Posted on 09/18/2005 6:51:20 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominations Leave Out Many Rock Acts Again
By: Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter
September 18,2005 9:41 A.M. EST
Cleveland,Ohio (AHN) - The nominees for the Class of 2006 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is filled with a lot of hold overs from previous years and virtually ignores a truckload of artists that many critics are shaking their heads over.
J.Geils Band, John Mellencamp, the Patti Smith Group, Chic, Joe Tex,Miles Davis, Cat Stevens, Blondie, the Paul Butterfield Band, the Dave Clark Five and the Sir Douglas Quintet will all have a chance to make it into the hall of fame located in Cleveland.
This year also marks the eighth chance for Black Sabbath, Lynyd Skynyrd gets their seventh chance,and the Sex Pistols and the Stooges all of which are on try number five.
Missing from the nomination list again this year include bands like Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Joan Jett, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Heart, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar, and Duran Duran.
Nominees are picked by a 70-member committee of rock 'n' roll historians, journalists and label execs, with ballots then mailed to an international voting body of 700 music industry types for the final decision. The five to seven nominees that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Rock Hall next year.
No Iron Butterfly again this year. Damn !
Bloodshot is one of my all-time favorits albums.
"Serves you right to suffer baby. Serves you right. You gonna be alone."
Pusterfuss -- The Trashmen actually had a minor hit with a follow up called "Bird Dance Beat" that was almost indistinguishable from "Surfin' Bird." Ah, glad to know such talent was not unappreciated south of the border. You know another Minneapolis group from the mid-60s were The Castaways, who did "Liar Liar." That one I liked.
I heard he also lives in a small town, and according to the latest news, will probably die in a small town.
Whatever...
Yeah, the drum solo alone deserves its own special wing in the HOF. Peanut Butter Conspiracy also shut out again.
Yep...and no dead Kennedy's
Rush and Yes: soundtrack of my personal hell
If they have such a midwest bias...gotta wonder why Cleveland to host this dump?
"You gonna live a long time" is the correct line.
The Rivingtons?
The Bird is the Word !
It was a semi-intimate affair (~3000 people) but the show was dynamite, and they played most of their old catalogue, and it was 80's glam/video rock again!
OK, so I've been a fan for 20 years. So? 8-)
I visited the R&R HOF a few years ago with my teenage daughter. To be honest, I not a real R&R fan - I'm more of a country music fan, but I did have some favorites during my youth and I wanted to see how the HOF would recognize them. The first thing that caught my eye was the LARGE disclaimer over the ticket counters that warned you that there would be images and displays not suitable for younger viewers inside. I don't seem to recall a similar disclaimer at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Glad there is another DC5 fan out there, Moonmad. I could listen to "Can't You See That She's Mine" anytime. How about "Anyway You Want It" and of course "Glad All Over" and "Catch Us If You Can." Just five guys who liked sports and were out for a good time. The Air Hammer Beat rules!!
Don't remember that band. But I don't remember a lot of stuff.
Don't bend over backwards for them, Jan.
When you are bending over forward.
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