THe R&R Hall of fame is missing cheap trick, styx, the cars, bryan adams, america,boston, buddy holly,foriegner,kiss, poison, kansas, kenny loggins,the monkees,nightranger,rick springfield, reo speedwagon,steppenwolf,and more, what a joke, a hall of fame for R&R and yet miss several great groups, sad

It is clearly unfortunate that people of influence have not taken the time to listen to some of the great progressive bands. Rush has consistently laid down great tracks, with groovy sounds, solid playing and dominate themes/lyrics. It is time to wake up and do the right thing. Induct RUSH!!! The trio rules rockin roll!

RUSH RUSH RUSH. Rolling Stone can kiss my ass. So can the RIRHF.. Rush has influended several bands, and are the utimate professional musicians.. Neil is the best drummer of all time, Gonzo is close but Neil rules. Long Live the boys of Canada.

Okay, just for the sake of certain artists…I believe RRHOF is for every genre of modern music. Afterall where else would you put artist that had a major effect on modern music that was outside of what we grew up knowing as Rock n Roll?

For you to ignore the impact of Disco in the mid to late 70’s would be trying to rewrite history and establishing that movement as propaganda..which, for everyone that lived it…knows this is not the case! If you chose to ignore it, then I guess you would believe that many radio stations throughout the US and the world for that matter did not opt for a disco theme.

I do realize true rock n rollers did not like disco..in fact hated it! But lets face it…that was definately a genre that cannot go overlooked and it was the cornerstone of what we call today, dance, garage, trance, electronic, and whatever else of dance music you might want to add.

So until another “Music Hall of Fame” comes out that doesn’t include Rock N Roll in it’s title (which so many of you feel should dismiss other music milestones) get over yourselves and realize there’s more to music than just “Rock”!

It’s sad. We all like our own particular groups that we believe should be is the R&R hall. But, the fact is that this organization is much like the academy awards and or the upcoming election. We HAVE NO SAY! PERIOD! The fact that Ron Paul is not the Republican nominee is silly, the fact that “Broke back mountain” won an academy award, silly! The fact that if the album “Days of future past” was not made, music of today would not be the same due to the Moody Blues innovation of stereo technology of it’s time, made a difference in today’s music. If you disagree, it’s just wrong. How can they not be inducted before the current nominee’s? Why? One answer…stupid bias people. The end. Enjoy!

In my opinion, it doesnt matter how influential an artist was or wasnt, if they’re not rock & roll, they dont belong in the rock & roll hall of fame.

I’m not saying that the bands like Rush, Bon Jovi, and all of them dont deserve a nomination, but they MADONNA? REALLY??? That’s not even rock&roll…

I think of all the great progressive artists like the Moody Blues, Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, and Mike Oldfield. Like so many bloggers on this site I’m stunned that the the RRHOF has yet to recognize them for their creative and ground breaking endeavors. Maybe their music is a bit too nuanced and elaborate for the morons that serve on the R and R HOF board. What are those idiots waiting for? Time is running out. It won’t be much longer before those great pioneers of rock venture on to the other side of life.

Why no Bon Jovi.. How good do you have to be sold out stadiums every place they play. Have never seen a harder working band. What is wrong with you people?

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the biggest joke ever. Dodged Rush once again, yet effing War? They had like 2 hits lol… Whoever was watching Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke musta been like “hey, lets nominate them”… effin BS

The R&R Hall makes me cry and chuck my guts. Hellooo!! Anybody ever hear of Al Kooper, Blues Project, BS&T. The Moody Blues? Steve Miller? Chicago– a goddamn hit machine with the best horns on earth. For a great building, this has become a crime against humanity. There must be something going on here that doesn’t meet the eye. Or maybe talent and influence don’t count. I know I’m a year late but help!

One band: Chicago.

Until then, the RRHOF is just a very bad, airport-lounge type Hard Rock Cafe.

For a band to have been in the business for 25 years and having sold over 100 miilion records, to not even have Bon Jovi nominated is a tragedy. You don’t have to like their music but you MUST respect their contribution to music and to disrespect an artist by exclusion shows how much class the R&R nominating committee does not have. Name me more than one hit by the Stooges or the Beastie Boys in over 25 years and then tell me someone in your industry has a clue about talent.

What is the problem? Are true musicians not allowed in? Only garage bands and big stars like Madonna? What is the message? Where is Jethro Tull, ELO and Yes? Is their music too complex for the HOF? Rock music can be so much more than just an updated version of the Gregorian Chant!

Would the people who vote get over their petty jealousies and induct Hall & Oates and Journey. I guess Rush too to quiet their fans even though I don’t get it.

Hall and Oates have recorded alot more than just the 80’s pop hit machine they became atests to. An LP produced by Todd Rundgren, work with George Harrison, Jon Bon Jovi, and Dave Stewart just to drop a few names. But look at the number of people who have recorded covers of Sara Smile (Joan Osborne, Boyz II Men on each end of that spectrum with After 7 and Monte Montgomery in between), The number of times I Can’t Go For That has been sampled would take more space than the current issue of Rolling Stone. But to anyone who has any doubts, look around at the number of today’s artists who tip their hat to Hall and Oates as childhood and musical inspiration. This is the biggest selling duo in recording history, members of the songwriting hall of fame and don’t let the fact Daryl recorded with Elvis Costello and Diana Ross during those same hit machine early eighties everyone seems to diss them for. Check out this months Live from Daryls House for performances with Finger 11 band members, and tell me that for their broad reaching catalogue of hits and non hits the influence this act has had on the ENTIRE music industry doesnt earn them a slot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame YESTERDAY.

Rush, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck Group, The Guess Who, ELO should be going in. Not this bubblegum pop princess crap Madonna. Beastie Boys I’m ok with, they rock, but if your gunna put Madonna in, you hve to put Deep Purple and more importantly RUSH in.

Yeah, the Rock and Roll HOF is complete BULLSHIT. When Rush and Boston(whose debut has sold more records than any other in history) are inducted, then we’ll talk. And come on… Madonna????

I think i have lost my respect in the RnRHOF. i thought it was about all branches of rock bands that have influenced rock and roll as a whole, i was very surprised to see that it was missing great bands like def leppard and iron maiden, if its so strict about what type of music is allowed then why the hell is madonna in there?

I didn’t read every comment in here but I did read quite a few and I believe the most overlooked artist/band to not be in the RnRHOF is the STEVE MILLER BAND… How do non-rockers like Madonna and people like Jackson Browne (a cool guy no doubt, but with very few big hits) get in over Steve Miller???? He’s still one of the most played rock artists on the radio and his influence is huge!!! I could also say the same of The Monkees… another tragedy that they’re not in there!!! In addition I would also like to see..
Jethro Tull
Grand Funk Railroad
Deep Purple
The Guess Who
Electric Light Orchestra
Jeff Beck
Yes
Neil Diamond
Bad Company
Doobie Brothers
…All of those bands and artists seem to be worthy based on the criteria.

i dont get how Madonna gets indrotucted for nothing. but Rush dosnt. rush has the 4th most platnum records than any other band soon to beat the beatles

i belive that the rock and roll hall of fame and Rolling stone magazine are a joke. RUSH should be in the hall of fame. they have been touring for over 30 years. 15+ platnum records the 4th most in music history. the 3rd best tour of 2007-2008. So rolling stone magizene FUCK YOU. RUSH KICKS ASS

It’s unfortunate that sometimes our shrines reflect the times.
The RnR Hall of Fame is not about Rock anymore. It’s not about the root or the soul, unless of course it sells.
Apparently the target audience anymore are those who watch MTV for the reality shows and get their music fix from the Disney Channel.
Maybe next year we can nominate Hannah Montana to the Hall of Fame.

signed,
Rush Fan.

