Where’s ‘The B-52s’?
No Yoko Ono? 🙄
I thought Zevon was already in it.
Cyndi Lauper - No; Not enough album sales.
Kate Bush - No; Not enough album sales.
Sheryl Crow - No; Not enough album sales.
Missy Elliott - Really??? They’re kidding right? Rock and Roll?? I don’t think so.
Joy Division/New Order - Really? That’s two bands, not one. A stretch.
Iron Maiden - Hell yes. Meets all of the criteria. Dominant presence in their genre. MASSIVE fan support. Worldwide album sales in the 100MM range.
George Michael - Possibly; Album sales support it.
Willie Nelson - Maybe; Original Outlaw Country (along with with Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash). Could happen.
Rage Against The Machine - Eh...Political pick. Too soon, anyway.
Soundgarden - Eh...Biggest selling Seattle Grunge act outside of Nirvana. Other than that, one (maybe two) hit songs anyone remembers. Probably won’t make the cut.
The Spinners - Maybe; Throwing a bone to the Boomers.
A Tribe Called Quest - Wha??? Really?
The White Stripes - Too soon.
Warren Zevon - Maybe. Another Boomer pick.
Cyndi Lauper — too weird
Kate Bush — too weird and not rock and roll.
Sheryl Crow — don’t shake her hand!
Missy Elliott — rap is not rock and roll.
Joy Division/New Order — YES
Iron Maiden — YES
George Michael — dying of AIDS is not rock and roll
Willie Nelson — just because you are a pothead does not mean you are a rocker
Rage Against The Machine — YES
Soundgarden — YES.
The Spinners — love them, but it ain’t rock.
A Tribe Called Quest — intellectual rap doesn’t make rap into rock and roll
The White Stripes — complete poseur which completely disqualifies him.
Warren Zevon — YES
Grassroots. Should have been there by now.
With the exception of Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson and the Spinners, I am unfamiliar with any of these acts.
The Outlaws
The Charlie Daniels Band
The Marshall Tucker Band
I'm done with the stupid rock and roll hall of fame.
Willie Nelson? I can see Country hall of fame but rock and roll?
What the heck is a "Tribe Called Quest".
Foreigner needs to be there.
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
How many knew that Thomas Dolby played keyboards on this song? Yes, the same Thomas Dolby who did "She Blinded Me With Science.
The Spinners version of “Working My Way Back to you, Babe” is better than the Frankie Valli version!
I’m surprised Willie wasn’t already in. I’ve seen him at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo twice. Both times were good shows, but the one in 2017 was exceptional.
Nice to see Soundgarden get some love here.
Everyone else is on the Lame List: LAME!LAME!LAME!
That’s a little inside baseball, Seattle Style. A young Kim Thayil appeared occasionally on a local comedy bit show called “Almost Live”, as part of the “Seattle Metal Community”, and their take on the “Lame List”.
Life was better then, even in freaky Seattle. Wife and I used to go out in Pioneer Square. Now, I’d only go if accompanied by a judo expert with a machine gun.
Kate Bush? Missy Elliot?
Bad Company
Badfinger
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blue Oyster Cult
Boston
The Guess Who
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Foreigner
Jethro Tull
Joe Cocker
Judas Priest
Kansas
Little Feat
Meat Loaf
Pat Benatar
Phil Collins
Procol Harum
REO Speedwagon
Styx
Once again… a lot of non-rockers.
Alex Chilton should be in the Hall.
3 (or 4) out of 14 ain’t bad?
There is actually a Freeper in the R&R HoF, maybe considered an ex Freeper. From along time ago.
I’d vote The Spinners for the R&B Hall of Fame but I don’t consider them rock. They are my favorite R&B group
The rest…meh. Never even heard of a few.