nice reply Frontman. The left commit the crime,then point to the right. Dems. Party of the KKK, and Jim Crow law. Liberals are the biggest fascists if you don’t agree with them they want to cancel you on the internet, call you a racist etc. Coming after our kids. Who the hell wants more Govt. In their lives.
Silencing peoples speech isn’t facism? Hmmm sounds like both sides are fascist!
And he shouldn’t. He’s irrelevant
Wrong answer J. Crazy always comes from the left. Gun, media and people control. Hitleri gained power through a German Socialist Labor Party. Stalin used the Bolsheviks (Russian Socialist Labor Party). Chavez through a Venezuelan Socialist Labor Party. Mao Zedong through Chinese Leftist Cultural Revolution movement. THE LEFT HAS ALWAYS BLAMED CONSERVATIVES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. It never ends well. EDUCATE YOURSELF before you open your mouth.
Yup!
Preach it!!!!
your so spot on
Oh he belongs there.
Far more than Iron Maiden but the same post I made on that applies to Ted Nugent. Maybe he just didn’t do everything an excellent guitarist should do. Maybe it’s because he didn’t do drugs, I’m kidding.
Do you really care or like the music? That’s all that matters. Seen him and hundreds of Rock, Blues, Jazz, large and smaller venues all over the country in the 70s and 80s. Sure some since but I am losing hearing. My head rang 3 days after seeing The Who first time, he wasn’t as loud.
That political junk isn’t important.
Foreigner, Kansas, Bad Company and many other’s left to the wayside. Let’s not wait until they are all dead and gone.
Wound like to add Toto, Judas Priest, The Ohio Players, Allman Brothers, The Cars, and the Pet Shop Boys. Call it what it is, A Cleveland tourist attraction. No one knows the criteria used.
Wow: such insightful cliches.
Congrats Joe, perhaps the .most ignorant comment ever published ! I’m sure Zeppelin, Clapton, Hendrix,The Stones ,Carlos Santana,etc will be disappointed to find out they are communist pedophiles. Nugent is a 2 chord hack with minimal talent. His political views have no bearing on his induction !
Good.
It’s not a Rock N Roll hall of fame. It’s music hall of fame. Thus half of the people in there shouldn’t be in there.
Cat scratch fever??? Really? Jethro Tull made music, Ted Negent made noise!!
Foreigner
Joe Cocker..Cher
HOW ABOUT “JAN & DEAN”?…SURF’S UP‼️
Yes on Guess Who, +Bad Company, Tull, ELP, Willy DeVille, Joe Jackson, Rickie Lee Jones, etc. Glad Todd Rundgren finally got in.
And Chaka Khan is fine.
Sheryl Crow talented, but…
Agree with you UNK. I guess the 60s and 70s have been deleted from history
What? Iron Maiden isn’t in the Hall? Seriously? OK, they’re now officially dead to me.
Maid-en! Maid-en! Maid-en! Maid-en!
Up the Irons!!!! Why are all genres of music allowed in Rock hall of fame, but rock and metal aren’t allowed in any other music hall of fame?!?! Total bull!
Metal is for those who can’t do music.
To someone like you, sampling of other people’s music and scratching hold more weight than the intricate guitar and piano work often seen in heavy metal tracks. Be careful, your idiot is showing.
Your idiot is showing. The people scratching and sampling have more weight to be there being that their ancestors created rock!!
Well said
AMEN!!
Idiots such as Mark; who’s “Musical Instrument” is more than likely 1 of his hands, or only 1 finger as he plays WITH HIS MALE ORGAN, obviously is someone who can only play the Radio or plays with his Streaming iHeart among other Streaming Burglars that have absolutely STOLEN money from all Musicians.
This is why this “Institution” is lovingly called by real Musicians like myself and others: The Rock And Roll HALL OF SHAME!!
I have the utmost respect for Willie for his contributions to COUNTRY MUSIC. That’s why he’s in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Mark may go back to STRUMMING HIMSELF and holding up his Posters of Snoop and….HAHAHA Vanilla Ice, as well as Millie Vanille.
TWIT….
Spot on Sir!
Great response. Totally
Comments like this are those that are close minded and clearly lacking an understanding of music.
You don’t get it Rock and roll hall of Fame. This should be for rock music artist, I would never waste my time visiting this place.
