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.
I know Severin. I lived in Jamaica Plain for a couple of years. All I could say to him is listen to the Roth era albums and what you hear is amazing technique and great songs. Not just noodling for noodlings sake. I have to say though that I saw Van Halen on the last tour in Oakland and it was a great show but Eddie looked terrible. He wore the same pair of camo pants for the entire tour and he just didn't look like the same guy that he used to be. He also smoked for the entire show and I read that he and Sammy had to be separated on the last night of the tour as Eddie threw a temper tantrum on stage. Still one of the greats of all time and Eruption is like taking a master's class in guitar histrionics!
Hmmm, there are a few problems.
1. The Boathouse was in Norfolk, not Hampton.
2. It did not exist in 1969, it opened in 1983.
3. Deep Purple never played there.
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