Man if her skin gets any dryer, a stiff wind is going to come along, and blow her away in a big cloud of Madonna dust!

Um…what about someone like Wanda Jackson?

Madonna (LOCK)
John Mellencamp
Chic

These three will probably be inducted this year.

Something tells me the Beatsie Boys don’t get in immediately.

How does METALLICA not make the final nine names for 2008?

If I had a choice, my Class of 2008:

Madonna
Metallica
John Mellencamp
Lionel Ritchie
The Stooges

Leonard Cohen for the win. Afrika Bambaata is good to, I hope they both make it in.

Lionel Ritchie? Wow!

Like him or not (and I admit I go back and forth myself) – Lionel Ritchie has been one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of the 70’s and 80’s.

I guess he probably wouldn’t be in my Top 5 choices, now that I think about it – but if he got in – I wouldn’t have a problem with it at all.

http://www.futurerockhall.com

This is an interesting site about who is IN, who is NOT and when your favorite artists will be eligible.

Some surprising omissions.

Their probally not gonna make it, But im Physced that The Beastie Boys Ae finally Nominated. and what about Weird Al?? He is Widely Know as the greatest Parady artist ever, and his first chartable single was released 26/27 years ago.

Why no Tom Waits?

Bambaataa nominated in his first year of eligibility, Rush and The E Street Band never nominated in 9 years of eligibility. Right.

ok, why on earth is the greatest live AND power-pop band of the last 30 years not nominated…they influenced all these emo and hard rock bands…they have one of the greatest lead singers ever, one of the, if not the most, entertaining guitarists on the planet, the inventor of the 12-string bass on bass, and the ever frumpy but brilliant drummer….they are ROBIN ZANDER, RICK NIELSEN, TOM PETERSSON AND BUN E. CARLOS….30 YEARS…15 STUDIO LP’S….COUNTLESS GIGS….

CHEAP TRICK!

WHO AGREES they should be in the hall?

i do like that the ventures are nominated, most kids don’t know them but they pioneered instrumental guitar music and made seemingly countless lp’s in the 70’s and 80’s.

Hall and Oates
Duran Duran
Metallica
Madonna
John Mellencamp

i love the beasties…but the stooges deserve a nomination so much more. and black flag…dead kennedys…bad religion…metallica…social distortion…bad brains…minor threat…motorhead…CHEAP TRICK!!!…thin lizzy

If Link Wray isn’t in yet, it’s not really the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This year’s selections are awful slim in terms of Rock and Roll. Only the Ventures really deserve it.

I would like to know when RUSH is finally going to get in….it’s ridiculous!

WTF!!! No Chicago, no Moody Blues, no Beefheart, no Stooges, no Love, no Eletric Light Orchestra, when the fuck are they going to bring in Ringo as a solo act? The Rock n’ Roll hall of Fame is a joke. Come on the Beastie Boys and Modanna over someone like the Cars or Yes? What the hell? They always choose people so they either don’t look sexist or racist. I’m not a racist or anything, but Chic and Modanna? Why not Billy Preston and Nico? Why not Roxy Music?

You people are complete fools. Isn’t this the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??????? Therefore nominations like Chic and Madonna over Metallica, ELO, Yes, Moody Blues and on and on and on. Change your name to the Pop Hall of Fame, better yet the Schlock Hall of Fame because that’s what you’ve become!!

The Ventures are the most deserving of anyone on the list. They have sold 100 million records and have influenced the whos who of guitar players. They have released 250+ albums, and have been together for 49 years. And they still tour and wow the crowds. Pretty amazing. Anyone who does not know their contribution to music and rock and roll needs to do their homework.

Finally — The Ventures

If you dont know who The Ventures are, check ‘em out. They have been together since 1959. The original guitar players still play today. Imagine touring for almost 50 years. They have sold nearly 100 million records. They have influenced thousands of guitar players, including some of the greatest of all time. Their style in unmistakeable.

Deserving of induction? By any standard you can define.

I agree with many of you, but here are my biggest concerns: 1) John Mellencamp eligible since ‘01 and still not in? What the…F’? And 2) Madonna = Rock ‘n Roll? Hell, let’s nominate Barry Manilow! How about Michael Bolton? Shit, let’s throw in Richard Marx and, sure, why not you “Endless Love” fans, Lionel f’ing Ritchie?!?! If anybody deserves to get in among this pop-oriented BS, it’s Neil Diamond… He actually had a few songs that sort of rocked.

I’d definitely back a Moody Blues nomination.

I’m with you all the way aceofsabers… and RUSH, Metallica, and especially ELO… Good God, what’s the world coming to?

Another one I just thought of… And this could be a worse injustice than J. Mellencamp — The Steve Miller Band! How about a couple more: Styx? Nugent? The f’ing Bee Gees have been in for ten years!!! Hello!!!!!!!!

If any of you actually bothered to read the names of those already inducted from years past, you would see that over HALF are not technically considered rock and roll. It is used as a broad term. Why it’s not called the Music Hall of Fame beats me. If it were strictly Rock and Roll, I would agree acts like Madonna, etc should not be considered. But using music as a whole, Madonna and company are more than deserving. You may not like or appreciate their style but it is a little ignorant to deny their impact on music culture.

As we all know, not evetry act nominated and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a ROCK act. This is the rock era, and there are many acts in many genres whose impact and musical grreatness have shone. Madonna owns the template for pop music over the last 25 years, and she is unrivaled in terms of what she has doen in her music, stage shows, videos, etc.- challenging gender, religious, sexual and social mores like no other. It’s hardly surprising that she’s a nominee out of the gate.

Metallica not elidgble untill next year cause thats when their first album came out

Madonna…The beastie boys……god forbid a deserving band ever makes it…..what a stupid lot for the choices…..come on…ROCK and ROLL hall of fame….not bring any music to the dance floor hall of fame!!!!!……..God give me strength !!!!

Speaking of Lionel Richie, how about the Commodores? I think they should get in before Chic does. And what about Duran Duran and Depeche Mode? They’re elligible aren’t they?

Finally, they nominate Donna Summer and let’s hope they induct the DC5 and the Ventures who are way overdue. Obviously Madonna will be inducted and hopefully Mellencamp, and that’s my five choices.

They’re now nominating and inducting fewer and fewer each year making it harder for a lot of deserving artists to get even nominated.

If John Mellencamp doesn’t get in this year, this whole Hall of Fame is a joke. There isn’t one other artist on this list that deserves to get in more than him. Get rid of this disco shit. Donna Summer and Chic? Give me a break.

I would guess Madonna, John Mellencamp, Dave Clark Five, the Ventures, and Donna Summer get in this year. The Beastie Boys should and will, but why this year? How is it that Poly Wog counts, wasn’t that a record they sold at their shows?

My prediction for the 5 to be inducted are: Madonna, the Dave Clark Five, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp and the Ventures.

What happened to Stevie Ray Vaughan?

Genesis. Snubbed again. And as long as that continues, Peter Gabriel doesn’t get in as a solo artist either. Idiocy on top of idiocy.

my predictions:
leonard cohen
madonna
the dave clark five
the beastie boys
afrika bambaataa

it’s an outrage that the stooges, carole king, metallica, ozzy, the mc5, albert king, iron maiden, randy newman, iggy pop, lou reed, derek and the dominoes and link wray aren’t in or nominate.

First off, the poster who suggested Derek and the Dominos – they recorded one studio and one posthumous live album + Eric Clapton is in three times.
The E Street Band can’t go in separately from The Boss who already is in.

The Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame insults the following acts every single day:

TODD RUNDGREN (Earth to Hall of Fame? Todd has left the building.)
Genesis
Yes
Jeff Beck
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Deep Purple
Rush (haven’t they sold more records and concert tickets than any hard rock act of all time?)
ELP (they put the classical in classic rock)
Dire Straits
Heart
King Crimson
Chicago
Tom Waits
Cheap Trick
The Doobie Brothers
Jethro Tull
Rory Gallagher
Lou Reed
Roy Buchanan
Hall & Oates
The Stooges
Blue Oyster Cult
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Arthur Lee and Love
The Ventures
The Moody Blues
Little Feat
Journey
Peter Gabriel
Supertramp
Toto (these guys have also played on everybody else’s albums like Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs, scored movies and they just won a Grammy a few years ago for best engineered recording; they still rock and everybody thinks they broke up!)
Uriah Heep
Humble Pie

A theory for why certain acts are not chosen… yet.
The Hall is a boomer focused group set up to halt the aging process of this crowd. Set up in the 80’s, they couldn’t stand the rock of the time and needed this nostalgia trip. Now they are running into that same era again, hence the smaller nomination list.

As I was saying,this nostalgia trip is running into the era they wanted to avoid. Amidst the list of acts mentioned by others here as eligible, no one has noted that Motley Crue and Def Leppard are also within the range. I think that Rush, Genesis, etc., will get in. They are left behind almost as a rear guard action against the music of the 80’s and perhaps the 90’s.

I think its a bit early for Madonna unless shes dying or has a condition that is cause dementia, there are so many rock act out there that deserve t be inducted now. for some of them really are slipping away and induction into the rock of fame would give meaning to their contribution,i’m with paul M up there Barry Manilow would have been a better choice than Madonna, its not her time yet!

This is ridiculous! Electric Light Orchestra should be in by now, as well as Rush, Cheap Trick, Bad Company, ELP, The Stooges, The Cars, B52’s and on and on. Who are these people? I love the DC5 as much as anyone over the age of 50, but they are not Hall of Fame material. Sorry.

Time and again No Tom Waits?, why not Meatloaf, Alice Cooper. CHIC for Christs Sake what a joke. Why call it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, change it to All Kinds of Tunes Hall of Fame. Might as well put in Mozart as an early influence.

Oh by the way as much as people what to piss and moan about it. KISS should get the nod also.

Another year and Rush and Kiss are ignored.

originally ringo starr was announced, madonna yuck. where are..the moody blues, kiss, rush, the cars,meat loaf, alice cooper, e.l.o……. who are the judges?

You people are fucking stupid. Wanna know why Metallica’s not in yet? THEY’RE NOT ELIGIBLE TIL NEXT YEAR DUMBASSES! Their first single didn’t come out til 83. Wanna know why KISS isn’t in? BECAUSE THEY FUCKING SUCK! ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MARKETING EVERYTHING THEY DO TO MAKE MONEY! THEY MADE A DISCO ALBUM FOR GOD’S SAKE! THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE TOOLS!

No Alice Cooper again? The original AC band has written some of the best Rock&Roll classics ever, yet they are ignored year after year. Their influence on music is huge. Why aren’t they nominated?!

Madonna cannot sing and none of her songs have stood the test of time. Apparently, if you are all about marketing and nothing about making a true contribution to music (singing, composing, arranging, skill at playing a musical instrument) you can get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Madonna sold millions of records but she is not a talented singer, composer, arranger, producer, or instrumentalist.

This will be the worst class inducted by far. Pitiful.

Let me be who I am and let me kick out the jams-MC5

Wow, what an exciting list (EXTREME sarcasm). Here’s what the list should be:
Cheap Trick
Billy Idol
Heart
Dire Straits
Pat Benatar
Joan Jett
Kiss
The Stooges
John Mellencamp (at least they got him in there)

todd rundgren yes is a major artist, much like frank zappa. he’s an amazing talent and has had such a long and eclectic career….kiss should be in simply for the massive influence they have had on pop culture. even the monkees deserve a chance i think.

stevie ray vaughan’s first lp came out in 1983 he would be eligible next year. it is impossible to please everyone let’s face facts. the jam is another great band that should be in, but they’re more of a cult band than anything.

I can’t believe Leonard Cohen hasn’t been inducted yet. Although, I suppose he’s really not rock n roll.

This is getting kinda sad

Beasties – (too early)
Madonna – (who cares?)
Donna Summer (not rock)
Lionel Ritchie (not excited, sorry!)

Better….
Melenca mp
Dave Clark

WHO’s MISSING??

KISS, CHEAP TRICK, HALL & OATES, DIRE STRAITS, JOURNEY, CHICAGO

These are the BIG bands of the early 1980’s. These were the records that the radio played, the concerts that sold out, the artists who were on MTV. I’d even give it up to HEART(not my fave)

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame – My A**! Might as well take the “Rock and Roll” part off as it doesn’t seem to apply anymore. What a huge national joke! Maybe its time to build a new musuem dedicated to all the people/groups as mentioned above by others that rightfully deserve a place in a TRUE “Rock and Roll” setting and atmosphere.

Of the nominees CHIC stand out as the most influential. Rock musicians copied CHIC and loved their albums. David Bowie, Mick Jagger, The Power Station, Debbie Harry, Queen, The Ganf Of Four, The Clash and many more used the CHIC sound on their albums. Hip Hop has used the CHIC catalogue more than almost any other artist. To say that CHIC is not worthy to be included is to be completly unaware of music history.

I think Madonna DEFINITELY should get inducted. Yes, her voice isn’t the greatest – but none can deny the lasting cultural impact she has had on the music business. You may not like her legacy and impact on music, but she certainly has had one. Also, to the poster who stated that none of her songs have stood the test of time, that is complete bullshit. How about “Like A Prayer”, “Ray Of Light”, “Like A Virgin”, “Vogue” for starters.

And please don’t take things so literally – yes, it is called the ROCK AND ROLL Hall of Fame, but as most people know they induct people from ALL genres including instrumental, pop, rap, dance, r&b, rock, punk, metal.

I’m going to highly pissed if John Mellencamp get’s left out “again”. I know that disco music had it’s time, but it’s not rock and roll.

Doesn’t Madonna know that Halloween is still a month away. Why is she posing in that pic with her Halloween mask on?

Whoever makes these nominations should be taken outside and shot.How can they continue to ignore these artists that are mentioned here.This is the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME for Christ sake.They have lost all credibility with me.STUPID BASTARDS AND BITCHES.

Of the nominees I think that the Beasties and Madonna should get it! John Mellencamp is not a worldwide artist and has been successful mainly in the US. Also, I struggle to find what his overall contribution or lasting effect to music has been. Aside from a few great tracks, he has not really imopressed 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, or as someone who had continued relevance. The biggest thing going for John Mellencamp is his longevity. I think someone like Madonna and Beastie Boys are far more deserving since they are artists who have been around for 25 years and they have managed to stay relevant throughout that time for the most part!

MOTLEY CRUE and KISS. I know they aren’t as politically correct nor have they set free buddist monks but they rock and they have sold just as many if not more albums.

this has been becoming a joke of late
need to see CHICAGO, JOURNEY, MEATLOAF, CHEAPTRICK, ELO,AND STYX in.
i know they call it commercial rock, but it’s more rock then CHIC and MADONNA.

STEVE You make good points, but Mellencamp still should go in. Not only has he written some great tunes, he’s also a painter, fought like hell to get his name back, instrumental in Farm Aid, like the Eagles set up Country to Rock influences. There a quite a number in the Hall who didn’t travel around the globe musically.

Is this a joke? Donna Summer? My wife likes her. She hates rock music. Same for Madonna. How can Rush and Kiss and Iron Maiden etc not be in?

WHERE IS THE ROCK AND ROLL?! Madonna? Chic? Donna Summer? PLEASE!!! No Alice Cooper, KISS, Rush, Stooges, Weird AL?!? LET THE FANS VOTE!!!!

Anyhoo…my five…

Mellencamp
Dave Clark 5
Leonard Cohen (hard to call rock and roll but definitely an influence)
Ventures (surf rock!)
Beasties (yeah they rap but they rock too!)

What about Dick Dale, who created surf-rock?

How ON EARTH can the Beasties be nominated before Run DMC? Hey Jann, you and your turncoat buddies really need to pull your heads out of your asses.

Metallica is a HUGE omission! There hasn’t been a more influential band over the last 25 years…

Tthink about WHAT THE ROCK FAN WANTS. I agree, put the Beasties in…but Madonna? Chic? Donna Summer? Beasties, Dave Clark 5, CHICAGO, Metallica, and Genesis…ass

You are all taking the term “rock and roll” way too literally. Madonna is ABSOLUTELY a rock star. She has done so much badass stuff in her career. Way more rock and roll than some of the bands being mentioned here (Journey, Chicago). Rock and Roll is an attitude, man! And how can argue with the Beastie Boys? It’s not a “ROCK BAND” Hall of Fame. ‘Bout time they mixed it up.

Sorry.

Lionel wont get in untill the comadores get in first

I believe Rush and Kiss should definitely get in. Curious, any idea when U2 is eligible?

For you guys that think that it’s unffair that certain bands as Metallica, Guns N’ Roses etc, never go to the hall of fame you are so very wrong. Metallica is going to be inducted in 2009 and Guns N’ Roses in 2010. Madonna is not my favourite artist but, she deserves to get in. She has sold more albums than many of the bands people in here speak. Sure, I love Guns N’ Roses and Metallica but I also respect Madonna and she deservesto be inducted.

Jeff Beck the greatest living guitarist is still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? At one time or another all of the following guitarists have stated that Jeff Beck is the best. Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Les Paul, David Gilmour, Toni Iommi, Brian May, Slash, Steve Vai and Chriisie Hynde. Jeff Beck is also an animal loving vegetarian. Nice guys finish last.

Brien Comerford

Jeff Beck the greatest living guitarist is still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? At one time or another all of the following guitarists have stated that Jeff Beck is the best. Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Les Paul, David Gilmour, Toni Iommi, Brian May, Slash, Steve Vai and Chriisie Hynde. Jeff Beck is also an animal loving vegetarian. Nice guys finish last.

Brien Comerford

Steve, you don’t think Mellencamp deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because he is not a worldwide artist. Well, his first hit was in Austrailia and you might want to go to his Wikipedia page before making such generalizations on his career and importance.

Steve, you don’t think Mellencamp deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because he is not a worldwide artist. Well, his first hit was in Austrailia and you might want to go to his Wikipedia page before making such generalizations on his career and importance.

Donna Summer is a mighty fine rock’n roll singer.
She was in a rock band CROW,was the first Female African American to win a Grammy award in the rock category [HOT STUFF is R&R] and her venture into rock/new wave in 1980 with THE WANDERER should not be ignored.SPRINGSTEEN wrote her a song [PROTECTION]; the lady’s chameleoon-like vocals can sing absolutely ANYTHING.

So DONNA SUMMER is more than just a disco singer ; learn your lesson people.
This is not ANITA WARD we’re talking about…

No Cheap Trick, Doobies, Chicago, etc. It gets worse every year.

Mellencamp should be disqualified b/c of those “ouuuurrrr cuuunnntttrryyyy” commercials

Change the name from rock & roll. Call it anything else. Leaving RUSH out is an insult. Never bought your RAG never will

have you no shame? how do you even mention Madonna and Chic and Donna Summer for the rnr HOF and leave the Mc5 and Stooges on the outside looking in?

no credibility whatsoever!

no Styx, kiss, Rush, ELO, Yes, Doobie Brothers, Cheap Trick, or Chicago. But we get POP artist Madonna, and Rappers Afrika Bambaataa. Where exactly is the “Rock and Roll” in this group of nominees? I’ll give you that the Beastie’s are an extremely diverse group of guys, but to put them in the RHOF??? C’mon!!! Get Serious!!! If they are going to include Madonna, Lionel Ritchie, Bambaata, and the Beastie’s, why not put in Roger’s and Hamerstien for there broadway musicals? Or Leonard Cohen? Better yet, we could nominate the Glenn Miller Orchestra. It doesn’t seem to be restricted to “rock” artists anyway. What a piece of s**t organization!

I agree that a lot of bands that should be in the Hall of Fame have thus far been passed up, but the continued exclusion of Cheap Trick is so mind-boggling that it begins to invalidate the whole concept. Does Cheap Trick have longevity? Yes, they’ve been spinning out new albums and touring for 30+ years. Are they influential? Are you kidding? Even the likes of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, and Billy Corgan have gone on record singing their praises. Several of Trick’s albums also turned up on RS’s top 500 albums list. Not to mention other intangibles, such as how Trick managed to create such a distinct band “personality”, Robin Zander’s been nicknamed “The man of a 1,000 voices”, and so on and so on. It would be interesting to hear someone on the nominating committee actually expain why Cheap Trick hasn’t been inducted, because it makes absolutely no sense to me.

The nominees should have been The Smiths, The Cure, Genesis, Kiss, Tom Waits…and I’ll give you Madonna and The Beastie Boys

Who are the idiots nominating these acts? Sounds like it’s gone the way of the awards show where everything is purely political bullsh**. If it’s going to contain more than just rock n’ roll and rock influences (like the blues that clearly helped birth rnr) then they should change the name. Madonna is a pop star plain and simple. I agree that there are so many true rock acts that are being neglected that it’s ridiculous – Metallica, KISS, Ozzy, Jeff Beck, Iron Maiden, etc. as others on this post have mentioned. And what about some hair bands? Def Leppard, Poison? I was just at the Hall of Fame last week, actually and noticed that there is only 1 of Slash’s guitars, no Led Zep stuff (I know the exhibits change), no KISS stuff and the new VH items were in a back hallway. Also – they don’t allow photography but then you can’t even buy a post card or anything showing the displays either. Disappointing. And now this.

They need to put Leonard Cohen on that hall of fame, great musician.

MADONA is okay, but still not Rock Hall of fame material

Cohen is the more deserving, along with mellencamp, or even the beastie boys

Still have no idea why KISS isn’t in the Hall of Fame yet!? ALso, why do they keep ignoring Lionel Richie? Madonna will definetly get in just like Prince did when he was up. as much as i like the beasties they shouldn’t get in until after Run DMC get inducted. I think Mellencamp should definetly get in.. he’s been puting out great songs since I need a lover… all the way up until now.

Want to know why The Ventures should be inducted. Check this out — http://www.sandcastlevi.com/ve ntures/hof-2006a.htm

They pioneered the electric guitar band and were influential in getting many of today’s “guitar gods” to pick up the guitar in the first place.

To quote Larry Holmes, the 2008 nominees couldnt carry RUSH’s jockstrap! If you look at their body of work and compare it to the Baseball hall of fame its like keeping Eddie Murray out because he was not in the popular group of players, he just did his job well for a long time and his body of work speaks for itself. RUSH ON

And Cheap Trick was even once on the cover of your stupid magazine.

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Two words: James Taylor

no stevie ray vaughan and no metallica is crazy man srv was greatest live player i ever saw ive been to hall of fame many times but no more 5 for this year two above and rush heart and kiss

no stevie ray vaughan and no metallica is crazy man srv was greatest live player i ever saw ive been to hall of fame many times but no more 5 for this year two above and rush heart and kiss

What a joke. I wish more acts like the Sex Pistols would boycott this farse. Maybe when the Beasties get their turn at the mic, they can call attention to the Dali Lhama and the fact that Rush was snubbed again.

Hey AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, I looked it up U2 actually went in already. 2005. You and others are right on though with Rush

Donna Summer has broken all kinds of records and truly changed the face of music with I Feel Love. It was truly innovative and has been covered by many rock bands including Debbie Harry and Red Hot Chili Peppers. She has sung many a rock song and RRHOF is not just about the category Rock & Roll, it is about those artists that have made a significant contribution to the Rock & Roll era and forward.

Rush is to good to be in a shit hole like the rock roll hall shit!!!!

oops my bad srv and metallica are eligible next yr instead of them i say alice cooper and beastie boys

I want to know when the Moody Blues will get the recognition they deserve? Beastie Boys??!! Give me a break!!!!

No Metallica? what a joke

WTF??? No Cheap Trick??? Once again overlooked. When bands are asked who influenced them 9 times out of 10 they say Cheap Trick.

It’s a sad, sad day when Madonna gets nominated before them.

Mellencamp should have been in five years ago, since he’s about the greatest songwriter in America today. Let’s hope these goofballs who vote get it right this time. Mellencamp is a legend.

I will be disappointed if Rush doesn’t tell the RRHF to blank itself when and if they are ever given the nod. Pound for pound, Rush is the most powerful (sheer concert presence) band playing today. Nobody touches Geddy, Alex, and Neil. Scroo the Hall and Rolling Stone.

It never occurred to me that Cheap Trick hasn’t been inducted. The band should be in there. And so should Mellencamp.

Madonna? No Cheap Trick, or Metallica, but Madonna? How has Madonna contributed anything to the world of rock and roll? Kiss will
never be inducted, right? This doesnt make sense to me.

I am glad to see the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame continues to shoot itself in the foot. As every year goes on, it becomes less and less legitimate. If they don’t watch out-they will alienate the musical artists population themselves and soon inducted artist will refuse to attend such a sham event.

I am glad to see the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame continues to shoot itself in the foot. As every year goes on, it becomes less and less legitimate. If they don’t watch out-they will alienate the musical artists population themselves and soon inducted artist will refuse to attend such a sham event.

are they kidding us or what… no to rush… cheap trick… kiss… doobie bros… this is a joke… they are not deserving? these voters are CLUELESS… what a sham… no metallica either… amazing

Donna Summer and Madonna over Pat Benatar???? WTF!

This organization has turned into a joke. Madonna is a celluloid musician, talentless and desperate for media attention. If there was a fake and worthless hall of fame then perhaps she should be inducted.

just because an ‘artist’ (used loosely see: madonna) has been in the game for a while doesn’t mean they deserve anything. For example, if the beastie boys stopped putting out records after hello nasty, fine…I just dont know…the ventures were ok, but put them up against someone like lou reed and I see no way to relate

Beastie Boys – fine, I have no problem with them, but they really didn’t reach any notoriety until Ill.
Madonna? You can’t be f’ing serious. Chic, Donna Summer? Give me a break!

