Don’t pay attention to the R&RHOF but not including the following tells me they don’t know the good stuff from the fluff: JOE COCKER (best R&R singer of all time), ALICE COOPER (originator of shock rock), DEEP PURPLE (go go godzilla), DIRE STRAITS (I am stunned), DONOVAN (stunned again), THE FACES (stunned once more), MC5 (kick out the Jams MFers), MOTT THE HOOPLE (again stunned), PROCOL HARUM (cannot believe they aren’t in), LEON RUSSELL, STEPPENWOLF (huh, you have to be kidding, the original heavy metal band), WAR (w and w/o Eric Burden), WARREN ZEVON.
The real question is who is actually in the HOF?
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Screamin’ Lord Sutch were there with shock rock theatrics before Alice Cooper but I’m ok with him in the Hall (Lord Sutch also had an open ear for musicians giving some like Nicky Hopkins and Noel Redding their start).
Heavy Metal Thunder indeed.