dex14

https://vote.rockhall.com/en/

tommyp007

I'd like to see Lionel and Duran Duran in. I LOVE Dolly, but I don't know about her being in this HOF.

Decker

A lot of good names there but not many that jump out as must-induct now. Judas Priest I guess. Devo feels worthy. I love the Eurythmics but doubt they would put them and Devo in the same class. Same goes for all the pop stars listed there. And Tribe Called Quest or Eminem, but not both. They'll try to get a balance.
Agree about Dolly. Different than Johnny Cash or Hank Williams who were very influential to Rock and Roll. That feels like a bridge too far, though everyone loves her.

Nick Danger

I didn't know that Dionne Warwick was such a big star. She never made much of an impression on me. But she was huge.

windom

Still no George Michael? Not sure what the Rock Hall has against him.

Jaymole

Much like the Grammy's, I just cannot take the Hall of Fame seriously.

Deadman31

I know I am probably not the first to say this but why dont they just change it from Rock n Roll HOF to the Music HOF or something if they want to induct all these different genres?

actorschannel

The title 'Rock and Roll' has changed it's meaning over time....
They should maybe induct a few more every year so people don't get in a tizzy every year about what's rock, and what isn't.

Jason

I think they should start inducting one artist per year. They're going to run out of worthy acts before too much longer.

Sooner or later the inductee list will be Animotion, Firehouse, Joe Diffe, 3rd Bass, Tag Team, and the Soundtrack from Speed 2: Cruise Control. The "induct Cannibal Corpse" guys will once again be left waiting.

d2cheer

Hey I like Firehouse...but not the Speed 2 Soundtrack

dvd-4-life

I think Pro Football Hall of Fame is the worst of the worst and inducts too many players.

If you were on the Steelers taxi squad in the mid-1970s then chances are you are probably in the HoF.

The Cow

362 inductees in NFL Hall of Fame starting in 1963.

351 inductees in Rock and Roll Hall of fame starting in 1986.

Coral

How is Dolly Parton not already in?

bchbdaddy

Hall of fame can fuck off until The Damned is in. If they wanted only one icon of punk, it should have been them not the shitty Pistols.

Nick Danger

You had to have been there. They were THE breakthrough act. No one but a tiny group of clubbers had ever heard of punk music until the Sex Pistols. They were covered in mainstream newspapers in the US. A year later, everyone had heard of punk rock.

To say that the Sex Pistols don't belong is like saying Bill Hailey and the Comets don't belong. The amount money that Sex Pistols made for other people made all the other bands possible.

dex14

https://pitchfork.com/news/dolly-par...ll-nomination/

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Josh-da-man

I would've thought Trunk would vote the MC5 or Dolls in over Devo, Duran Duran, and Pat Benetar.

Geofferson

Eddie's been pretty vocal over his support for both Priest and Pat Benetar. His prime decade is the 80s so not surprised about Devo and Duran Duran.

Speaking of his show, he had a great Priest Throwdown episode last week. They're long overdue and I hope they get in. It's too early for Rage, IMO.

B5Erik

He's been championing Pat Benatar for the last 5 or 6 years. (Based, I'm sure, on her first two albums and that early Hard Rock style.)

Paff

Good on Dolly. I'm not against crossover country artists making the RnR Hall, whether it's country-rock, or rockabilly, or the many country artists who influenced rock and roll's early days, but someone who came in after the introduction of rock-and-roll and still just plays country? Not so much.

And yes, the Sex Pistols absolutely belong in the HoF first, although I'm ok with The Damned getting in at some point too. The so-called "shittiness" of the Pistols ended up influencing so many artists even if it was counter to what Malcolm McLaren intended. Like, he wanted the group to be offensive and repulsive so they made disparaging remarks about the Queen. Just to be obnoxious. But it turns out, a lot of Brits were angry with the government and they channeled that into actual intelligent protest songs with a message (see Clash, The). The Damned were still writing love songs. Literally. And a bunch of people who had something to say, picked up instruments whether they could play them or not, based on the "shitty" Pistols doing the same. Eventually, they did learn though and you have the amazing songs and careers that you have to imagine never would have happened had they not watched Malcolm's yobs just break every single rule of forming a band.

Decker

Just when I thought I couldn't love Dolly any more as a person. She's really special. And she's right - she's a hell of an artist but unlike Hank Williams or Johnny Cash, wasn't significant enough as a contributor to R&R to be worthy of induction, no matter how admired and beloved as she is.

Coral

I don't get it... I thought the RRHOF isn't just for RnR artists and that it's just a name - hence the induction of many artists of other genres.

Decker

It's Rock and R&B and Rap and some Pop. But they're kind of weird about pop : They inducted all sorts of R&B and Country influences but not Sinatra who was certainly as influential to R&R as Ray Charles or Johnny Cash or Hank Williams. They inducted Lina Ronstadt but not Carly Simon or Barbra Streisand. They inducted Whitney Houston but not Mariah Carey or Celine Dion.
Dolly certainly was influential to Pop, but maybe not much to Rock and Roll.

GuessWho

Dolly is the new Betty White. Universally and deservedly beloved.