Posted on 11/02/2006 3:45:04 PM PST by weegee
R.E.M., Van Halen, the Stooges and Patti Smith are among the nine acts on the ballot for the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, to be held March 12 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Also on the ballot are the Dave Clark Five, Chic, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Joe Tex and the Ronettes.
Five artists will be chosen for the final list of inductees, to be announced in January. To be eligible for induction, the 2007 class had to release their first single no later than 1981.
Black Sabbath, the Sex Pistols, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie, Miles Davis and record moguls Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were enshrined in the Hall earlier this year.
REM just got inducted at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. They all showed up (miracle) and even did a short set.
I thought the Sex Pistols told them to uh.. p*** off?
Also, Miles Davis (for example) was great but wasn't rock n roll, same with a lot of others I see inducted to the RRHoF.. then they skip bands that definately belong like Deep Purple, Rush and Alice Cooper.
The hall of fame is a joke, IMO.
Moe, Larry, the Cheese?
There should be no such thing as th R&R hall of fame as far as I'm concerned.
First let me say I'm glad Seger is in. We were gonna have to burn that place to the ground!
Now as far as this years' nominees: where the hell are Rush and Yes? Where are Alice Cooper and The Cars?
My top 5 out of this 9 are (in no particular order):
Joe Tex
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Van Halen
Dave Clark Five
One name omission by the R&R Hall of Fame makes the Hall of Fame a joke, Johnny Rivers.
The HOF will always be a joke. They'll have some "cool stuff" inside but they've inducted more for sales than influence.
If an artist got 50 INDUCTED artists to pick up a guitar, I think that artist should be in the hall.
Link Wray is in as a "one hit wonder" (but not an official inductee) and died last year. The Ramones got shunned until Joey died.
Gene Vincent may have been a bigger influence in England than America but certainly inspired the men who became the Beatles.
Scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
I used to live in Cleveland and I will never understand why anyone would pay $15 to smell Grace Slick's boots.
I had no doubt that REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or U2 would get in the Hall. I am surprised to see REM as the first nominated from that group.
Musically I don't care about any of them (all were considered "underground" initially but have been considered mainstream acts since 1988 and yet they STILL try to play up the "indie" sound label). But for sales and lasting ability, I knew they'd all get in.
What other acts from the past 25 years (1981-now) will get first round nominations? Pearl Jam and Nirvana (as their time comes) MAYBE the Butthole Surfers. But I don't see much else modern stuff getting a nod. There are worthy acts but they won't get noted.
I'm really surprised The Stooges are just now getting nominated. How could the guys that did "Search And Destroy" get overlooked for sooo long?
Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. - Frank Zappa
"There should be no such thing as th R&R hall of fame as far as I'm concerned."
You're right. A museum maybe, but not a hall of fame. But as long as there is one, I WANNA SEE IGGY AND THE STOOGES IN IT!
Iggy and the Stooges invented punk. The rest of the so-called "punks" are nothing but posers.
Which Van Halen, though?
I had the privilege of seeing the Stooges and Iggy several times over the years, starting back in 1968.
Still no:
Rush
Kiss
Yes
Heart
Cheap Trick
Genesis
The Cars
XTC
Electric Light Orchestra
The Zombies
The Hollies
Love
Procol Harum
Television
Graham Parker
Nick Lowe
Tom Waits
Squeeze
The Specials
The Mekons
Irma Thomas
Fairport Convention/Richard Thompson
Big Star
Peter Gabriel
The Spinners
Gram Parsons
Alice Cooper
Jethro Tull
Nick Drake
ABBA
Styx
Journey
REO Speedwagon
Moody Blues
Chicago
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kansas
King Crimson
ELP
Todd Rundgren
The Tubes
Pat Benatar
The Go-Go's
Supertramp
Jimmy Buffett
Los Lobos
Foreigner
Joe Walsh
Alan Parsons Project
The Monkees
Dire Straits
Jethro Tull
Doobie Brothers
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