If The RnRHOF is ever to see my money again, they will include Rush, Yes, Chicago, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (who should be eligible this year). Say what you want about the merits of those bands, but there’s no denying their influence (or album sales, if you insist on being commercial)

Its total BS that Boston is not in the Hall of Fame yet and to have Madona considered above them is an insult to rock.

RUSH!
RUSH!
RUSH!

If ya don’t understand the influence of bands like RUSH on everything that followed, you shouldn’t be in charge of anything pretending to represent the history of Rock and Roll. While bands like the Ramones were demonstrating how to jam without knowing how to play their instruments, RUSH was busy at the opposite end of the spectrum, always jamming with unwavering virtuosity. Is this a bad thing?
Seems like the RRHOF is run by a bunch of burnt out old hippies, a few geriatric Dave Clark types, and maybe a couple of Vanilla Ice wannabes. A classic line-up to be sure.
The question is not whether the RRHOF should induct RUSH, it’s whether RUSH should accept. They clearly are the more prestigious institution after all.

RUSH!
RUSH!
RUSH!

A total disaster…

Because of the powers that be, I believe that Rush will never get into the RRHOF..

That is just too bad because Neil Peart is definately one of the most influential musicians out there…and Alex Lifeson is one of the most underrated guitar players ever….these dudes can play circles around anybody but because their music has not had an influence on “hip-Hop” or “pop” they will never get in..Genesis need to get in the hall also. That band also had a hell of a drummer…

Rush needs to be in soon..This is a fucking joke..one of the greatest ensembles ever put together..40 million records..Greatest living rock drummer alive..Years of sold out Concerts and they never changed..

Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame SUCK. They are the ultra-liberal, politically correct version of music. The all-inclusive groupies who want everyone to get along and enjoy each other’s music. They SUCK.

Madonna is not rock n roll. She is pop music.

And don’t you think there are TOO MANY artists in the Hall of Fame? These idiots could learn a lesson about inductees by lookin at the Baseball and NFL Hall of Fames!

So where is Neil Diamond yet again? Does anyone realise just how much he has given to the pop industry during the past 40 years?
Watch him at Woburn Abbey, The Greek Theatre, Glastonbury. Look at his album sales over the years. Check out ticket sales at his concert venues around the world.
Listen to the fans!

Iron Maiden is not in because they would say the same thing as the sex pistols. It’s nothing more than a piss stain! Fuck HOF, it’s nothing more than a bunch of short bus riders making big money.

Some crazy inductees but out of all of them I would have to say that the canadian trio RUSH is without doubt the most unbelievable omission from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

come on whats going on???
i am disappointed with this year’s hall of fame crew! i have loved rock since i was a kid and to me this year’s inductees have been a blatant insult to me (im sure others feel the same way)… HOW CAN TIMBERLAKE INDUCT MADONNA?

WHY ISNT METALLICA, VAUGHN, GUNS N ROSES to mention a FEW not here????

guess i should stop listening to rock and change to pop or hiphop - then maybe these bands will win awards in these categories!

THINGS ARE STRANGE NOWADAYS!!!!

The two worst things to happen to rock:
(1) Rolling Stone Magazine
(2) “Rock N Roll” Hall of Fame
None of them give a crap about rock music and the people who actually influenced it.

Stupid Rock N roll hall of fame ceremony can not even give the proper respects to fusion jazz keyboardist Zawinul!

As long as Heart and Pat Benatar are not in the R&R Hall of Fame, then I vow to never give any real credence to it.

There are others who have been shafted and a few who don’t belong at all but failing to put in original female rockers - who just happen to be amazing talents - ought to be a crime.

Ann Wilson is arguably the finest female vocalist in the history of rock and roll - however you define it and her group had a string of top hits.

They should have been in 2 decades ago.

HALL AND OATES SHOULD BE IN IT!!!! RICH GIRL…IT’S A BEEEEYYAATCHHH GIRL! LOVE THEM. BIG PART OF MY CHILDHOOD. IT’S A BITCH YOU RICH BITCH GIRL.

Each person’s appreciation of music is a subjective and personal thing.
But even with that being said, the short history of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has shown the nomination and induction processes to be totally out of touch with the general public; as well as the actual history of rock and roll itself.

Madonna? Rock and Roll? My gawd, could anything be more perversely inaccurate?

At this point, the Rock & Roll Museum is nothing more than a tourist attraction; with no real value in regards to who gets nomimated and who gets inducted.
With each passing year, the whole process becomes even more silly, and at times, downright ludicrous.

I can’t believe that Neil Diamond has not been inducted to the Hall of Fame. He has contributed many songs to many bands/groups through out the years and has not got one recognition for his work. Shame on you.

I really love the beastie boys but I wouldn’t really consider them Rock and Roll (Though I think they revolutionized their genre) How the Hell is Madonna Rock and Roll?

Who picks the nominees they must be smoking some crack next there going to nominate 50 cent on grounds of connecting it to one song or part of one.

Second point I’m not a rush fan and personally think it has the WORSE singer of all time. I can’t listen to a rush song for 1 minute without changing it because of the terrible singer.

I am stunned Madonna and rock and roll in the same sentence give me a break. next years inductees should be Uriah Heep; Deep Purple; Grand Funk Railroad;Doobie Brothers; and Jethro Tull

I was really disgusted when I heard that the Beastie Boys were being considered for Hall. They didn’t make it this time, but you know they’ll eventually find their way in. How can the Beastie Boys even be considered when Rush hasn’t. Rush’s latest album “Snakes & Arrows” blows any offering from the Beastie Boys away. Rush are three of the best talented musicians in the world and the Beastie Boys can scratch records and rap. Big Whoop!! If the Beastie Boys make the cut in 2009, I wish someone would just burn the Hall down. It’s such a joke.

I can not believe the hardest working band in rock hasnt’ been inducted. Of course I am talking about good ol’ blue oyster cult. They give there all to rock music touring almost all year long. Just to get snubbed by that thing they call a rock museum and rush not being in there is a true crime. If they are putting madonna in the hall and the rest of the listed I want to be inducted cause I have contributed as much to rock as they have..lol

When it started out they had the right idea… They seemed to know… It all started with Robert Johnson and the Blues. Now we have gone from deserving, important artist such as The Rolling Stones and Led Zepplien, completely skipping over FREE and Paul Rodgers and gone to total bullshit Top 40 artists that have nothing to do with “Rock and Roll” Madonna! OMG! and RAP! The HOF needs to back up and look at it’s original inductees and see where they came from. This is just sick and it breaks my heart.

How is it Cheap Trick Always gets looked over comon Rocking Hard since i can remember always a great show if anyone deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame its Cheap Trick.

If Johnny Rivers ain’t in the RNR Hall then it should be burnt to the ground.