Bands 10 times more deserving than these ASS CLOWNS are: Rush, Alice Cooper, KISS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Duran Duran, Inxs, Cheap Trick, Heart, Bryan Adams, etc etc. soon enough, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard will get in. And did I mention RUSH should be in there.

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this all smells like the retard class where everyone’s a winner..wtf has donna summer done to influence the american subconscience? she had some hits in the 70s. Wow.

Madonna being on the ballot on her first year of eligibility speaks volumes. Donna Summer is much, much more deserving – I hope she makes it.

Madonna? Why hasn’t Men At Work or Dexy’s Midnight Runners or Kajagoogoo been inducted yet?? These are some of the greatest bands of all time! What the hell!

They should rename it the “most popular money making artist hall of fame”. Rock n Roll it’s not.
Apparently talent doesn’t count. Alice Cooper is not inducted. What is up with that he was hard rock at its best. We should all get together and build a new one.
Call it the “real rock n roll HOF”. I went there once. Never went back, big disappointment. They had a huge display for Madonna, and she wasn’t even nominated yet. Very small mention of The Kinks, Frank Zappa, Moody Blues or any real rock bands. They had a very small display for the Rolling Stones. I saw a better rock n roll collection at the Hard Rock Cafe. Very disappointed. A great idea ruined by morons.

WHERES METALLICA!!!

FUCK MADONNA

As one of the few doing this who is old enough to remember that there was once a debate as to whether the DC5 or Beatles were better, my biases will show, but those making the nominations should remember that this is not the “Pop Music” Hall of Fame. Where are the Doobies, Steve Miller, Dire Straits, Chicago, Genesis, Little Feat, Cheap Trick and many others who were/are “rock and roll” bands? Where are Gram Parsons and the Burritos, who were true innovators and whose influence is endless? No Jeff Beck, Tull, or Moody Blues? I can only shudder at the thought that the closing jam session song will come down to a choice (?) between “Freak Out” and “Like a Virgin.” Yeeeesssh!

There are a number of reasons why bands that should be in aren’t. Simply put, the ‘RRHOF’ has turned into little more than a mini UN with all the “Boys” getting together to put their buddies in. Part of the problem is the founder of ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine itself, Jann Werner who has said he’d never put ‘Rush’ in. Considering he has never had his magazine do a feature article on them (let alone a cover) speaks volumes. Same can be said for ‘Yes’, ‘Genesis’ or any of the progressive rock bands of the time Meanwhile, you can bet that when Dave Matthews, Lenny Kravitz and Cheryl Crow are first nominated they’ll be put right in – just like Prince and U2 were. Again, it’s all about who is in and who isn’t with the “board”. The disrepect that has become the RRHOF speakes more volumes than the people they put in. Should Madonna be in there? Absolutely. Ahead of Journey, Genesis, Rush, Jethro Tull or even The Hollies? Absolutely not. ‘Rush & ‘Genesis’ are pound for pound my two favorite bands and I’m at the point where the integrity and honest work that these 2 bands (and others as well) have given the majority of their adult lives to would be soiled at the phony outstretched arms of a bunch of hs been’s who never were reaching out to shake it. How sad and shameful that instead of rewarding the glorious history and diversity of rock & roll that these people are trying to re-write it.

What a fucking joke, NO RUSH AGAIN ?…The Bestie Boys get in before RUN-DMC and there suppose to be rock ?

God I hope Rush snubs these idoits when they get in…It’s truly a sad joke for most of the artist who have gotten in before Rush.

This years linup takes the cake though…Truly pathedic.

i think something that people are forgetting is that rock and roll has really evolved since its incarnation all those many years ago. before we had rock and roll there was big band music. bill haley and the comets came along and boom goes the dynamite. since then what was once known as rock and roll has disappeared/mutated into heavy metal, disco, funk, country rock, r&b, hip hop, punk and i hate to say it even rap. if the hall of fame was to only induct rock artists they would have to stop the year they put the beatles in. the hall of fame inducted hank williams and bill monroe as early influences. if they recognize the artists that helped form rock and roll they should also induct the great artists who’ve risen from it. that being said… where the HEll is DEVO?

it is obvious the people making the decisions have never been to a rush concert. maybev no concert at all.rush is the most neglected band in the world despite 34 years of touring and 24 albumsand quite possibly the worlds best drummer. what a shame !!!

The Rock Hall of Fame has become the Hall of Shame! John Cougar Mellencamp is the only rock band in the group. Madonna and the others are pop and rap and who knows what else, but not rock! I’m withholding any further donations as the Rock Hall has lost it’s path.

Why does anyone care about this subject? This is simply an attempt by Rolling Stone to remain relevant 30 years after the fact. It’s simply a forum for people in their 60’s. Nothing relevant for today’s audience. Why does everyone automatically assumes there is some kind of honor if “HALL OF FAME” is added to the equation. Isn’t there a bowling HOF too? C’mon, wake up people. Nobody cares about the 60’s anymore. This is simply a HOF for people that like the 60’s. Nothing more.

Until the first lady of Rock is inducted ‘MISS CONNIE FRANCIS” the RRHOF will remain a joke.

What do we need to do to start a true Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ?

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation is a total sham.When you have so many influential musicians that have created so many materpieces, and yet you have “The Beastie Boys”? among this non deserving group only goes to prove that this foundation panders to the likes of the MTV moguls in an atempt to pimp more ratings dollars at the induction show.

to use a baseball cliche, the hall of fame is minor league. When will someone create a Hall of Fame for major league talent? Rolling Stone’s take on music today just doesn’t compute with people that know music. Sure, Madonna had some toe tapping tunes, and her tits were pretty nice, but what kind of mucisian was she?

I ann’t beleive bands Like Prism,Angel,Nantucket and Off Broadway weren’t nominated!

WANDA JACKSON people. 1st female EVER to record rock n roll- dated Elvis,INFLUENCED Elvis. Nuff said.

Madonna? Donna F’ing Summer? WTF?

Sorry, but its obvious that too many gay men sit on the board at the RRHF. Nothing against gay men, but this is ridiculous.

Class of 08:
Judy Garland
Liza Minelli
Barbara Streisand
Tommy Tune
Barry Manilow

That will ROCK!!!!! Faaaaabulous!!!

Once again RUSH gets shafted! One of the greatest “ROCK” bands of all time… Madonna? Chic? Mellencamp? Huh????? Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you need to change your name and drop the Rock…

Thanks God Madonna was nominated. Even though she’s not a “rock” act, I think “Rock and Roll” is generic. Her singles, some of the most brilliantly produced of the past 20 years, speak volumes over her “image.”

To the person who said Madonna’s music hasn’t stood the test of time. ARE YOU NUTS? Or are you a Mariah Carey fan?

Every these nominations come out and every year they get worse. The bias of the nominating committee is becoming more and more evident every year. With the nominees the last 2 years the hall has become a complete joke. Please explain to me how Cheap Trick, Rush(one of the most popular and successful hard rock bands of all time), Genesis, Peter Gabriel(who has done more to bring world music to the masses than anyone else and should get in based on “So” alone), The Cure(how many bands have they influenced and “Disentegration” is one of the greatest albums ever), The Smiths, Pat Benatar(please explain how freaking Madonna will get in before the greatest rock female vocalist ever), Yes(not a fan but they deserve to be there), Journey( if freaking Van Halen can get in they should), I could go on but what is the point. As long as JW controls the rock board none of these artists will get in until it becomes such a joke that the rock artists themselves bitch enough.

WTF??? When is Heart going to get the nod they deserve???

Madonna is the single most important female artist of all time. No one has had such a vast influence on female music – whether you like it or not.

Her music has been the soundtrack of popular culture for 25 years.

Can somebody tell me why the Moody Blues are not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame??

1) Why isn’t Rush at least nominated, haven’t they sold enough records yet. I know their nerdy, but come on, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neal Peart all are FANTASTIC, innovative, and very technically brilliant musicians (who have surely inspired many), and they are far more worthy than a piddly but sure to get in John Melencamp. All Mellancamp do was listen to Bruce Springsteen and copy his style….by tayloring sprinsteen with the Eagles….I’m a fan of none of them, but Mellancamp is perhaps the least talented of the three. Plus Rush is arguably more of a chart presence than most of these (besides Madonna-who is probably the only hands down worthy person on this list, even though she’s not really a “rocker”, she was consistent and has a few winners over the year that even a rock fan like me can dig….even though her influence has caused some of the doldrums that the music biz is in today (Britney, Xtina, and their boringness and the mass marketing jumped a ton from Madonna).

2) Why isn’t Love (Arthur Lee) in. I mean if the Ventures or basically 2 hit wonders DC5 get a nomination, shouldn’t one of LA’s first integrated rock groups get in (And one who were some underground rock/punk forefathers).

3) Harry Nilsson should be in. The man is forgotten and is easily the best artist not in the rock hall. He’s the best singer of his generation, and while he flamed out in the mid 70’s, he released a bunch of brilliant records over a 5-6 yr span….and no doubt influenced many.

4) Put Stephen Stills in the rock hall. THe man is one of the best guitarists of all time, and while he’s in as part of Buffalo Springfield and CSN, his solo albums (early years were fantastic, and really you could argue Stills should have been put into the hall of fame as a solo, since most of the brilliance of CSN was due to Stills–and really CSN are known for their first two records. Manassas is a fantastic album, one of the greatest of all time to boot without a bad track on it….and STILLS 1 and 2 are also more worthy than guys like Mellancamp.

5) Small Faces. The best of the mod bands in my opinion, even better than the Mod Who (THe WHo were fantastic when they moved out of the Mod era). Steve Marriott deserves in because he is the main inspiration for Robert Plant’s vocal styles. Plus at their Immediate Year’s peak, the Small Faces were out rolling the Rolling Stones. I guess you could argue for the Faces too, but Few albums beat their immediate output. I mean if the Velvet Underground can get in despite little US recognition at the time, why can’t the Small Faces get in for their impact/influence on the gobs of British rock that has come in their wake.

There’s a million others too, but that’s it for my top 5 misrepresented/underappreciate d by the rock hall. At least he Beatles are in for chrissakes.

At least it’s awesome that Leonard Cohen’s getting in, even though he’s hardly rock, he’s fantastic and totally in Dylan’s league.

It’s clear that the Hall has a bias against 70’s Rock.

The hall is getting more and more silly. This year’s nominated acts prove that.

And I like the acts, but,please.

Where’s the 70’s love? the music still played on airwaves to this day. can we say the same about Donna Summer or Chic?

I expect the Village People soon

Madonna is not at all talented and does not deserve to be in the hall of fame. She should be in the over-hyped hall of fame. She has no musical skills.

One of the most influential and significant contributors to the music world in the second half of the 21st century, Tom Dowd, most certainly belongs in the hall. Tom was the original house engineer for Atlantic Records from the late 40’s to the early seventies. He has engineered or produced more “hits” than anyone in the business! His legacy will live on past a lot of the people who have been inducted! Shame on the Board!!

To vote for who you think deserves to be in the R&R HoF – go to:
http://www.rateitall.com/ t-2529-deserving-of-the-rock-a nd-roll-hall-of-fame.aspx

I can’t take any of this seriously until The Moody Blues, Rush, and Yes are inducted.

Once again the RRHOF snubs one of the greatest bands of all time “RUSH”.

Madonna’s producers should get the nomination, not her. She has built her entire career on hiring the most talented producers, she is not a musician

I just can’t believe RUSH is not nominated again. It really is a complete joke that they are snubbed again.

The Beastie Boys and Mellencamp are legit nominees, but Madonna???
Madonna? Madonna. Really.
Madonna? Let me see…what rock and roll songs did she contribute to the industry?
- Dress You Up?
- Vogue?
- Papa Don’t Preach?

Sure…
Well, I’m just speechless…

MADONNA RULZ.

OUTSIDE OF MELLENCAMP AND THE VENTURES THERE ARE AT LEAST 100 MORE ARTISTS MORE DESERVING. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE CLIQUE FORGET GETTING IN I GUESS. THEY SHOULD CALL IT THE MTV HALL OF FAME. REAL ROCK AND ROLL FANS WOULDN’T BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THIS HALL OF SHAME!!!!

Peace to CHIC, MADONNA and the BEASTIE’S !!!

AFRIKA BAAMBAATA……RIGHT ON !!!!

Peace to CHIC, MADONNA and the BEASTIE’S !!!

AFRIKA BAAMBAATA……RIGHT ON !!!!

Attention educated Rock and Roll Fans!!! Here is my list of top snubs: Bad Company, Genesis, Rush, Chicago, Doobie Brothers, ELO, Hall and Oates, The Whispers, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, Jethro Tull, Journey, Tom Dowd, Yes, Moody Blues, Barry White, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

THIS IS THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE BLOW IT.
TO PLACE THE MATERIAL BIMBO,AS BRIGHT AS SHE MAY BE, IN THE SAME MANSION OF HONOR AS LEONARD COHEN IS ABOUT AS TRAGIC AS HONEST ART GETS.
COHEN DESERVES A LIBRARY, NOT A FOOTNOTE, WHICH LEADS RIGHT BACK TO THE ETERNAL QUESTION.
IS ROCK A VALID ART FORM TO BEGIN WITH?
BEASTIE BOYS. DAMN STRAIGHT.
DONNA SUMMER. DAMN SHAME.
DAVE CLARK FIVE. OVERDUE IS UNDERSTATEMENT.
THE HALL HAS NO BALLS AND IS JUST AS POLITICAL AS THE FUCKING SENATE.
HEY FOOLS WHO MAKE THE RULES.
EVER HEAR OF STEVE EARLE?
IF I DIDN’T HAVE MY HANDS FULL ATTEMPTING TO GET REPUBLICAN WAR CRIMINALS PLACED IN CUFFS, PROTESTING A PENAL SYTEM THAT IS ROTTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SOULS AND FIGHTING THE ONSLAUGHT OF ANOTHER WORTHLESS ELECTION NO-ERECTION SELECTION, I’D BE DOWN THERE ARRANGING A BOYCOTT OF THIS ILLITERATE PAYOLA. ROCK ‘N ROLL SAVED MY SOUL.
COME TO THINK OF IT, WAS THE CULTURE NOT AT LEAST SEMI RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING US ALL MORE AWARE OF HOW MISGUIDED VIET SHAME WAS.
NOW IT’S LEFT UP TO STEVE, BRUCE AND SALLY FIELD.
SWEET JESUS.
COCA-COLA WINS.
LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG MA.

The 30th anniversary of the great Marc Bolan’s death–with tribute concerts in London, Central Park NYC, etc.–and RS totally ignores the most deserving unindicted REAL TRUE rock artist ever for Chic(!!!) and the Beastie Boys–the most overrated act in pop history!! Mr. Wenner and Co–just check out the newly issued Marc Bolan T. Rex Greatest Hits and compare 20th Century Boy, Bang a Gong, Hot Love or Children of the Revolution to Beastie Boy and Chic crap.

Shame on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame–this year, ‘cept for Mellencamp–are the worst nominees ever. It’s getting worse and more embarassing than ever!!

Hey losers, Afrika Baambatta, Beastie Boys and Madonna are more influential to Pop/Rock (face it, they’re the same thing) then all your Rush and Kiss and Mellencamp’s put together.

You’re just old.

The whole concept of the Hall of Fame is dumb anyway. Who cares?

what about sammy hagar as a solo artist. and as statedd before by many other posters RUSH. this list is pretty much of a joke.

Madonna is terrible. She was terrible 20 years ago and she is more terrible now. She has no talent! Not even for pop music. Please stop showing her image.

Mathew Davenport is right on. The music industry made Morrana, not her voice and her stinky dancing. But the Beastie Boys, Afrika Bambaataa, John Mellencamp, the Ventures, Donna Summer and Chic did it on talent.

The Rock and Pop are the same genre. Madonna has sold more albums than any of the other nominees. According to the Genis Book of World Records she is the most successful female artist of all time. Her last tour was also the highest grossing tour ever for a female artist. Adding Madonna to the Hall of Fame would also greatly increase their foot traffic as Madonna is loved greatly on an international level.

Hey Johnny Kickass,

I’ll give you that Madonna influenced pop. Her “music” has spawned such horrific acts as Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, J-Lo and the Spice Girls.

Just because she’s a tough business woman backed by a great marketing team…doesn’t mean her music is any good.

I’ll never forget when a friend of mine saw her tour back in the early 90’s…and she said, “Oh..the dancing was so amazing.” Too bad my friend made no mention about the music.

And yes…I may be in my 30s and considered “old”…but I’m sorry..I see very little she contributed to ROCK ‘N ROLL.

Madonna is a bad choice…but maybe that’s what the ‘Hall’ wants. I’ve spent an hour on their site….complaining…

There are Rock, Pop, R&B, and Jazz acts already in the hall of fame so why are people complaining? BTW Madonna is very talented! I don’t understand the bitter people. Get with it, Madonna is QUEEN!

2009 Inductees:
Bing Crosby
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
William Shatner
The Chanting Monks
Slim Whitman
Englebert Humperdink

I don’t think being the “QUEEN” who spawned Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, J-Lo and the Spice Girls is something to be proud of….

But, I do respect your opinion…I just don’t agree.

I have lost ALL respect for the so called “Hall of Fame”. For whatever reason they ignore truly influential bands like THE MOODY BLUES, ELO and Chicago and nominate mediocre bands year after year.

Shame on them!

Madonna is the SINGLE most important artist of the past 100 years, so I’m surprised she hasn’t been included before.

MADONNA IS FOREVER!

Still no Iggy and the Stooges, god damn! When are they gonna realize that you can’t induct The Ramones, The Clash, and the Sex Pistols without inducting Iggy and the Stooges. Are they gonna wait until it’s been 50 years since the first record? It’s already been 38, enough already…

Some people will just never give Madonna her dues. I could tear apart some of those so called great rockers too. Madonna has become a victom of her fame, people love to hate her. This is sad because it just shows how little these people know. Madonna is wonderful. I agree that having Madonna in the Hall would increase the number of visitors.

No KISS, no Rush, but Madonna and Beastie Boys? BEASTIE BOYS?? Clearly these people are being let in just so they can maintain the appearance of being relevant, but the truth is they are loading up to pander to an induction tv audience for the next telecast. Clearly the selection committee and Rolling Stone are the same mind, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne and Dusty Springfield are in, but Rush Metallica and KISS are out. Where is the standard? What is the criteria for selection? It appears that the selection people are too smart for the room, because these selections along with most of the last several years have made little sense. Until they recognize the appeal and influence of many of the people NOT in, the hall will always be open to ridicule.

We go thru this every year guys. Just because you don’t like someone one does not mean they don’t deserve to be nominated.

Name one album of Madonna’s you would put on your top 100 CD’s list. Can’t?
That’s because she was all fluff, all icing and no cake. The material girl’s catalog is all irrelevant when discussing great song writers, great singers, great arrangers, great musicians, and great producers. Madonna was all about image and ZERO substance.

Just add me to the list of people who are, once again, disappointed that Cheap Trick got overlooked….AGAIN. As a fan for over 30 years, I’ve gotten used to them “getting the shaft” and being under appreciated; however, you’d be hard pressed to find another band that works as hard they do and is as gracious to their fans. They’re still touring, still recording new albums and still influencing other bands. Oh yeah…and they still have the orignal lineup!

Maybe next year boys (but I won’t hold my breath on that).

I’m still in my 20s and I know there are far better acts than Johnny Coug’s and the Dave Clark 5, and really the Beastie Boys….come on.

1) Donovan (totally deserves it as a founder–yes I said it–of psychedellic rock. He recorded “Sunshine Superman” about a year 1965 before it was released 1966, due to record company turmoils, but bands like the Beatles, Yardbirds, etc. had already heard it……plus Donovan had a bunch of awesome hits.

2) Harry Nilsson, as was already mentioned below is phenomenal.

3) T. Rex. God I forgot they aren’t in yet. 2 FANTASTIC records and about 10 other great songs should make you in.

4) RUSH of course deserves a spot.

5) Is Tom Waits in?????why not?

The Beastie Boys ?? How on Earth has that band even gotten a nomination? Scorpions are on the outside looking in and The Beastie Boys have a nomination, incredible. Scorpions formed in 1969, have released 17 studio albums, play to sold out arenas around the world to this day, are more popular then Led Zeppelin and The Eagles combined in Asia, played behind the Iron Curtain in Russia back in the 80’s, they performed at the ceremony in which the Berlin Wall came down ….. I could go on and on. The Beastie Boys were a fad, a here today and gone tomorrow band …. I’ll bet most people can’t even name 2 songs from The Beastie Boys ….. their nomination to the rock and Roll Hall of Fame is all I need to know about how seriously their inductees should be taken. to compare The Beastie Boys musical careers to Scorpions would be like comparing a 2007 Porsche to a 1968 VW Bug. I’m sure there are a plethora of other bands MUCH more deserving of the nomination before The Beastie Boys. Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beastie Boys. Something is defeinately wrong with this picture.

Where the heck has Duran Duran’s name been the last two years?

Madonna isn’t worthy to carry Jim Croce’s guitar case.

Dire Straits should not be in because they get preferential treatment for the use of the word “F****t” in Money for Nothing, but Guns and Roses uses the same word and get hell for it? Ridiculous.

I am not going to knock any of the nominated acts they are worthy in due time. After 30 years and the most consecutive gold records ever just behind the Rolling Stones how can you bypass Rush and Kiss. Doesn’t make sense. I am not a Kiss fan but I know better. Kiss belongs in the hall. If Rush’s album sales are not enough then it must be that they have not influenced enough musicians or the music scene. Look at any Guitar, Bass or Drum magazine over the last 3 decades and you will see Lee, Lifeson and Peart at the top of any list voted by musicians. What about Yes and Deep Purple. What’s the first lick any guitarist learns ? Smoke on the Water . We need a real Rock Hall Fame! A music fan Rock Hall ! How do we start one ?

TOM WAITS

I have nothing against Madonna being in there because she did pave the way for a whole generation of young female artists. But where the hell are the Stooges, Nick Drake, Roxy Music, and Dionne Warwick? Oh well, i guess it would be worth it to see Leonard Cohen make it in there

Madonna is hot AND writes great songs AND can kick all of your asses blindfolded with both hands behind her back.

The day this sham of a museum inducts acts like Cheap Trick, Iggy Pop, Steppenwolf, The Cure, The Smiths, Ultravox or Duran Duran, it might actually be WORTHY of the name “Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame.” Come on, we all knew that trashy ol’ Madonna would make it in one of these days, even though she’s no better now than when she was rolling around in the streets in her videos. They want ratings for their one TV outing a year, so they are happy to induct dross over substance. But Johnny Cougar and The Beastie Boys?! Please–this is a joke. The nominating committee only puts forward acts which THEY liked, even if their own faves were total crap. If the induction of Patti Smith last year didn’t prove it to you, nothing will.

never had a desire to go to cleveland (now minus the new bomb turks) but am very happy that i own a copy of Funhouse. so who cares. Wanda Jackson, Small faces, tom dowd, and T. rex are all pretty amazing though.
Gene Vincent
Dick Dale
MC5
Link Wray
ROXY MUSIC
THE SONICS
TELEVISION
X
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
THE FACES
all groups you should hear regardless of what a building thinks

What a shame no Kiss, Deep Purple,
Boston. Hello not gonna watch it
this year!

A lot of people rag on Kiss but no one can deny what they did in the seventies. They were beyond huge. True originals. Say what you will about them, they should have been in years ago.

I can’t believe these GDMFers have nominated Donna Summer and Linda Ronstadt has never been nominated. I have nothing against Summer but this is clearly ridiculous.

I can’t believe these GDMFers have nominated Donna Summer and Linda Ronstadt has never been nominated. I have nothing against Summer but this is clearly ridiculous. And I second that Wanda Jackson.

Neil Diamond should have been inducted long ago.When the world heard a young NYC singer-songwriter named Neil Diamond singing a song called “Solitary Man” in 1966,it was a totally original sound.And it is a sound that has remained totally his 40 years later on an album even Rolling Stone loved-12 Songs.

Even when bands cover his songs (as many,many,many have),you can tell that Diamond was the writer.
Guess a Bruce Springsteen wana be is more deserving then the singer and songwriter of totally original classics like “Solitary Man”,”Shilo”,”Girl Youll Be a Woman Soon”,”Red Red Wine”,”Brooklyn Roads”,”Thank the Lord for the Night Time”,”Chery Cherry”,”Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show”,”Delirious Love” and on and on and on.

To Benmont Tench

You’re right! She was blindfolded AND her hands were behind her back!

Madonna really deserves it!! She´s been around with an active career for more than 25 years, most of these bands are long gone…

First off, the poster who suggested Derek and the Dominos – they recorded one studio and oneFirst off, the poster who suggested Derek and the Dominos – they recorded one studio and one posthumous live album + Eric Clapton is in three times.
The E Street Band can’t go in separately from The Boss who already is in.

The Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame insults the following acts every single day:

TODD RUNDGREN (Earth to Hall of Fame? Todd has left the building.)
Genesis
Yes
Jeff Beck
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Deep Purple
Rush (haven’t they sold more records and concert tickets than any hard rock act of all time?)
ELP (they put the classical in classic rock)
Dire Straits
Heart
King Crimson
Chicago
Tom Waits
Cheap Trick
The Doobie Brothers
Jethro Tull
Rory Gallagher
Lou Reed
Roy Buchanan
Hall & Oates
The Stooges
Blue Oyster Cult
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Arthur Lee and Love
The Ventures
The Moody Blues
Little Feat
Journey
Peter Gabriel
Supertramp
Toto (these guys have also played on everybody else’s albums like Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs, scored movies and they just won a Grammy a few years ago for best engineered recording; they still rock and everybody thinks they broke up!)
Uriah Heep

posthumous live album + Eric Clapton is in three times.
The E Street Band can’t go in separately from The Boss who already is in.

The Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame insults the following acts every single day:

TODD RUNDGREN (Earth to Hall of Fame? Todd has left the building.)
Genesis
Yes
Jeff Beck
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Deep Purple
Rush (haven’t they sold more records and concert tickets than any hard rock act of all time?)
ELP (they put the classical in classic rock)
Dire Straits
Heart
King Crimson
Chicago
Tom Waits
Cheap Trick
The Doobie Brothers
Jethro Tull
Rory Gallagher
Lou Reed
Roy Buchanan
Hall & Oates
The Stooges
Blue Oyster Cult
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Arthur Lee and Love
The Ventures
The Moody Blues
Little Feat
Journey
Peter Gabriel
Supertramp
Toto (these guys have also played on everybody else’s albums like Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs, scored movies and they just won a Grammy a few years ago for best engineered recording; they still rock and everybody thinks they broke up!)
Uriah Heep

Why don’t we do this. Why don’t we put everybody in. Let’s even include people who went into a Music shop and looked at a guitar for more than 8 seconds.

What you to do is MAKE A FUCKIN’
DECISION, okay. Than you.

One word: RUSH?

T.Rex should have been induced.One of the glam-rock greats.

Even Elton John in a recent interview expressed suprise that Neil Diamond (one of his early influences)has never even been inducted.

Madonna-not rock n roll at all.If you think about,Cyndi Lauper has had much more to do with rock then Madonna.Cyndi started as a punk-rock singer.Then she had hits with rockers like “Money Changes Everything” and “She-Bop”.Madonna came from a dance pop place,where she remains to this day.

So Donna Summer deserves to be in the “rock and roll” hall of fame BEFORE Kiss,Rush,Jethro Tull,Alice Cooper,and Deep Purple among others? I don’t think so!

Yikes!I’d much rather see BOC or Steppenwolf over those annoying gasbags the Beastie Boys!

I think Brittany Spears is ten times more talented than Madonna.

Beasties are not a popular act and if you folowed the career you would see the evolutin. They are as deserving and wre a different act that have done there wn thing for 25 years.

Beasties are not a popular act and if you folowed the career you would see the evolutin. They are as deserving and wre a different act that have done there wn thing for 25 years.

Beastie Boys..Afrika Bambaata.. Madonna…
Question, not attacking other’s not listed above, BUT ! where are the artistic impression of playing music.. ya know acually playing an instrument? NOT “pushing” a button and “sing” to a drum machine. I mean, Afrika’s music is all Kraftwerk’s music. Cool as it is.. it dosen’t, and shouldn’t be a red carpet ride into the RARHOF. RAP is NOT rock in roll ! DISCO at the least used musicians. Thats why I have no problem with Donna Summer. Killer voice.
I don’t know who you people are that vote in inductees, but, you all need some help looking at bands that have been around before the MTV audience. Who’s next guys? huh Wall of Voodoo? another classic 1 hit wonder? hmm? How about Red Rider? Sound good? Idiots!
You left out again… little list for ya..
RUSH 34 years 19 albums 40 million sold! Best live band ever!
KISS 30 + years their numbers speak volumes!
Boston, Journey, Metallica, Chicago, ELO, YES, Geniesis,
Hall&Oates, England Dan & John Ford colley, RNB list..
ZAP!with Roger Troutman,
Lakeside, KC and the sunshine band, Thelma Houston, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Earth Wind and fire, wow short list got big.. idiots.
I have no repect for the hall at all, I was a member until the sex pistols were inducted.
Remember bad attitudes don’t equal good music.
idiots at the helm of the “hall”

Madonna definitely deserves the nod. Everybody has their tastes in music so whatever. This is not about your personal opinion. This is about whats right and Madonna deserves this. She has had the biggest impact on music, video, stage show, performance art, and culture overall than any of these artists mentioned above put together. There is no denying her contribution to the international music scene. She has inspired and connected with Millions of people around the world. Shes a rebel, she’s got attitude and she still brings it today. There has never been an act like her. BTW….Madonna writes and produces so I dont know what some of you are smoking. She also plays guitar now and its not too bad….certainly just as good as other frontmen in these bands.

On KISS’ “KISS Symphony” dvd Gene Simmons said it best.

“The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame can kiss my ass”.

We need more band refusing entry into the supposed Rock & Roll Hall Of Shame.. er Fame.
The Sex Pistols were right to refuse. And for that act alone should be considered the greatest rock and roll band of all time.
F**K the hall of fame…. its a joke.
I hope more bands have the balls to refuse entry and expose this piece of sh*t organization for what it is… nothing more than a high school level popularity contest… and we all know what they are worth.

When in the world are you going to give Linda Ronstadt the recognition she deserves? She was the #1 selling female artist of the 70s — and she was Rock & Roll! Get with it guys!!!

When in the world are you going to give Linda Ronstadt the recognition she deserves? She was the #1 selling female artist of the 70s — and she was Rock & Roll! Get with it guys!!!

Nick,I think millions of “Diamondheads” are asking the same question about Neil Diamond.Man,goodtime rock n roller in the 60’s,singer-songwriter in the 70’s and the biggest solo concert draw for rock concerts for the past 30 years.He deserves to be inducted.

Anyone who feels the Beasties do not deserve the nomination should give their head a shake. Their first 3 albums are classics, and had a tremendous influence on how the 1990s turned out.

nice to see the ventures nominated,long overdue as they have influenced so many people over the years as well as selling 100 million records just playing instrumentals…incredible.

I believe the RRHF should take a closer look at Heart. They have been around since 1976 and still rock out on tour to this day. Someone needs to do some research on the history of Heart. Ann Wilson is probably the most underrated singer of our time. Did you know Madonna passed up the song “Alone”? Just imagine how awful that song would sound if sung by Madonna.

nice to see the ventures nominated at long last .they influenced so many people.im sure even clapton played some of their stuff in his early days.100 million records sold.incredible.

what about linda ronstadt,kiss and deep purple..long overdue.

Gave my head a shake… Beastie Boy’s didn’t come to mind.

dan0

Here’s my list of those overlooked bands who should be in/or nominated and why they’re relevant:

Ohio Players (Big influence on Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers-along with Parliament defined ’70s funk)
Cameo (Along with Prince, Roger/Zapp & Rick James redefined funk in the ’80s)
Rush (High-precision Rock N Roll)
Scorpions (German cats who always brought the Thunder)
WAR (Versatile band who should make Eric Burdon a 2-time inductee-unless I’m wrong about the Animals)
The Commodores (Yes, Lionel Richie’s old band-What, Machine Gun & Fancy Dancer is NOT Rock n Roll?)
Rick James & the Stone City Band (see Cameo)
Roger Troutman & Zapp (Also redefined funk in the ’80s-West Coast Hip-Hop owes a HUGE debt to them)
Kraftwerk (German imports who changed the game)

As U can tell, I’m over 30, so that makes me sorta old, but hey, it is what is. Rock on!!

no RUSH again???

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME = BULLSHIT

Oh yeah, congrats 2 the Beasties, Chic & Madonna for being nominated. No need to apologize for being nominated. Peace.

Until Cheap Trick gets in, this whole thing will be a total joke.

R DOUBLE needs to be the chairperson to the “HALL”
I’m 36 and remembers what music is too. Call us old but prove us wrong. I bet, you can’t do it.
Put your New Kids CD on and go to bed.

R Double read my last entry. I’m/we are with you.

Vote for the most deserving but overlooked artists for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at:
http://www.rateitall.com/ t-2529-deserving-of-the-rock-a nd-roll-hall-of-fame.aspx
The top 20 at this point are:
1) Rush
2) Yes
3) Deep Purple
4) Genesis
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan
6) Chicago
7) The Ventures
Alice Cooper
9) Madonna
10) Duran Duran
11) Pete Townshend (solo)
12) Dire Straits
13) Jethro Tull
14) The Cars
15) Moody Blues
16) Peter Gabriel (solo)
17) Heart
18) Steve Miller
19) The Hollies
20) Pat Benatar

Johnny J | 9/28/2007, 5:55 pm EST

2009 Inductees:
Bing Crosby
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
William Shatner
The Chanting Monks
Slim Whitman
Englebert Humperdink

YOU FORGOT ZAMFIR!!

OK- cheers to Donna Summer. She was a true phenomenon and was one of the first singers to synthesize rock and dance…check out Bad Girls and The Wanderer for proof.
I hope she gets in.
Having said that, the Hall of Fame needs to have an all female year and correct some huge travesties-
Heart, Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar and the Go-Go’s and next year Cyndi Lauper all deserve induction due to their contribution to rock and roll. Come on!

Why has Connie Francis never been nominated.Madonna and other female acts owe at least a little bit to this lady quite simply because she was the first.she remained the biggest selling female artist in the world for over twenty years until the advent of acts like streisand and madonna etc.Maybe next year.

“Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”

AKA

“People, We the Industry Pricks, Think Are Important”

That’s why Rush, Cheap Trick, Yes, KISS and many others don’t get in. The Kool Kidz never have liked them, and it’s their club.

As MTV reported “Along with Jann Wenner, Marsh is prominent in organising and maintaining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Marsh is known the influence he holds over which bands are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Most notably, he has stated many times that KISS will never be inducted while he can help it.”

The rock n’ roll Hall of fame is a joke.Too many acts in there that should not be there.Let alone nominated.

Donna Summer is an amazing singer whose music revolutionazed the face of popular music. She is so deserving and I hope she makes it.

Er, well maybe ’cause – Rush, Cheap Trick, Yes, and KISS are probably the four worst bands of all time ? Could be it slick.
As for the sarcastic list with Bing Crosby and Flatt and Scruggs on it – Crosby was the first genius of sound recording, he invented how to sing into a microphone with his dreamy baritone. Flatt and Scruggs were 2 guitar playing mofo’s who as musicians could play circles around said 4 worst bands of all time.
The Stooges not being in is a scandal. But it took Gene Vincent fans begging The Hall to let him in and they finally (rightfully) did, maybe the Stooges have a chance.
Er, and the Beasty Boys ? Where you been ? They were the best band of the 90’s, but quite margain actually.

Er, well maybe ’cause – Rush, Cheap Trick, Yes, and KISS are probably the four worst bands of all time ? Could be it slick.
———-

Nice troll. Er, no. It’s because of what I said, ’slick’.

BTW, Earl Scruggs is known as a banjo genius, not guitar.

And The Stooges music? I dig it, even though their playing is grammar school level stuff. Hardly on the level of Rush, Yes, Cheap Trick or Flatt & Scruggs, either.

Sure, KISS are hacks. But they’ve influenced more bands and sold more records than any of the critic’s darling bands ever have or will.

The Beasties only get in because they’re from NYC social circle that controls this crap. KISS isn’t. If the Beasties were from anywhere else, no way.

If The Stooges were from NYC, they would have got in years ago.

Donna Summer!! Wow… Long Live The Queen!

Donna Summer all the way. Not only has she made hit albums, co-writes or writes most of her material but she has a powerful voice and has released some records like the new wave “The Wanderer”, the rocky “Bad Girls” and even the folk pop “Lady Of the Night” that challenge the notion of what black woman in music can create. She’s not just a disco diva. It would be shame if she doesn’t get in and other less deserving folks do (The Beasties Boys….we aren’t over that yet?).

Donna Summer***** It’s about time! This Lady has crossed over in all music styles, and has the golden awards to prove it! Donna Summer is rock history’s rainbow and we’re not at the end of it yet.

I still remember Donna Summer on the cover of R.S. in 1978! Is there life after Disco? By Mikal Gilmore. Well Mr Gilmore two years later Donna Summer won the Grammy for BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE! Does that answer your question…yes Long Live The Queen!

I hope Donna will get it. Not only that she’s a phenomen herself but also because she inspired so many other artists (e.g. Madonna…).

Hopefully, Donna Summer will be inducted this time around. Despite being the queen of disco in the 70s, she’s done Rock, R&B, and gospel, even winning Grammys in these categories.

Her hit “Hot stuff” made her the first black person ever to win the Grammy for best rock song, and to prove it was no fluke, she was nominated twice again for “Cold love” and the Bruce Springsteen penned “Protection. Even The Boss has hailed Ms Summer’s rock cred.

Her huge hit “I feel love” is arguably the forerunner to Techno music today, and has been covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kylie Minogue, and Madonna to mention a few. John Lennon, on hearing that song reportedly said “this is the future”.

Without Donna Summer, there arguably would be no Madonna, Beyonce or Techno music today.

Connie Francis?Donna Summer?Lionel Richie?Madonna?Journey?Afrika Bambaataa?Beastie Boys?This is the ROCK N ROLL hall of fame,right?

Even Neil Diamond and his Everly Brothers guitar and three chord style songwriting is more rooted in rock music then these disco/dance/rap/top 40 acts.And it looks like Britney Spearse will be inducted before him (unless unbiased people like Rick Rubin will get to vote)

Now that completely non-rock acts are being inducted,the “rock n roll” part of the hall of fame should be replaced by “general music” hall of fame.

I think Brittany Spears is ten times more talented than Madonna.

Contrary to what loads of posters here believe, the Rock & Roll hall of fame is open to anyone with a positive influence to music, irrespective of genre. Or else, how else would you explain past inductees including Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, and Bob Marley?

Going by that yardstick, I see no reason why Madonna, Chic, or Donna Summer shouldn’t be considered. Like it or not, their influence on music and artists through the years has been phenomenal, as were those artists previously listed.

Anyone who thinks that Madonna is not talented is ignorant. She has been praised by everyone from Prince, Luciano Pavorotti, Tina Turner, Timbaland and Rob Zombie to name a few. Madonna’s songs have stood the test of time. Not only does she write her own songs but she has coproduced everything she has done since 1986. And for the record, Madonna DOES play an instrument. Madonna played drums with her first band Emmy, played rhythm guitar for the Breakfast Club abs has been playing guitar again since 2000.

Donna Summer was the first recipient of the Female Rock Grammy and can actually sing. Her music (she co-wrote all of her songs) remains influential, and is still heard on the radio today. (For all of the complaining about Kiss, it’s ironic that she actually sang on a few of the tracks on Gene Simmon’s solo record). She is as deserving as any other act. Please listen to the voice and music rather than dwell on the fact that she is black or became popular in the clubs.

I like both Madonna and Donna Summer, but personally, I think Ms. Summer should be inducted this year. Ms. Summer singing style, talent, songs, and career have influenced many other artists, including Madonna herself.

Madonna started off as a gimmick fluke pop act in the early 1980’s. Her career was written off right when it was beginning. She was talent-less. She was all about image. She would not to ammount to anything.

25 years later… she’s outlasted almost every act that was on top during the time and was able to survive the 90’s Grunge era that buried a lot of her peers.

I don’t think you can be talentless and an image-only artist if you manage to be a relevant artist for the entire 25 years of your career. Her career began competing against Pat Benatar and Cyndi Lauper to now competing with Fergie and Beyonce.

THIS WOMAN IS 49 YEARS OLD AND STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!

Hats off to you Madonna!

Oh and some of her great song contributions to the world of music:

1. Like A Prayer
2. Live To Tell
3. Vogue

for the record, i don’t think that john lennon said “I feel love” is the future. I think it was brain eno or daniel lanois, who was in the studio with david bowie at the time (who told this story on a vh1 special about the 70s).

In terms of influence, I think Chic should be in because their music was the beginning of hip hop groove and like donna Summer are the only real disco acts that belong in this place. They really did merge randb and rock in an important way and I wish more bands now would acknowledge them.

Madonna’s influence as a female cultural force makes her important enough to be in. And she’s had lots of hits.

John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and reminded the US that New Jersey and Los Angeles aren’t the only places where Rock and Roll stories exist. He merged country, rock, and randb and has made really lasting music.

Ventures and the Dave Clark Five… ahh… ummm..

Afrika bambaataa was super influential in hip hop and electronica.

Beastie Boys… ah, I hope they don’t get in before RunDMC.

Leonard Cohen.. sorry, he’s amazing, but how does he fit in the picture? Other than Hallelujah..?

Even in the next years though, these bands will be able to get in as the mid-80s was kind of a dry spell for new bands (except for second wave punk and college rock, and I think those bands might not have been big enough.. like if the stooges aren’t in by now, or T Rex, to say nothing of other british bands…)

I would induct..

Madonna
Chic
John Mellencamp
Afrika Bambaataa
Donna Summer

the rest can wait til later

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is starting to lose it’s core fan base due to their attempts in recent years to be “current”and “hip”.Of course you can make a case for Madonna and Donna Summer,and I’m thrilled that the much-deserving John Mellencamp is nominated this year,but to put the Beastie Boys in before such legendary performers as Rush,Chicago,Kiss,Linda Ronstadt,Stevie Ray Vaughn,The Ohio Players,Yes,Jethro Tull,The Spinners,Grand Funk Railroad,Blue Oyster Cult,Heart,Boston,ELO,Cat Stevens,Genesis and so many others is a travesty.Yeah,at 44 I’m old now,and I don’t want to put down acts that are truly loved by it’s fans like the Beastie Boys,but c’mon,have they really paid their dues or waited long enough to be enshrined?Somebody tell me they should be in before any of the aforementioned acts and I’d have to resist the temptation to laugh in out loud.Give me a break!

Madonna? I don’t think so. Material Girl in, credibility out… way out.

If you grew up in the 60’s or the 70’s and wanted to learn to play guitar there was one group to look for guidence and that would be The Ventures. Its about time they get in.

If you grew up in the 60’s or the 70’s and wanted to learn to play guitar there was one group to look for guidence and that would be The Ventures. Its about time they get in.

If you grew up in the 60’s or the 70’s and wanted to learn to play guitar there was one group to look for guidence and that would be The Ventures. Its about time they get in.

If you grew up in the 60’s or the 70’s and wanted to learn to play guitar there was one group to look for guidence and that would be The Ventures. Its about time they get in.

I agree with Bart. Go Ventures.

I remember years ago, the fun my friends and I would have discussing who should be in and who shouldn’t over drinks. For the last few years, that discussion isn’t even fun anymore. Why?, because of all the reasons people on this blog have already complained about. It is supposed to be the people’s Hall. It is not. The inductees are based on the whims of people like, Wenner, Marsh, Robertson (yes, Robbie is in on this to),Paul Schaffer, and other members of the elite. It is not a matter of whether or not this year’s nominees are deserving. They all are. However, it is a glaring oversight that so many more deserving acts are not inducted. This is based on talent, influence, and impact. Year after year I’ve been upset not with who was picked, but who wasn’t. However, within the last few years I’m somewhat at peace with the “Hall”. The reason is because it truly is a farce and a lie. The members on whatever “board” that makes these decisions are in no way any less hypocritcal than the government in which they rail against through their publications, and writings. The provide a yearly disservice to the acts that they have already inducted. I would love to read a Matt Taibbi article on the sham that takes place with this “Hall”. It will never happen because he writes about more pressing issues, and also he would be fired.

Madonna deserves it.. she has stood the test of time and is still going. Her music has evolved as she has evolved as a person and has garnered both commercial and critical praise.

I have a feeling that 20 years from now,an 86 year old Neil Diamond will be inducted by fan Michael Stipe of REM.Then there will be a jam of “Cherry Cherry”,”
“You Got To Me” and “Kentucky Woman” with Neil on guitar.

Donna Summer really deserves it. Go Donna:

2009 Inductees:
Bing Crosby
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
William Shatner
The Chanting Monks
Slim Whitman
Englebert Humperdink

All of these folks are talented and respected in their own fields and have legions of fans, no disrespect meant. But do they belong in the rock hall of fame? They have about as much to do with rock music as most of this years nominees. Would you put The Clash in the bluegrass hall of fame? What about The Doors in the country music hall of fame? Englebert Humperdink and Slim Whitman can probably out sing anyone on this years list but are they rockers?

Bop Gun Jr is a moron. To call those bands the worst EVER is an insult to music.
KISS belongs in the HOF long before the Beastie Boys or Madonna for their influence on the music industry alone.
The R n’ R Hall of Fame is a joke.

Bop Gun Jr is a moron. To call those bands the worst EVER is an insult to music.
KISS belongs in the HOF long before the Beastie Boys or Madonna for their influence on the music industry alone.
The R n’ R Hall of Fame is a joke.

Bop Gun Jr is a moron. To call those bands the worst EVER is an insult to music.
KISS belongs in the HOF long before the Beastie Boys or Madonna for their influence on the music industry alone.
The R n’ R Hall of Fame is a joke.

Bop Gun Jr is a moron. To call those bands the worst EVER is an insult to music.
KISS belongs in the HOF long before the Beastie Boys or Madonna for their influence on the music industry alone.
The R n’ R Hall of Fame is a joke.

Would you put the clash in the bluegrass hall of fame? What about the doors in the country music hall of fame? Makes as much sense as most of this years nominees. If all forms of music is allowed in why not change the name to the “music hall of fame”?

based on all that ‘ve read so far… my advise is to chill here
rock and roll was created through the blending of diverse styles and performers. it should make sense to most that the inductees are from diverse fields of popular music also. i think that the passion that some have shown in their comments is great but they need to remember to stay open minded…this isn’t the very last year for inductions and some may not be aware of the criteria…if not this year, maybe next time…

What is critically needed is a renaming of the R&RHOF to the Popular Music Hall of Fame. Then, many of the nominees and many of the snubs would make much more sense.

In the end, who really cares. I will never pay a visit.

I mean really, if a band that has had 7 gold and 10 platinum (including 1 triple and 1 quadruple platinum) original studio recordings (which covers ALL of them except the most recent Cd, which debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 by the way and which is certain to go at least gold as well), continues to record and tour very successfully even after 30+ years, has the same line-up for 30+ years, has NEVER had to resort to some cheesy reunion tour, and has been cited as influences by some of todays greatest bands, cannot be admitted into the R&RHOF, then perhaps it is the perfect place for Weird AL.

(By the way, in case it was too cryptic, I was talking about Rush.)

don’t know what her odds are but
good luck donna summer
she truly deserves it

Steve Miller

Hey, did some1 eber hear of a Band called GENESIS? been around alomst 40yrs now, selling out venus left and right on their current tour. And get this Between Genesis and his solo work, Phil Collins had more top 40 hits in the 80’s then anyone and that includes Madonna & Michael Jackson. So when are they going to get their due? Who do they have to pay off to get in? Even VH1 gave them their props this year. So what about it guys?

The problem here is that the HOF isn’t being exclusive enough. As much as it would pain anyone to exclude so many great artists, there is no need for the HOF to allow more than a few artists from each decade, and then it would mean something to be noiminated. Now a couple of quick hits and/or longevity can get anyone in. To me the hall should just be these few acts.

The truth is that about 20 years from now Korn, Limp Biscuit, and a bunch of other bands who were just popular for a short time will get nominated and many will probably get in, simply because the Hall lets in way too many acts.

How can Cheap Trick NOT be considered? Beastie Boys and Madonna? Puleeze!

the mad lady photo looks like a head shot for beevis & butt head-not to mention the super masses here are overwhelmingly stateing she aint rock-n-roll ! perhaps its time for the over paid croch-super-sychic-vacum to stop rippin off the PEOPLE–thats not the kabbala way—& put away the costumes and propS maybe really spend some time with her other props –adopated and all–

I can see why these things create controversy. There is little logic to it when reviewing the list of acts not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. However, Rock and Roll is diverse and contains many sub-genres. It don’t necessarily understand Chic, but Donna Summer really was rock and roll and she and Giorgio created electronic music as we know it, added rock to it, and sex. She deserves it, but if you only know her hits, you probably don’t get her nomination either. But techno new wave bands like Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, even Nine Inch Nails followed her lead.

I say:
The Ventures
Dave Clark 5
Donna Summer
Beastie Boys
John Mellencamp

Madonna is like Faith Hill – all looks and no talent. Neither one can write or arrange music or play a musical instrument. It’s all about how they look. Does anyone have either one of these women on their list of their top 100 Favorite CD’s?
I doubt it.

NO MADDONA HEY I SAY THEY STOP THIS SHIT ITS GETTING STUPID
WAY STUPID

Unreal. How much does the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame suck? Nearly as much as Rolling Stone and the Grammy’s. Kiss? Rush? Yes? Stevie Ray Vaughan? Or aren’t they ‘deep’ enough.

Any Hall of Fame is much more prestigious if the debate is about who should be in rather than about who is in that shouldn’t be. For example, with baseball, you hear the case made for guys like Don Mattingly who didn’t quite last long enough, but you rarely hear someone cite a real mediocrity that has been let in. The difference is that the baseball Hall of Fame has no preconceived number that has to be elected every year. Is rock really generating five all-time great acts each and every year? No way.

