Foreigner and Styx Never Even Considered for Rock Hall, Says Boss

Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | October 7, 2022 | Martin Kielty

[God luvs America]

Yet somehow Donna Summer was inducted

[Hammerhead]

My bands were the dead Kennedys, the buzz Cox, 999, Black flag, etc.

[dfwgator]

You would have gotten along great with my first college roommate.

[FreshPrince]

Renegade is my favorite Styx tune

[dfwgator]

That one is ok.

[Fungi]

Seeing double vision here and it’s fine.

[Hammerhead]

The Buzzcocks (correction)

[Lazamataz]

Yet somehow Donna Summer was inducted

Dude. Donna Summmer ROCKED.

Along with Kraftwerk, Giorgio Morodor (who worked closely with Donna) was the father of Electronic, Techno, and Industrial, which gave rise to my favorite band of all time, Nine Inch Nails

Nully is a Donna fan.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Screw Jann Wenner. He or she is putting people like Dolly Parton, Harry Belafonte, and Eminem in there. Selling T-shirts and "merch" every year. What a joke.

Rock was never about getting voted into a HoF.

[Tired of Taxes]

Nothing against Bon Jovi, but I’d consider Boston, Foreigner, and other bands from the late ‘70s more worthy.

[llevrok]

Not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a badge of honor.

I'm a Musicians Hall of Fame fan myself.

[dfwgator]

The best acceptance speech ever at the RRHOF was Alex Lifeson of Rush.

[Lazamataz]

My favorite bands in college were Lamb-Lies-Down era Genesis, and some of the new wave stuff coming out: Newman, Talking Heads, stuff like that.

But when Nine Inch Nails hit, I left everything behind for Trent Reznor. AMAZING artist.

[dfwgator]

Hot Stuff had a good guitar solo by Skunk Baxter.

[sjm_888]

They all just need to roll with the changes.

[dfwgator]

I do give them credit for their album titles.

You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish.

[Tired of Taxes]

Renegade was a big favorite back then.

[dfwgator]

Boston was a game-changer, totally redefined how to record a record.

[Lazamataz]

According the to leader of AWOLNATION, this song was a homage to Come Sail Away. It is also the only song to mention ADD.

It is also featured in this Jeff Corlis death-defying stunt video.

[lee martell]

Definitely what I’d call ‘a head turner’, for various reasons. I could only take one minute and five seconds.
Even though I don’t normally sing in Norweigian, that verse sounded flat or off key to me. The guitar riffs were going twice as fast as the vocals. Interesting. Not the most telegenic trio. No one would confuse them with the PussyCatDolls or The Go Gos.