[ConservativeStatement]

Ouch. Some deserved groups are not among the honored.

[Grunthor]

“Top 40 rejects: Why are none of these people in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?”

Because they perform ACTUAL Rock and Roll rather than folk or “pop” garbage?

[OCCASparky]

Which is probably why I'll never go to the R&R HOF, besides the obvious fact it's in Cleveland, of all places.

And the article is wrong--some of Rush's best stuff WAS during what they labeled that "first awful decade"; i.e., 2112, Fly By Night, and Moving Pictures.

[Red Badger]

Alice Cooper deserves a spot...........

[slackerjack]

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Roxy Music - Avalon

Two of the best rock a albums of all time. The hall of fame is a joke.

[skeeter]

Billion dollar baby
Rubber little lady
slicker than a weasel
Grimy as an alley
Loves me like no other lover

A man who can write lyrics like that needs to be in the RRHF!

[dagogo redux]

Probably the same reason you and I are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: insufficient talent, appeal, and a** kissing.

[KevinB]

The RNR HOF is a joke.

[dead]

I don't even like Kiss, but how could they not be in? They were cultural monsters and have been around for almost forty years!

Donovan and Dick Dale were also huge influences on the music.

[aegiscg47]

I still can't understand how Rush gets left out of this every year. They've been together over 30 years, millions of albums sold, sell out arenas still to this day, and so on. Having said that, though, I'm not sure they should be in this especially with all of the non-rock groups and people who are in this!

[RockinRight]

Fans may love these artists but, let's face it, they don't stand a chance: Grand Funk, Styx, Journey, Foreigner, the Moody Blues, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Jethro Tull, Chicago.

Why not? Jethro Tull is absolutely deserving, and why not the others? While Journey and Foreigner were a bit generic, they have their place - and Bon Jovi, by FAR the most popular of the "hair bands" (whether a true hair band is up for debate, I say no) should mean SOMETHING to those uppity jerks at the HOF.

[a fool in paradise]

1. AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
2. THE B-52s
3. BEASTIE BOYS
4. THE CARS
5. CLARENCE CARTER
6. CHIC
7. JOE COCKER
8. ALICE COOPER
9. DICK DALE
10. DEEP PURPLE
11. DIRE STRAITS
12. DONOVAN
13. DR. JOHN
14. THE FACES
15. THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
16. LESLEY GORE
17. JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS
18. JUDAS PRIEST
19. KING CRIMSON
20. KRAFTWERK
21. LOVE
22. MC5
23. THE METERS
24. MOTORHEAD
25. MOTT THE HOOPLE
26. NEW YORK DOLLS
27. LAURA NYRO
28. THE OHIO PLAYERS
29. THE POINTER SISTERS
30. PROCOL HARUM
31. PUBLIC ENEMY
32. LINDA RONSTADT
33. RUSH
34. LEON RUSSELL
35. THE SPINNERS
36. STEPPENWOLF
37. THE STYLISTICS
38. WAR
39. BARRY WHITE
40. WARREN ZEVON

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Very 70s heavy list and very light on “rock and roll” as a pure art form (disco, soul, rap, yes but not rock and roll; hell the Black Eyed Fleas looped Dick Dale’s Miserlou, that right there ought to clinch his nomination...).

I expect most of these names to get in the hall before The Seeds, The Stray Cats, Johnny Burnette Trio (who influenced the Yardbirds and others), Link Wray, Sun Ra, The Fleshtones, Iron Maiden...

[Leo Farnsworth]

Pete Rose is never gettin’ in. No way.

OOps! Wrong thread. Nevermind.

[Calusa]

Alice Was AWESOME. Yeah she was repulsive when repulsive wasn’t cool. I caught her once at the Hollywood Sportatorium. The Amazing James Randi toured with her/it helping out with Special Fx like the Guillotine Trick. I think Alice defined pandemonium. But the music still holds together nicely. Some of it.

[kidd]

I looked at the Top 40 rejects. There are some good ones that certainly should be ahead of “The Stooges”

1. Deep Purple - very influential band. And better than Black Sabbath, (already in)
2. Dire Straits - the last of great rock bands.
3. The Cars - even though I don’t like them, they started New Wave.

Missing from this list:
1. Little Feat
2. Ted Nugent

[truthguy]

The editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, Jann Wenner essentially decides who gets into the R&R Hall of Frame. He's a giantic lefty and a real creep. Oh how I hate this man. He's one of the types from the 60's who politicized R&R and besides his taste is lousy. The fact that they are accepting the garbage rappers is testament to just what a lousy organization the R&R Hall of Fame is. Plus it was inevitable that there would be bubble acts that wouldn't get in and there would be big arguments just like there is in the MLB Hall of Fame and others. It's political with Wenner and he can keep people out who is dislikes unless it's a slam dunk. This is why Eric Clapton didn't like the R&R Hall of Fame even though he has been inducted 3 times, possibly a record. He decided it would be a big stink to fight the whole thing so he reluctantly gave in.

[ronniesgal]

i love the rock hall but KISS should be honored. and I hate Jethro Tull.
Jimmy Clifts is not r&r to me anyways.

[RockinRight]

Hey, what about the Michael Stanley Band?

[vetvetdoug]

Johnny Rivers.....period...his absence makes the RRHOF irrelevant.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

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?

[bushinohio]

In my humble opinion the biggest oversight is still Neil Sedaka. One of the first singer-songwriters with a ton of tunes that became classics. Very distinct style and ability. He should have been inducted back in the 80s!