[TWohlford]

Given the great names of the past that haven’t been inducted, this group is simply inexcusable.

The R&R H0F is simply a marketing tool to sell CDs, and to sell CDs from only one company.

Those not in:

Buddy Holly’s Crickets, Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band or Bob Marley’s Wailers.

Also —

Cher
The Monkeys
Grand Funk Railroad
Todd Rundgren
Alice Cooper
T Rex
Sweet
Genesis
Yes
Kiss
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Moody Blues
Neil Sedeka
Carly Simon

Actually, the list of who’s out is more impressive than who’s in. Why are this year’s acts getting in, why any number of huge acts (either influential or huge sellers) don’t even get nominated?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298681,00.html

[Colonel_Flagg]

Amazing. John Cougar Mellowcrap is nominated and Buddy Holly isn’t in. That’s embarrassing, even for the recording industry.

[justkillingtime]

Exactly...this is bul**hit...Madonna???..rock?? yet Yes or Genesis isnt in...give me a break!

[weegee]

Shhhh we aren’t supposed to notice how those statements about the Monkees “they don’t write their own songs”, “they don’t play their own instruments” were also true of Motown and many other hit machines.

[537cant be wrong]

you give some great examples of who is not in.
at least rolling stone ragazine had the good sense to vote crazy horse the best backup band of the 70’s.

[RockinRight]

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