Posted on 10/09/2018 6:53:34 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 are in, and the list includes Radiohead, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Rage Against the Machine, the Cure, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, MC5, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and the Zombies. The top vote-getters will be announced in December and inducted March 29th, 2019 at a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. HBO will broadcast the event later next year. To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to released in 1993 or earlier. Several of the nominees have appeared on previous ballots, but this is first appearance for Def Leppard, Devo, Prine, Roxy Music, Nicks and Rundgren. Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine both made their debut appearance last year in their first period of eligibility...
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to be clear The R&R HOF actually is supposed to represent not just one niche, or musical genre but all Popular music largely since the Rock Era in American music began (generally around the mid to late 1950’s). Many exceptions to the rules have been allowed, and rightfully, toward great American artists that influenced modern pop/rock music that never got the same access of their music that the norm now.
100% agreement. Love Prine. They are missapropriating him for their own glorification.
Once again, ‘Uncle Ted’ Nugent has been skipped. So, I don’t give two sh!ts about the RRHOF.
MC5 & Rage in the same class. They need a special asbestos wing in the HOF with a Molotov cocktail concession stand. MC5 was commie-revolution rocker that shouted at the most ear splitting, loudest and most distorted decibels possible.Fred Sonic Smith and Wayne Kramer Guitar and Rob Tyner Vocal. I’ll bet they were a big influence on bands like Rage.
That being said I still occasionally like cranking up Kick Out The Jams. Edited on radio, unedited at home.
hot chicks with hotter firearms ping.
“There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes.
Jesus Christ died for nuthin’ I suppose........”
Prine could make The Blues sound like The Partridge Family.
Until The Guess Who are in the place is a a joke. ‘69 through ‘72 absolutely smoked live. Don’t even think they’ve been nominated.
Didn’t Rundgren produce Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell”?
What on God’s green earth did DEVO ever do to qualify for HALL OF FAME?
Saw Prine a month or so ago in Memphis. Through a ticketing mistake wound up getting seats dead center about 10 rows back. That boy can put on a show!!!
Rundgren produced XTC’s “Skylarking”.
Def Leppard has a top 50 best-selling album of all-time. They should have been in years ago.
That said, the RnRHOF is worthless.
And still no Doobie Brothers.
Bad Company, Guess Who and Doobie Brothers are still not in and this year's nominees includes Janet Jackson and Todd Rungren!
This has really become a joke.
Not only did he produce it, he played guitar as well, including the motorcycle sound on the title track.
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