My God what a joke the rock and roll hall of fame is. The judges nominate bands that are connected with certain labels that are connected to committee members with no discussion at all. The Sex Pistols acted the right way when they refused to show up at their induction ceremony and sent them a letter calling the hall of fame a piss stain. i’ve double checked my sources here a list of bands/artists that arent in yet.
Deep Purple
Rush
Thin Lizzy
Ozzy Osbourne
Chicago
Doobie Brothers
Kiss
Metallica
Meg adeth
Boston
Def Leppard
Blue Oyster Cult
Genesis
Guns n Roses
Yes
Heart
Iron Maiden
Motley Crue
Jeff Beck
Scorpions
Savatage
Jud as Priest
Bad Company
Foreigner
Grand Funk Railroad
Motorhead
Robin Trower
Pantera
Yes
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Electric Light Orchestra
Ted Nugent
Journey
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Danzig
Quiet Riot
Guess Who
Alice Cooper
Bon Jovi
Cheap Trick
UFO
38 Special
Jethro Tull
George Thorogood
Styx
Dio
Dokken
The Cars

now i know that some of em might be too new to induct yet or what not but the majority of artists on this list have been passed up to be nominated. instead, we get stuck with Madonna, Prince, Grandmaster Flash, and John Mellencamp. How can anyone call themselves a “rock expert” (boards members) and pass up Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, CHICAGO???DOOBIE BROTHERS??? just wanted to make the list to clear things up as to whos not in yet. By the way, the best thing we can do, besides complain, is boycott the HOF.

I always thought that the fraise rock and roll was about a certain attitude that went with a certain type of music.
The fact is Madonna has no business in the rock and roll hall of fame.
It’s a shame you have an amazingly talented, influencial band llike rush who will never see thenselves in the rock and roll hall of fame. There’s also Kiss who are without a doubt one of the biggest rock bands or the 70’s. There stage show alone should put them there.
I will never visit this exhibit. And I am truly a rock and roll fan…

Hey Dave,

Just keep saying Madonna is a great singer.How does that qualify her for the ROCK-N-ROL Hall of Fame.
Are you just stuck on stupid?
She is and never had anything to do with ROCK of any sort!
Honor her elsewhere no there.
That RR hall of fame is over in my eyes after this years debacle.

scissors We need playing leaf caught it become into the yard, had probably pretty them. I’d surprise turtle, playing

How can anyone leave Stevie Ray Vaughan out?
He’s one of the best artists I’ve ever listened to!
When you talk about changing rock n roll you have to mention his name.
Him, Guns n Roses (Slash!) and Metallica (one of the greatest bands ever).
And I still have the dream of seeing the great Joe Satriani on that list some day.

Chicago has been around for 41 years! What’s the delay for them to get in? They are all so very talented!!

How about inducting a non-performer who made a huge contribution to the sound of rock and roll: the late TOM DOWD !

To respond to “Cannot believe you guys”….

Your defintion of rock and roll is very correct, and you do have a good point….HOWEVER…..Madonna does not even come close to rock and roll, or even your defintion of it!!!!!

I have to agree with the legions of people who are irritated with the conspicuous absence of Rush. I visited the HOF in 2003 and saw Neil Peart’s drum kit and Alex Lifeson’s guitar on display. I just didn’t foresee that they would persistently snub them after that. I will not waste my money there again.

Before you even consider Maddona, induct Ann and Nancy of HEART! These are true women of rock!!

I have read this entire page, and it makes me think that all of you complainers must be the long haired loosers who are pissed that their highschool bands never got famous for their rush and yes cover songs, wore your tight leather jackets in the 80’s with judas priest or iron maiden spray painted poorly on the back, and really don’t understand the history or progression of rock and roll. Rock and roll is not a white boy genre first of all, it has its roots in blues and swing, which has a beat that you can dance to, much like Madonna’s music, and half the bands you are lamenting that are not inducted eventually sold out and played top 40 pop radio friendly crap. Anyone remember the moody blues last album. That was rockin! Yes-yea, they stayed true to their roots! A truly great musician moves and grows as music moves and grows-look at Robert Plants latest collaborations. Rock and Roll is part attitude, part talent, part presentation, part marketing, and part knowing when to either evolve, or step down gracefully. Madonna knows how to do that well-most of the bands you mentioned are just aged old men churning out the same old crap, and complaining about the industry while their songs are on TV hawking cars, or stereos, or whatever other junk can make them money. They are stuck in a time warp, and so apparently is most of this board. give it a rest.

A Total Disaster…..

Madonna is not rock…period..

Neither is Leonard Cohen….

Mellencamp…huh? ????

Dave Clark 5…..the cheesiest of all the British Invasion groups..

The Ventures…..huh?????

Justi n Timberlake was there. He was in ‘Nsync…he should never be allowed in…..WHAT IS GOIN ON NOWWADDAYS???????

this is just stupid its a discrase to rock history

MADONNA GET THE FUCK OUT!
your not Rock n Roll!

I WOULD GIVE YOU 20 GRAMMY’S FOR YOUR MUSICAL CAREER BUT YOU DO NOT BELONG IN THIS MUSEUM!!!!!!

throw her out and add TENACIOUS D or somthing.

When will all you bleeding hearts get it in your head that Madonna has no place getting this award. This award is for Rock and Roll artists. Get it. Should someone start a pop/disco hall of fame, then she would fit in there. She has contributed nothing to even be considered rock and roll, let alone be inducted. Bad and Sad.

Chicago 6 # 1 albums?
I don’t even hear people complain about this group overlooked. The List of English Acts not in is bizarre.
ELP,Moody Blues,Yes,ELO,Cliff Richard,Deep Purple,Jethro Tull,Jeff Beck
How about Canada—-Rush.
They and many more have Chart success,Longevity,Influence and all have been waiting for years to get in. Grand Master Flash pop in the hall in a heartbeat.
Its like inducting Barry Bonds into the baseball hall of fame before Babe Ruth,Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle.

Why does everything have to be “influential” or “groundbreaking?” Can’t it just be about great music? Case in point: the Beastie Boys. They may qualify for the HOF in those aspects, but “Fight For Your Right” stunk 20 years ago and still does today. Mellencamp may not have started a new sound, or toured Zambia, but he is the strongest voice for middle America, a place that doesn’t exist to many in New York or L.A. “Scarecrow” was one of the best albums of the 80’s, and he followed it up with “The Lonesome Jubilee” (which was a progression in his music, for sure.)

To me there are two glaring omissions. One has many supporters here: Rush. The other will never get in, because only the fans loved them: Styx. Styx did the groundbreaking (love it or hate it, Kilroy was here!) and the influential thing. They had three lead singers (I don’t think record companies would allow that today) with three distinctive styles that all worked together for a long time. I’ll take “Come Sail Away” over “Glad All Over” any day of the week, thank you.

Madonna absolutely deserves to be in some Hall of Fame, for her video accomplishments if nothing else, but ROCK? This place is becoming a musical catch-all and needs a new name.

Color me confused. Someone please define ROCK & ROLL…Madonna is not my interpretation of such…My take is Madonna is to R&R what Kiss is to country…Induct Kiss into the Country Music Hall of Fame and I’ll eat my words…God Gave Rock and Roll To You….AMEN

Hey what you all have to remember is that the inductees are placed on a ballot by the rock n roll hall of fame, and others who are already in vote to induct. It’s like Neil Young said about his induction. It’s not for the fans, It’s not for the artist, It’s for the labels and record compaines. So they can out out a reissued copy of some record and say rock n roll hall of fame member on it. So don’t read to much into the artist.
I mean really people is the one awards show broadcasted around the globe that really honors who needs to be honored, NO!!!!!!!!! you dolts. If so Johnny Cash would have won many BEFORE HIS DEATH. Led Zeppelin would be honored for paving the way for hard rock music.
Remember Speeches only reaches those who have already heard about!
TO QUOTE ANOTHER NON-HONORED ARTIST
ANDRE 3000.

