Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

can't believe I missed Queen and the Rolling Stones...

I kept on typing bobby blue band instead of bobby blue bland...

I imagine Journey and Boston will be in before too much longer. Not sure Foreigner will make the cut, though.

I think once the Strokes are eligible they are an absolute lock. In many ways, I miss the good old days, but someday…

Journey's first album with Steve Perry was 1978. 36 years ago. It is disgusting that the R&R HOF has excluded them. Heart is there. ABBA is there. The Staple Singers is there. No Journey? No Foreigner? No Boston? No respect for this group excluding groups like that.

Why would they make an exception for him? They know if they don't then he will have been totally forgotten by his... hm.. what's his age + 25 years? ..by his 38th birthday?

They are

I remember a News article that came out when they were inducted. First line was "I guess they chose a ready guide in some celestial voice, 'cause they're IN!" Made me smile.

Canadian spotted.

I'm with you. This is more of the Modern Music Hall of Fame. The entire spectrum of hard rock is almost not even noted, but the Beasties, Grandmaster Flash, Madonna, Little Anthony and the Imperials etc are- nothing against them but it isn't really "Rock".

Dio. *snorts*

Agree completely with ShoTheVipa

Deep Purple isn't on here. What's the first song people learn on the guitar?

House of the Rising Sun

I think mine was call Etude on E string.

I agree with someone, but I recall my father complaining deeply that it took forever for them to get in.

If you want to be picky, the "Rock and Roll" era ended when the Beatles gave birth to 60s pop. There's nothing particularly rock and roll about pop or "hard rock"- this is really the popular music continuum since 1954, although I find it interesting that there is a place for Blues and Country legends such as Muddy Waters and Johnny Cash but not folk legend Woody Guthrie.

Also surely the Cure must deserve to be on the list by now.

I was surprised that Guthrie isn't on the list, but there's always next year.

Ozzy Osbourne and KISS don't make it in but Madonna does? Madonna doesn't even make rock n roll...

Black Sabbath in 2006 would include Ozzy, no?

My top two people I'd like to see in the hall of fame: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ted Nugent. SRV will get in eventually, but Nugent may remain permanently snubbed since he is possibly the least PC guy of all time.

Yay! Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble to be inducted this year!

If Ted Nugent were drafted into the R&R HOF he'd piss and crap in his pants to avoid it.

He pissed and crapped his pants to avoid the draft. Likes guns for people, just doesn't like them shooting back at him.

Missed some easy ones. For the hip hop contributors I'm really surprised that there's no Sugarhill Gang, LL Cool J or Queen Latifah.

I can't believe Sinatra isn't on there #angryface

Yeah what's up with that? Also no Mozart or Dr. Dre. They belong as much in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the Beastie Boys or Madonna.

Beastie Boys were very much rock and roll, especially in their early years where they combined heavy riffs with rapping/hip hop, eventually moved away from guitars but they were very much rock influenced.

I may catch flack for this, but I think one of the biggest snubs that will never get in is Weird Al Yankovic. He has a VERY long career, popularized a genre that nobody else has, and is very musically talented.

On the plus side, he will be the first and foremost inductee into the Comedic Polka Hall of Fame.

You forgot 'only.'

Just eat it.

Totally agree. Guy is a master at what he does, has had a career much longer and more fruitful than most of the artists he mocks, and you're right he and his band are super talented. I've been to several concerts and they can play *anything* from any genre, and often better than the original artists do themselves.

I am also amazed that he is still the best parody song guy out there. It's one thing for him to be famous in the 80's when no one else was doing what he did. But now, with YouTube, you've got people releasing new song parodies everyday, and they're never as good as Weird Al's. "Word Crimes" (his take on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines") is the most amusing parody song I've heard in a very long time.

Love that song. I dedicate it to the internet.

Steven Thompson from NPR music talks about how much he wants to see Weird Al in HoF. To be able to move in and out of so many subgenres of rock so seamlessly is pretty amazing. He's got skills.

