Here’s the list from 2011— (including one major correction! – AC/DC)
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Iron Butterfly |
Phil Collins |
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A-ha |
Iron Maiden |
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Bad Company |
Jethro Tull |
Steppenwolf |
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Barry White |
Jimmy Buffet |
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Blue Oyster Cult |
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Supertramp |
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Bryan Adams |
Joe Cocker |
Ted Nugent |
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The B-52s |
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Cher |
Judas Priest |
The Carpenters |
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Kansas |
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KC and the SB |
The Clash |
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King Crimson |
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The Doobie Bros (2020) |
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Devo |
Kool and the Gang |
The Guess Who |
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Little Feat |
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Duran Duran |
Meatloaf |
The Scorpions |
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Motley Crue |
Thin Lizzy |
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ELP |
Motorhead |
Toto |
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Eurythmics |
Ozzy Osbourne |
UB40 |
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Foreigner |
Pat Benetar |
Warren Zevon |
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George Thorogood+ |
Pet Shop Boys |
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Gloria Estefan |
Peter Frampton |
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While the HoF made good on more than a few, and several will certainly be considered less of a priority, the list above remains laughable if not nauseating. Moreso when you notice certain acts listed below who’ve joined the Hall since 2011.
Alice Cooper
Joan Baez
Beastie Boys
The Blue Caps
Bon Jovi
The Cars
Cheap Trick
Chicago
The Comets
The Crickets
The Cure
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Neil Diamond
Dire Straits
The Doobie Brothers
ELO
The Famous Flames
Foo Fighters
Peter Gabriel
The Go-Go’s
Green Day
Guns N’ Roses
Hall and Oates
Heart (how’d I miss them in 2011?!?)
Whitney Houston
Janet Jackson
Jay-Z
Dr. John
Glyn Johns
Quincy Jones
Journey
Albert King
Carole King
KISS
Darlene Love
The Midnighters
Steve Miller
The Miracles
The Moody Blues
N.W.A.
Nine Inch Nails
Randy Newman
Stevie Nicks
Nirvana
The Notorious B.I.G.
Laura Nyro
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Pearl Jam
Public Enemy
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lou Reed (Missed him too?! Horrible me)
Linda Ronstadt (and her…)
Roxy Music
Todd Rungren
Rush (yay!)
Tupac Shakur
Nina Simone
The Small Faces/Faces
Cat Stevens (another)
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
Donna Summer
T. Rex
Tina Turner
Tom Waits (I know, I know…)
Bill Withers
Yes
The Zombies
All deserved… okay maybe a couple didn’t. Certainly not ahead of the so many others. That’s the gripe—always the same gripe. Societal gatekeepers, etc.
“In 2018, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden criticized the Hall of Fame by calling it "an utter and complete load of bollocks ... run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock 'n' roll if it hit them in the face."[72] Dickinson has also expressed an overall distaste for the Hall of Fame entity, arguing that "if you put [music] in a museum, then it's dead." Iron Maiden had been eligible for induction since 2004.” [Wikipedia]
Now, if you’re dying to know who’s eligible, seriously snubbed and all that, check this guy’s master lists.
This is my personal list of Seriously?... or those eligible but skipped for any number of reasons, or none at all, just not popular. Maybe politics too. Who knows.
.38 Special
2 Live Crew
311
A Flock of Seagulls
A-Ha
Accept
Adam Ant
Air Supply
Alice in Chains (soon
maybe, as some others)
Anthrax
Average White Band
The B-52’s
Bad Company
Barry Manilow (ain’t
rock, yeah yeah)
Barry White
Billy Idol
Bjork
The Black Crowes
Black Flag (does punk want love, anyway?)
Blackfoot (for Dave C. ;)
Blue Oyster Cult
Blues Traveler
Boy George
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
The Carpenters
Celine Dion (Rock? Nah, but you know she’s in)
Chaka Kahn (Khaaaaaan!!!)
Chubby Checker
Collective Soul
The Commodores
Cyndi Lauper
The Cult
Dave Matthews Band
David Lee Roth (wahwah….what?)
The Dead Kennedys
Devo
Dick Dale (seriously)
The Dixie Dregs (I’d love it, but never happen)
Dream Theater
Duran Duran
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Eurythmics
Faith No More
The Fixx
Foghat
Foreigner
Fugazi
The Gap Band
George Thorogood
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Gaynor
Gram Parsons
Grand Funk Railroad
Great White (Kidding. Eligible though)
The Guess Who
Herbie Hancock (subjective)
Huey Lewis and the News
Ice-T (I know… not rock. Which genres then? Where does it end?)
Iggy Pop
INXS
Iron Butterfly
Iron Maiden
Jane’s Addiction
Jethro Tull
Jim Croce (who’d he piss off?)
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson
Judas Priest
Kate Bush
KC and the Sunshine Band
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
The Kingsmen (no Louie Louie? What?)
Kool and the Gang
Lenny Kravitz
Level 42
Lionel Richie
Little Feat
Little River Band (speaking of which, have I told you about the lonesome loser?)
Lou Gramm
Loverboy
M.C. Hammer
Madness
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mariah Carey
Mary J. Blige (soon enough)
The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marvelettes
Meat Loaf (not doubly-blessed)
Megadeth (probably never)
Melissa Etheridge
Men at Work
Michael Bolton
Missing Persons
The Monkees (for Christ’s sake!)
Mother’s Finest
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Night Ranger
No Doubt
Oasis (zzzzz)
Ohio Players
OutKast (already? Sheesh!)
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Pat Benetar
Patty LaBelle
Pet Shop Boys
Peter, Paul & Mary
Phil Collins (yep, not even him)
Phish
The Pointer Sisters
Primus (here they come...)
Procol Harum
The Psychodelic Furs (guilty pleasure fav)
Queensrÿche
Quiet Riot (jk? Well, you might as well add Ratt)
REO Speedwagon
Rick James
Rufus with Chaka Kahn
Rage Against the Machine
The Replacements
Robert Palmer
Robert Plant
Sammy Hagar
Scorpions
Sheryl Crow
Slayer
Smashing Pumpkins
Snoop Dogg
Spock’s Beard (Alt-Univ pick)
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
Soundgarden (okay, not a household name, but…)
The Spinners
Steppenwolf
Sting (nope, not kidding)
Stray Cats
Styx (come on!)
Tears for Fears
Ted Nugent
Thin Lizzy
Thomas Dolby
Three Dog Night
Tool
Toots & the Maytals (surprised?)
Tori Amos
Toto
Triumph (why not?)
The Tubes (because)
War
Warren Zevon
Weezer
Weird Al Yankovic
Whitesnake
Yeah, I know… The Hall should only induct those who've produced more than a couple hits, who didn’t completely die off a few years, and contributed something unique and/or profound to Rock and Roll. Genres? Forget it. Some say each genre should have its own category. That ship probably sailed when Country, Jazz and others created their own temples of worship. Just seems weird to include rap artists while jazz, funk, metal and certain pop artists struggle. The entire thing seems quite arbitrary. There are a few on the list that certainly deserve induction long before others. Again, “the gripe”. Keep giving ‘em hell, Bruce.
BTW, Nickelback is eligible next year. Watch…