Hey what you all have to remember is that the inductees are placed on a ballot by the rock n roll hall of fame, and others who are already in vote to induct. It’s like Neil Young said about his induction. It’s not for the fans, It’s not for the artist, It’s for the labels and record compaines. So they can out out a reissued copy of some record and say rock n roll hall of fame member on it. So don’t read to much into the artist.
I mean really people is the one awards show broadcasted around the globe that really honors who needs to be honored, NO!!!!!!!!! you dolts. If so Johnny Cash would have won many BEFORE HIS DEATH. Led Zeppelin would be honored for paving the way for hard rock music.
Remember Speeches only reaches those who have already heard about!
TO QUOTE ANOTHER NON-HONORED ARTIST
ANDRE 3000.

What a disgrace to the name rock n’ roll, this makes me sick to my stomach, Madonna has absoloutly no place in a ROCK N ROLL hall of fame.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just like Rolling Stone Mag. There has never been a Rush cover for Rolling Stone and there will never be Rush is the Hall of Fall. I believe Rush looks at that as a badge of honor. Because they do not believe in either product.
By not being in those things is why Rush is so great and have lasted thirty plus years. They do not sell out to anyone. “The Spirit of Radio”

obviously alot of great bands havent made it. i think the most obvious are the most influential bands, who’s styles have been ripped off and go unrecognized, ie Yes and Rush. I think Supertramp is alot more deserving than others in there. But Yes were pioneers in a genre that so many bands tried to emulate, and that includes Floyd, Genesis, and other progressive bands. Anyone who doesn’t think Rush doesn’t belong in the hall should listen to Fly By Night front to back and then look at the date is was released and you will realize many of the bands already in the hall simply copied them.

why don’t all you madonna haters leave her alone shame on you. she really deserves this.
now the big question when will donna summer,abba,and pat benatar
will get this honor?

hell,just put everybody in every type of music so they don’t have 2 have a lameass awards show anymore

madonna is one the best female singers around and she clearly deserves this great honor.

now when will donna summer and ab

ba.

madonna is one the best female singers around and she clearly deserves this great honor.

now when will donna summer and ab

ba.

madonna is one the best female singers around and she clearly deserves this great honor.

now when will donna summer and abba.

Rush not in the Rock & Roll HOF ? From what I witnessed last night,you have to be half dead to be eligable. Stevie Ray Vaughn not in and Madonna is ? There is something seriously wrong here. Madonna is not ROCK…. or Roll. D-I-S-C-O !!!! And we all know what it still does after all these years. Leonard Cohen is a great poet,don’tchaknowit, but I wouldn’t put him in the same class as Jerry Lee Lewis or John Lennon or Jimi…get my drift ? and 1 last rant coming from a philly guy who loves TSOP. TSOP ain’t R
& R either. The Hall paints with a broad brush. Thanks for putting Marion Walter Jacobs in,though . I hope Willie Dixon is already. His penmanship was responseable for the upwelling of sound on the British isles that preceded THE BRITISH INVASION. Thats it for now

This is all good and all. Madonna really deserves this price. But mankind, once again forget a very very important band: Kraftwerk. Don’t think they bother but if there’s a band that really deserves this price, it’s them! They are the godfathers to most music played. Even by Madonna.

And the Hall of Lame. Ray, Madonna isn’t Rock at all. That’s the point. Someone can invent a pop/disco/dance hall of fame if they want. Also, there are not “dozens of bands like Rush” Anyone who is truly familiar with even half of their recordings recognize they have a quite distinct sound in rock, even if they don’t happen to like it. There are bands out there who sometimes have similar sounding works, but nothing quite like the real thing. They’ve also influenced a lot of bands and sold more records than many of the artists who’ve already been inducted. Other aforementioned Rock artists have been snubbed as well. Many of us are just saying that it doesn’t make sense to induct a non-rock act in to the RnR Hall in the first place, let alone snubbing actual, highly accomplished rock artists.

As for Rush, I, too, have basically gotten over the likelihood that they’ll never get inducted. You have to be liked by the right people. In that sense, Rush doesn’t qualify. And with the sham that is the “Hall” I’m not sure I want them in there anymore anyway. One thing for sure, I will not visit or support it in any way until they do a 180 and induct all of the great, actual Rock acts they’re snubbing, including Rush. And it would help greatly if they cease and desist with inducting non-Rock artists. Nothing against Madonna or pop/disco/dance music. That music isn’t my preference, but I recognize it has it’s listeners, it’s own merit and deserves the props it gets from those who like it. But it isn’t Rock, so it doesn’t belong in a Rock Hall. Leave it out and/or honor it some place else.

SRV’s 1st album was released in 1983 — as such, he will be eligible to be inducted in class of 2008 to be inducted in early 2009. While we are at it, let’s get the Marshall Tucker Band in as well.

Madonna is Not Rock and Roll!!! What next? Michael Jordan in the Baseball Hall of Fame?…..Yeah, Right after Rachel Ray wins an Oscar! I think I’m going to be sick….

Madonna certainly deserves these. I admit to being a bit of a Madonna fan, well as much as an open minded yet heterosexual male HipHopLightPopMetalist could be.

Being an Avid (rabid) Rush fan, I’ve gotten over the “Hall thing.” The Hall of Fame, and Rolling Stone magazine in general is not really about the music, or the integrity of music. It is about the business.

Since Rush has only sold 40 million records, I understand. I stopped caring about the hall when I realized that even if they induct Rush, they will be the “weird” member of that year’s induction “class.” (like Surf music this year?)
That being said, there will probably be at least 20,000 Rush fans that show up if they do get inducted. (and the band won’t show - lol)

Madonna was/is a music icon.
Leonard Cohen is a lyrical genius.
Pop/rock?…its really the same.
would you exclude the Beatles?
Madonna is unique. There are dozens of bands like Rush.

I would just like to say Thank You for inducting the Dave Clark Five this year. They were my favorite group from the 60’s and part of the British Invasion. I feel they should’ve been inducted years ago. I am just so sad that Mike Smith won’t be there to accept his award. He was my favorite and I loved him so! At least he did know about it before he passed.

I’ve been reading these comments and see a lot of the “ME” generation in them. If who you like wasn’t inducted then you cry foul. I’ve waited years for the DC5 to be inducted but this is the first time I’ve wrote and it is to say thank you.

I read one comment listing the accomplishments of The Ventures. I think one was left out… one of their songs was used for the theme of Hawaii 5-O.

To the person who asked who let in the fifty-something housewives… I am 53, I wasn’t a teenager until 1968 but I remember so well The Beatles, Dave Clark 5, and the rest of the british invasion all being on the Ed Sullivan show. I’ve lived part of the making of rock and roll. Who better than someone older who has been there, to have an opinion on rock and roll? I’m not a housewife though, married but also work full time.

I guess being older I was brought up differently. I was taught that if you didn’t have something nice to say then don’t say anything at all.