He's also a super talented rapper, gospel singer, and folk singer/songwriter. Plus one of the most talented polka musicians in history.

Finally got around to seeing his made up Doors song. It doesn't parody any one song, just throws in a lot they could've done. Al nails Jim Morrison.

I am completely with you. Weird Al rocks and has plenty of great original rock songs.

This is who I'd like to see inducted (list of 30):

- Joan Baez

- Glen Campbell

- Canned Heat

- The Cars

- Chubby Checker

- Joe Cocker

- Commodores

- Deep Purple

- Eddie Floyd

- Foghat

- The J. Geils Band

- Rick James

- Tommy James & The Shondells

- Jethro Tull

- The Marvelettes

- MC5

- The Moody Blues

- Willie Nelson

- New York Dolls

- Gram Parsons

- Peter, Paul & Mary

- Lou Reed

- The Spinners

- The Stylistics

- Stevie Ray Vaughan | Double Trouble

- War

- Mary Wells

- Wings

- Yes

- The Zombies

I like your list. I would also add Three Dog Night, The Turtles, The Chiffons, Grand Funk Railroad, Sheryl Crow, Jim Croce, Jose Feliciano, Jan and Dean, Steppenwolf, The Tokens, and John Denver. (Yes, I said John Denver. It's my list. Deal with it.)

Time for the 2015 update!

Green Day! :D :D :D

Where's Bon Jovi, though?

They've been snubbed since 2009.

Got 45 and I have never heard about 90% of the rest...

I will not take them seriously until they have inducted King Crimson, Yes, Siouxsie and the banshees, Bauhaus, Pixies and Pearl Jam.

Yes and Pearl Jam have been inducted. I'm beginning to think they might not be totally stupid ^^.

Nine Inch Nails is the most glaring omission in my book, but there are tons of others missing.. Tool, Pearl Jam, etc etc some that have already been named and others that haven't.

I'm pretty sure if we pooled all the deserving musicians who aren't in the R&R Hall of Fame, we could come up with a list at least as long as the people who ARE in there.

Still, it's a cool idea for a quiz!

Wasn't Charlie Christian also inducted in 1990?

He was inducted as an early influence, not a performer. If this counts then people like leadbelly, louis armstrong, ma rainey, and howlin' wolf need to be included as well.

Shouldn't there be a quiz for those early influences too? There's 32 of them. Also the quiz says "members", aren't those members too or did I miss something?

How is Cher not on this list...her career has spanned 6 decades and she's still putting up number 1 hits...

If Elton John gets filled in when you type "John", so should Little Willie John.

Will Hall of Fame quizzes get split up when a lot of people get entered? I won't want to sit for so long on just one quiz.

NO KANSAS???????

no missouri or flo rida either

Blind Melon would be on here if not for the death of Shannon Hoon. He was truly one of the greatest and most underappreciated song writers of all time.

I can't believe Dire Straits is not there...

I really like Miles Davis and Tom Waits, but I don't think of their music as rock'n'roll. Of course we all have to give our two cent worth on who should be there and isn't, so here goes: NIN, Dead Kennedys, Jethro Tull, The Saints, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Bad Brains, Soundgarden, Prodigy, Canned Heat, PJ Harvery. It's a travesty and a disgrace, etc etc. It's especially annoying that the two best punk bands of all time, Dead Kennedys and The Saints, are not in there; but somehow Green Day and the Sex Pistols have made it. The Sex Pistols was just one giant scam orchestrated by Malcolm Maclaren to make money. Didn't any of the people who make these decisions watch "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle"? John Lydon has made much better music with PIL. I was very pleased however, to see Frank Zappa is in there.

Pleased too that the Stooges and Bill Withers are in there. Along with Zappa, all brilliant but often forgotten. I am surprised too that Dire Straits is not in there, even though I don't particularly like their music.