Because of how music lost it’s energy in the 1980s, it was inevitable that we’d have to suffer a dumbing down of the Hall of Fame nominees at some point, so there’s probably no way Madonna wouldn’t get in. But to consider a novelty act like the Beastie Boys is just pathetic. It’s amazing — nominees like Madonna and the Beastie Boys make some posters talk about Donna Summer and Chic as if they actually had depth. That’s how low the bar is. The HOF would be better off if no one was added this year.

I think Brittany Spears is ten times more talented than Madonna.

People, this is not just about your favorite Rock band or who Rocks the hardest. Its about the Giants of the Rock & Roll Era! Musician that define not just Modern Music but an entire ERA & Generation. Very few artist can define an Era.

If there was a “Mount Rushmore” Of musical Giants of the Rock & Roll Era, these faces would be chiseled in the rock!

50’s Elvis / Little Richard / Chuck Berry
60’s Beatles / Aretha Franklin/ Rolling Stones
70’s Elton John / Donna Summer / Led Zeppelin
80’s Bruce Springsteen / Madonna/ Billy Joel
90’s Nirvana / Aerosmith / Alanis Morrisette

These Superstars and a few others define their Era. I don’t love them all, but they are History .. enough Said!

I HAVE ONE NAME ONLY DONNA SUMMER!!
I HOPE THEY GET IT RIGHT THIS YEAR TO EVEN THINK THE BEASTIES BOYS AND AFRIKA B PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH! AS FOR MADONNA SHES COOL BUT SHE OWES HER CAREER TO DONNA SUMMER WHO SET THE STAGE FOR HER TO COME AFTER.I KNOW I’LL GET FLACK FOR THIS I LIKE MADGE SHES A GREAT PERFORMER BUT IT ENDS THERE.SHE CAN’T SING THATS WHY SHE HAS TO HAVE FAB STAGING DONNA DOSEN’T NEED IT GIVE DONNA A MIC AND IT’S ON.WHY DONNA HASN’T BEEN INDUCTED ALREALY IS TRULY A MYSTERY
WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO CAN SING ROCK,GOSPEL,DISCO,DANCE,R&B,MU SICALTHEATER NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS EITHER WROTE OR CO WROTE EVERY HIT SHE HAD & SHES WRITTEN HIT FOR OTHER ARTIST ,SHES AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST TO BOOT.SHE HAS SET RECORD IN THE INDUSRTY THAT NO HAS TOPPED
AND THIS AND SHES MANTAINED HER HER DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT NO SEX BOOK FOR DONNA TURE TALENT DOESN’T NEED ALL THE FRILLS AND SHOCK VALUE.I THINK THAT MADONNA SHOULD GET IN BUT NOT NEXT YR. SHE NEEDS MORE TIME.BIT IF SHE DOES MAKE HOW GREAT WOULD IT BE TO HAVE HER INDUCTED WITH THE WOMAN WHO HELP MAKE THE ROAD A LITTLE EASIER TO GO DOWN.WHY IS IT THAT DONNA IS SOOOO UNDERATED IN THIS INDUSTRY OVERLOOKED GIVE THIS WOMAN HER DUE!
SHES EARNED IT AND DESERVES IT! I MUST ALSO SAY WHY IS DIANA ROSS,GRACE JONES,ASFORD AND SIMPSON,CHER NOT IN THE HALL YET BUT U NOMINATE THE BEASTIES AND AFRIKA IT’S A JOKE!2008 SHOULD BE
1 DONNA SUMMER
2 JOHN MELLENKAMP
3 MADONNA
4 CHIC
ONLY 4 BASED ON WHOS UO FOR IT
GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!

I HAVE ONE NAME ONLY DONNA SUMMER!!
I HOPE THEY GET IT RIGHT THIS YEAR TO EVEN THINK THE BEASTIES BOYS AND AFRIKA B PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH! AS FOR MADONNA SHES COOL BUT SHE OWES HER CAREER TO DONNA SUMMER WHO SET THE STAGE FOR HER TO COME AFTER.I KNOW I’LL GET FLACK FOR THIS I LIKE MADGE SHES A GREAT PERFORMER BUT IT ENDS THERE.SHE CAN’T SING THATS WHY SHE HAS TO HAVE FAB STAGING DONNA DOSEN’T NEED IT GIVE DONNA A MIC AND IT’S ON.WHY DONNA HASN’T BEEN INDUCTED ALREALY IS TRULY A MYSTERY
WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO CAN SING ROCK,GOSPEL,DISCO,DANCE,R &B,MU SICALTHEATER NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS EITHER WROTE OR CO WROTE EVERY HIT SHE HAD & SHES WRITTEN HIT FOR OTHER ARTIST ,SHES AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST TO BOOT.SHE HAS SET RECORD IN THE INDUSRTY THAT NO HAS TOPPED
AND THIS AND SHES MANTAINED HER HER DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT NO SEX BOOK FOR DONNA TURE TALENT DOESN’T NEED ALL THE FRILLS AND SHOCK VALUE.I THINK THAT MADONNA SHOULD GET IN BUT NOT NEXT YR. SHE NEEDS MORE TIME.BIT IF SHE DOES MAKE HOW GREAT WOULD IT BE TO HAVE HER INDUCTED WITH THE WOMAN WHO HELP MAKE THE ROAD A LITTLE EASIER TO GO DOWN.WHY IS IT THAT DONNA IS SOOOO UNDERATED IN THIS INDUSTRY OVERLOOKED GIVE THIS WOMAN HER DUE!
SHES EARNED IT AND DESERVES IT! I MUST ALSO SAY WHY IS DIANA ROSS,GRACE JONES,ASFORD AND SIMPSON,CHER NOT IN THE HALL YET BUT U NOMINATE THE BEASTIES AND AFRIKA IT’S A JOKE!2008 SHOULD BE
1 DONNA SUMMER
2 JOHN MELLENKAMP
3 MADONNA
4 CHIC
ONLY 4 BASED ON WHOS UO FOR IT
GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!

I just have to tell you how profoundly disappointed and annoyed I am. How can they induct a short-lived flash in the pan group like Chic, but RUSH has been snubbed once again?

Rush has been selling out stadiums and arena across the globe since shortly after they burst onto the scene in the early 70s. They are one of the most consistent sellers in the rock market despite the downturn in rock listenership in the past 10-15 years. How many other bands do you know that can sell out an arena with little airplay and little professional A/R hype machine pumping them to death? I guarantee you that there are only a few dozen. Besides their impressive run of consistent sales for the past 35 years, Rush also managed to create their own style of music, mixing the complexity and virtuosity of Prog/fusion rock with more accessible mainstream pop rock. And they have been able to continue to grow and evolve their styles without alienating older fans. The majority of the acts they have inducted have either come and gone within a few years, or stuck around just long enough to become a traveling oldies act, simply playing decades old hits for aging yuppies seeking an evening of save nostalgic pabulum.

Rush may not get the kind of airplay they once did, but then again, when is the last time you heard of anyone really going out of their way to listen to Chic?

By tyhe way, Rolling Stone also deserves a pair of great big stiff fingers for dissing Rush for a long time now. I see RS flogging a ton of lightweight Emo whiners and generic hiphoppers that no one will remember in five years, but when it comes to Rush, they act like they have never heard of them.

Want a woman who really belongs in the ROCK N ROLL Hall fo Fame, not the Pop HoF or Disco HoF??????

Try Janis Martin. Never heard of her? Blame the lame “rock media” for spending their time drooling over flybynight fashion acts rather than true pioneers. Janis was a balls out Rockabilly singer in the style of Elvis begining back in 1956. Long before Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, etc. Janis Martin was showing the world that chicks could rock as hard and as well as the men. She performed onstage up until last year when she became ill with cancer. She passed on recently and deserves the recognition.

This crop of ROCK and ROLL HOF inductees is a JOKE! As a charter & still contributing member, I am very disappointed. Who will be next year, Britney Spears or how about Leonard Nimoy? Who makes the choices and how do they decide. It’s not the POP or HIP HOP Hall of Fame, or is it?

Oh. Dave Marsh has a great deal of influence over the selection? Well that explains it. Marsh is a total tool with one of the worst musical tastes in journalism. Marsh is the embodiment of the old Frank Zappa trusim: “Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t speak for people who can’t read.”

The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has now become the Special Olympics of Music.

Funny, when I listen to my local rock and roll station not one of these acts pops up. Bottom line:Disco, rap,and pop does NOT equal rock and roll!

Hey Jann Wenner, don’t forget Kid N’ Play, Sir Mixalot and Vanilla Ice while your stuffing the Hall of Shame with wannabes who have nothing to do with rock and roll. The Beastie Boys in the same building as Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Stones etc.??? Somewhere The Big Bopper is spinning in his grave!

the 5 a year is retarded but i dont see what you people have against leonard cohen? hes easily the best of that crop an deserves to get in

Who are these twits who keep posting idiocies like “Brittany Spears is 10 times more talented than Madonna”? That’s like saying Paris Hilton is 10 times a better actress than Meryl Streep. What dreck!

Donna Summer
Madonna
Leonard Cohen
John Mellencamp
Chic

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. The Beastie Boys??? Meanwhile groups like YES, Jethro Tull, ELP, King Crimson and Genesis have yet to be considered. I wasted my time going there a few years back and wouldn’t take the time to walk across the street to go in if I was in downtown Cleveland again.

Ok people, of course you want the artist whose music that has made your life sweeter to win and be inducted, right? These lists are stupid and who knows why anybody is considered, but it is nice when an artist you love is considered.

For me that artist is DONNA SUMMER. I think with her fantastic beautiful versitle voice and the fact that she won grammys in so many different musical catogories shows how great she is. Not to mention her list of hit singles and her writing abilities I hope she gets it. I also hope that you guys listen to her work just to see how great see is. She really is fantastic.

I also hope that all of the you guys who feel your artists have been slighted are included so that you can be happy like me with DONNA SUMMER being inducted.

One last thing, artists who only steal from other artists and have no originally should not even be considered for induction. Searing ambition for money and fame and attenction is not musical talent or innovation. One such artist is included with the inducteees this year and you know who she is.

Madonna
the Beastie Boys
Leonard Cohen
Afrika Bambaataa
Donna Summer
These guys should get in, and you close minded twits who keep on saying they aren’t “Rock ‘n’ Roll” are just plain dumb. They are more advance then rock is.

Madonna
the Beastie Boys
Leonard Cohen
Afrika Bambaataa
Donna Summer
These guys should get in, and you close minded twits who keep on saying they aren’t “Rock ‘n’ Roll” are just plain dumb. They are more advanced then rock is.

Whos “Hall of Fame” is it? It’s Rock And Rolls Hall of Fame! Not RAP,Gansta Rap, HIP HOP, Zydeco, Tex Mex, Country & Western, Pop, Classical, Jazz, or any other off the wall Genre. 1. The Ventures(a must). 2. Dave Clark 5(a must) 3. John “cougar” Melenkamp (another must) 4. Madonna 5. Donna Summer Other Wise Change the name to the Candy ass cry baby wannabe kneejerk liberal commiepinko bet wetters music hall of fame

Leonard Cohen should be inducted. No-one else particulary strikes me as deserving from that list. I think the whole RandR hall of fame is a bit weird and focuses on a narrow stretch of music.

This year’s list is good, but where are the Stooges, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Kraftwerk and Television. Al these artists deserve recognition for thier contribution to rock.

What he FU!! does Madonna have to do with rock n’ roll???
The rock n’ roll hall of fame are a bunch of assholes!
Kiss’s Destroyer and Alive albums are pure rock n’ roll and even rolling stone magazone counted those 2 albums as 2 of the greatest in their 500 best list.
Where the FU%# are THE STOOGES who are the freaking GODFATHERS of PUNK?????
The rock n’ roll hall of fame have BRAINS OF TURD.
I wonder if the New York Dolls have been inducted????
This hall of fame for rock SUCKS!
I LOVE DONNA SUMMER who influenced New Order and countless others and Chic were a great funk dance band but they’re not rock!
Give them their due but somewhere else!

Go round up a room full of Rock & Roll musicians. It doesn’t matter if they are playing at the local arena or the local pub.
Now ask them who their influences were and who they are fans of.
I doubt you’ll get one that says Donna Summer and Chic or Madonna. But you will get a lot of Metallica, Rush, etc.
I think the real problem is calling this The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. It really should be The Pop Music Hall Of Fame. That’s a much bigger umberella. The idea that some of these acts, even if talented or popular in their own genre, are getting into the RRHOF is pretty lame.
What pisses people of is that many of us feel rock & roll has been shanghied by the Justin Timberlakes and the Britney-of-the-month acts. Pop music has been re-labeled as Rock & Roll to give it a consumer friendly false edgyness and shoved down our throats. And The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame epitomizes all that is wrong with the music industry. It has nothing to do with Rock & Roll and everything to do with marketing.

Rock and Roll is tough 3 chord music that should sound like it was made in a garage. I’ve seen Afrika Bambaata, the Beastie Boys, and the Ventures. As good as they all are, the only real rock band in the group is the Ventures. When you have something called the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, music that is “more advanced” than rock, or has evolved beyond rock, or is just straight out pop shouldn’t make the cut. When there are artists like Link Wray, Wanda Jackson, Captain Beefheart, and the Stooges that aren’t in the Hall of Fame, Chic and Madonna shouldn’t even be considered. Period.

What about ‘The Meters’ or’Dr. John’?

I have nothing against Cohen, Mellencamp and The Ventures. Let em in. But Rolling Stone and the RRHOF’s irrational prejudice against Prog Rock is just pathetic. I’m sorry that the music of Rush, King Crimson, Genesis and Yes flies above Marsh and Wenner’s pin-heads. That’s their problem. But the simple fact remains that these bands have sold tens of millions of albums and tickets and have been entertaining millions of fans across the globe for decades. They deserve to be recognized for their contribution to the artform known as rock despite the fact that dorky critics don’t get it.

People, this is not just about your favorite Rock band. There are many great artist out there. But,Very few artist can define an Era.

If there was a “Mount Rushmore” Of musical Giants of the Rock & Roll Era, these faces would be chiseled in the rock!

50’s Elvis / Little Richard / Chuck Berry
60’s Beatles / Aretha Franklin/ Rolling Stones
70’s Elton John / Donna Summer / Led Zeppelin
80’s Bruce Springsteen / Madonna
90’s Nirvana / Alanis Morrisette

These Superstars and a few others define their Generation. I don’t love them all, but they are History .. enough Said!

I’ve been listening to ROCK’N'ROLL radio stations my entire life, and other than John Mellencamp and Dave Clark Five, I cannot comment on the other nominees, BECAUSE I’VE NEVER HEARD THEIR MUSIC!!! The R&RHOF is turning into one of those radio stations that thake a list of songs and hit “Shuffle.”
I DO recall hearing Kiss, Rush, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Boston, & The Cars on ROCK radio, however.

CHIC is easily the most influential of all the nominees. They influenced a whole generation of Punk artist: The Clash and Blondie being the most notable. Rock artists wanted a bit of CHIC’s sound so Queen, David Bowie, INXS and The Power Station all used it.

For rappers CHIC has been the holy grail, arguably no other artist has been so sampled by Hip Hop artists.

Todays Dance music and pop music still use the CHIC sound. Madonna got her breakthrough with it (the “Like A Virgin” album).

And if we are talking their own productions we have Era defining hits like Good Times, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Everybody Dance, We Are Family, Upside Down, I’m Coming Out, He’s The Greatest Dancer and Spacer. The last five having other artists on lead vocal, but being in all other ways very much a CHIC release.

For those who still suffers from the anti-Disco germ; If you listen to a CHIC record there is much more Jazz, Samba, Rock, R&B and other stiles, on them than Disco cuts. And most CHIC songs are commentaries on society and history.

In short, CHIC meets all the criteria for getting in, and then some!

Here are clips of some of CHIC’s more rock sounding songs. They are all written and performed by CHIC. Lead vocal may vary:

1: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/IGotProtection.rm
2: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/FlashBack.rm
3: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/ILovedYouMore.rm
4: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/RealPeople.rm
5: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/SoFine.rm
6: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/Surrender.rm
7: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/RockBottom.rm
8: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/ChargePlates.rm
9: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/CoverGirls.rm
10: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/KingOfTheWorld.rm
11: http://www.chictribute.com/chi crock/Mayday.rm

For more info check out my site on CHIC: http://www.chictribute.com

for some reason the audio links have been saddled with a space between chi- and -croch please cut and paste and then remove the space: it should be “/chicrock/”

Its not a question of who should get in but when they should get in. I think all on the current list are deserving but should Madonna and Donna Summer get into the ROCK-N-ROLL Hall of Fame before Pat Benatar, Heart or Joan Jett?

Some rock stars who are also CHIC fans and have worked or wanted to work with CHIC : Queen, Mike Jaegger, Keith Richard, Jeff Beck, Bowie…
CHIC is NOT just “a disco band”, they also produced a lot of pop rock records after being famous with dance music.
Maybe the most respected black band of pop history.
Compare CHIC influence in rock pop music with some mega bands like Dire Strait or Police which appear at the same tile and you will see CHIC is not just “a disco band”.

Go listen to Sabotage and look up the lyrics too. then tell me that the Beastie Boys shouldn’t be put in.

Sabotage is the perfect protest rock song.
And if you want a rock song to jam out to at a party, just put on Fight For Your Right or No Sleep Til Brooklyn and tell me those ROCK songs don’t get everybody fired up.

Peep the insane guitar solo be Kerry King of Slayer on No Sleep Til Brooklyn.

Plus All through the Beastie Boys’ 2nd album Paul’s Boutique, There are numerous samples of classic rock groups. So you know they were influenced by the right guys. Listen to their song Rhymin And Stealin and then listen to When The Levee Breaks.

The Beastie Boys debut album has sold more records than any other rap album in history. these guys are certified rock stars who also happen to be good friends with the Dalai Lama

I think artist should be selected based on their influence on good Rock N Roll, therefore Madonna is exempt, since her contribution to Rock music has resulted in the likes of Britney, Lindsay, Paris, et.al.
on the other hand, the Stooges are directly responsible for the already inducted Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, R.E.M, Blondie, and eventual inductees such as Guns N Roses, and Nirvana.
I want to see the Stooges, the MC5, the New York Dolls, Alice Cooper, T-Rex, Roxy Music, Wanda Jackson, Captain Beefheart, X, the Ventures,and the Dave Clark Five. and are the Zombies in? because Odessey and Oracle should be argument enough for this band.
I don’t care one way or another for any of the other potential inductees, but I hate Madonna and everything she stands for.

oh, and I inexplicably forgot alltime faves DEVO, who are truly Pioneers who Got Scalped! there would be no Nine Inch Nails if it weren’t for these amazing spuds from Akron!

It’s about time for the Ventures!
http://www.ink19.com /issues/april2007/features/cas eOfMissingGuitar.html

Next year, Roxy Music….

No Metallica? Well they didn’t win their first Grammy nominee either; maybe they can be inducted every year after this; just as they get every metal grammy they are nominated for now. And hey Clapton’s been inducted like what, 6 times now, most recently for taking a dump, so why not?

I can’t believe Madonna has been nominated on her first year of eligibilty. Pat Benatar should have been nominated. The Beastie Boys(no way). Donna Summer has sung Rock and Roll(”Hot Stuff”, “Cold love”,”Running for Cover” written by Bruce Springsteen for her.)so she definitely is deserving for those posters that think she is only a Disco Act.This woman has a very versatile voice and Grammys in 5 different categories including Best Rock female). Mellecamp must be inducted as well as the The Dave Clark 5. So my predictions is:

John Mellencamp
Donna Summer
The Dave Clark 5
The Ventures
Leonard Cohen

Can someone explain to me how the artists get chosen in the first place, apart from the criterion that they have to have their first hit 25 years ago?

Madonna should go in as the best career manager in music history.
But seriously, if you’re going to start going down the pop (poop) trail, can the Osmonds be far behind. After all RS put Donnie on the cover in the 70’s.
Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music and Motorhead all deserve to go in before anyone else. There would be no speed metal (eg Metallica, etc.) without Motorhead.
And how about the Replacements!! A truly great band.

again i find myself disappointed with this years nominees. im not saying that none of them are not deserving of this but you have bands like the Stooges,Deep Purple Genesis, YES, Jethro Tull, ELO, and Rush who are all just as or more deserving then any of these bands this year. its just sad to see this happen

I’m gonna be sick.

How about such rock stars as Lawrence Welk, Mitch and the Gang, Rudy Valley, Al Jolson and Guy Lombardo. These days Rock is a catch all term for anything that isn’t classical.

Finally, Donna Summer and Chic are nominated! Hands-down, they deserve to be inducted in 2008. No other two acts have contributed to “rock-n-roll” than these two and their influence is evident throughout the years up to today’s music. Way to go Donna and Chic!

I know this may fall on deaf ears, or blind eyes if you’re not having this read to you, but shouldn’t Warren Zevon be in there. I mean hasn’t he made better albums than any of these people ever will. John Mellecamp will never write a song as soulful and true as Desperados Under the Eaves, Indifference Of Heaven, or Nobody’s In Love This Year.

I know he hasn’t had multiplatinum records time and again but I’m only nineteen and I deeply connect with his music. It’s kind of insulting to Rock And Roll that it’s Hall of Fame doesn’t have one of the best in there.

Pass me a barf bag

Donna Sumers deserves her place in the rock n roll hall of fame more than any of the other nominees. If you look at her body of work it covered more ground in music than a lot of other artist. Dance music, electronica, r & b, gospel, rock, reggae, pop and etc. Her music has influeneced more artist that Madonna as a matter of fact Madonns music is really nothing but a continuation of Donna Summers msuic but without the vocal ability. If singing was a criteria fro entry then Madonna would NVER EVER make in the r&r hall of fame. So lets give Donna Summers her fue and let her in. New Order, Moby, Madonna and all other dance artist, electronica and techno bands can get on stage and thank Donna Summer for paving the way for their careers.

Here are my predictions for the five nominations to the Guitar Player Magazines’ “Most Insane Shredders Hall of Fame 2007″:
- Joe Satriani
- Steve Vai
- Eddie Van Halen
- Paul Gilbert
- Blues Saraceno
Personally, I think Donna Summer has better two-hand fret work doing pull offs and hammer-ons, but think this is probably the group. Also, Dave Clark never uses the whammy bar or pinch harmonics.

GO AHEAD DONNA SUMMER! I am in your corner!!!! If anyone deserves to be inducted, you do!

God bless!

Darrell Russ

GO AHEAD DONNA SUMMER! I am in your corner!!!! If anyone deserves to be inducted, you do!

God bless!

Darrell Russ

Donna Summer all the way! You have worked hard for the money so now they better treat you right!!!!

Artists who should rightfully be in the HOF:

Kiss
Rush
John Mellencamp (I think he’s a shoo-in this year though)
Judas Priest
ABBA (yeah, I said it)
Chic (I doubt they’ll make it this year either)
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Donna Summer (hope she makes it, dobut she will)
INXS (this should’ve been their first year of eligibility as well)

Wow, why so much anti-Madonna feelings? She’s the most famous female artist in the world because ultimately her music. She’s 49 years and is still a force (of sorts). She’s had one of the most successful musical careers in history. She deseves the nod.

The R’NR HoF is a joke. It’s a shrine of mediocrity. How in the world is Donna Summer/Madonna/Chic Rock? Great rock bands such as Jethro Tull, Yes, and RUSH have yet to be nominated. Madonna and Summer were pure disco with ZERO originality. They contributed NOTHING to rock…yet here we are. It’s a sham.

The choices: Chic-Dance music not Rock
Afrika Bambaataa – Not Rock period
John Mellencamp – At least he’s Rock and Roll
The Beastie Boys- White rap/rock , HOF material I don’t think so.
Donna Summer – Why? Disco Hall of fame for sure but Rock?
Madonna – Madonna is pure pop music in my opinion. Heck I’m even a fan of hers to some degree but Rock and Roll? I think not.
I think the R&R HOF is severely stretching the definition of Rock and Roll. I haven’t bought or looked at Rolling Stone magazine in years. Sadly enough this trend will continue.

Madonna? Donna Summers? What is anything do these women have to do with Rock And Roll? They are pop stars at best. The nominating committee, or whoever picked these women, needs their heads examined. Where’s Rush, Iron Maiden, and the Moody Blues. What a crock the HOF has become.

Like these Nominees or not, this is not just about our favorite Rock band or who Rocks the hardest. Its about the Giants of the Rock & Roll Era! Musician that define not just POPULAR Music but an entire ERA & Generation. Very few artist can define an Era. Also, remember the Rock & Roll Era has had many Sub-genres over its 5 decades.

If there was a “Mount Rushmore” Of musical Giants of the Rock & Roll Era, these faces would be chiseled in the rock!

50’s Elvis / Little Richard / Chuck Berry
60’s Beatles / Aretha Franklin/ Rolling Stones
70’s Elton John / Donna Summer / Led Zeppelin/ Kiss
80’s Bruce Springsteen / Madonna/ others?
90’s Nirvana / Alanis Morrisette/ others?