It takes tremendous talent and endurance to play metal, it’s not a couple of simple grunge chords and presto, it has to be played tight and with precision
You’ve got that right
Yeah but it’s still garbage monotonous music.
I guess BILLY JOEL, RICK WAKEMAN, EMMERSON, LAKE, AND PALMAR ETC. ARE JUST A BUNCH NON-MUSIC INDIVIDUAL with no talent have fun listening to your boring crap.
There’s so many people missing that have been excellent rock groups. They are not admitting in rock groups and anything under the rock ‘n’ roll heading male and female individual and group. It didn’t take long for this Hall of Fame to get water down tremendously.
You are bugging??? ELP
Add to that great list:
Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, King Crimson, who also, by the way Greg Lake; from Emerson, Lake and Palmer….I’m sure you accidentally hit the “M” key twice, by accident. I promise, I’m not making fun of you.
Lord knows how many times I’ve done the same while replying to IDIOTS, such as that…..Carbon Based Unit!!
METAL RULES!!
Too bad Virtuoso Power Metal Bands from places such as Finland, Germany, Switzerland and other European Countries like Stratavarious, Primal Fear and Gamma Ray, Dragonforce, and sooooooo
many others will NEVER STAND A CHANCE.
You spelled Emerson, Lake and Palmer wrong; twice. And to criticize other’s musical preferences as boring, considering your own, is patently absurd, to say the least.
Don’t forget Jethro Tull..
Jethro Tull belong as well..
It’s the Woke Mob again, with their stupid “reimagining”, “repurposing”, and virtue signaling by insecure and neurotic loners . Translated, it means censorship and trying to delete whatever they don’t like in history. That includes music artists. Let’s put this Rock Hall in the same trash bin as the Academy Awards because that’s what it has become.
No that’s hip hop
What a stupid thing to say! Do not comment on what you do not understand!
I understand that I love ❤️ it All. The musical strings, chords ect. and Such a blessing to US ALL !!!
Trolling is for those that can’t do commentary
Metal is for those that appreciate music that takes skill and aren’t toddlers like you. ❤️
Metal and all it’s genres, are for anyone who likes it. Same as all music. What a banal thread. Change things or accept them, don’t just yap yee fingers about it.
The what critics said about Black Sabbath an they literally became close to one of the most popular bands of alltime.and BTW does anyone even remember those critics names
What a bunch of children. No matter how you create music how easy Or hard it is to create.
It’s all about communication and entertainment. If you’re scratching And Sampling or you’re bedazzling people with a zillion notes. Or one Well placed in tasty note.
Yessss
You are clueless with such a stupid comment about Metal.
Metal bands like Iron Maiden, Queensryche, and Dream Theater all feature musicians and singers that can outperform mainstream acts effortlessly.
You must be sheltered.
Well said!!! ALL music is a gift from the universe as The AMAZING Sully Erna said in his tribute to rock music.
When a Metal band can play acoustic and sound just as good, or other genres, then they should be in the Hall.
From some one who has never really listened toMetallicas S&M
I am a classically trained musician, play in jazz bands and combos, toured internationally, play in cover bands, and release my own music. Your statement is born out of ignorance. Metal is relevant, and some is easy to play, some is very difficult to play. You don’t have to like it, but it is definitely music, deservedly so!
Absolutely! I am also an accomplished player/musician, and no one could have put it better! Than you…
Another “classically trained” whatever who appears to believe that by attaching that phrase to whatever it is they do somehow makes them better than everybody else..
I never heard a musician ever describe themselves-if they were “trained”- as being “hillbilly trained” or a chef who was “leftovers trained”
Vague comment that seriously needs some clarification.
You’re kidding, right?
What band are you in?
We look forward with great anticipation to YOUR next sold out tour or gold album. Oh, wait….
That’s a ridiculous statement ment. You don’t have to like metal or any other genre, All music is valid.
You’re a cretin. Metal falls under the definition of rock and roll, whereas nothing Willie Nelson has ever done comes even remotely close. But more than that, many immensely talented artists have played metal for decades. Look at guitarists such as Richie Blackmoor, Dave Mustaine, Buckethead, and the immortal John Petrucci. Or singers like Layne Staley, Bruce Dickinson, and King Diamond. Drummers like Bill Ward, Danny Carey, and Mike Portnoy. Bass players like John Myung, Les Claypool, and Cliff Burton.