Glad to see the Ventures finally get in. But really, what the %@#& does madonna have to do with rock and roll? Answer: Absolutely nothing. Who’s next, Ashley Simpson and Britney Spears? I guess pop singers with marginal talent are the way to go now. If the HOF wants to induct some rock and roll women, how about Pat Benatar, and Heart. Both good rockers and better singers than the aforementioned pop princesses could ever dream of being.

First mistake - they put it in Cleveland - please!
Should have been Memphis, Rock and Roll, Blues,etc. Some of the people they have inducted is a joke.
Madonna…Donna Summer - JOKE,they should call it the Popular Music Hall of Fame - joke
Just like this magazine!

Boy, I have to agree. Rush,Steve Miller, KISS,etc etc…bands named by other people here should be in. The artist being inducted are Artist. But should not be included in the Hall Of Fame.

Looks like Madonna is not going to be performing at the RRHOF….

That is actually good news….

I still think that somebody should jam VH1’s signal with “The Last Waltz” during the presentation….

Think about it…wouldn’t it be AWESOME if you were sittin there watching the show, they are showing clips of Madonna throughout her trashy studio-vocal inhanced career, and all of a sudden, the signal breaks up, and Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson come on the screen talkin’ to Martin Scorsesse about their first trip to NYC….that would be GREAT!!!!!!

Journey should be there they were the best in arena rock bands.

To paraphrase Dennis Leary: Stevie Ray Vaughn is dead but we can’t seem to get Madonna into a helicopter.

Why won’t this woman just go away, or better yet: die?

Yeah, they continue to snub Rush. Madonna? LOL!

It sounds like they need to start over and begin a new REAL rock and roll hall of fame.

First inductees:

RUSH
Cheap Trick
Alice Cooper
The Cars

…and then the few good acts that are in the current hall - now becoming “The Top 40, Disco, Rap and Pop Hall of Fame.”

The only rocker in the 2008 group is Mellencamp…
Sad, truly sad.

Your hall of fame is a joke! Madonna is the “POP Princess” and you guys are inducting her into the RRHOF. How much money did she pay you? Shame, shame, shame. You have just shown to your true colors, the RRHOF is for sale. Why not call it what it truly is, The Hall of Lame.

Money Money Money!Thats what this comes down to. They can bring more people in with a Madonna exibit. Why not vote in Nana Mouskouri next. You have to love the USA you can buy your way into anything.

Beastie Boys have been around for more than 25 years so they certainly ain’t no novelty act. I still laugh at people calling Metallica rock, are you kidding me, they’re more pop than any of the other bands nominated here.

Boo to the rock and roll hall of fame….

I used to be a HUGE Rush fan, and it annoys me how they are NEVER recognized by the critics…

Neal Peart is one of the most influential drummers EVER…

EVERY drummer, from a EMO band or a new metal group, ALWAYS mentions this guy as an influence…

But the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wants you to think that Madonna is rock and that Leonard Cohen is rock…

Leonard Cohen….

HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAH A!!!!!!

Ever heard this guy’s stuff???

He is a LOUNGE LIZARD!!!!!!

If that guy is in, then William Shatner should get in….

Forget it. Don’t visit it and don’t support it in any way. It’s insulting to many artists and their fans because it doesn’t have any credibility in its induction standards. Until they get their house in order, maybe it’s more of an honor NOT to be inducted into that stinking turd.

Madonna? Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
You’ve got to be kidding me. Her music is not Rock. What is going on?

Should the Rock Hall take artists from any music genre? What about the actual Rock artists who are influential and popular and qualified by the Hall’s own standards but haven’t been inducted (and maybe never will)? How can pop artists beat out Rock artists to the Rock Hall? It doesn’t make any sense. Can we get a real Rock Hall of Fame (one that sticks to Rock) instead of this highly subjective joke of a place?

Way past time Rush gets inducted. You don’t have to personally like their music (everyone has their own tastes), but there’s no denying Rush’s success and influence. It’s bigger than many of the artists that have already been inducted. What’s that all about? Get more objective standards, or follow the existing ones more faithfully. Better yet, if you can’t do your job right (and I’m not just thinking of Rush here), get out of the business.

Madonna is not Rock. Never was. Nothing against her or her music. But it’s pop/disco, not Rock. They should change the name to the “Popular Music Hall of Fame” if they’re not going to stick to Rock and it’s various sub-genres. Especially when so many truly worthy actual Rock artists are eligible and yet to get inducted. The same goes for some past inductees whose relevance is questionable. The Hall has no credibility because of 1. grevious, subjective choices regarding who’s in and who’s not and 2. the voting body’s qualifications and ability to be objective in the process is highly suspect. We all know the critics, magazine execs and record company execs have biased agendas and personal biases. They reveal it plenty in the course of their day jobs. Never let a junta of sorts decide what’s best. As you can see, it never works well. Boycott the stupid hall until they adopt more objective standards - or until the get some voters who agree on what Rock is (and isn’t) and get their heads screwed on straight about who deserves the recognition and who doesn’t.

Examples of artists who should be inducted already but are not:

Metallica - will probably get in sooner than later, but should have been in on the first ballot.

Rush - eligible since 1998 - 30 million records sold, scores of artists citing them as a key influence (including Metallica, Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins). All three band members highly regarded instrumentalists. Still not in.

Sonic Youth, INXS, KISS, Def Leppard - all influential, all big sellers, all eligible, all not inducted. These are just examples. I could go on with many more, but you get the point.

Again, Madonna is not Rock. Some others inducted in the hall include jazz and blues musicians, but are not Rock, either.

WTF? Madonna is not Rock. Not even close. Never has been. She’s talented, but she does pop/dance music, not Rock. And what is Justin Timberlake doing there being a presenter. His is not Rock music either. He has nothing to do with it. There are already a large number of other inductees who have nothing to do with Rock. Meanwhile, the Hall ignores a lot of really accomplished and influential rock acts that the Hall refuses to consider. It’s a joke, not because some bands I like haven’t and probably will never get inducted, but because the Hall doesn’t even follow its own criteria for selecting inductees. It’s too subjective. Shame on you, Rock Hall voters.

It just keeps getting worse…

I read in the news today that JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE will be inducted Madonna into the hall…

The words Justin Timberlake and Madonna should never be used with the term “Rock ANd Roll”….

ever…..

When VH-1 shows this event this year, somebody should interrupt the signal and show “The Last Waltz” instead…

THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!

Lets face it..50yrs from now everyone will be in the Hall..from the Kingston Trio to Debbie Boone to Flaming Groovies to Alex Chilton to Kristen Hersh to Snoop Dodo Dogg..everyone is a lottery winner here! But hopefully most of u will be dead by then..its all media-promo related anyways..just listen to the music u like and fuck off!

I’ve said for quite awhile–HOW ABOUT KRAFTWERK??
Influential group in MANY genres!

Chicago deserves to be in the R&RHOF
Their first album alone is reason enough, not to mention the years of albums and top hits. What’s the reason for the snub of Chicago?

Steve Miller, Deep Purple, ELO, and others are deserving.

AFTER HAVING REVIEWED ALL THE COMMENTS AND LISTS OF ARTISTS IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE HOF SHOULD BE RE NAMED WITH A MORE APPROPRIATE TITLE-”HALL OF SHAME”

Stevie Ray Vaughan, I Thought, SHOULD HAVE, won this easily. For He, on his own, had pretty much Revitalized the Blues, just ask Buddy or B.B. The Blues is the foundation of Rock. Eric Clapton, said he was the one of the greatest guitarist, he ever heard & was somewhat intimidated by him.
SRV should BE in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but,if he were still alive today, I don’t think he would want anything to do with it. Stevie was a giving person, who didn’t think about himself & to see all of the Great artists who haven’t made it, he Would Not, want to be a part of this.