I am not Music historian but , These Superstars and a few others out there define their Era. I don’t love them all, but they are our morden music History .. enough Said!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/List_of_music_genres

Carole King-Ben E. King-Billy Preston-Them-The Moody Blues-John Mayall-Neil Diamond-MC5-Jeff Beck-Big Brother-5th Dimension-Steve Miller-Dr. John-Genesis-Deep Purple-Leon Russell-The Stooges-Warren Zevon-YES-King Crimson-Joe Cocker-Chicago-The Faces-Diana Ross-Todd Rundgren-War-ELO-Doobie Bros.-Roxy Music-Blue Oyster Cult-Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes-Rush-New York Dolls-Judas Priest-Ted Nugent-Television-Cheap Trick-Motorhead-Squeeze-Devo-L os Lobos-The Cars-Dire Straits-Pat Benatar-Def Leppard-The B-52’s-Bryan Adams-INXS-English Beat-The Smiths-The Cure-Husker Du-Duran Duran, Alice Cooper, and KISS.

You mean to tell me that there isn’t a scandal here. Boycott RS.

I am a little confused, this is the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame right? rock and roll? so why is it looking like the pop music hall of fame? for all you people out there who are madonna fans, or donna summer fans, or beastie boys fans, are they rock and roll? would you put these artists in the same category of rock as say led zepplin, ac/dc, van halen or black sabbath? those bands are in the hall of fame, right next to michael jackson. michael jackson??? michael jackson is a pop artist, he does not play rock and roll, so how is it he is in the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame? maybe they should have had a pop music hall of fame, then these artist can be included in that. how does madonna make it in but joan jett is not there? like a virgin, borderline, vogue, are these rock songs? if you put madonna in then when eligible you have to include mariah carey, whitney houston and janet jackson right? they are just as much rock stars as madonna. what a joke. joan jett is the definition of a female rock star. we have rap artists, disco artist, and pop artist in the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame but no kiss, judas priest, iron maiden, scorpions, bad company, alice cooper, rush, deep purple, ted nugent, motorhead, pat benetar, def leppard, ozzy osbourne, stevie nicks or metallica? to me that is a joke. david marsh brags about keeping big time rock and roll bands out of the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame but votes to put in non rock and roll bands. is this right? why does rolling stone magazine have such a major influence on who gets in? instead of calling it the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame maybe they can call it the rolling stone magazine hall of fame. you have to ask yourself, why do they keep bands out that were major influences in not only the rock and roll scene, but pop culture as well? besides led zepplin, was there a bigger band in the 70’s then kiss? even if you did not like there music, you can’t deny the impact they had on not only rock and roll but on society at large. but that is ok, at least grand master flash, rem, the ronettes, michael jackson, and the likes are in the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame. rolling stone magazine took what was a great idea, a ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame and they politicized it. now only the bands they respect get in and the rest of society can go to hell. here is my proposal, i think everyone who does not agree with who rolling stone magazine puts in the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame should stop buying their magazine. i wonder then if they will still be so political with there choices? remember, this is the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame, not the disco hall of fame, or rap hall of fame, or the pop music hall of fame. way to go dave marsh and crew, you have ruined the rock and roll hall of fame.

All of these years and still no nomination for Alice Cooper! Dylan once called him one of America’s greatest songwriters. Donna Summer!! Pop Culture gone mad.

What a joke. I live close to Cleveland and have visited the R&R hall of fame. Not only will I not be renewing my sub to Rolling Stone, I won’t be taking visitors to the museum. What a crock. Madonna? I mean Madonna? What’s next CHER!!!!!!

The Beastie Boys have roots in Punk, Rock, and Hip Hop. The deserve to be on the list for bringing the genre further. I bet the people who say they shouldn’t be on the list haven’t really listened to their music. Sabotage rocks pretty hard (and, I might add, on RS top 500). Do I love BB? Yes. Do I think they belong in the HOF? Yes. Do I think others should get in before them? Yes. But they do belong.

Plus, if you draw lines in the sand and restrict it to “rock” as only what happened in the classic era and similar sounds, you’re going to have an awfully small museum. The genres are mixing and creating new things. Next you’re going to tell me that George Clinton and Parliament don’t deserve to be inducted in the future because it’s “funk not rock” or Johnny Cash is more “country.” No one seems to be complaining about Miles Davis, who was primarily jazz…

What a fricking joke of nominees…Madonna? Chic? Since when were they Rock-n-Roll? Boycott this Hall

Talk about a bizarro world approach to nominating people to the hall. Carol King is in the hall as a writer, but not for having created Tapestry one of the best selling albums ever. Madonna, who can’t write at all and is best known for outlandish stage behavior is now a nominee.

Rock and Roll not just rock music. Pull your heads out of your redneck asses.

Dear Jann Wenner, Dave Marsh, et al: The more the RNRHOF honors folks like Chic, Beasties, Run DMC, Madonna, and Donna Summer while DELIBERATELY EXCLUDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MONKEES, the more the HOF exposes its arbitrary biases and invalidates its credibility. When Brian Wilson has to essentially “shame” the HOF panel by needing to endorse the petition to have The Monkees inducted into the Hall of Fame, the handwriting (or should I say “hand-wringing”) is on the wall. Congrats, guys…..you’ve shone a light on how illegit your popularity contest-as-bonafide museum really is. Keep up the good work, your empire will crumble by the weight of its own solipsism – its only a matter of time.

Less of an argument about who is included,but how can a ROCK band with,thirty years on,still the biggest selling debut album of all time including classic tracks still being played now,an 8 million selling follow up,a 5 million selling third album with a number one single NOT be in the Hall of Fame…..namely BOSTON ???

To all of you so called rock and roll purist if you were really championing inductry into the rock and roll hall of fame you would be championing the cause of all the black blues singers that were at the forefront of inventing rock and roll and not some of the cheesy singers that have come along afterwards claiming to be rock and roll artist. Some those cheesy less deservedly singers have already been inducted. The early pioneers of “african american blues singers” rock and roll deserves to be inducted more so than anyone on the list this year or the previous years.

wait…did somebody really just use the MONKEES as an example of rock credibility? the original pre-fab boyband? i mean, YEAH the Rock Hall gets it wrong a lot…but …THE MONKEES??? How bout Neil Diamond, for writing their songs and being a legit artist to this day?
or Nile Rogers instead of CHIC…
Tina Turner, the queen of Rock&Roll hasnt been nominated and Madonna HAS. That IS a problem…but seriously…THE MONKEES???
wait…you were KIDDING, right?

It is about time Donna Summer got shown her propers. I am also a recording artist but unsigned and have written and recorded a tribute to Miss Summer entitled “Riding Home From Baltimore.” The video is to be shot in the next couple of weeks in Baltimore, and the single is due out in Gemrany and Holland sometime between November and early Spring.

Long live the Queen! I love you Donna!

Darrell Russ

Uh… yeah. I thought that George Clinton and Johnny Cash were already in the Hall of Fame.

The Rock Hall has leap-frogged over so many deserving artists that you just want to round this committee up and stage a coup. Yes,this year’s group is beyond laughable and indeed indicative that this is no longer about rock music. Given that my era was the 70s/early 80s my list for this year would be:
Cheap Trick
T Rex
Iggy and the Stooges
Kiss
Pat Benatar
Heart
Rush
ELO
Bos ton
Joy Division

Something tells me Bon Jovi will get inducted on its first try.

actually angelo, rock and roll is rock music and the only rock music. are you that naive? just because someone sings or plays music, that does not mean that person is a rock musician. that person is a musician what ever form that person plays. madonna is a pop star, that is all she is. she is not rock and roll. joan jett is rock and roll, heart is, pretenders, stevie nicks and so on are rock and roll. if you want to put madonna in a hall of fame you should start a music or pop music hall of fame. but since they have called this one the rock and roll hall of fame, how can you put anyone in there unless they play rock and roll?

“CHICAGO” not being in the, so called HOF tells me all I need to know about it. The number 2 selling American group of all time!
The HOF is a joke!!

ROCK ON CHICAGO

OK, seems like the Rush fans are alive and well in their mom’s basements- just kidding.

In all seriousness, are some people here tards? How many times does it have to be said that Metallica is not eligible until NEXT YEAR. They will be a first ballot shoo in. Madonna? Do I like her? Hell, no. However, she probably deserves to be in the HOF. Mellencamp, it’s about time he got in. The man deserves it, case closed. Pink Houses and Rain On the Scarecrow sealed that deal, plus the fact that he’s had a million top 10 hits, while being socially concious.

If one is going on lasting influence, then it’s time to let Tom Waits into the Hall, and the Replacements. I understand some of the criticism of prog, but I think that Rush fans make a valid point that they deserve to get in. God, I dread the day when Bon Jovi gets in, or for that matter, a lot of the shredders. Jeff Beck deserves it, but please don’t bring up Satriani or Vai, at this point. Maybe one day, but not now.

This list of Nominees is a JOKE.

These are not Rock n Rollers.

The Beasties are not rock n roll. They made Rap safe for wannabes and were basically jokers, who made somoe frat boy party music.

They should of only had 15 minutes.

The biggest travesty is that Cheap Trick is once again not nominated.

The band has only performed 6000 live concerts. They actually play instruments, not just turntables and beat boxes.

They retain their original line up.

They were the only band deemed worthy of the Hollywood Bowl to perform Sgt. Peppers with the Orchestra on its 40th anniversary.

Dozens of great songs. … and that was on their last release … only 12 short months ago.

They are still relevent and have rocked for over 30 years.

R&R HOF … you should be ASHAMED!

Er, the term Rock and Roll covers alot of ground. The Hall includes any “popular” music, i.e., everything besides Jazz and Classical. Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, and Hank Williams aren’t “Rock and Roll”, so they don’t belong in the Hall ? Course they do.
This ridiculous RUSH, KISS, Cheap Trick controversy, good lord, longevity and popularity have nothing to do with quality, Mariah Carry has had more number ones than the Beatles, that makes her a “great” artist. RUSH, KISS, and Cheap Trick are all horrible bands, just horrible. Bands loved by 30-40 year old males rockin’ the mullet, wispy moustaches, living in their mum’s basement. The Hall would have about 8 bands if these knuckleheads ran it. Maybe you shouldn’t post on music websites if you have really really really bad taste in music SLICK.

Anyone who bashes The Ventures must be uninformed. This band is still recording and touring, after nearly 50 years. They have sold 100 million records. They have influnced the some of the greatest guitar players of all time. Guys like Joe Perry, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Slash, Eddie Van Halen, The Ramones, Skunk Baxter…the list goes on and on. They hae even influenced country pickers, like Jeff Cook (Alabama). Steven Tyler has called them legends. The Ventures may not be a part of the MTV generation, but their accomplishments rival just about anyone. They are an instrumental rock band. But make no mistake, they rock. If you love guitars and rock and roll, you gotta love these guys. They epitomize what The RRHoF should be.

To those who mention Devo, Jethro Tull, Genesis and Blue Oyster Cult:You’ve made my day-I couldn’t agree more!

“A-Guitar-Player” is right. The Ventures are all about guitars and rock and roll. The individuals may not be household names, but their style and music is unmistakeable. Their contribution to rock and roll is huge. They are as deserving as anyone.

listen rockgod2007, just bc its named “rock and roll” hall of fame, doesn’t mean that it only pertains to that genre ya dunce! its means music in general. beastie boys play instruments asshole. i like cheap trick but beastie boys deserve to have a spot in the hall of fame too. WAT THE F has chic done to deserve a spot? someone please tell me bc the last time i checked, the rollarskating scence is over so “le freak” has been totally done with since like 1981

donna summer

I think Donna Summer is very deserving.She is truly a gifted singer unlike Madonna who is just another well put toether package

Finally! The Ventures, (The Number One Instrumental Group in the World), gets nominated. It’s amazing that it has taken this long. For a group that’s sold over 100 million records, they deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Many artists have stated that The Ventures had some type of influence on their music career. Congratulations, guys! (I’m sure Mel would be smiling…)

what gets “Kinda Ready” really ready? I AIM TO PLEASE!

MADONNA??!! You have got to be kidding me. Man, and I was just planning a trip to the R&R HOF. Wenner and company: get real.

They don’t care. How do you make them care? Do you even want to make them care? Take back your rock and roll. Ban the Hall. Start the people’s hall. According to them these nominees should be in before Sonny Boy Williamson, Mary Wells, Alice Cooper, KISS, and the MC5 and many, many more. Read Friedman’s article on the web. Go to “future hall” site. Let’s take this back, or start our own.

Perhaps it’s only the name that’s wrong: This is the Popular Music Hall of Fame, not the rock hall of fame. When will Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Gene Autry be on the ballot? Aren’t they well past due?

Madonna getting in before so many ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ARTISTS: This I will not forget, despite having grown up in the midst of her best years. Short list of ones that should certainly be on the ballot — and IN — far before her (just to pick on one nominee): Yes, the Moody Blues, Chicago, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, and Ben E. King.

Madonna, before Yes. Wha … I mean .. I …. I CAN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

The Beastie Boys are a very progressive group with roots in rock. They still play drums and guitar. I grew up on CLASSIC ROCK and it is a shame that some of the forementioned bands are not nominated but it should not take away from what the Beastie Boys have done. Rock on!!!
except Madonna and a few others

Pop or not, Madonna is still the most successful female artist in history. It’s hard to leave her out. The supremes are in. Why not Madonna. She has more talent than people give her credit for. She could not have last this long without it.

The Beastie Boys deserve the nomination for their rock roots and progressive style. As a CLASSIC ROCK junkie and long time listener of the Beastie Boys, it is a shame several other bands have yet to be nominated.

Some of the lists that commenters have put up are truly impressive. Someone should simply take those and work from them.

What in Rock’s name is wrong with the voters? Well, Rolling Stone? Well?! It seems bubble gum pop and Bob Dylan are the same as far as the Hall is concerned.

As one said, “Something tells me Bon Jovi will get inducted on its first try.”

Not that all Bon Jovi songs suck, I admit, but it isn’t something I want to listen to all the time.

I was at EPCOT and there’s a Bon Jovi cover band in there. Funny, I always thought of Bon Jovi as a “cover” band: a shameless construction of parts of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and, well, Rick Springfield. Too sad. I actually booed as I passed by — I couldn’t help myself.

No rap. No rap,No rap. This the R &R HOF. Get your heads on straight and think about it you idiots. ROCK AND ROLL ONLY.

Instead of Madonna induct Stevie Nicks for her solo work.

The Ventures and Cohen are the only true musicians and artist.The Beasties were a great act.The Dave Clark 5 were Guys with Beatle like hair ,fairly good looks and no talent.And what the others have to do with Rock and Roll I have no idea.

The Beasties started as a hardcore outfit, they’re also one of the most imaginative and original bands of all time. And yes, they “rock”. Rock hard. They’ve always been more of a punk band than a rap band. Hell, even if you didn’t bother to listen to all their great records through the 90’s and beyond at least you’d know “You Gotta Fight” right ? First time I heard that I thought, “Fuck, they’re playing the fucking Sex Pistols on bad FM radio !”
Buy their records and prepare to have your head spun with brilliant mixes, HARD guitars, witty, smart, funnyyyyy lyrics. And yes, they ROCK. Er, hard.

LEON RUSSELL!

I can’t seem to find the complete list of nominees, so forgive any possible redundance….

Wow, a lot of passion in these comments but what about the NEW YORK DOLLS??? I mean, Jesus-fucked-up-CHRIST-dancing -on-a-fucking-iPOD screen….who do David and Syl gotta blow to receive the respect they so tragically never, EVER get?

I’m right there with all of you talking about the Stooges and the MC5. Without the 3 aforementioned bands, there are quite a few blank spots in those already inducted.

Wanna talk about influential? How about the Bad Brains? “Pay To Cum” = 1979. How much great music in the 1980’s came as a direct result of that one single…not to mention the rest of their work (at least ’til H.R. got too carried away with Bob Marley).

Thanks for listening (not that our opinions make a shit of difference…it’s the mysterious “ruling elite” that controls the inductions. Kudos again to the Pistols for telling the Hall of Fame to go fuck itself!)

Madonna? What bullshit. Why not Joan Jett? She’s still kicking rock and roll ass and stomped down the door for females in ROCK.

Who will get nominated next? Tiffany? “Rock N’ Roll” hall of fame has absolutely no merit.

Madonna?? The Beastie Boys?? What did they ever do except prove that a trashy female can make $$, or that white boys can rap (unlike Vanilla Ice… He’s not in the Hall of Fame, is he?)

One word… “KISS”

They were the single force in revolutionizing the “Live” production, as well as modernizing marketing for a musical act. Weather you like what they’ve done or not… Kiss changed the look and feel of Rock and Roll forever. They have been eligible since 1999 – and shunned for 8 years. They probably made Rolling Stone more money than Madonna ever did. Gene Simmons pissed off some Exec at RS back in 1978 and that Exec is probably on the nomination board.

Everyone should flood RS with letters, emails and protest until musicians who deserve recognition start getting nominations.

I suppose I really don’t mind if I sit this one out . . . again.

Today’s batch of overlooked artists: Herbie Hancock-Chubby Checker-Cliff Richard-Jan and Dean-Albert King-Dick Dale-The Searchers-The Hollies-The Zombies-Randy Newman-The Monkees-Tim Hardin-Love-Cat Stevens-Mitch Ryder-T-Rex-Free-Blue Cheer-Three Dog Night-Linda Ronstadt-Poco-Supertramp-The J. Geils Band-Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Meat Loaf-Joe Walsh-Little Feat-Peter Frampton-Big Star-Tina Turner-Tom Waits-BTO-Rufus &Chaka Khan-Robert Palmer-Sammy Hagar-George Thorogood-Joy Division-Ozzy Osbourne-The Misfits-Iron Maiden-The Go-Go’s-Motley Crue-New Order-The Replacements…once again; and you mean to tell me there’s no scandal?

Hall of fame status should be marked by a combination of musicianship, creativity, longevity, popularity, long-term influence, and integrity. Rush, long recognized by other musicians for their songwriting and technical abilities, inspired generations of kids to pick up an instrument and create art, and continue to do so some 33 years into their career. So-called “artists” like Madonna, who don’t write their own music or play an instrument, and “lip-synch” their live performances, inspire only subsequent generations “studio creations” by business executives and marketing gurus, for the sole purpose of generating sales revenue. The RRHOF process is nothing more than a popularity contest dictated by an elite group of biased individuals with somewhat questionable motives, and little regard for actual merit.

This is absolute bulls–t. Someone needs to set their sorry asses straight about who get in and when. I thought things might be looking up last year with the gods of metal (Black Sabbath) finally getting inducted. Man, was I wrong! This years class is the sorriest that I have seen. Other than the Beastie Boys, who should get in? Madonna shouldn’t get in, she’s not rock and roll. Definitely not Mellencamp, because he hates America, and is a Springsteen wannabe. Chic, Dabe Clark Five? Are you kidding me? Get with the program here, Jann. Induct artists who DESERVE it, not who you want. As hard as it might be, give some prog some love in the next couple years. Why are awesome bands like Genesis, Rush and Yes not in (and not even nominated) when REM, Patti Smith and other mediocre artists are? Correct this travesty now!

Madonna DOES write a majority of her own material. She’s had a trailblazer of hits from 1982 till NOW. How anybody can deny her talents amazes me.

Early on Madonna was written off as a vacant pop tart, er, which she was. At some point the world decided she was “empowering to women”, WTF ? Being in control of exploiting yourself is empowering ? She didn’t let the evil men in the record industry use her sexuality, she was in power over her own exploitation, uh huh. She’s more of a marketing genius than musical one, the “i’ll do soemthing shocking” thing got old around 1989. But somehow people still eat up that bit. I guess what sways me towards not inducting her is that she’s such a repellent human being – arrogant,crude, greedy. Remember in her concert film, Truth or Dare, when a dancer told M. that her mom just died ? Madonna’s response ? She laughed. Out loud. In the girls face. Uh huh………great person.

The albums “Like A Prayer” and “Ray of Light” say enough about her musical talents. Is she a genius, hell no! Is she adequate..hell yes. More important is the influence she has had which is enormous. She should definitely be on the list and I’m surprised she didn’t make it yet.

Boz Scaggs and Steve Miller should be no brainers

Madonna doesn’t have any musical talents, her records are producers records. She paved the way for the godawful state of the Britneys of the world, M. is basically a prop to stick on stage when the producers and musicians are finished with the record. Plan out the dance moves, costumes, get the lypsinc down…………..show time !!! In the old days that kinda act was called LAS VEGAS.

Madonna is an amazing live performer. And she doesn’t lip synch. Yaketey Yack, perhaps you need to do some fact checking. She co produces all her own material.

This whole Madonna in the Hall Of Fame thing, even though she dosen’t deserve to be held on the same platform as Patti Smith and Debbie Harry, she still deserves to be inducted. The Beastie Boys,on the other hand, WTF!!! If there is going to be any more hip-hop acts getting in, why not Public Enemy? Even though Flavor Flav has become another reality tv whore, doesn’t mean that Chuck D should be ignored. Here is a list of other bands/artists that should make it in.

New York Dolls
Nirvana
Alice In Chains
Motorhead
Megadeth
G uns & Roses
Soundgarden
Iggy Pop
The Stooges
Ozzy Osbourne
The Runaways
NWA

Alice Cooper-Then there was all those who followed.
RUSH-30+years!!!!!
KISS-What more can be said!

R O C K and R O L L. Not stop drop and roll!!!

The Hall of Fame (Shame) is a joke now. Madonna before Roxy Music, Rush, Yes, King Crimson, Small Faces and Free? Beastie Boys before Mott the Hoople and Supertramp? How can anyone (including Rolling Stone) take the Hall seriously after Jan Werner admitted the Dave Clark Five was voted in, but he kept them out because Grand Master Flash appealed more to kids these days. What they heck? The Hall was once great, but now it’s corrupt and chases after the Eminems, Britneys and Lindseys now.
Blah!

Uh huh………”co produces”, uh huh. “Can we put more of that guitar thingy on this track ?” “I said a room temperature Red Bull bitch !” “What time’s my botox seesion ?”
Live ? Pfffff. Madonna’s live show is hardly distinguishable form Celine Dion’s – Costume changes, dancers, the ‘ole always annoying hands free mic. Listen, don’t consume what the record companies feed you, there’s alot of strong talented women out there, always has been, look for their records, seek good music out, don’t sit and eat this musical junk food your being fed. Wake up. And as always how people can ADMIRE this woman, damn, it’s a sign of the times, it’s like admiring Mussolini…..Sting ! Lol. To wrap it up, she sings, nothing else, doesn’t play an instrument, doesn’t compose music, her “writing” is banal and geared again to shocking people, pfff. She has an ok voice at best. And of course is a truly repulsive human being. Nuff said. I win.:P

Change the name to hall of crap. I don’t see any rock names among the nominees.

What a load of bs. Why not vote in Tiny Tim.

Hollywood must own the hall of crap now.

How about during Madonna’s inductee speech, Gene simmons comes out on stage and breathes spits fire on her and the dumbasses that vote on all this crap.

Wow! There really is a lot of hatred and mis-information directed toward Madonna.

Fact: Madonna has written or co-written her own music beginning with the True Blue Album (1985-86)

Fact: Madonna began in a band called the Breakfast Club playing guitar and drums.

Fact: Madonna does use a backing track on songs during her concerts when the dancing becomes challenging but for the most part she sings.

Facts: Madonna has been playing rythme guitar in her concerts since 2001.

Fact: Madonna’s choice of producers have brought artist and critical attention to general unknowns and expanded other artists visibility.

So If you are going to call Madonna crap, at least be accurate in your mudslinging.

Madonna is NOT a rock and roll artist. PERIOD!
Also, neither is RAP and DISCO! It’s the “Rock and Roll Hall of [Shame]” Not the “Music Hall of Fame”. My vote now is for Chuck Roast, Jim Shorts, Tom Collins and Peter Gazinya!

Eh, i give up. Go and listen to your Madonna cd’s. Some people need vacant pop music in their lives. Bad taste is bad taste. I’ll go listen to Bessie Smith and Janis and Lucinda Williams and Loretta Lynn and on and on and on.
Madonna’s fans seem to be the same ones she’s had since the early 80’s, they’ve grown up with her and are now in their mid 40’s. I can’t for the life of me figure out who else would listen to her.
And an artist who’s so mediocore to begin with, maybe we can put up with Jagger being a jerk, or even Jim Morrison, but to be able to look past the horrible qualities of this woman, I don’t see how anyone can listen to her. Imagine meeting your idol one day ? Imagine the distaste she’d have for you ? Lol. You’d be beaten severly by her bodyguards for looking her directly in the eye.Be careful who your idols are, it reveals what kind of person you are
Well, I give up, talking music to tragic victims of tone deafness is pointless, see ya in hell you rabble !

” READ THIS ” What is Rock & Roll Hall???

You all make some very valid points. The biggest issue here stem from the title “Rock & Roll” Hall. If they would clarify their meaning of “Rock & Roll” then maybe we wouldn’t be having all these misconceptions. What I have come to understand about there meaning “ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME” is that they are referring to modern music. This form of music was called and titled Rock & Roll music back in the 50’s with acts like Elvis. It was so different from anything that was played in the past. People started calling it a new era in music, thus the “Rock & Roll ERA” was born. From there anything that followed this new form of music was dubbed “Music from the Rock & Roll Era.” This new age in music has evolved and changed to many different form with each passing decade. Whether it was Soul, punk, Folk, dance, alternative, Arena Rock or techo, it was all music from this new era, the “Rock & Roll Era” . “The Rock & Roll Hall of fame” is a very diverse music mix from the evolution this new era in music. With this in mind, it all makes perfect sense?