Wow, you guys are tall.

The Rock and Roll HOF is a joke! Please explain how groups like U2, NWA, beastie boys, and other crap bands get in but not bands like Jethro Tull, ELP, Procol Harum, Uriah Heep, Three Dog Night, King Crimson, Alan Parsons, Blue Oyster Cult, Canned Heat, Camel, Caravan, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, James Gang, Kansas, Peter Paul and Mary...should I keep going, I can name a ton more! Biggest joke ever!!

Because your subjective taste is not the standard for admission?

The point is, that many musical acts that are not Rock and roll are inducted before important bands like BÖC or King Crimson. No, it's really not serious. I would not complain against U2 though.

U2 is a crap band?

Missed some obvious ones because I didn't know artists could be in here with their band and another time as a solo act (Mccartney, Paul Simon, Harrison, etc). In hindsight that was a dumb assumption :D

He ate my baby.

Very surprised not to see Iron Maiden or Motorhead on here.

Kansas not being in is a god damn shame

I spelled out The Mama and the Papas instead of using the &, and it didn't take

It needs to be "The MamaS and the Papas"

Ringo starr has been inducted

How in earth is Jefferson Airplane in there, but not Starship? Starship literally built a city on Rock and Roll.

Nothing's gonna stop them now

right where they've always been ;)

2019 is so lame...

No Bad Company, Peter Frampton, Boston or the Guess Who?

I'm pleasantly surprised by no Meatloaf. Maybe Gary Busy trumped him behind the scenes.

14% are getting all 221, which sounds unbelievable to me.

I ONLY MISSED JOHN LENNON AND THE RASCALS. for god's sake i missed john lennon but I got the beatles. i feel stupid

This quiz is wrong. Robert Johnson isn't listed. He is in the Hall of Fame. 1986.

If it isn't strictly Rock n Roll, I could think of many influential artists that belong on this list, including artists I don't even really listen to. Where is the likes of Dolly Parton? There is other country music artists on this list - but no one is more distinct than her!

Others whom I expected to be listed were Freddie Mercury, Chrissie Hynde, Eurythmics, Iron Maiden, and even Linkin Park since they have been one of the highest selling rock bands over the past 10 years.

Agree. I love Whitney's music, but if she is included then when are we going to see Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, etc?

Rock never died. It just went underground. The "unholy trinity" (big labels controlling ~90% of the global market) push garbage (not the band) because it's easy and fast to make and the profit marginal is good. Yes, I worked in the music industry for odd year and another.

In '94?? There's been a lot of good rock since then.

): I feel sorry for you.

i did it!! :D *closes Wikipedia page*

He didn't get added to the performer category, he was elected as an influencer.

i was so focused on all the obscure ones that I forgot both Rolling Stones and Metallica!!!!!

Surprised not to see Supertramp nor Bob Geldorf/Boomtown Rats on here, nor any of the soul divas (apart from Donna Summer and Aretha Franklin) and a few others I can't remember now.

I imagine (desperately hope?) that in the next few years we'll be able to see our first nu metal and rap rock bands included - Korn just passed their 25th year, and most others will be eligible within the next 5. I imagine Linkin Park will be inducted in their first year of eligibility, 2025 (or maybe the hall of fame will continue to be dumb, who knows).

...or maybe not because they have completely ignored pretty much all hard rock and metal up to this point. Nice to see NIN though.

I seriously doubt they would induct Korn. Linkin Park, maybe, but kind of doubt that, too, honestly. but who knows

Looking back on this ... no Slayer, Pantera, or Megadeth. So probably no hope for the ones I named.

