This should be fun....
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/rock-hall-induction-nominees-2018-analysis/...pretty good analysis here
Listen some of these names do not even belong on the list. I do not even know Link Wray, The Meters., Sister Rosetta Tharpe or MC5. Rufus..come on. Nina Simone...this is rock and roll. I think she is going to get in as some politically correct move to include black artists who do not fit the genre. Its more of a pop culture music thing than rock and roll anymore
Bon Jovi should not be inducted. A big part is influence....like with Journey, I fail to see the influence there. Middle of the road no risk corporate rock should not be rewarded like that.
Kate Bush...maybe some day..very influential. Huge in homeland of Britain and Europe but not so much here save for Running Up That Hill which is an incredible song. She has influenced a lot of female artists like Tori Amos and Florence and the Machine but think that probably doesnt belong in the American rock and roll HOF
Depeche Mode....way ahead of their time and hugely influential. I will vote them in but can see why voters might not put them in
Eurythmics..most definitely. Annie Lennox big big impact on music and the group itself were pioneers of new wave and video...lots of artists influenced by them.
Radiohead are probably getting in, such a critics darling but I really think they are overrated.
Moody Blues might be the longevity artist to get in this year...certainly before the Zombies who would seem easy to discard
Rage Against The Machine...fusion of metal and rap/hip hop with a message if they do not get in this year its coming soon
LL Cool J...well rappers do get in because its not rock. He was one of the first to cross over into the mainstream so he has a shot if not this year soon.
J Geils Band...lots of posters want them in but I do not see. Same for the Cars..solid bands but hall of fame worthy not so much.
Dire Straits..no way.
Judas Priest...definitely intriguing and influential but are they really worthy
So If I had to pick 5.....
Eurythmics
Depeche Mode
Rage Against The Machine
Moody Blues
Radiohead
will get in but shouldn't...Nina Simone
- Bon Jovi
- Kate Bush
- The Cars
- Depeche Mode
- Dire Straits
- Eurythmics
- J. Geils Band
- Judas Priest
- LL Cool J
- MC5
- The Meters
- Moody Blues
- Radiohead
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
- Nina Simone
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Link Wray
- The Zombies
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/rock-hall-induction-nominees-2018-analysis/...pretty good analysis here
Listen some of these names do not even belong on the list. I do not even know Link Wray, The Meters., Sister Rosetta Tharpe or MC5. Rufus..come on. Nina Simone...this is rock and roll. I think she is going to get in as some politically correct move to include black artists who do not fit the genre. Its more of a pop culture music thing than rock and roll anymore
Bon Jovi should not be inducted. A big part is influence....like with Journey, I fail to see the influence there. Middle of the road no risk corporate rock should not be rewarded like that.
Kate Bush...maybe some day..very influential. Huge in homeland of Britain and Europe but not so much here save for Running Up That Hill which is an incredible song. She has influenced a lot of female artists like Tori Amos and Florence and the Machine but think that probably doesnt belong in the American rock and roll HOF
Depeche Mode....way ahead of their time and hugely influential. I will vote them in but can see why voters might not put them in
Eurythmics..most definitely. Annie Lennox big big impact on music and the group itself were pioneers of new wave and video...lots of artists influenced by them.
Radiohead are probably getting in, such a critics darling but I really think they are overrated.
Moody Blues might be the longevity artist to get in this year...certainly before the Zombies who would seem easy to discard
Rage Against The Machine...fusion of metal and rap/hip hop with a message if they do not get in this year its coming soon
LL Cool J...well rappers do get in because its not rock. He was one of the first to cross over into the mainstream so he has a shot if not this year soon.
J Geils Band...lots of posters want them in but I do not see. Same for the Cars..solid bands but hall of fame worthy not so much.
Dire Straits..no way.
Judas Priest...definitely intriguing and influential but are they really worthy
So If I had to pick 5.....
Eurythmics
Depeche Mode
Rage Against The Machine
Moody Blues
Radiohead
will get in but shouldn't...Nina Simone