You posters are pathetic. Nothing you do or say is going to change the fact that Madonna has been a mega-force in Rock&Roll/POP music history. Stop bitching and accept the fact that a lot of her music is very memorable to the masses which automatically puts her up for nomination into the HOF. Are you people stupid? Hate all you want, but nothing changes the fact that shes nominated and may get in.

I wanna know why ELO has yet to be inducted?? They are far better than any of the 2008 inductees… As well as sideman Donald “Duck” Dunn?? He’s paid his debt to the rock industry.

Seria fantastico que al fin se pudiera elegir artistas con talento y verdadera voz como Donna Summer que apesar de transcurridos los años vemos que la leyenda continua y esperamos que se una de las ganadoras para el 2008…Donna Summer vale oro.

A moral lecture from someone spreading hatred and filth about a person they don’t even know in real life is laughable and pathetic (yes, yakety Yak – I am talking about YOU). Seriously, if someone repulses you that much.. why waste so much time discussing her? That says more about you than it says about her.

Wether you, or anyone else not happy with her nomination, like to accept it or not.. she’s nominated and will probably get in. Her impact on popular music, good OR bad, is undeniable and ultimately that is what the hall is about.

Your crude, arrogant and ignorant behavior along with your narrow minded views make me feel pity for you.

You claim that she’s a bitch, a horrible person, etc… looked in a mirror lately? Tell me, how does it feel to walk around thinking you are so much better than everyone else with that delusional and imaginary chip you carry around on your shoulder?

Madonna does suck, but man she’s hot ! Wait, is this 1986 ?
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.. …………….nevermind.
(Thank you Emily Latella)

Where’s Metallica, Sonic Youth and Kiss. These 3 should be in. These bands have exactly what the Hall should be, influential, critical success commercial success and longevity.

What about Weird Al

“Lionel Ritchie” !? Richard are you a friend of Dorothy ?

Oof! no Rush, no Kiss, no Genesis, no Journey, no Heart…but YES TO DONNA SUMMER AND MADONNA!! (those girls sure know how to rock alright!) On next years ballot, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson!! Hell, just throw in Vanilla Ice while you old farts are at it.

Rolling Stone stinks from smelling bruce springsteen’s butt too much.

If the R&RHOF is that obsessed with inducting more than rock artists, then STOP CALLING IT THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ALREADY!!

Disco, Pop and Techno are not rock and roll. And don’t give me the BS that R&R extends out to these genres because they were motivated by it. If you do, then just imagine in 30 years when Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson are inducted..then you’ll be shaking your heads.

RUSH
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KISS
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RUSH (BEST ROCK DRUMMER & BASSIST)

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Here is a good definition of rock ‘n’ roll:

A form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure.

Every person nominated this year fits this description. I will say RUSH does deserve their dues but whether it is disco, r&b, metal, rock, pop, or rap, these artists represent what rock ‘n’ roll is about: bringing music to the masses and mostly the youth of any generation.

Psssssssssttttt…..the reason bands like RUSH, Genesis, and Yes aren’t in the hall of fame is because they….ssshhhhh….really really really suck ! Shhhh, keep it quiet ! The Hall is run by people with college degrees who have good taste in music, shhhh ! It’s why people like you lot work as mechanics, laborers, and house painters. Shhh…… you have really bad taste in music…I know you don’t realize it, but it’s true ! If you could you would nominate The Rock for oscars every year and have NASCAR on every channel 24/7 ! Shhhhhhhhh…..so go comb out your mullets and work on your ‘76 Trans Am….damn, you can even blast RUSH from the car stereo as you work on it ! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……

The person who said that Mellencamp hates America is a liar and an idiot, The man has dedicated a majority of his professional helping America by trying to bring life back to the American farmer.

I don’t think the real issue is their talent. Each nomonee has in their own reputable qualities. I think the real issue is that there are a TON of other artists that have had more influence on the music industry, for a longer period of time, as a whole, who have not been recognized.

I’m obvioysly no fan of Madonna, and I grew up in the 80’s. As mentioned in previous posts, there are other women who’s names and accomplishments and infleuence far outweigh her’s. Unrecognized bands and performers who have no recognition, but are major influences in the music industry, Kiss – my previous post explains this, but what I didn’t mention is that every Kiss album (up to 35 now?) has gone at least gold, which outweighs many acts who are already in the R&RHOF, Boston (as a group)- for having the highest number of record sales for a debut album… for the last 32 years, and today still is the best selling debut album in history! Tom Scholz (as an individual)- his accomplishment with Boston, alone, demand recognition, but also for developing music technology and equipment that is used by most guitar players today (SDR Rockman). These are the most obvious. There are others which encompass an range of talent, engineering, popularity, and marketing, many whom have already been mentioned buy others.

RS needs to get caught up and consider the unconsidered and offer them their due respect, before they start looking for “fill in talent.”

IMHO, The nomoniees should be chosen more like the MLB All Star lineups (or the way it used to be). Have the people pick their top nomonees in the different categories, and then let the panel choose. It would make more sense than that current, completly arbitrary method.

Its time Donna Summer received her due. She has contributed so many diverse musical genres including rock. Some only know her from the 70’s. Donna really ROCKED in the 80’s with her Geffen catalog. Maybe those out of print recordings (The Wanderer 1980),(All Systems Go 1987)will once again become public and all those who doubted Miss Summer’s Rock credibility will have a chance to hear how she really Rocked!! “David Geffen R U Listening!!!”

Its time Donna Summer received her due. She has contributed so many diverse musical genres including rock. Some only know her from the 70’s. Donna really ROCKED in the 80’s with her Geffen catalog. Maybe those out of print recordings (The Wanderer 1980),(All Systems Go 1987)will once again become public and all those who doubted Miss Summer’s Rock credibility will have a chance to hear how she really Rocked!! “David Geffen R U Listening!!!”

Hopefully I won,t get torn apart for this but I think Carly Simon is another person that deserves to get in she is certainly a legend in her own right apparently she has been eligbile since 1996 but really hasn,t been given consideration.

The Muppet Band should be a shoo-in … Animal is the best drummer ever.

HAHAHA Maggot Brain is awesome! only people with college degrees do know the best music!!!

wait… huh?

I actually got into Rush, Genesis and Yes when, get this… I WAS IN COLLEGE!!!! so therefore, because i am college educated, i have good taste in music!

Of course the argument is rediculous. music taste is something that can’t be argued with. it doesn’t matter what education a person has in deciding whether he or she has good or bad taste in music.

my thoughts on the R&RHOF induction year in and year out turn out to be the same, however… although there are always one or two quality artists
nominated, there’s always a ton of others who don’t get on the ballet despite their own accomplishments and influence in future artists, and my selection happens to include those bands.

Funny how maggot brain’s ignorance also seems to have missed the fact that every album rush and kiss sold went at least gold, and thats spanning over 3 decades!! so obviously, any band that sucks can’t achieve this kind of success, but according to maggot brain, it does… guess the name is fitting for this silly ignorant person : )

Where the hell is T. Rex, The Stooges, Badfinger, Todd Rundgren, Captain Beefheart, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, The Zombies, Van Dyke Parks, Les Rallizes Denudes, The New York Dolls, The Raspberries, The Modern Lovers, The MC5, Donovan….

I’m gonna write a letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and tell them to go fuck themselves.

“rediculous” ? Uh huh, which community college did you “grajiate” from Einstein ? And er, you might want to start new sentences with capital letters, i’ts kind of basic english. Guess you were smoking weed with your “bud’s” a bit too much when you attended Appalachian State Community College.
Gold records and sales have nothing to do with quality, need examples ? BARRY MANILOW, MARIAH CARRY,NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, JAMES BLUNT. Mariah Carry has more number one singles than any artist EVER ! By your theory does this make her the greatest artist ever ? Ah, I didn’t think so. Barry Manilow has had every one of his albums go gold over 35 years ! Do you think Barry Manilow is great ? I didn’t think so.
Thing is people with really bad taste don’t know they have bad taste. It’s kind of tragic really. And we all know deep down a person’s taste in music, movies, books, and art says ALOT about a person, everything really. It’s a mirror of a person.
KISS ! Oh god, my eyes are watering from the tears of laughter. They were a slight band for a brief while in the mid 70’s, a kind of cartoon version of the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, even that’s a bit too much of a compliment. Their first 2 albums were even pretty good. The first 2, lol. That was 30 years ago. In the past 30 years they’ve managed to become the biggest joke in THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL. Easily. To the point they’ve even given rock and roll a bad name and ridiculous image of clowns (real clowns with their idiotic makeup) spitting fire, their bulging middle aged guts protruding from their dated 80’s rock and roll clothes. What a joke. And the music ? Lord. Beyond horrible. The attraction of grown men idolizing other men in full makeup, even collecting dolls and lunch boxes of their hero’s, man I dunno. It’s a weird weird area.
And er, Einstein, Maggot Brain is a Funkadellic song, with a guitar part by Eddie Hazel, one of the most famous guitar solos of all time, guess you missed that somehow, must have been smoking weed with your pals, playing with your KISS action figures.

they may not be loved by the psuedo serious critics and fans (but neither are Kiss for that matter)but why are ABBA never nominated.Most people would be unaware that they are the second biggest selling group in music history,after the Beatles,surely this alone justifies their inclusion.

Rush
Yes
Deep Purple
Alice Cooper
AC/ DC
Kiss
OZZY
Ect Ect..

I am not saying this applied Directly to all these bands,,

They are all Great Choices, However, the only Criticism about these Heavy Medal and Arena Rock Bands back in the 70’s and early 80’s was that Most all mimic each other. Although they can Rock like nobody else and play a Gutter like clockwork, there wasn’t much originality among them. Each band just tired to outdo the other. Some acts even tried to stand out by using crazy customs and using blood and animal parts on stage in order to seem original. This all repeated itself again in the late 80’s with Hair bands.

Maybe the “Hall” is looking for more Originality and not so much who can Rock the hardest.??

If true, That would explain some of its 2008 choices. Most of them were the 1st to do what they did.

ALICE COOPER!
Schools Out, Welcome To My Nightmare, Poison, No More Mister Nice Guy, Billion Dollar Babies, Only Women Bleed….I could go on! You all have heard them on the radio and know all the words. His act has been copied by many. He was a ground breaker! AND he is still cranking out albums and selling out venues worldwide. He rocks his balls off and in his late 50’s!! Love him or hate him, he deserves to be in. He is an inspiration to many.

No CHEAP TRICK
Not Interested!

DEFINITELY, DONNA SUMMER DESERVES TO BE INDUCTED IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, THE INFLUENCE DONNA SUMMER HAS ON CURRENT MUSIC TODAY IS QUITE OUTSTANDING, JUST LISTEN TO BEYONCE, RIHANNA, AVRIL LAVIGNE OR GWEN STEFANI JUST TO MENTION A FEW, THEIR MUSIC OWES SOMETHING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO THE PRECEDENTS THAT DONNA SUMMER HAS STABLISHED, NOT TO MENTION THE MOST SUCCESFUL ACHIEVER IN USURPING HER MUSIC AND IMAGE; MADONNA (FROM WHO I’VE LISTENED TO EVERY SINGLE, ALBUM AND SONG, I LIKE HER, TOO). THAT’S ONE OF MANY REASONS WHY THIS MUST BE DONNA’S YEAR.

Cheap Trick have had a massive influence and a long career – obviously the wrong people are nominating!

Madonna of course, first of all put ageist opinions and musical preference to one side and look at Madonna’s history, her achievements over the last 25 years and her diverse musical backgrounds. She is an Icon a living breathing force of nature, someone who has caused more then her fair share of controversy and has broken records with her international sales, no:1’s amongst other contributions she has empowered many female vocalists and given a new meaning to the feminist movement. This woman is still riding the musical air waives high, it would be more then rude to ignore Madonna’s achievements in life and foolishly blinkered to not induct her into the Rock & Roll hall of Fame!

it just seems a little weird that anyone would want to accept an honor from an organization which doesn’t understand your purpose, let alone your music.

I STILL say that KISS should be nominated…as well as Rick Springfield. The latter has more than earned his keep in the world of Rock. He is criminally underrated IMO.

As for this year selections, the idea of the Beastie Boys in the rock hall turns my stomach! I like Chic but come on it’s disco, not rock…big difference.

I’ll second that nomination for Rick Springfield! His music and lyrics are AMAZING…Jessie’s Girl was just the beginning of the story! Shock Denial Anger Acceptance is my all time favorite Rock and Roll CD!

What about putting Rick Springfield into the Rock and Roll Hall? Even Barry manilow should be inducted as well.. Their music matters to a lot of People… Besides these 2 gentleman enjoy what they do and Barry manilw never needed a video to sell hit records either… Come on hall of fame… Get a clue and induct classic acts…

i agree Rick Springfield should have already been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These people that nominate need to go to one of his concerts and see the talent, fan reaction, and just all around rocking guy that Rick is, he writes his own songs, does the music, and plays the you know what out of the guitar. I vote for Rick Springfield

I think that Meatloaf and Jim steinman should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

4 Calls for Rick Springfield’s canonization into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !?!? Dr. Fronkensteen checks CNN, possibly a worldwide gas leak has temporarily affected human’s reasoning. Nope. No gas leak. Hmmmmm, Dr. Fronkensteen smells something fishy, he proposes Rick Springfield HIMSELF has posted all 4 call for his induction. Dr. Fronkensteen is surprised Rick didn’t use Brick Bringfield as a posting name !

ugh.

Funny how no on e even does any research before trashing Madonna who I have seen in person and is very hot the woman does not look a day over 35 if that old. She has sold more albums than any othe female artist, she has had far more #1 singles on the United World Chart than any other artist period. She gives millions back every year to a host of causes and saved the lives of thosands of people with cancer and AIDS. I have leukemia and Madonna has covered over 35,000 a month for my treatments since 2003. She gives tickets away to every show she does to the disabled. She funds millions of dollars into childrens charities all over the world. She have millions to 911 and Katrina victims yet no one praises her for anything. Madonna does not brag about all she does and use her charity to boost her career like th emoral majority who do so little but brag so much.

She writes and produces her own albums. She has done everything from Rock to R$B to classical music. She has grossed over 1 billion dollars in movie ticket sales. She has grossed over 1 billion in concert TICKET sales. She has had more #1 SELLING singles in the USA than any other artist. I don’t understand why anyone would talk so badly about someone who works so hard and gives back so much when all of the other superstars only do for themselves and NO one works harder thasn Madonna to make her fans happy.

Thank God I didn,t get torn apart for mentioning Carly Simon so I guess there is agreement that she deserves consideration.

I have been on the air since 1982; and I can’t believe the prog-rock bands (real musicians) RUSH, YES, GENESIS haven’t been considered. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has defamed itself once again by neglecting some of the world’s greatest musicians. Oh, and maggotbrain… shhhhhhhhhh… you have no idea what you’re talking about. Don’t post anymore because you just show the rest of us how ill-informed you are. I guess your name says it all. When you diss a band like Rush it tells me that you’re a tool that knows ZERO about music… ssssshhhhhhhhh… go back and listen to your BackStreet Boys CD.

Pssst, Mark, you’ve been “on air” for 25 years and you’re championing “prog rock”, lol. Ah, I can barely see the keyboard, the tears of laughter are impairing my vision. Good lord, you’re a DJ ! You pushing RUSH and Genesis is like a librarian pushing Jackie Suzanne, a film critic pushing Gigli on readers. Radio has been one of the biggest offenders of the corporatization of music, play lists, stations being run by conglomerations, morning zoo’s, lord. I’ve been in radio stations, I realized long ago it’s possibly the stupidist job ever created. I’ve had DJ friends, I know the life, you sit in a chair, small talk with your co-workers, what bar you went to last night, what girl rejected you. You don’t listen to what’s been played, you pause every 9 minutes for a bland totally innocuous reading of what you just played, a play list TOTALLY controlled by your station manager, you don’t have the slightest say to what your playlist is. I turned off my radio 15 years ago, it’s a complete wasteland, in the 50’s we had renegade DJ’s like Alan Freed finding great new music, in the 60’s DJ’s in San Francisco having total freedom to play what they chose to play. So you basically sit in a chair all day, sipping coffee, making off color jokes with your engineer, the only real function of your job is playing commercials all day then reading what you just played to the comatose listeners, great, a well trained chimp could do what you do. A worker at McDonalds is a higher skilled worker. Here, i’ll help you, it’s tragic you work in radio and have no clue about music. Slaves chanted simple songs while in the hot fields about their hardships, their lives, this morphed into the blues in the early 20th century, itinerant bluesmen picked up guitars and traveled america, playing on cheap guitars from the Sears catologue, many blind, unable to work the fields and farms, suriviving by playing for pennies on the street.Robert Johnson, Son House Blind Willie Johnson, pssst, your rock dudes stole all these licks from these bluesmen, I know you have no idea who these people are, but the licks you hear in your awful music is from them Muddy Waters ,a delta bluesman left Stoville Plantation and came to Chicago, he plugged in his guitar, we we’re closer to rock and roll. At he same time Honky Tonkers like Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzel were leaving their mark on the future rock and roll, I know you don’t know these names, but stick with me Mark, put the coffee cup down for a sec, that story you’re telling to the engineer about how that girl at Hooters ALMOST came home with you last night, this is important, you’re in a profession and you know nothing about what you’re doing so hang on Uncle Maggot Brain will help you out. Back to my Education of Mark the DJ – Muddy brought a young guitar player from St. Louis into Chess records, his name, Chuck Berry. Rock and Roll was born. Well, I know you’re exhausted, I know the most reading you do in a day is usually TV guide. And psssttttt, Maggot Brain is a Funkadellic song, I know, I know, you’ve never heard of them or Eddie Hazel who plays the guitar on the song Maggot Brain, he played on the “Chitlin’ Circuit” with Jimi Hendrix and later incorporated Jimi’s sounds into Fukadellic. But it’s ok, i’ll help you out, i’ll make a list of music you can buy, we’ll get you a quick history into music, seems a bit odd you being a DJ and not knowing anything but RUSH and Genesis, but it’s ok, we’ll keep it quiet ok Mark ? Oh, and I also know how much DJ’s make, shhhhhhhhhhhh, I see you in your one bedroom apartment, near the freeway, shhhhhhhhhh, i won’t tell !!!!! Well, you gotta go Marky Mark ! You have to play that ad for Bob’s Steakhouse after the Journey track ends, maybe you can spin in your chair afterwards, bang your pencil on your coffee cup, tell your engineer you bet you can pick up a girl at the Applebee’s bar tonight ! You’re feeling it !

The Rock Hall, once prestigious, is now a joke. You mean to tell me that the Commodores, KISS, the Brother’s Johnson, Lionel Ritchie can’t get in? Ridiculous. Even on the Gospel side, Edwin Hawkins (the father of contemporary Gospel Music) Andre Crouch? No entry? So sad, so sad.

Chic (Nile Rogers, in particular) is a MAJOR influence in music. Besides all their own hits they have written and produced many others which still have influence. Here are a few examples:

Chic’s hit “Good Times” becomes the sample for the first major rap hit, “Rapper’s Delight.”

Chic writes and produces at least two hits for Sister Sledge. “We Are Family” becomes a gay anthem, and probably an anthem for other groups as well. “He’s the Greatest Dancer” also provides the sample for Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It.”

The duo write and produce “Upside Down” and “I’m Comin’Out” for Diana Ross. I’m Comin’ Out” provides the sample for “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems.”

Nile Rogers produces Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” album.

Nile Rogers produces David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.

Nile Rogers produces Duran Duran’s “Notorious” album.

Mind you, these are only the ones I can think of. I’m not sure if they’ve produced or written any rock stuff, so the only arguement I could see is if whether or not they deserve an award honoring rock. But they have certainly been influential.

If you’re going to ditch anyone, ditch the Beastie Boys, they stink.

I also feel Barry Manilow should definitely be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The man has been making great, diverse albums for 35 years. He’s an inventive piano player with the same type of composition skills as the old composers like Irving Berlin. I interviewed him on the air when I worked in Denver about 12 years ago, he’s a very nice man. My partner and I Steve recently saw him live in Vegas, he puts on an incredible live show ! His work also has influenced great new acts like James Blunt and Clay Aiken, both brilliant. So cmon Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ! Wake up and induct this legendary performer

Barry Manilow ?!?! What the hell ??

Rick Springfield ? Barry Manilow ? Who let the 50 something housewives in this room ?

What about The Moody Blues, Chicago, Jethro Tull, The Zombies and Eric Burdon & The Animals. Why aren’t they in The Hall of Fame. It’s a JOKE.

What about LEON RUSSELL????

Hey Denise! I’m neither 50 something nor a housewife, and I stand behind my support of Mr. Springfield! Your personal attacks say more about your emotional maturity than it does about mine or other people’s taste in music! Quit being such an pretentious agist and actually contribute something constructive to this conversation, will you?

I don’t disliike the list and this notion that the hall should just induct White male guitar acts is silly and actually innacurate to the history of Rock and Roll. The genre is comprised of many sub genres and always has been. Te resistence to it was in part becuase of it’s diversity.Pop is not a sound it’ simply short for popular and the Rolling stones have had dozens of pop hits should Madonna be inducted and desrves it. Listen to Rock around the clock and tellme that’s not dance music.Donna Summer)Yes rap evolved from Rock and roll where do you think the samples come from?Black artist were actually more prominent in Rock and roll in the early days.But just like gospel and inspirational we must have different names for the same thing in this racist country.

I really like the idea of Rick Springfield bieng inducted its high time I say! He has released many ablums and produced 17 top ten hits and has been awarded a grammy for his music. I say why not? Besides he still rocks! You would be suprised to hear Rick still tours over 100 cities a year and is producing ablums on a regular basis. Have any of you heard Shock Denial Anger Acceptance! You would all freak out that Mr Springfield is still a great writer and musician even today! I hope he gets nominated as its very deserving of his career.

GodMama-

It is so very easy to join the chorus of uninformed folks who continue to regurgitate the myth that The Monkees were not musicians, and could not play or write their own material. If you bother to visit the petition website, you will find out some FACTS about what Dolenz, Jones, Tork and Nesmith had to go through, and what TRUE INTEGRITY REALLY MEANS. Better yet, google “The Monkees Tale” a book written by an Austrailian journalist that sheds light on The Monkees legacy. And as long as the RNRHOF wanna make it about a popularity contest, this band sold more records and had more top ten singles than half of the current inductees! Other musicians of the era did not buy into the prefab-bullshit – only biased and ignorant rock critics. Did you know that inductees Run DMC “sampled” Mike Nesmith’s composition “Mary Mary”, which was recorded by guess-who on their second LP? Didn’t think so. Say you aren’t a fan of their music, but in no way should that invalidate their contributions to rock. Mickey Dolenz could teach a handful of today’s self-important alt/rock stars how to carry a tune.

Annonymous … Beasties are ok … but really, they are not that great a band. They have thier place and I will give them their due … but please listen to “She’s On iT” … the guitar riff is a rip off of Cheap Trick’s “Stiff Competition” Which preceded She’s on it by a half dozen years.

It is not so much a Beasties vs. Trick war … they both deserve respect. Yet, we can all agree they are little punks with half the talent of Trick. Let’s move on.

It is the fact that Dave Marsh and his New York “unintelligencia” dislike Cheap Trick because Rick Nielsen would not play ball with him 25-30 years ago.

Let it go marsh and quit making the R&RHOF your won personal playlist.

True, neither Donna Summer nor Chic nor Madonna are TRUE Rock and Roll artits. If one of them can look back at their catalogue and point out some rock and roll related tracks it would definetely be Donna Summer (Hot Stuff, Cold Love) and not Chic or Madonna. Anyway: If one of them gets inducted first it has to be DONNA SUMMER. The best voice in the universe!!! People who have seen her sing live can’t deny that!

wheres the love in the hall of fame for prog rock man. Yes, King Crimson, Rush, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, all are not in the hall of fame. Its a crime man. Also the stooges not being in there is a crime against music. Without them there is no punk, no clash or sex pistols. It is a shame

Leonard Cohen is a pioneer of intelligent, honest, poetic, hypnotic and quasi-erotic-spiritual music.
He was ahead of his time and his music has stood the test of time…inspiring
and influencing many other artists.
He, of all the other nominees, including Madonna, deserves to be inducted. Induct the Poet…Screw Disco and all it’s minions.

Donna Summer gets my vote!

This is beyond pathetic.

Madonna sucks. You’re really going to put someone who put out trype in the 80’s like Lucky Star, hasn’t done anything of merit in 10 years, put out a song with the rhyme Soy Late/ double shot-ay

in the rock and roll hall of fame while ignoring the efforts of rock women like

Wanda Jackson
The Runaways/ Joan Jett
and Kate Bush?

People worship the ground Madonna and Courtney Love vomit on but these days but Joan Jett can’t get arrested and Kate Bush is scoffed at/ people are literally frightened of her.

I’m not totally against the Beastie Boys being in the rock and roll hall of fame but that should wait till WAY down the line, and in the meant time induct

Alice Cooper
Cheap Trick
AC/DC (far more diserving than Kiss imo)
King Crimson
Tom Waits
Yes (influenced many musicians including members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mars Volta, sold alot of albums with chalenging material, plus since the RNR Hall of Fame is in the rap game now, RZA is into them and King Crimson)
The New York Dolls
Steely Dan

But none of these bands will get in, cause the RNR HOF is a huge joke. Fans clamour for these kind of acts to get in and they get ignored. Jann Wenner picks whatever suits him.