They'll never admit any nu metal bands. Linkin Park is the best bet because they're the most respectable nu metal band, and Rolling Stone likes to pay lip service to genres they hate, lest they seem ignorant. So you get Metallica for metal, the Ramones for punk, Rush for prog rock, plus one or two other token entries for each, but if they don't think a genre is sufficiently hip, no one from that genre is getting in. And given that most nu metal bands are a running joke at this point, I think it's unlikely they'll see any entries. Best not to get too worked up about it. No one familiar with Rolling Stone or Jann Wenner takes the Hall of Fame very seriously. As Arlo Guthrie said when giving a speech at his father Woody's Hall of Fame induction, "I don't know where my father would be tonight if he were still alive, but I can guarantee you he wouldn't be here."

Is the Rock and Roll hall of fame administered by Rolling Stone magazine? That explains a lot.

I think it's technically not Rolling Stone, but the Hall's principal officer is Jann Wenner, the founder and chairman of Rolling Stone (and a first-rate goober). He brings the same myopic and selfish approach to the Hall of Fame as he does to his magazine, so a criticism against one is valid against the other. But on the other hand, why celebrate different genres when you can just put Bruce Springsteen on the cover for the fortieth time?

This is always interesting to check back in on. My musical tastes have since (mostly) moved away from nu metal, and I've realized there are a lot more bands that should be there that are missing.

For now, the biggest non-inclusions that actually baffle me as to why they aren't there include Slayer, Iron Maiden, Megadeth (sensing a pattern here), Tool, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Joy Division, and especially King Crimson and The Smiths.

As for bands that aren't eligible yet that I really think deserve a spot, still Linkin Park (about 90% of mainstream rock music since the mid-2000s has been directly influenced by them and I'd argue that they're the most influential rock band of the century so far), Slipknot (same as Linkin Park but for metal), Thrice (one of if not the most consistently amazing catalogue in the history of rock music, although I don't know if they're mainstream enough to merit inclusion), Bring Me the Horizon (apart from Linkin Park, the most innovative and genre-defining rock artist of the century), The Strokes (pioneers of modern indie rock and some of the best hitmakers in the history of the genre) System of a Down (don’t think I even need to explain this one, they’re legends), and maybe Coldplay or Muse. I’d also like to see The Dillinger Escape Plan or Converge but there’s almost no chance of them getting a spot.

...and considering that the hall of fame doesn’t really care about sticking to rock music anymore, I’d also say that Taylor Swift definitely deserves a spot when she’s eligible, easily one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation. Same with Jason Isbell although again I don’t know if he’s popular enough. Probably Twenty One Pilots too.

Well in the last few years with the induction of Depeche Mode, The Cure, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, The Moody Blues, and most importantly Nine Inch Nails, can't say this list is completely irrelevant anymore. But there are still a large number of strange omissions and inclusions.

No Bad Brains and no Jethro Tull?! What is going on here?!

There are lots of glaring omissions, but given the kind of music Rolling Stone champions, it is indeed odd that Joy Division isn't in.

I am proud to only have "the flamingos" as an answer and gave up. BTW, why do only 14% of people answer Flamingos?

Am I the only one who read this as 'rickroll hall of fame quiz'? If so, I am deeply sorry. These rick rolls seem to be popping up everywhere... <--

how could I miss earth, wind, and fire while listening to September-

Hi where´s Kraftwerk - announced as new addition a couple of days ago

missing the blue caps, the crickets & the comets

Because War is good for absolutely nothing. Jann Wenner hates ska and punk, so the Specials are a long shot, but they might have enough cool factor to get in. Amy Winehouse is a lock for admission, but you can't be admitted until 25 years after the release of your first album, so she won't be eligible until around 2030 or so.

A quiz that while taking it I know I am going to kick myself for how many obvious answers I'm going to miss.

There's a lot of personal opinion, critic's darlings and record sales popularity, but I really am shocked Carole King didn't get in until now. She has written well over 100 songs that have made it to the charts since the 1950s when she was still in high school. Her album Tapestry was an enormous seller that ushered in the singer-songwriter era. Any female singer who sticks around for very long eventually covers one of her songs. Personal taste and popularity aside she has been hugely influential.