― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
"I don't want to see Eric Clapton's stuffed baby!!!"
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
I said I was pissed off, not that Fripp or any other Crims should be. I've never been very far above the fray, as it were.
I think they deserve it. It would be nice to see them get the recognition they deserve. It pisses me off because of WHY I think they're not in -- Fripp's insistence on calling bullshit on the corruption of the music industry, esp. since his re-un-retirement in the early 90s, following the "period of Endless Grief" legal fight with E.G. Records. He refuses to accept standard industry practices, especially accounting practices, and is very patient, methodical and intractable dealing with major labels*. Anyway, my guess is that part of the industry's payback is "No HoF for YOU."
*This certainly makes him come across as a dick and a martyr. He's infuriating as only the truly principled can be.
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― a banana (alanbanana), Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Except for the fact that Seymour Stein is one of the men behind the HOF, and all of the Talking Heads LPs were on his label. Didn't Stein himself get inducted into the hall this year or last?
Alex: The Stooges are not in.
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Yet the Pretenders are. Yeah, that makes sense.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
And don't give me that "...but they didn't sell any records!" nonsense. The Velvet Underground didn't sell shit either and they're in.
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 7 April 2005 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 7 April 2005 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 7 April 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 7 April 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
R.E.M.BeckPearl JamNirvanaNINSonic YouthBeastiesMetallicaRadioheadGreen Day (with one more 'serious' album)PumpkinsPhish
... are all in. I can't think of any other 90s bands that were as big, though, besides RHCP and bands like Soundgarden, Bush, Live, etc., which I can't imagine will make the cut.
As for bands that are 'big' today not on the above list--i.e., bands who are more in the '00s--
White StripesOutkastThe StrokesWilco
are in. Assuming the whole place doesn't totally change and let in bands besides Outkast that don't use guitars.
― mrjosh (mrjosh), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Friday, 8 April 2005 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Have a good shot:Beck (a Rolling Stone darling)White Stripes/future Jack White projects (see above)Pearl Jam (may have fucked up their popularity too badly to get in)PixiesEminemRed Hot Chilli PeppersOutkast
Don't see it:Smashing Pumpkins (maybe after Yes gets inducted)Sonic YouthRadiohead
No chance in hell:PavementNine Inch NailsOasisuh... Hasil Adkins
I really don't like at least half these people but the trivial, analytical aspect forces me to weigh in
― Chris Marx, Friday, 8 April 2005 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Didn't Corgan induct Pink Floyd? They're totally in. Yet another meaningless band for a meaninless institution. HUMBUG!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.a-cappella.com/tbimages/45075.md.jpg
!!!
― Myonga Von BaaRamEwe (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Missy Elliott/Timbaland?
R.E.M. is totally there.
― Dave M, Friday, 8 April 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 8 April 2005 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I also think Radiohead, the Pixies, Metallica, Dave Matthews band, Guns N Roses, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Beck and Sonic Youth have a good shot.
Run DMC, LL Cool J, and Public Enemy will either make it in, or they'll start a hip hop hall of fame.
I don't see Teenage Fanclub,m the White Stripes, the Strokes or Coldplay making it.
― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
The StranglersSiouxsie & the BansheesMotorheadKilling JokeJulian Cope/the Teardrop ExplodesDead KennedysBlack FlagThrobbing Gristlethe Misfitsthe Pop GroupCop Shoot CopPussy GaloreSwans
The thinnest of possible chances:Buzzcocksthe DamnedJoy DivisionDevoB-52s
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Friday, 8 April 2005 22:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Even though I am not at all into hip-hop, I hope they will also be able to include hip-hop (and electronica), as hip-hop and electronica are both clearly part of the bigger and broader history of rock'n'roll.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Hahahhaha...OTM.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 9 April 2005 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
They've swiftly become my nephew's favorite band (.........and he's only eleven).
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyway, REM, Metallica, Madonna, Run DMC and Public Enemy are the sure-thing locks from the 1980s. 1990s, you've got Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead. After that it gets a little fuzzy.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Keith C (kcraw91...), April 9th, 2005.
OTFM \m/
― latebloomer: strawman knockdowner (latebloomer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually, I bet he'll get in as a "non-performer," which would be hilarious. "Yeah he was that guy who produced Joshua Tree, so we should put him in."
― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zeno, Monday, 30 April 2007 11:44 (sixteen years ago) link