Come on, Beastie Boys, a rap-rock band, coming before the almighty Rush is a joke.

Those are my nominations but you will never see a list like this because 6 ROCK bands will NEVER be inducted TOGETHER…..The “Rock People”out there seem to agree with the Mellencamp pick(an artist who is finally getting his due)…I actually understand the Madonna pick but do not agree with it!!…..Thev whole point here is that the Rock Hall likes to mix it up so all genre’s are involved and nobody feels left out!!!…..Im okay with it cause im a music man but we all TRULY KNOW whats right!!

ELO
CHEAP TRICK
KISS
BOSTON
THIN LIZZY
RUSH

Why is Joan Jett not in the Hall of Fame The Beastie boys going in before Donna Summer, Diana Ross, & many others is turning the Hall of Fame in to a joke

Screw The Hall Of Fame….Until They induct RUSH into the hall of fame…Im not going and waisting my money. How can the H.O.F. Have peart’s drum set but not the band. Come on Rush has to be one of the best Rock Trios ever! OPEN YOUR EYES and get RUSH into the H.O.F. They deserve it!

I know I’m late on this, but I never pay attention to the Rock Hall…Until KISS is in there it is not ROCK

Where in the world is RUSH? The music, lyrics, the performances. Just because they aren’t as mainstream as some of these performers who have been inducted, that shouldn’t have been, have had huge influences on other bands and performers. Ask anyone who listens to and seen them perform. Catch a clue people and pull your head out of that dark hole you have it stuck in.

I still find it funny how we have been led to believe that Madonna was out there having hits in 1982…

Sure, maybe “Burning Up”, and “Everybody” got minimal airplay at clubs, but the RRHOF wants you to think that she was all over the place during this time…WRONG!!!!!!

Go back to 82 and NOBODY knew about Madonna…

The first time she had any success was “Holiday”, and that was in the fall of 1983. The tunes mentioned above got big in 85 after the success of “Like A Virgin”…

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has turned into a total disaster…Leonard Cohen!!!!!WHAT!!!!!he is a lounge lizard dude!!!!It is a total mess and should stop…

Stop this ridiculous boycott of the Monkees! Why do they have to spend the rest of their lives paying for Don Kirshner’s fuckups? It was never their choice to not play their own instruments on their albums. Kirshner didn’t ALLOW them to play b/c he was so obsessed with “creative control” of their music. Sure he helped them get to the top of the charts, but look at the cost. Over forty years later the Monkees are still being called “The Pre-Fab Four” even after all their success. How would you feel if everyone called you by your grammar-school nickname forty years later? Think about that. I mean really think about it. It’s time to give the Monkees the respect and recognition they deserve.

I recently just looked at a year by year list of all of the people that have been inducted into the hall, and by doing this, one can see that it is a total MESS..

Earth, Wind, & Fire are in. Yea, they were a great R&B group, but are not even close to sounding like ROCK & ROLL.. What is funny about EW&F is that it shows just how STUPID the people are that come up with this stuff. IF EW&F are going to be in, then why not KOOL & THE GANG!!!!.. They were a trillion times better than EW&F!!!

These people do not even know how to put the WRONG groups in!!!

After looking at the list, I must say that this show lost credibility when Sly and The Family Stone got in before The Band….Also, why is Miles Davis in?????…Sure, he is one of the best Jazz Artists to ever grace this planet, but does he belong in the hall???

I still find it really awful that Madonna is going to be in…

They should cange the name of this event, because 99% of the club have absolutely NOTHING to do with Rock & Roll…

“But the Steve Miller Band should DEFINATLY DEFINATLY be freaking inducted.”

The word is spelled DEFINITELY. I would have let it go if you didn’t use it 9 times in your triple-post and emphasize it even more by capitalizing it each time.

“how about nirvana, pearl jam,…”

Dude, they’re not eligible yet. You can bet they both will get in the day they do become eligible.

To all of you saying the Stooges, it can’t be just be about how much YOU like the music. The criteria to some extent has to factor in how far-reaching the music is - how many people it had impact on. Do you realize how many people have ever even heard of Iggy? Like what - maybe one in 500 million?

“Mellencamp has not really impressed me as someone who had a lot of cultural impact, as someone who experimented with and introduced new sounds, as someone who had significant chart success”

He actually sold over 30 million albums. I agree that he never did anything very innovative, but he deserves to get in based on live performance alone.

Kiss was nothing more than a novelty act; they belonged in a traveling circus. They were too insecure to try and make it as themselves.

“Madonna…you may not like or appreciate their style but it is a little ignorant to deny their impact on music culture.”

How much of a musical influence has Madonna really had? The impact she had on culture had more to do with fashion and feminism, not music.

The Ventures…They have released 250+ albums…”

I’m too exhausted to google this, but there’s no way I’m going to take your word for that.

“The E Street Band never nominated in 9 years of eligibility.”

Dude, this is dumb. Springsteen’s in. The band is not eligible to get in on their own. You must also think the Heartbreakers and the Silver Bullet Band are eligible.

Lionel Ritchie?! Yeah, he was major influence.

WTF?!
how about nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, metallica, the misfits, maiden, etc. ?

even the rock’n'roll hall of fame is loosing its credibility

rock’n'roll is a dieing concept/art. its a shame.

The reason why people are upset that Madonna is going to be in is very simple…

She IS NOT rock and roll…

That is it….pure and simple…

I personally have nothing against Madonna and never have. She is a great performer and has always looked fantastic…Suzanne Sommers was also a great performer who looked fantastic on TV, so if Madonna is going to be in, then why not Suzanne Sommers????

Madonna and the words “Rock And Roll” should not even be mentioned….ever…

That is it…..

I am done…

First lets not get on our soap box about global warming, war or the election. Music is there to take you away from the everyday and doesnt mean that people dont care about other issues. please. now with the band and artists in question. Look people Madonna has been in this business for over 25 years and deserves to be there…Beasties bought rap into the mainstream and cross racial boundries. The hardest working band (Cheap Trick) in America reinforced the chicago Big sound with the likes of styx. and far as Rush and Kiss that is just politics in the industry cause I dare anyone to come up with a decent band that has been influenced by each of them…Go ask Aerosmith and Metallica. Motley Crue…and a bunch of High ranking bands and those who are already in the hall. There is not one tangible excuse for Rush, Kiss, Cheap Trick and ELO for that matter not to be in the hall of fame, I mean gees Bonnie Raitt over these bands as far as a total influence.

In my eyes the so called hall has absolutely no credibility, No Moody Blues,No Jethro Tull, No Chicago, No Deep Purple…..But they put in Donna Summer,Madonna???What a joke that institution has become!!

I don’t believe anyone on this blog is equating the HOF with real world issues, cheez dik. Most of the posters have sense enough and KNOWLEDGE of Rock and Roll to know that Madonna’s entry is horseshit.

I cannot believe all this panic over Madonna being inducted. Don’t we all have other things to cry over? The war in Iraq, hurricanes destroying our cities, global warming??? C’mon people, RRHOF has stated that their choices go BEYOND the genre of rock n’ roll, it’s about impact on music as an industry… so, I suggest we all take a Prozac and move on to 2009’s list!