But you don’t know any of those amazing artists. You don’t know who they are, what bands they’ve played in, or what they even sound like. And you embrace your ignorance. How sad you are.
WOW I see you found out how to Google! Now Google this! Look at all if Willie’s accomplishments and how many songs he has written and exactly who sung them. There is more than one way to get into the HOF.
Lol. Shows how little you know of music. Lol
You are an idiot. If metal isn’t your preference so be it. But to sat they have no talent shows that you have no musical intellect at all.
Most Metal comes from Classical Music Moron.
Mark’s definition of music must be very biased. However, everyone is entitled to their option. I think Mark is an uneducated Internet troll that gets off on posting unintelligent comments to spark debates. Then, he logs back in later, eagerly awaiting the heated debates and web-based trash talk. Mark gets off on the arguments. Stroking his small manhood in his mom’s basement.
Metal is for the standouts of the music industry. The purposely complex. The odd time signatures. The Wagner’s & Mozart’s of our time. While mainstream music continues to decline to it’s simplest form (scientifically documented), Metal continues to push the envelope of possibilities.
Actually the opposite is true; metal is for those who understand music and how it (notes/harmony) works.
#GFY you POS
You are definitely not someone who listens to music for what it is, or the feeling it gives you
Some of the most skilled musicians on the planet actually
Still trying,r you?
No, that’s rap
We all must remember it is called the Rock and Roll Hof .There was a time when Rock an Roll ruled the airwaves,when there was radio oh yes when the Rock and Roll HOF was started ,how things have changed nobody listens to radio so there is no such place now for a RnR Hall of fame let’s call it a music Hall of fame and start a metal Hall of Fame and the first inductee can be e Johan Sebastian Bach…
I am not a great fan of metai, my tastes more to the classic sounds of the 70s and Metal just isn’t what I go to, however I know that there is a great deal of technical skill, arrangement and composition and raw energy displayed in a lot of this genre. To your tastes or not it is in my opinion worthy music with many very talented practicetioners.
Exactly! “Metal” is – angry toddlers on the kitchen floor with pots and pans and various utensils banging and screaming unintelligibly. .
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
And not to forget about the pre stain those toddlers leave after they’re done throwing the tantrum ….
Just think Mick Jagger …. And close your computer and turn it off for the week
❤️
Really? You ever tried to play it?
Apparently not allowed in the Rock Hall either
Just stand back and Watch!!! Change is going to come ❤️
Oh yeah! I totally agree with you Butch!
Amazingly they are not allowed in the RNRHOF either, go figure
Hey seriously, do you think any Hall of Fame necessarily inducted people or groups at the appropriate time? Sure there’s Metal prior and after who have been inducted.
I don’t think it’s necessarily punishment. Could happen in 2 years, who knows.
Plus you must be old enough to appreciate it. Yes I sure an.
You sound like a Fan, going to stop listening and disregard them?
Your life is ruined, get over it because life isn’t fair. Your dream can still happen. The band may be angry but they didn’t start because if the Rock n roll Hall of Fame. The mission was beyond that. Have a little happier life
Because you/the group has to pay for the privilege to be in the hall of fame,it has become a joke…
Maybe because the others know what they are doing?
Agreed.
Not in RR Hall of Fame
It’s like it skipped my generation…
Styx
Foreigner
Boston
Kansas
Toto
Jethro Tull
REO Speedwagon
Ozzy Osborne
Bad Company
Phil Collins
Dio
Iron Maiden
Nugent
Scorpions
38 Special
3 Dog Night
What about grand funk not in?
Don’t forget
ELP
King Crimson
Harry Chapin
Jim Croce
Squeeze
Buzzcocks
New York Dolls
Joe Cocker
The Kingsmen
The Troggs
Steppenwolf
MC5
Ten Years After
Love
And so many more!
Eric/Phil/Dave
Wow
I don’t follow any self grandiose type award shows or the rr hall because of the politics, so I had no idea most of my generation of music is represented by almost no one.
More reason to not put a lot of value into it.
And metal is not my choice of music, but it absolutely would be included in a true hall of fame.
Great line up Eric. Buzzcocks YES.