You wanna know why stuff like King Crimson, Genesis, Rush, Yes et all never seem to get in? Cause there’s hardly any musicians on the RNR HOF hall of fame.

There’s hardly any musicans on the RNR HOF nominating board that’s why. It’s largely journalists and industry types.

RUSH

The Ventures, although charting 14 singles in the 1960s, were among the first rock acts able to sell albums on the strength of a style and sound without needing hit singles. From 1960 to 1972, they charted 37 albums on the U.S. Billboard chart, plus a top 10 Christmas Chart album. They rank 6th among album performers for the 1960s decade (Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Albums), 4th among rock genre performers for that period. The only rockers ranking ahead of them for the decade are Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Ray Charles.

They were the first group to chart five albums simultaneously (1963).

Among their chart albums was 1965’s “Play Guitar with The Ventures”, the first musical instrument instruction album ever to hit the Billboard chart. That’s influence.

Encyclopedia Brittanica on-line says that the Ventures served as the prototype for all the guitar bands which followed.

Their first hit, Walk Don’t Run, is in the Grammy Hall of Fame as a song of importance and influence on the culture.

They were the first act to go ‘Top 10′ with 2 different versions of the same song; Walk Don’t Run (2) and Walk Don’t Run ‘64 (8).

Their 1962 “2,000 Pound Bee” was the first single ever to chart using the fuzz tone (distortion box) on the electric guitar, more than 2 years before the Stones “Satisfaction”. While the Ventures are known for a clean reverbed sound, they used a variety of effects and pedals very early. They used them selectively, while maintaining their basic sound, so they’ve received little credit for early use.

Their influence on “surf rock” is undeniable, having played that style, among other styles (ballads, power guitar rock), two years before the Beach Boys first national hit and a full year before Dick Dale’s first regional hit. ‘Guitar Player’ magazine said the Walk Don’t Run album presaged the coming surf trend which was still a couple of years away. If the Ventures didn’t pioneer “surf rock”, they were certainly a key building block.

Among artists listing the Ventures as a favorite or an influence are George Harrison (Beatles), Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Stephen Stills, Peter Frampton, Roger Fisher (Heart), Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Blondie, the GoGos, and the B52s are groups that list the Ventures in their roots. More recently, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith have added their names to the list. Keith Moon (the Who), Max Weinberg, and Allen White (Yes) have identified the Ventures as a percussion influence. Even Elton John, in his Starbucks Christmas collection, pays homage to the Ventures.

Jeff Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers) and Gene Simmons (Kiss) were early members of the Ventures Fan Club.

Rick Derringer (The McCoys, solo, and Edgar Winter Group) named the McCoys (of Hang on Sloopy fame) after a Ventures original on the WDR album.

Oh by the way, in the mid 1960’s they opened the Orient to the electric guitar, having sold 40 million units in Japan alone.

I’m really quite appalled by the level of disgust directed toward Madonna.

If she’s really as sucky as you purport her to be, then why allow yourselves to be offended by her; and if people want to honor her supposed suckiness, then why is it any skin off your noses? Some people like to shake their butts; others prefer the mental masturbation of Leonard Cohen. It’s all just a matter of taste.

So just go and listen to your favorite bands and be happy.

It’s quite apparent from the posts that the majority here have no idea what Rock and Roll is, which is pathetic considering how vocal they are in their opinions.

If you want to know the kind of music that was originally known as Rock and Roll, I suggest you do some research. Try to understand why the term “Rock and Roll” was adopted to classify the new movement in music, and then you’ll realize that just about everything since in popular music is a form of Rock and Roll.

Rock, Disco, Rap, yup, it’s pretty much all the same. Try looking beneath the surface.

the absence of chicago,chubby checker and neil diamond makes the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a joke.Being from Philadelphia, thank god we weren’t selected as the hall site.

why is madonna getting inducted?what did she contributed to the music world?

I love the way some of you people complain about artists that need to be inducted. AC DC? Yeah they were inducted a long time ago. also, I’m very surprised that people are still posting comments. this story is already like 12 days old. move on people! wait a minute… why am I posting a message? Crap!

This is a shame! Yes, Brothers Johnson, Steve Perry, Fine Young Cannibals, Alexander O’Neal, ELP, all these and more should be inducted before Madonna.

Hey BEVERLY,
YOU are the shame. FYC before Madonna??? Get on the CLUE BUS LADY!!!

kiss, cheap trick , tull. yes. thin lizzy in there???? wtfn? iron btterfly? nazareth? you lost me at madonna. rock before pop. i question, all of the rock and roll hall of fame dids. its a kind of show , kind of dinner, use to be in cleveland. oh yeah it is, but, the party is in new york? now a days everything is being ruined. it just the reason why i dont buy, the mags, the cd’s and barely a concert ticket. its all about the big dollar, and who’s sponsoring it. instead of the music. it use to be about playing the music and getting to the next gig. is it going to be a lost at form soon too? i will rock forever!!!!

…BOYCOTT..rock & roll hall of shame until STEVIE RAY is inducted..this is a travesty …so sad……

…BOYCOTT..rock & roll hall of shame until STEVIE RAY is inducted..this is a travesty …so sad……

Are people still arguing about Madonna? Nobody ever said the woman was Mother Teresa. Let’s be honest here: Madonna is the only person on this list who still has a career–in fact, she’s the only person on this list who’s had a career for every one of the 25 years it took for her to get nominated.

WHAT CAN ONE SAY ABOUT THESE NOMINATIONS! THE 1 NOD THAT IS WAY OVERDUE IS DONNA SUMMER! WHAT CAN YOU SAY A ABOUT NOT A SINGER BUT DONNA IS A FORCE OF NATURE,HIGH PRIESTESS OF SONG! WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO CAN AND HAS SANG EVERY GENRE OF MUSIC AND WON AWARDS IN MOST OF THOSE CATAGORIES NOT TO MENTION AN OSCAR ALONG THE WAY. SHE HAS WROTE OR CO WROTE EVERY HIT SHE HAD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 3 OR 4.SHE HAS WRITTEN HITS FOR MAJOR ARTIST AND SHES AN EXCEPTIONAL PAINTER.ALL THAT SAID AND YOU PUT MADONNA(i’m still laughing at that 1)THE BEASTIES AND BAMBATTA(i’m throwing up on those 2)CHIC SHOULD GET IN AS ASAWELL AS JOHN COUGAR ONLY AFTER DONNA SUMMER! I’LL SAY THIS MADONNA IS OK I’VE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF HERS Y SHE COULDN’T SING HER WAY OUT OF A CLOSET NOR WOULD SHE KNOW A RIGHT NOTE IF IT SMACKED HER IN THE FACE! NOW HER GOOD POINTS SHE IS AN ENTERAINER A GREAT ONE AT THAT I’VE SEEN EVERY TOUR SHES DONE SINCE 1993 BUT I DON’T OWN ANY OF HER MUSIC HER SHOWMANSHIP EXCEEDS HER VOCAL ABILITY SHE SHOULD GET IN THE HALL BUT I THINK IT’S TOO SOON FOR HER.AS FOR THE BEASTIES AND BAMBATTA NEVER! AT LEAST NOT 2008
I DON’T KNOW WHAT 2 SAY ABOUT THE RRHF IT’S CRAZY THAT SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC ARTIST OF ALL TIME AREN’T IN AND I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THEM EITHER BUT THEY SHOULD BE IN THERE. IN A PERFECT WORLD THESE AR MY PICS 1)DIANA ROSS IT SHOULD BE A CRIME THAT THE WOMAN WHO SET THE BLUEPRINT FOR ALL THOSE WHO CAME AFTER HER ISN’T IN AS A SINGLE ARTIST! 2)GRACE JONES JUST ICONIC!
3)ASFORD & SIMPSON 4) PAT BENETAR 5)TINA TURNER 6)NINA SIMONE 7)RUFUS AND CHAKA KAHN ROXY MUSIC 9) HEART 10)STEPHANIE MILLS 11) EURYTHMICS 12)LABELLE 13)CHER 14)BARBARA STRIESAND 15)KISS I’M STOPPING NOW BUT YOU ALL GET MY POINT! IT WOULD BE FUNNY 2 SEE IF MADONNA GETS IN WITH THE WOMAN SHES BEEN COMPARED TO DONNA SUMMER
I’D LOVE TO SEE WHO MADGE REACTS TO REAL ROYALITY!

Both, Elton John and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, but only Elton John was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. This does not make any sense. If there was no Bernie Taupin, there wouldn’t be an Elton John. Bernie Taupin needs to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a lyricist in the “Non-performers” category. Bernie Taupin has also written lyrics for Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Melissa Manchester, Heart, and Starship.

Elton John and Rod Stewart are the only musicians in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame who Bernie Taupin has written for. Hopefully Alice Cooper and Heart will be next!

Bernie Taupin’s prolific work though with Elton John alone should qualify him for the Rock Hall!

Send your letters to the Rock Hall explaining why Bernie Taupin belongs in the Rock Hall!

Remember to mention “Lyricist” & “Non-Performers” category.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation
Joel Peresman, President
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
USA

The 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

The Ventures
The Dave Clark Five
Leonard Cohen
John Mellencamp
Madonna

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

Joan Baez
Bernie Taupin (Non-Performers category)

The 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Genesis
Chicago
Bloo d, Sweat & Tears
The Commodores
Kool & the Gang
Hall & Oates
Dire Straits
Jethro Tull
Cheap Trick

It really sucks that the ROCK HALL has lowered its inductions from 7 to 5 artists per year!

Ah yes, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

From Leonard Cohen to Weird Al Yankovic!

What are those stupid people doing !!! CHICAGO should have already been in the hall of fame!!! How can you overlook a band like that !!!!! Over 150 million records sold world wide !!!! What in the hell is the Hall thinking !!! Stupid people up there !!!1

When is Jeff Lynne and ELO going to be nominated? The nominating comittee is a joke.

Ok people what about RUSH?

My Picks.. The 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

The Ventures
Donna Summer
The Dave Clark Five
John Mellencamp
Madonna

Journey, for god’s sake.

Well this is for Mr Joel Peresman, president of the R&R Hall of Shame/Fame. Once again, I ask you how in the Hell!! you stupid people did not have CHICAGO as one of your nominees. WTF !!!!!!One of the legendary bands of all time and still going with all those albums sold. This band should have been one of the first to be in there assholes !!!!!! AND AGAIN I WILL NOT !!!!!!!! WATCH YOUR SHOW UNTIL CHICAGO IS PUT IN THE HALL OF FAME, AND I WISH EVERYBODY WOULD NOT WATCH UNTIL THERE BAND IS IN !!!!!!!!

rick..I know how you feel but I guess we have to wait it out

I agree with the several others that Chicago(1967), ELO(1971) and the Moody Blues(1964) need to be included in the Hall for it to be taken seriously. Without naming names, I am amazed at a couple of the bands that were let in on their first try and yet these three great originals are left out. You guys (Rock&Roll Hall) need correct these mistakes so get off your fat asses put them in there where they belong.

Madonna!?!? Is this some kind of cruel joke? Madonna’s music is Pop, not Rock & Roll. She is an enemy of rock. It’s like honoring Field Marshell Rommel at a U.S. Army banquet. Doesn’t the R&R Hall of Fame nominating committee realize Madonna helped pioneer a type of music (mindless, talentless Pop music) that began the downfall of Rock & Roll as the leading musical genre? Madonna influenced “artists” like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Fergie just to name of few. See any Rock & Roll bands here? What a joke. Shame on you Pop and Bubble Gum Hall of Fame.

My 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame picks:

The Ventures
John Mellencamp
Leonard Cohen
Donna Summer
The Dave Clark Five

Hope next years choices are better!

My prediction:

Madonna
Beasti e Boys
Leonard Cohen
John Mellencamp
Dave Clark Five

The best nominations ever!

I hope that Donna Summer, Chic, Madonna, The Dave Clark Five and Leonard Cohen get inducted. I am a music journalist from the UK and I’ve never heard of Afrika, The Ventures, or Mellencamp, and I hate the Beastie Boys.

Donna Summer and Chic are by far some of the most influential and under-rated acts ever. Donna Summer has sold over 150 million records worldwide and she was the original Madonna. Chic, on the other hand, have the best selling single for Atlantic Records (Le Freak) and have influenced many bands such as David Bowie and Duran Duran in the 80s.

And for those of you who say that Donna Summer is not rock, she was the first African-American female artist to win a Rock Grammy and has two hits in Rolling Stone’s top 500 rock songs of all time ( I Feel Love and Hot Stuff).

Finally according to a biography of Madonna, it says that her influencers were Donna Summer and Chic, along with Marilyn Monroe!

I’ve been reading that if Jann Wenner doesn’t like a particular band, it doesn’t get in.

Is that true?

I’m beginning to think that’s accurate, given the list of nominees. Though their nominations may be significant (or not), it’s way to premature for any of these people to be in the Hall, except for DC5 and the Ventures.

Otherwise, they should get real just and change the name to Jann Wenner’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Afrika…what?????? And Cohen is really a poet.

To maintain credibility (and I don’t know if it’s important to them or not), the Hall should rectify its past GLARING OMISSIONS elect 7 acts in ‘08: DC5, Chicago, the Ventures, the Moody Blues, Chubby Checker, the Stooges and the Animals.

That’s 7 acts that were around in and/or since the 60s. All very different and undisputedly influential.

None of the acts who were newly eligible this year should be in. Who gets in to any hall of fame on their first nom? Very very few. Beastie and Chic fans, they’ll get in….just take a number and have a seat.

so Harry the music journalist from the UK hasnt heard of the Ventures or Mellencamp.All I can say is Harry,you should not be in the business.Give it up!

The 2010 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Joan Baez
Jan & Dean
The Monkees
Bernie Taupin
Leonard Cohen
Chubby Checker
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chicago
Genesis
The Commodores
Kool & the Gang
Hall & Oates
Cheap Trick
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Heart

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame should go back to inducting over 15 artists per year like they used to do in the 1980s!

where the fk is JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, DEF LEPPARD, SCORPIONS, ALICE COOPER, DEEP PURPLE, RUSH, GENESIS, JETHRO TULL

THESE BANDS HAVE DONE BETTER STUFF THAN DONNA, CHIC & WHOEVER GOT INDUCTED THAT ISNT WORTHY

None more deserving than what can only be described as THE SUPERGROUP – The Ventures.. At last someone saw sense to induct these guys….over four decades and still going strong..God Bless America…Keith (UK)

I agree with Martin: WHERE THE FRACK IS RUSH???!!! And how did REM ever get inducted? This is unbelievable and this is the last year I give a s***. What a silly crock. THE Rock&Roll Hall of Fame is on the shelves in my living room…

2008 Rock & Roll Hall picks:

John Mellencamp
Leonard Cohen
Donna Summer
The Dave Clark Five
The Ventures

Foe those of you not familuar with Donna Summer;

Donna Summer, without question, possesses the most versatile voice in popular music. Her forays into Rock, disco, R&B, country, dance, jazz, Broadway, and gospel are unparalleled in their quality and breadth. She’s earned five Grammy Awards in Four different genre categories, including “Best Rock Female”, amassed four era-defining number one pop singles and three consecutive number one albums, a stack of gold and platinum discs, and boldly pushed beyond the “Queen of Disco” title she rightfully earned during her reign of the dance floor in the 1970s.

Bad Girls (1979) & The Wanderer (1980) LP featured an intoxicating blend of new wave and rock and stands as the commercial and critical peak of Summer’s career. Rock critics, who were known to be less than complimentary about dance, couldn’t deny these album’s innovative mixture of rock and R&B music.

Recently signed to Sony BMG’s Burgundy imprint, Donna Summer is gearing up for a 2008 release of her first full-length album of new material in years.

WHAT BUGS ME IS WHY U ALL THINK U KNOW IT ALL AFTER YOUR HIGH SCHOL DAYS WAHT MATTERS IS WHAT GOSE ON AND DONNA DID PLZ JUST GIVE IT A REMEMBRIENCE NOT A TOKE

WHAT BUGS ME IS WHY U ALL THINK U KNOW IT ALL AFTER YOUR HIGH SCHOL DAYS WAHT MATTERS IS WHAT GOSE ON AND DONNA DID PLZ JUST GIVE IT A REMEMBRIENCE NOT A TOKE

Why was Disco hated? Please tell me. I was born in the late 80s and I have never understood why some people are so paranoid about liking disco.

I really don’t see the difference between the likes of Donna Summer to Pat Benotar and Deborah Harry, all three are singer/songwriters and were all very successful in the late 70s/early 80s.

Before any of the new nominees are put in, we need to settle some old scores from the last few years. Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, NY Dolls, The Stooges, Def Leppard and T. Rex need to be put in. I also think that if the Temptations, Supremes and 4 Tops are in, then they need to stop penalizing the Monkees for not playing the instruments on the first 2 albums. It is still their vocals and those boys did make a pretty good sound. Put them in!

Donna Summer ??, The original “Pop Queen” known around the world for her many 70’s & 80’s Pop/dance hits and her many musical styles including Rock. 4 decades of music and still filling concert halls globally! No Radio Hit Needed.

Not many female artist alive today have those accomplishments…

The Ventures INVENTED what almost everyone has done with a guitar in rock. It’s about time. It’s incredibly stupid that they weren’t inducted the very first year of the damned RRHOF awards.

Where’s Neil Sedaka? He’s given us a career spanning 50 years of music and has written over 1,000 songs. I wonder how long some of these other nominees will be around. VOTE NEIL IN!

Induct Rush

Neil Sedaka is a good choice.
He deserves it, with his 50 years carreer in the business…

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Joan Baez
Jan & Dean
The Monkees
Chubby Checker
Leonard Cohen
Bernie Taupin
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chicago
Genesis
The Commodores
Kool & the Gang
Hall & Oates
Cheap Trick
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Heart

RUSH is long overdue. They have 24 gold records and 14 platinum records (3 of which have gone multiplatinum), placing them within the top 5 for the most consecutive gold albums by a rock band.

What about Ten Years After, Los Lobos,Savoy Brown,Tower Of Power,Chicago,Electric Flag,Canned Heat,The Blasters. Wake Up! you guys

Ugh, as if I need to say this…

this is supposed to be the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not the POP Music Hall of Fame. With that obvious statement made, most of these “artists” mentioned in the latest nominee list DO NOT belong there.

Bands like the Moody Blues and Chicago should be there without a second thought.

I give Donna Summers and Madonna all respect in Pop music, but before they go into the Hall of Fame, then certain other female rockers need to get in there first: Heart, the Runaways and Suzi Quatro and anyone who has any derogatory comments regarding these artists first need to understand what the whole point of the Hof was supposed to be. The ladies kicked arse – end of conversation. Besides, if that no talent piece of sh*t, Patti Smith deserves entry, then the talented glamour ladies that I mentioned most certainly need to be there.

Every year a new list from the hall.
And every year bands that had more influence on RNR are passed buy.

Until the hall recognizes the efforts of those artists I will never visit the hall.

Rush and The E Street Band never nominated in 9 years of eligibility. These bands had a huge impact on RNR and nothing.

Of the nine choices for the 2008 class “Four” should be no brainers but the fifth to me is very difficult to determine.
The “four” that should make it in are
1. John Mellencamp
2. Beastie Boys
3. Madonna
4. Dave Clark 5 (should have been last year but got the shaft from Jan)

The fifth one should be either Neil Diamond or Chicago but unfortunately they weren’t nominated.
I would choose Donna Summer based solely on the fact if “Disco” has to represented why not have the most successful artist from that era.

The 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Joan Baez
Jan & Dean
The Monkees
Chubby Checker
Leonard Cohen
Bernie Taupin
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chicago
Genesis
The Commodores
Kool & the Gang
Hall & Oates
Cheap Trick
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Heart
Rush
The Cars
Weird Al Yankovic

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will not hold any real weight with me until they nominate/induct performers like Rush, Styx, Boston, Kansas and ELO.

Just compare the history of RUSH(# of albums that went gold, platimun, multi-platimun with artists who are in the Hall now and you’ll fall off your chair. What’s wrong with the Hall? Did anyone of these judges ever sit down and read the incredible words of Neil Peart? RUSH songs inspire and should be recognized by all ages. Their music is incredible.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should put in Rush of course, but other bands that have been ignored like Journey (Who were the first ones to use a big screen on stage, thus changing concerts forever), REO Speedwagon, (Where would rock be without the Power Ballad), KISS, Genesis, Styx, Def Leppard, Metallica, and many more should be nominated before the Beatsie Boys and everyone else on the list for 2008 with the exception of Madonna and John Mellencamp. I am not a fan of Madonna, but she has been popular for many years and is more deserving then many other acts in the R&R hall of fame. Who comes up with the nominees anyway? They should for at least once every 5 years, poll Rock and Roll fans on who should be in it instead of making the Hall a joke.

I think VH1 Rock Honors are doing a better job then the Hall of Fame.

it’s one thing to say why not so and so and complain about that, but the absolute hatred of Madonna is just plain juvenile. A good song is a good song, and sadly, you haven’t done your research before throwing your daggers. Madonna does play instruments, she does put 100% into her albums (anyone around this long would have to). She is a control freak, therefore I invite you to watch the Confessions Tour DVD, particularly the Behind the Scenes stuff, when have your artists put that much into an entire tour, every element of it? That’s dedication. Oh, and as far as music, I have yet to find myself connect lyricwise with anyone more than her, but then again, you guys aren’t listening to all of her stuff, are you? What about songs like these?

Live to Tell
Oh Father
Paradise
Mer Girl
Gone

The list goes on quite a bit, but sadly mainstream doesn’t accept that Madonna writes some amazing songs, ones that really connect with her audiences. (that’s why she’s still selling 400.00 tickets for shows with mainly songs from her newest albums, not just greatest hits) Her audience connects with these songs, and has literally grown up with her catalog. I have seen a young girl, her father and grandfather at the same show. All walks of life connect to her music including my 60-something mother who recently passed away, who loved Live to Tell and what it meant to her. The same way a friend and I connected to Paradise, me for its take on depression, but for him, the line “I can’t remember when I was young” was a connection because of his memory loss from an accident. In fact, Madonna is one of the few artists who conveys the human condition so well. Sure, she can dance like nobody’s business, but she truly is an artist to me. All of you should consider things outside of your own little world and open your mind a bit.

ok so when do you guys think KoRn will be inducted in the rock n’ roll hall of fame?Whether you people like them or not everyone of their studio albums have gone platinum, 4 of them multi platinum and 4 of them platinum their newest album thats been out for 3 months just recently was certified gold.They have sold 32 million albums world wide and 2.5 million dvds and god knows how much merchdise they have sold.I know im a Korn fanatic but they will be inducted in someday whether you guys like it or not.

Rush have made like 40 albums and only 3 have been certified multi platinum, Korn have made 8 albums and already 4 of them have been certified multi platinum.

Sorry, don’t get me wrong Rush are an amazing band(I love their songs YYZ and Tom Saywer), i just had to get that out.Don’t think im some kid who listens to just newer bands like korn i listen to all sorts of rock like from pink floyd to metallica, to pearl jam, etc…

and Yes i agree Rush should be in the rock n’ roll hall of fame, they should have been in it 10 years ago.

These are the artists that are mostly noted as being overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by fans on the internet:

Joan Baez
Leonard Cohen
Jan & Dean
The Monkees
Chubby Checker
The Big Bopper
Dionne Warwick
Patti LaBelle
Paul Anka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Diamond
Willie Nelson
The Ventures
The Dave Clark Five
The Searchers
Herman’s Hermits
The Turtles
The Troggs
The Hollies
Steppenwolf
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Canned Heat
Yes
Jethro Tull
The Moody Blues
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chicago
Genesis
The Commodores
Kool & The Gang
Hall & Oates
The Cars
Rush
Cheap Trick
Heart
Alice Cooper
Dire Straits
Doobie Brothers
Deep Purple
Jim Croce
Linda Ronstadt
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Journey
Styx
Boston
REO Speedwagon
Electric Light Orchestra
Bernie Taupin (Lyricist; Non-Performers Category)
KISS

Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Harry Belafonte
Bing Crosby

What about THE SHANGRI-LAS???!!

Where the Hell is DONOVAN????

14 top 40 singles. Influenced just about everyone after him and continues to do so.

It is a crime he is not in the Hall.

Please!There are alot of more deserving people than Mellencamp.And I am from Indiana.There are alot of people who need to go in before him.It’s like every year he has also led his own campaign to get in.Pearl Jam definitely before Mellencamp!

I can’t understand why Queen of Rock, Tina Turner hasn’t been inducted as a solo artist yet. She has more than eclipsed Ike now. And, also, look at Paul Simon, in on his own and with Simon and Garfunkel. Surely Tina is is a bigger solo star than Paul Simon, and the Ike & Tina Revue bigger in their day than Simon & Garfunkel. Surely?!

Rush AND Kiss are snubbed once again, not a suprise considering they both have cult followings and have influenced a few generations of musicians-and not to mension Rush is still writing GOOD new material and is touring-this is BS RS!