OMG people, get over your bruised egos!! Madonna is IN, so give it a rest! And to “Mike” who mentioned he was a radio programmer/record spinner from ‘81-’83 and he doesn’t remember Madonna: I guess you don’t remember all the weed you smoked either!

Ok, Rush should definatly be inducted. Yes, definatly should be inducted. But the Steve Miller Band should DEFINATLY DEFINATLY be freaking inducted. Go listen to their albums people who choose who’s in there, because I’m not an “expert” but i’m pretty sure it’s AMAZING Music. Steve Miller learned how to play guitar from LES PAUL, so yeah, they should be inducted.

Ok, Rush should definatly be inducted. Yes, definatly should be inducted. But the Steve Miller Band should DEFINATLY DEFINATLY be freaking inducted. Go listen to their albums people who choose who’s in there, because I’m not an “expert” but i’m pretty sure it’s AMAZING Music. Steve Miller learned how to play guitar from LES PAUL, so yeah, they should be inducted.

Ok, Rush should definatly be inducted. Yes, definatly should be inducted. But the Steve Miller Band should DEFINATLY DEFINATLY be freaking inducted. Go listen to their albums people who choose who’s in there, because I’m not an “expert” but i’m pretty sure it’s AMAZING Music. Steve Miller learned how to play guitar from LES PAUL, so yeah, they should be inducted.

Are we still talking about rock artists and their contribution to the music or simple marketing? so, please..Madonna? What happened again with Rush, Uriah Heep, Yes,Supertramp, Moody Blues….Com´on, Let´s be serious!!

I believe that all the charting musicians from the 1950s and early 1960s should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, no matter who they are or how good they were or how many hits they had. They should all be inducted just because they were a part of the foundation of Rock & Roll.

INDUCT NOW!!

The Big Bopper
Chubby Checker
Harry Belafonte
The Kingston Trio
Peter, Paul & Mary
Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Jan and Dean
The Monkees

what about Journey??
i mean it was said they were the GREATEST arena rock bands of the 80’s!
i mean come on Madonna?

Freddie King and Albert King are long overdue!!

Steven
Dwight
Former Lee Warmer
Sonny

We all got yer back Alice

Remember that time we gave a diabetic a candy cane???

Had a helluva time! Wish you all could’ve been there. I’d have called, but long distance operators - they only stall ya. Besides the damn rates are so high, they just appall ya. It’s pretty warm down here, but it ain’t sunny… Yet, I digress

If you must continue to use the term rock and roll please do not disgrace the music any longer hof…I will no longer waste my time.

Alice says he doesn’t want in your stupid hof anyway…

Logging off for eternity,

Dwight

In between a light snack of spiders and flies, I noticed that not one of you so called rockers remembered UFO or Head East. April Wine was an honorable thought, kudos. It’s not just the big names that made RR. Sure it all erupted from grass roots like - Robert Johnson & others - another name I haven’t seen mentioned - Unless he’s already in - I hardly make it a practice of keeping track of such an insane institution as the hof. Remember, it didn’t all start with Diamond Dave and Eddie Van Hagar.

I gotta get outta here…
straight jacket’s riding up…

besides…the Master’s calling

Alice Cooper changed the face of rock forever and influenced the entire genre of what is now hard rock and metal. Marilyn Manson (even the name is a derivative) is nothing but a cheap plagiarist, as is any other “shock” rocker wearing a little makeup. There is only one shock rocker and his name is Alice. Alice may actually be the only one worthy of membership!

Madonna in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? What has she contributed to rock & roll? The only thing that separated Madonna from Stacey Q, Pebbles, Deniece Williams, or Shannon is marketing, controversy, and Playboy/Penthouse spreads. But, Pat Benatar, who is a rocker, is shunned. Who decides this stuff?

If Madonna is in, why in the world isn’t Journey, Rush, Chicago, Yes, Genesis, The Cars, ELO, Hall & Oates, Doobie Brothers, or Pat Benatar in there? Get a clue!

And by the way, Mike, U2 is in there. They were in the 2005 class. One thing that the Hall got right

the hall has turned into a joke the best live band i ever seen over the course of almost 40 years of concerts J. GEILS BAND. the band that made live music and live albums worth buying and seeing. nominated before but beat into the hall by madonna. she was not rock and roll she was bubble gum music. the hof needs to get their shit together!!!!!

How about JAMES GANG and MOUNTAIN!

Don’t forget Manfred Mann’s earth band or Uriah Heep

Madonna in the RRHOF?! You got to be kidding! The “Schlock and Roll” hall of yawn maybe. If they wanna put a REAL rock chick from Detroit in the RRHOF, SUZI QUATRO is it. She was THE ORIGINAL, leather-clad, rock ‘n roll “storm-trooper” chick. Without Quatro, there would have been no–by their own admission–Joan Jett or Chrissie Hynde/Pretenders. The RRHOF people wouldn’t know REAL R ‘n R if it bit ‘em in the a**…which Quatro just might do.

Hall and Oates should be in the Hall of Fame. They are the biggest selling duo of all time. They outsold the Everly Brothers and the Righteous Brothers. Come on and come to your senses, Powers That Be.

The fact that Madonna is going to be in the RRHOF and U2 are not is 100% absolutely ridiculous and proves that the losers involved with the process of nomination have no clue whatsoever what Rock music is…….The fact that Madonna would be nominated alone is ridiculous because she is not rock and roll….not even close.

Who is going to be in next year I wonder????
Are we going to celebrate the pure rock power of Laura Branigan???or how about the legendary rocker Britney Spears????

Another thing that is funny, I have absolutely no memory whatsoever of hearing Madonna until 1984 when “Borderline” came out….I truly believe that it is a hoax that people say that she came out in 1982…I should have something to say about this because I was a music director at a top 40 station from 1981-1983 and I have no memory of her ever during that time….

Someone earlier mentioned Ratt…I always dug Ratt, although I’m not sure they are HOF material but I started thinking. Now these morons will continue to snub metal bands, but just wait, they will certainly induct sorry ass BON JOVI. RATT was LED ZEPPELIN compared to BON JOVI.

APRIL WINE

I think that is a great idea Steve and I really like your selections!! Maybe, Rolling Stone should have a contest.

I think that it would be a great idea to select at least one pure Rock and Roll Fan to participate in the voting process. Something needs to be done in order to help some of these very deserving artists…..that seem to be forgotten year after year.

BY THE WAY, ALBERT KING, FREDDIE KING, BEN E. KING & CHUBBY CHECKER ARE WAY OVERDUE !!! THESE GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO!

I would have to say that the following bands should be inducted or at least nominated in the next few years, before any other NEW bands…………………

1)LITTLE FEAT
2)THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 3)THE STEVE MILLER BAND
4)DEEP PURPLE 5)YES 6)STEPPENWOLF 7)ELO RUSH 9)GENESIS 10)PETER GABRIEL 11)STEVE WINWOOD 12) THE MOODY BLUES 13) THE CARS 14) HEART 15) LINDA RONSTADT 16) THE COMMODORES 17) KOOL AND THE GANG 18) ALICE COOPER
19) CHEAP TRICK 20) JETHRO TULL 21) DIRE STRAITS 22) THE OHIO PLAYERS 23) HALL & OATS 24) JEFF BECK 25) STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

Good call on an earlier post that mentioned April wine. Also, WHERE THE F IS MOUNTAIN???!!!