SO everybody indeed has the right to opinions. But really?. I’ve been scrolling and shaking my head at the silly childish banter from opinionated brats, grown men, that can’t see beyond the tip of their opinions to accept these 2 things. 1) The RnRHoF is a joke. AND 2) MUSIC is amazing no matter the genre. The universal language kids. Appreciate it, love it, support it. But don’t bash it or others for liking what they like. It’s all a beautiful thing.
You are 100% correct, Phil. Don’t forget Chicago, The Guess Who, America and so many more. That they made The Moody Blues wait 50 years to get in is a disgrace.
To me, it doesn’t even seem like it would be an honor to be in the RRHF. It seems to be like little league baseball, (everybody gets a trophy) what do the greats deserve? To watch the undeserving get what they DONT deserve?
They also are still skipping the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s .NO FREE, NO BAD COMPANY, NO BOSTON, NO TOMMY JAMES, NO GRAND FUNK, NO TEN YEARS AFTER .,and atleast 60 or 70 other ARTISTS
Phil knows whats up good choice of bands although Boston and toto aren’t my cup of tea ,I am glad you like em but I do not enjoy hearing their jams…? Songs
I guess for me they are in same boat as rod Stewart, Elton John,Bruce Springsteen, and Jonny coug melonhead, I’d like to push that boat out to sea ; never to be heard from again
ALL those bands are more deserving that Willie Nelson or any rappers in the R&R HoF
Head East, Foghat, Fastway, Billy Squire, Aldo Nova, Montrose…..too many overlooked bro.
Where’s Robert Palmer and Huey Lewis
Guess they’re still sneaking sally thru the alley, so she can cheer in Dollywoods’s best
Amen to this!!!!
Been to 13 Maiden shows since 1983. Ir was because of the first one that kept me coming back. Speaks for itself
I been a Country Music fan all my life ,but putting Wille Nelson in the Rock N Roll hall of fame is not right Willie is a Icon in Country Music, this just ain’t right, that like putting Iron Maiden or Kiss in the Country Music hall of fame, I don’t know what the hell they are doing.
I was wondering the same damn thing
This “Halll of Fame” is an absoulte travesty. The hold a fan vote and ignore it. They induct George michael [ top vote getter] but not any of the fest of the top 5,despite Zevon and Lauper getting each over 600,000 votes. . Then they take Nelson,not rock not in top 5. Bull.
And jay-z is go figure.
I AGREE. IRON MAIDEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN INDUCTED YEARS AGO! I BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ELECTING BOARD MEMBERS ARE FROM POP MUSIC AND NOTCROCK AND ROLL!
You must be right. Pop is so sickening. It should not be allowed anywhere, nevermind the R+R Hall Of Fame! It can’t even truly be called music, and it’s practitioners can not be called musicians. Most are not even very good technicians.
I know my comment is not witty, and doesn’t display any personal qualities that will be envied. But if calling Pop Music garbage is the most concise way to describe it, then so be it.
The H of F needs to be limited to excellent Rock And Roll, Progressive Rock, and legitimate crossovers, like some but not all New Wave, Reggae, World Music, and Country Rock.
Rap is not Rock. Most Hip Hop is not Rock. Country is not Rock, though some crosses over. Most Classical is not Rock, as much as I like a lot of it. If people with terrible taste want to open a Hall Of Fame for Pop Music, decorated with dollar signs everywhere, they can go ahead. But keep that crap away from the R+R Hall Of Fame!
I can’t stand Willy Nelson. I love Glen Campbell, but he’s NOT Rock!
Jethro Tull nowhere in sight, never even nominated…a travesty!
I agree. Aqualung and Thick as a Brick were hugh LP’s
Hey! Here’s a laugh. But Janet Jackson IS in the Rock HOF. WTF ?!?!
Agreed.. Genius goes unnoticed
Right on bro. Tull is glaring omission.
Maiden, Bad Company, J Geils Band, Guess Who, Soundgarden, Monkees, I can go on and on. Meanwhile let’s indict Missy Effin Elliott into rock hall.
If I was the band Jethro Tull I’d pretty much laugh off not being nominated the hall of fame is as always money driven
I don’t know what to say about rock n roll hof….I like a lot of different styles but the best is contemporary Christian music of 70s and early ’80s. They really have something to say. One obscure band Malcolm and alwin said his best: “the songs are okay the music is fine, but without the truth they’re just wasting their time!