It’s time to bring Rush in from the cold! RRHF needs to quit the obnoxious, pointless, nonsensical freeze-out they’ve had against this amazing Canadian Rock band. They’ve paid their dues, they’ve remaind faithful to thier fans and their principles and they are greatly respected and revered by the musician-world, if not as much by the “music-world” (Pop media/radio). Make it so!

Like it or not, progressive Rock is a part of Rock and Roll history that continues to influence artists.

Whether you like it or not, Rush is not only one of the top selling Rock and Roll bands, not only do they continue to make music, not only do they continue to tour with an incredible production at reasonable prices (unlike some other older acts who charge several hundred per ticket), but they have indeed influenced artists and musicians alike to this very day. There is no question they should be in, and should have been in years ago when they became eligible.

There is something about the hall committee that ignores progressive rock. This is the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, not the disco hall, not the pop hall, not the rap hall; This is the ROCK HALL. And like it or not, the entire area of progressive rock is a part of that history and is a part of rock music today.

Pink Floyd wasnt the only prog band (though you wouldnt know that from who was inducted in the past). Rush, Yes, Genesis, Alice Cooper, Styx, and the Moody Blues took rock in a far different direction (again, like it or not).

Its almost as if they are choosing bands not on the criteria they laid out to the public, but rather the idea of making everyone happy and finding a balance “a little rap, a little pop, a little disco, a little rock”. If its supposed to be a rock and roll hall of fame, lets stick to that first.

This hall is and always will be a joke until the recognize this important history and influence these artists and progressive artists alike had in live concerts, musicianship, and pushing three bar rock songs into new places.

Rush
Kiss
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Yes
Genesis
The Moody Blues
Styx
Jethro Tull
Peter Gabriel

all passed over again.

I am so happy that THE VENTURES are nominated for their rightful place in the Hall of Fame. I only feel bad that Mel Taylor died before they got this honor. I still am amazed when I hear such things as THE VENTURES PLAY THE COUNTRY CLASSICS. There is no group quite like them. I still love SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE, DIAMOND HEAD and JOURNEY TO THE STARS. Finally!!!!

Lets put everyone in the motherfucker!!!!
like the Cowsills

Paul Schaeffer (who is quite involved with the RRHOF) declared NEIL DIAMOND to be a Rock Legend on a VH1 special. Some feel he’s too contemporary in a Barry Manilow/Bette Midler vein of music.

Baloney, Neil’s early hits were rock from the beginning. Classics! There have been many covers of Diamond’s work. Give the man his due while he is still alive, please.

Oops, sorry about that. I also believe the Moody Blues and Blood, Sweat & Tears belong in the Rock Hall.

Class of 2008:

Madonna
John Mellencamp
Donna Summer
The Dave Clark 5
The Ventures

Hard to think of bands that had influence the way Rush, Deep Purple, the Moody Blues, Genesis, and other more deserving artists had over the history or Rock.

Very sad that the rock hall, which is supposed to be the biggest reward continues to pass over very deserving artists.

I never hear even a whisper of these bands getting in from the rock hall in spite of the cries of many fans.

INDUCT NOW!!

Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Leonard Cohen
The Kingston Trio
Peter, Paul and Mary
Jan & Dean
The Monkees
Chubby Checker
The Big Bopper
Dionne Warwick
Patti LaBelle
Roberta Flack
Ashford & Simpson
Chad & Jeremy
Harry Belafonte
Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
Bing Crosby
Paul Anka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Diamond
Willie Nelson
Lou Rawls
Barbara Streisand
The Ventures
The Dave Clark Five
The Searchers
Herman’s Hermits
The Turtles
The Troggs
The Hollies
Steppenwolf
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
King Crimson
Canned Heat
The Guess Who
Yes
Jethro Tull
The Moody Blues
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chicago
Genesis
The Commodores
Kool & The Gang
Hall & Oates
The Cars
Rush
Cheap Trick
Heart
Alice Cooper
Dire Straits
Doobie Brothers
Deep Purple
Jim Croce
Linda Ronstadt
Donna Summer
Bette Midler
Carly Simon
Carole King (Performers category) She is in as a writer only!
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Journey
Styx
Boston
REO Speedwagon
Electric Light Orchestra
Bernie Taupin (Lyricist; Non-Performers Category)
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
KISS
Judas Priest
Tom Waits
Barry White
The Osmonds
Sonny & Cher
Cher
Chic

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.

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

How about LAURIE BISER-WOLFE?

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!

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

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?

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.

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….

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?

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

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.”

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

This last comment nailed it on the head.

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

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

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?!!!

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

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!

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.”

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

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 8)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

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 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.

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

APRIL WINE

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.

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….

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.

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.

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

How about JAMES GANG and MOUNTAIN!

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!!!!!

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

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!

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

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

Freddie King and Albert King are long overdue!!

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

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

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!!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!!

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.

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…

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.

Lionel Ritchie?! Yeah, he was major influence.

“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.

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.

“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.

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.

“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.

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?

“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.

“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.

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…

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 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…

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

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!

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

ELO
CHEAP TRICK
KISS
BOSTON
THIN LIZZY
RUSH

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!!

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

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.

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”

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.

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

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!

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!!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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? 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?

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.

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….

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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!!!!!!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 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….

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.

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.

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.

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

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

now when will donna summer and abba.

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.

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

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?

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.

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”

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

this is just stupid its a discrase to rock history

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???????

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.

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

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.

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!!!!!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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…

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!!!!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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..

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!
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!

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.

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)

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.

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

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 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 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?

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????

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

One band: Chicago.

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

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!

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

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?

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.

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…

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.

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!

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”!

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.

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!

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

I agree with the prevailing opinion on this page that the R&RHOF diminishes its credibility a little more every year. If it is REALLY about the music, then induct musicians based on their music and how it influenced the industry. Leave politics out of it. Otherwise, call it something else and add retiring congressmen and other politicians to the list of those eligible. At least that would be honest. Ted Kennedy for 2010???

Oh yeah, one other word…. RUSH!

So, Journey was one of the best bands ever, and had, hands down, the best vocalist in rock’s history, and they aren’t in? I agree with the Sex Pistols. Lol

There are a lot of great points made regarding the bands below however I’m suprised that the following are NOT already inducted:

1.) Neil Diamond
2.)the Moody Blues
3.)ELO/Jeff Lynne
4.)Todd Rundgren
5.)Hall and Oates

You may not like one (or all) of the above acts however you can not deny their influence on rock.

Here is the rest of my list that should be inducted:

6.) Lou Reed
7.) Tom Waits
8.) Yes
9.) Rush
10.)Steve Miller
11.)Jethro Tull
12.)Genesis
13.)Chicago
14.) T.Rex
15.) Cheap Trick

PS This enitre list should have gone in before the class of 2008 (including Cohen).

madonna sucks! iron maiden priest alice copper all of them should be in instead

It is truly truly amazing that the Moody Blues have not been nominated yet. To see people like Madonna and the Beastie Boys, two groups you can’t even consider rock and roll (and have never been played on any rock and roll station I have ever listen to) is a joke. To have them nominated and not a group that was so influential in perhaps being the first to bring orchestral music and rock and roll together is a crime.

Lets rename the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – the Pop Hall of Fame and be done with it already. Its certainly not the rock and roll hall of fame after this.

What about Heart??..I mean come on..Madonna….she influenced idiots liek Britney Spears…and she isn’t rock!! THere are so many other people/bands that should be in there…Ugh Madonna….I get so mad thinking abotu the fact that Heart isn’t in there…along with other greats

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

How about The Move?

Once again lets not forgot Humble Pie

What about the great Shangri-Las?
They were really original and so unlike all the other girl groups at the time.
So many stars like Amy Winehouse, Blondie, Joan Jett etc. quote them as an early influence. Mary Weiss has just made a comeback with a new and is still rockin’ and touring with Memphis band The Reigning Sound.

WTF??? Madonna? MADONNA?! Madonna is a pop singer, she isn’t a rock musician just because she tried to play the guitar on her concert? The R n’ R Hall of Fame is the biggest joke ever. I mean, EVER. Michael JAckson is OK, cuz Beat it is rock, but they should think twice before screwing their reputation up just to sell out.

What about Rush? They’re eligible since ‘99 and they’re still not IN IT? They’ve got 14 platinum records (3 of them are multiplatinum), 24 gold records and they’re between the Top 4 Consecutive Gold Records in rock music. F*** Rolling Stone and the R&R HofFame.

I guess 25 years and 100 million + records aint enough for Bon Jovi….maybe if they sang about doing heroin under a bridge or blow their heads off with a shotgun or like madonna showed more #$$%^& they might have got in….it should be for the people and although Bon Jovi is a little bubble gum i grew up with it and still enjoy it………………..maybe if John makes a sex tape they will gat in

why didnt Bon Jovi get in? If im not mistaken they are one of the best selling acts of all time……just because there is no drugs and or sorrow around their music should not keep them out….their songs might not be “DEEP” but they were deep to me …….i grew up with them…..and still enjoy their music…..shame on the rock and roll hall of fame for not being able to get over the fact that a 80’s hair band might be special

When Is Arthur Lee & Todd Rundgren going to be inducted???

I agree with many of these suggestions. I also am not a fan of Madonna but realize she is influential. But Bon Jovi should die

Where is The Guess Who, or, at least Mr. Burton Cummings, HE’S fn AWESOME!
How About Led Zep?

Please…………

Jon Bon Jovi should be in. Something is wrong when Madonna’s in and Bon Jovi isn’t.

Jon Bon Jovi should be in. Something is wrong when Madonna’s in and Bon Jovi isn’t.

led zep was in ‘95 nicole. how about rush,ufo,deep purple,motorhead,judas priest oh and a little band called iron maiden.
congrats to the bay area thrashers on gettin in.

MADONNA FOR 2008 NOMINATION COME ON!!!!!!!! it’s called the Rock & Roll hall of fame not Pop Singer Hall Of Fame WHO’S ENTERING IN 2009
GROOVE COVERAGE(i like GROOVE COVERAGE just using them for a point, BUT I HATE MADDONA!!!!!

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After the induction of people like Madonna and Leonard Cohen, I could care less about the RRHOF…

What about Neil Sedaka?

I think that the rationale is “most of the inductees have rattles some nerves”–Madonna clearly has, anti-war vids, so forth, thus the induction. But yeah, you’re right, she doesn’t belong there [though I like her music].

The Moody Blues
Three Dog Night
Electric Light Orchestra
Chicago
just a few of the 70s artists, just dealing with that era alone. The listis even smaller after that decade. The list of 60s artists not incouded is endless.

What about the, “known” bands? Thin Lizzy, Kiss, Venom, King Diamond? Why are they not in yet? Why do some acts from the 50’s get in with the acts from the 80’s? It does not make any sense.

I am simply tired of all the haters
who try to rip Lady Madonna apart.
Madonna changed rock & roll in her own beautiful way. Since it’s impossible to separate her recording from her personal life, the lady’s music is autobiographical and heartfelt.
Some examples-Borderline,
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,
Live to Tell, The Look of Love,
Spotlight, Promise to Try,
Something to Remember,
Crazy for You, Rain, Take a Bow,
You’ll See, You Must Love Me,
Ray of Light, Music,
Beautiful Stranger, Nothing Fails,
Your Honesty, Hung Up,
Evita’s Lament,
Future Lovers/I Feel Love
and Miles Away-an impressive track record, if you ask me-her beautiful
voice is shot through with sadness, loss and rage because of her mother’s death. At the ceremony, Madonna said that she’s been possessed with magic-Madonna
is here to do one thing only-to bring joy and happiness to people’s
ordinary lives so that we’ll all
confess on the dance floor of life! I am a hardcore rock fan
(AC/DC, the Black Crowes,
Living Colour) but I also love Madonna because she is the last of
a type-pop/rock’s classic era
(The Beatles, Elton John,
the Eagles and U2)-her music will last forever because she knows her way with a touching lyric
and a memorable tune-something that the Mariah Careys
and Kelly Clarksons of the world know nothing about. As far as
singing, writing, musicianship
and production-Madonna Ciccone
is rock & roll!!

I am simply tired of all the haters
who try to rip Lady Madonna apart.
Madonna changed rock & roll in her own beautiful way. Since it’s impossible to separate her recording from her personal life, the lady’s music is autobiographical and heartfelt.
Some examples-Borderline,
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,
Live to Tell, The Look of Love,
Spotlight, Promise to Try,
Something to Remember,
Crazy for You, Rain, Take a Bow,
You’ll See, You Must Love Me,
Ray of Light, Music,
Beautiful Stranger, Nothing Fails,
Your Honesty, Hung Up,
Evita’s Lament,
Future Lovers/I Feel Love
and Miles Away-an impressive track record, if you ask me-her beautiful
voice is shot through with sadness, loss and rage because of her mother’s death. At the ceremony, Madonna said that she’s been possessed with magic-Madonna
is here to do one thing only-to bring joy and happiness to people’s
ordinary lives so that we’ll all
confess on the dance floor of life! I am a hardcore rock fan
(AC/DC, the Black Crowes,
Living Colour) but I also love Madonna because she is the last of
a type-pop/rock’s classic era
(The Beatles, Elton John,
the Eagles and U2)-her music will last forever because she knows her way with a touching lyric
and a memorable tune-something that the Mariah Careys
and Kelly Clarksons of the world know nothing about. As far as
singing, writing, musicianship
and production-Madonna Ciccone
is rock & roll!!

Serious WTF is this shit?! Wheres The Guess Who and Rush? Why do they hate canadians so badly? Rush has a ridiculous amount of Gold and Platinum Albums. This is actually pathetic.
Where are:
Kiss
Heart
Thin Lizzy

(Metallica better get in next year.)

The Cars
Rush
Cheap Trick
Def Leppard
Pat Benatar
Heart
Boston

We were in Cleveland two years ago and did not go into the hall of fame even though we were right next door at the science museum largely because of the bands that have not been included.

After last years show, in which a lounge lizard and pop star who has NEVER recorded a rock song during her entire career were inducted, this organization lost ALL of its meaning and merit…..

Jethroe Tull not being in the Hall of Fame is insanity.

The R&R Hall of Shame is forever a loser.

I agree with the folks who wonder where Rush is and the lack of prog rock bands like Yes, ELP and Genesis. How many of the recent bands like Iggy Pop, Beastie Boys and Run DMC can fill stadiums like Genesis and Rush. And where in the hell is Dick Dale? The guy not only invented surf music, but was also responsible for the introduction of larger amps that led to heavy metal! Before we put more rappers in the Hall let’s make sure the true legends of …ROCK & ROLL get in. Thank God they decided to put Jeff Beck in this year or I would have lost all faith.

I came across an article over the weekend about this years ceremony. It looks like that this organization will continue to insult and anger real rock and roll fans as the no-talent thug Eminem will be on hand to induct Run DMC…I do not have anything against Run DMC, but Eminem is truly horrible and should not be there…..You know the guy has probably NEVER HEARD of Jeff Beck….

rock and roll hall of shame is a fucking joke, madonna instead of iron maiden?

The presence of Eminem at any music ceremony is an insult to anybody who has ever had musical talent, been involved in music, or has tried to make it as a proffesional musician…

Shame on you, RRHOF…..

Where is Nirvana ????? anybody know.

I’ve been to the R&RHF twice and it’s getting worse. If I want R&B I can stay in Detroit. Yes, I’m a singer in a R&R band and won’t be back til they are. Rolling Stone sucks worse than Toyota.

UMMMM…. KISS REALLY needs to be in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame!! They have all the requirements to get in, so why aren’t they! EVERYONE loves KISS ALL over the world!!!

What about Journey
REO
Styx
Yes
RUSH

just to name a few of the deserving.

What about Journey
REO
Styx
Yes
RUSH

just to name a few of the deserving.

In addition to all the prog and glam rock groups mentioned (especially T-Rex and Duran) Sweet REALLY needs to be added, as well as – and I know some will either say ‘Who?’ or ‘Are you KIDDING?’ but, MARILLION, also some of the most talented musicians and songwriters on the PLANET, who have been making exceptional music for almost three decades themselves…..

It would be nice to see an artist who is less deserving than RUSH postpone their nomination by declining on behalf of the trio..

It would be nice to see an artist who is less deserving than RUSH postpone their nomination by declining on behalf of the trio..

For years this “Hall of Fame” institution has been a joke-
Just like the magazine whose name is at the top of this blog.
The R&R “Hall of Shame” is controlled by a little cabal including the publishers of this rag mag.
They like what they like and hate prog rock. They don’t care how many millions more fans and records these groups sold than some of the people already in- nor do they care about the huge influence these groups had on the genre. It’s just not pure enough for them.
They’re guilty of small minded thinking of the worst sort- the kind of outlook that the true free spirit of rock and roll is diametrically opposed to.

I never was a Sex pistol fan until I heard their quote about the Hall of Fame- “a piss-stain”.
So someone go start a real one!
(And meantime let’s ignore this one and everything about it)

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I have said this before and I will say it again. This hall is a disgrace. It has ignoredsome of the most important bands in rock history and to really rub salt in the wound it has inducted bubblegum, rap, and other artists outside the rock genre. Rock is defined by it’s music and not popularity, rebellion, or influence outside the rock genre. Anyway, here’s my top 50 bands/people I would like to see inducted( I have been messing with this list for awhile now):
1.Deep Purple
2.Steppenwolf
3.Moody Blues
4.Blue Oyster Cult
5.Alice Cooper
6.Budgie
7.Judas Priest
8.Iron Maiden
9.Heart
10.Journey
1 1.Genesis
12.Guess Who
13.Rainbow
14.Def Lepard
15.Styx
16.Thin Lizzy
17.Ted Nugent
18.The Scorpions
19.J.Geils Band
20.Rush
21.Boston
22.F oreigner
23.Motorhead
24.Hum ble Pie
25.Cheap Trick
26.Mott the Hoople
27.Grand Funk Railroad
28.Bon Jovi
29.Ozzy Osbourne.solo
30.Bad Company
31.The James Gang
32.Uriah Heep
33.Geogre Thorogood and the Destroyers
34.Supertramp
35. Pat Benatar
36.Warren Zevon
37.Ringo Starr.solo
38.Peter Frampton.solo
39.Bachmen-Turn er Overdrive
40.Three Dog Night
41.Billy Squier
42.Bad Brains
43.Pat Travers Band
44.Don Mclean
45.Chubby Checker
46.Red Hot Chili Peppers
47.Pantera
48.Slade

49.The Sweet
50.Quiet Riot
Now some might be wondering wheres Kiss, The Stooges, New York Dolls, etc. I am just not a fan of alot of those bands, but I know they belong in for their fans and influence. Feel free to comment on this list or make your own. Thanks.

I agree that the Red Hot Chili Peppers should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I’m pretty sure that in order for a band to be inducted their first album have to be atleast 25 years old. The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album) was release August 10, 1984, so their first album will be 25 years old this year.

I have no doubt that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, because they are the best rock band still alive and that has ever lived.

Oh, and yes. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke.
Let’s just hope in 25 years they don’t induct lil Wayne and kevin rudolf for Let It Rock.

The group YES has been going at it for 40 years and out shines all others with their talent.

I don’t think some of the most innovative, creative, and unique, and virtuoso rock music ever played will ever be nominated for this sham of an “honor”-music such as YES, Rush, ELP, etc. I think the critics are still after all these years miffed that people who actually took musicianship seriously and had visions for their music beyond the “sex drugs rock and roll” formula for their music dared to exist and play music that was not only interesting and pleasing to the ear AND the mind, but to play it so well and with such innovation that it was above the critic’s heads. They still resent it, and will never nominate these groups who were all about the music and of whom the critics couldn’t fantasize themselves in their shoes-they might could see themselves screaming and bashing an instrument, but even in their dreams they couldn’t play and create the new sounds coming from these guys. They resented them then, and I think they will always resent them. These bands were above their adolescent fantasies and did something the PBTB at RRHOF could never do even in their dreams. Groups like ELP, Rush, and YES were more than “just a singer in a rock and roll band”. And their popularity has never been repeated since the wide open days of the late Sixties/early Seventies , the critics can’t handle prog and won’t allow it a hearing. After all, the world hasn’t yet been saturated enough with rap (no instrumental prowess, much less virtuosity, required) and pop (same, sometimes they can dance a little). But it’s not musical talent.

whwere is ELP and progressive rockers ?

Motley Crue helped start 80’s metal and that was not a bad thing so lets not forget about them.

SHE HAS MADE A CAREER OUT OF RIPPING EVERYBODY OFF – HAVE A LOOK AT AISHAMUSIC.COM TO GET AN IDEA OF THE LENGTHS SHE HAS GONE TO TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SHE IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF SPACE AND DOESNT DESERVE ANY SORT OF RECOGNITION AT ALL EXCEPT AS A THIEF. HER FACADE AS A SPIRITUAL ALL-KNOWING GURU AND HUMANITARIAN IS DESPICABLE. IF SHE HAD ANY DECENCY AT ALL, EVERYTHING SHE HAS EARNED SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE SHE HAS STOLEN FROM.

Madonna and Run DMC in, and the Moody Blues and Jethro Tull out. Three things the hall hates…

1. British Bands
2. Any band with a hint of a classical side.
3. Any band with a Flute player.

The hall hates almost every band I’ve loved…morons.

Truth of the matter is…you have to “kiss” Rolling Stone Magazines ASS in order to get into the hall…KISS will continue to be denied, because they refuse to kiss anyones ass!!!

One word…..Chicago!

Lol, but that doesn’t stop the rock hall from selling any of their music in the gift shop. The rock hall is crap. Run DMC? Gimme break. I;ve seen 6 yr olds that can play guitar hero that deserve to be inducted over a hefty load that already are, lol

The RnR Hall of Fame is a JOKE.

Period.

End of Story.

wheres the red hot chili peppers!i think they are eligible as of this year they should be in here without a doubt

I was just at the R&R HoF NYC and wtf is 50cent, White Striped and other bullshit bands doing there? Isn’t that be-bop crap called rap? I knew there was a reason I decided to quit listening to main stream music. Never did see other greats such as Beach Boys and other bands who actually made an impact in the rock and roll genre… screw the hall of fame it’s a waste of time…

ALRIGHT, RUSH, ACDC, PAT BENETAR, PEARL JAM, GENESIS, BOSTON ALL DESERVE TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME.

RUSH IS MOST DESERVING OF BEING IN THE HALL. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING ALBUMS ALMOST 40 YEARS, WITH 17 STUDIO ALBUMS. THEY HAVE A TOP 3 DRUMMER OF ALL TIME, A TOP 10 BASSIST OF ALL TIME, AND ALEX CAN SHRED ON GUITAR. THE HALL IS IGNORANT TO ALL BANDS WHO ARENT FROM AMERICA. WHY DONT YOU JUST TAKE THE STONES AND THE BEATLES OUT OF THE HALL, BECAUSE IF RUSH DOESNT DESERVE TO BE THERE THEY DONT EITHER

NUFF SAID.

The whole idea of music hall of fame is stupid. Hall of fames are for sports. It is just a shameless attempt to politically correctly make a bunch of money of of mindless music fans from all over the world to waste money of plane fare, hotel rooms and bolster the Cleveland economy and line some dolts pockets who call themselves music officials but are just shameless capitalists.
Anybody who visits this sacrilege masquerading as an institution is a small brained retard.
This hall will induct anybody who will make them more money and keep the rainbow coalition off their backs by inducting rap artists and minorities into their income coffers. It is amazing how the public has a complete inability to see through the scams that are perpatrated on them. Somebody burn down the Rock and Roll hall of fame!
Some intelligent person once said “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intellegence of the average consumer” The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is proof of that!

How the hell is Madonna rock?What about Joan Jett? Lita Ford? Pat Benatar? Heart? Stevie Nicks? Tina Turner? The real female rockas!Not that fluffy pop bullshit!

I still cannot believe CHICAGO is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Whatever!

It is crazy Madonna made it before Pat. I believe Pat was eligible since 2003. It REALLY makes me angry and sick!

its not because madonna is not “rock and roll” that i object to her being named in the rock and roll hall of fame – - – ITS CAUSE SHE SUCKS!!! she is basically talentless.she cant act, she cant really sing without a lot of help. she doesnt write music, or play an instrument. she lip-syncs her concert.
she copies other acts, on and off the stage, ie; monroe, jolie, the solo dance scene from the movie ’saturday night fever’,she ruined that classic ‘american pie’ song, she moves to england and all of a sudden she speaking with an english accent, what the hell is that all about. lets put it this way, if she were a food: she would be a twinkie, if she were a comedian she would be a hack.
SHAME ON THOSE WHO INDUCTED HER INTO THE R&R HALL OF FAME.i have lost all respect for the institution. all i can figure is that she paid someone off.

BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON!But for real Madona, LL coo J or what ever! Its the rock and roll hall of fame.

Did someone forget Jethro Tull again?

THE HALL WILL BE A JOKE UNTIL YES, JETHRO TULL, ALICE COOPER AND STEVIE RAY GET IN.
MADONNA? MJ? DONNA SUMMER!!!
THATS EMBARRASING TO THE HISTORY OF ROCK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BEFORE ROCK GREATS. OH WELL,
LIFE GOES ON

I heard Rolling Stone is keeping Chicago out of the hall because Pete Cetera insulted them back in the early 70s by saying that he wouldn’t wipe his A?? with Rolling Stone. What a joke the hall is? Chicago not in, just a complete joke!!!

boston and rush are two incredibly talented bands they should both be in the rock and roll hall of fame