I have never seen such a bunch of neocons as the people that nominate for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These boneheads don’t have a clue about rock and roll or a remote sense of assemblance or historical perspective of the artists.

I would rather see a computer picking the choices. I bet the computer would get it more right then these bums. The computer would consider all the variables of the artist without emotion and purely based on the facts.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame insiders, “Have You No Sense Of Decency.”

I love the post with Madonna’s tour setlist. Very clever. While she’s at it,she should also do uncontrollable urge! LONG LIVE DEVO!

There’s nothing wrong with this years inductees if you’re on CRACK.

There’s nothing wrong with this year’s inductees - if they were elected 10 years from now (except The Ventures should have gotten in a long time ago and Leonard Cohen was a wise choice). However, the Hall of Shame will have no credibility until the following acts are elected:

Jeff Beck
Genesis
Rush

Yes

ELP

Jethro Tull
The Moddy Blues
Deep Purple
King Crimson
Heart
The Steve Miller Band
Journey
Hall & Oates
Pat Benatar
Johnny Winter
Roy Buchanan
The Doobie Brothers
Blue Oyster Cult
Roxy Music
Rory Gallagher
ELO
Lionel Ritchie
Ten Years After
Mike Bloomfield
AND WHERE IS TODD RUNDGREN?!!!

WOW! Madonna’s 2008 TOUR SETLIST
Abacab
Stone in love
Big city nights
Candy-o
Limelight
Ri de my see-saw
Lay it down
Bungle in the jungle
Calling Dr. love
–ENCORE–
Heading out to the highway
No fun

He sure did! In other words, RATT can forget it!

This last comment nailed it on the head.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is controlled by a group of industry insiders. Until that changes, the Hall will cease to have credibility.

The whole nomination process needs to be scrapped and setup with a stringent criteria.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should never be a popularity contest, nor should it be an opportunity for personal preference or taste.

It should consist of a formula that examines the artist for their contribution to rock and roll, including their influence and impact on rock and roll itself. Anything short of that is a popularity contest.

Linda Ronstandt is not in yet and that ugly hag madonna who’d exploit her deceased mother to get attention and perennial pity is?

I guess making money and exploitation without camp or vocal talent is what the hall favors. The cast of High School Musical should be inducted next year except a few of them can sing much better than madonna ever could so perhaps they should get special emeritus decorations.

That haggardly corporate capitalist, with her made in sweatshop clothing line and African baby adopted to compete with Angelina Joilie, being raised by nannies she exploits has about as much business being the Rock Roll Hall of fame as her spawn Britney has working in early childhood development. Total rip off for the women like Ann and Nancy Wilson, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Suzi Quatro who actually can sing powerfully and play musical instruments. Tina Turner has not been inducted as a solo artist yet and it’s just typical bullshit.

Jeez… And I laughed when the Pretenders got in. I’m afraid a big part of the problem is, the people deciding these things A- don’t really like RnR. B- don’t have the common sense to fill a gnats ass. I love Chic and Madonna, but RnR Hall of Fame? ABSURD.I agree with some of the opinions on who should be in - Rush, Stooges, Devo, the Cars. Some I don’t ( I always thought Cheap Trick was Overrated.)It sounds like whoever sounds hip to these idiots is who gets in. For instance, theirs a band who busted out on the scene in the early 80’s. Unfortunately 150 other bands of this genre were worthless.This band had great records and were UNREAL live. This band was GREAT. That kids, was a band called RATT. They don’t have a snowballs chance in hell of getting in. Neither does a great band like APRIL WINE.

For female artists what about Linda Ronstadt? I agree with Rush and Warren Zevon too.

The Rock Hall is FULL of artists whose contributions pale next to artists that have thusfar been snubbed.

It may have seemed quaint to induct only 5 annually when the eligible artists were from Rock’s infancy, but as soon as the Oldies era gave way to the Classic Rock era, 5 was simply no longer adequate.

Why is anyone surprised that the RRHOF is inducting people who have no business being there? It is just another step in the ongoing PC culture of the country where reality has nothing to do with reality. As long as it looks and feels good. If they want to induct people like Madonna then they should start a “Pop hall of fame.”

What a joke it is — they should rename it according to truth-in-advertising ethics and call it the Rock and Roll Hall of People Jann Wenner thinks are Cool. This has to be the lamest group ever.

marc, the ventures are nominated this year.

dave clark 5 over the monkees? don’t think so (ok, snobs, get over yourselves. listen to the following: “Goin down” easily in the top 5 vocal peerformances of the 60s, and who else riffed on Mose Allison? group composition.
“You Told Me” or any other Nesmith composition — easily the equal of anyone from the era, “Randy Scouse Git” (AKA Alternate Title), “for Pete’s Sake”. The guys made great music when left to their own devices after Kirschener

Another year, another blatant snub of the contributions of progressive rock bands to rock and roll history…

If it is indeed true, as some have posited, that punk was in part a backlash against prog excess, and the Hall has recognized punk (to a degree), then why not prog?

If artists such as Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Neil Peart, Bill Bruford, and Robert Fripp (to name but a few) have made profound and indelible impressions on countless young musicians of yesterday and today, and have rewritten the book on their respective instruments, why not recognize them for it?

Save the revisionist history for the magazine.

Finally, if we’re looking for influential female rock performers who have not only inspired many followers — a number of whom are quite commercially successful — but were also quite innovative in advancing the limits of rock, why not consider Kate Bush?

It looks like that this years nominees proves that the RRHOF is a total joke. It is totally ridiculous, almost comical that Madonna should even be mentioned along with the term rock & roll. Don’t get me wrong, I respect Madonna as a performer, but calling her rock and roll is absolutely ridiculous. It is not her fault that this is happenning, it is the people that are in charge of this event that are. U2 are not in the hall and Madonna is going to be!!!!!!!….that is absolutely totally ridiculous. The ceremony for this years event will REALLY be funny…somebody will come out and cover a Madonna tune…HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!..Just that thought alone is not good. Also, why is Donna Summer involved???? I truly believe that the ceremony will be a total disaster, and it should be. There are way too many bands out there that are not being recognized. No Kiss????? they should’ve gotten in as soon as they were eligible. Totally ridiculous…

Who is going to be in next year I wonder???? Air Supply???….Janet Jackson????…..heck, they will probably put Britney Spears in next year….

RUSH again over looked. Individually some of the best musicians ever. Together one of the most dynamic, influencial and long lasting rock trios of all time. It would be nice to see one of the 2008 inductees stand on stage and continue the rebellious rock and roll style, tell the world the bands that need to in the R&RHF throw down their award and let the hall know they will pick it up when these artists are finally recognized.

I have to agree with the past comments on the prog rockers.
BTW has anyone ever heard of this guy by the name of Warren Zevon?

The Beastie Boys? Come on. What about Def Leppard? They are truly a rock band that deserves the recognition.

When the hell is KISS going to get inducted? They need to be in the hall!

When the hell is KISS going to get inducted? they need to be in the hall!

How about LAURIE BISER-WOLFE?

Get the Ventures In, any band thats been together fifty years and still playing great rock Instrumentals surely deserves to be In!

Where are the other two KINGS of the blues……Albert & Freddie King should have been inducted years ago !!! Along with B.B. who is already inducted…..they helped to shape what we call Rock and Roll 50 years ago. If the Beastie Boys get inducted before these two icons…..something is really wrong with the induction process.