Absolutely correct!
Exactly
Baffles me sir! WTF
They were in the top 5 when voted so was Cyndi Lauper and they never got in. The Hall has now proved themselves to be a joke and only a joke.
The fan vote is totally irrelevant but shouldn’t be. If you win the fan vote you should absolutely be in, no question.
My problem isn’t so much with the rap groups getting in but people like Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston who never so much as attempted to sing rock songs in their entire careers. Donne Warwick kerpd geting nominated. WTF?
Paul Rodgers and Bad Company should have been a long time ago. Paul has one of the best voices in rock.
Saw him with Free backing up Traffic in 71. Wow!!
Paul Rodgers the greatest living rock singer nowhere to be found in the Hall of Shame.
The rock and roll hall of fame is a joke. It doesn’t mean anything to be inducted or even mentioned. The phrase rock and roll used to mean something. Not anymore.
Maybe they’ll get in the country music hall in Nashville, by the way a much better venue. My wife and I were totally let down by the rock when we visited a few years ago
Feel like I was robbed
How is Dianne Warwick, New Edition, The Whispers, Blue Magic, not in BEFORE a Missy Elliott? Unbelievable!!!!
How about J. J. Cale. Someone who influenced Eri Clapton and Mark Knofler
So this, in 2023, is where you draw the line with RnR HoF? lolz.
They’ve been an irrelevant bunch of dumb***s for decades. Wake up.
The Hall is useless. Has been for decades. No Jethro Tull, no Todd Rundgren…total joke. It has no credibility anymore.
Yep and No Steppenwolf it Jethro Tull. RRHOF is a complete joke. I like Willie but rock song did he ever do?
Soundgarden……how can Soundgarden not be in the hall? honestly I don’t follow who’s in the rock hall an who isn’t. I went there once back when it was relatively new in ’96 or ’97 and while impressed at the time, never would imagine a hip hop act or RnB artist would make it but now I hear Willie Nelson? Willie? Really? Just wow! Ok then. I must be missing something right? Soundgarden never made it but Willie Nelson does? He is still country right? They do have their own correct? Again. Don’t follow who’s who of the rock hall ever and to not have Soundgarden there? Yikes! I never knew that.
I agree. There is clearly a bias against metal bands, Iron Maiden being a major one. When you look at the criteria you are blind and ignorant if you cannot see that they surpass the expectations.
I couldn’t agree more. It’s a f’n insult. But Mary j bleige, and Kate Bush? Kate Bush had 1 half decent song wtf.
Kate Bush has plenty of good songs, most of which she wrote, played on and produced! She is extremely influential, moreso than fellow Hall members Grandmaster Flash and the Righteous Brothers, for example.
I could live without inductees such as Laura Nyro (great songwriter, but so are many who have never been nominated), the Dells, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ringo Starr solo (his best work was in a band) and Stevie Nicks solo. The Smiths, the Monkees, Bad Company, the Replacements, and Iron Maiden are more deserving. There is a bias against hard/classic rock, and a desire to honor “pop” and sell tickets to the annual banquet/show. Mary J. Blige was nominated, but not inducted.
iron maiden technically doesn’t yet qualify i beliebe they are a year away from release of first album date to now qualifying them to even be nominated. or this year may been the very first year they could have been nominated. none the less there is a time from first album release rule to qualify. And I’m actually very for them extending it as are all the artists actually to other genres of music. Maybe it should be renamed the Music artist hall of fame but all the artists deserve respect regardless of their genre. If anythibg the Rock hall is actually fixing whay has been wring with its institution for far too long .
Yep no maiden yet no scorpions they had a bunch of radio friendly music plus they came out 1 year after Sabbath 1965 . Rammstein should be in motorhead , Slayer , overkill , anthrax , Nugent , Megadeth but yet Pearl jam is in wth is wrong with that Hall of Shame
The rock h.o.f.is a joke. Alot of people in there who shouldn’t be. And alot of people not in there who should be. The Grammy’s are a joke too. Alot of B.S.
Iron Maiden should make it on concert shirt design alone. Ridiculous.
Agree, but if I may take it another step further: Why no Blue Oyster Cult?
Just like Bob Seger, it took Kid Rock to get him in there.When Seger should have been in there yrs ago