Should (list of bands) Be In The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[Muffster]

A band's induction is generally measured by influence on music as a whole.

Ah, if this were only true, but judging from your posts in general, I know you know it's not.

[neckermanncj]

No Radiohead? We can't be friends.

yup epic fail on his part

[Runesmith]

Green Day's influence has not yet shown, but I fear they might be inducted into the HoF merely because of sales, which has been a deciding factor (sadly) as of late.

I was not aware The Stooges, War, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, The Ronettes, Miles Davis, The Dave Clark Five, Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello, The Righteous Brothers, Brenda Lee, Gene Pitney, The Dells, Traffic, and Little Anthony and The Imperials were all best-selling artists. If anything, I'd say the HoF has recently been at least putting some effort forth towards inducting both well-known and not-so-well known artists.

That is not to say that I fully (or even partially) support the rock hall in its endeavors, however.

[Ultimatum]

There's a mix, generally, but I can't stand it when a band gets thrown in mainly for sales.

[Hungryfreak]

The Hall of Fame does have Zappa (as it should) but it's missing some obvious eligible classics like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest.

[vandalizemenow00]

Here's my list of bands. Some should be in the HoF, some should not. Some are old enough, some not. Do they deserve it? Which ones do? Which ones don't? BBEWARE-List is long.

The list:
RHCP-Y
Deep Purple-N
Alice Cooper-n
Metallica-y
Megadeth-hell no
Anthrax-" "
Slayer-" "
Iron Maiden " "
Judas Priest" "
Radiohead-yes
Rush-yes
Yes-ironically no
Genesis-no
King Crimson-iffy
Blind Faith-who
Bluesbreakers-" "
Alice In Chains-Yes
Pearl Jam-please for the love of god no
Soundgarden-yes
Nirvana-shoulda been inducted the day Kurt died
Television-who
Guns N Roses-see pearl jam
KISS-see GNR
Captian Beefheart-who
Beck-like him but no
The Smiths-for the love of all that is pure yes
The Cure-no, but ask me when I'm depressed and I might change my mind
Small Faces/The Faces-who
New York Dolls-who
Nine Inch Nails-no
The Pixies-Without a doubt yes
The Replacements-no
Stevie Ray Vaughn-yes
T. Rex-no
Weezer-no
The White Stripes-no
Boston-yes
Heart-no
Journey-no
Bon Jovi-no
Dire Straits-sure
Blink-182-no
Green Day-no
Limp Bizkit-why would you even ask: NO
Def Leppard-no
Stone Temple Pilots-eh, not enough music to go
Beastie Boys-no
Linkin Park-no
Live-no
Nickelback-laughing my ass off
Smashing Pumpkins-no
Backstreet Boys-F U
Meat Loaf-no
Motley Crue-no
Poison-no and how long is this list
Blue Oyster Cult-no
Foo Fighters-maybe in 20 years
Devo-no
Spinal Tap-sure, just for laughs
"Wierd" Al Yankovic-no

As you can tell, I dislike most metal and 80's hair bands. The inclusion of bands I never heard of are automatic no's since they must not be popular enough for me to have heard of them. I'm not saying their music isn't good but I can't say yes to something I've never heard.

[Ultimatum]

It's not based on what you like, it _should_ be based on influence.

[vandalizemenow00]

Pretty much everything this man said is correct. Dookie usually gets mentioned along with Ten,Nevermind,The Downward Spiral, and OK computer as the best album of the 90s

Personally I wouldn't even classify Green Day or Dookie as punk. Maybe I would call it punk dumbed down for the masses. If they were really a punk band they would have done everything possible to sabatoge their career instead of everything possible to promote it.

[vandalizemenow00]

It's not based on what you like, it _should_ be based on influence.

Well then 80's hair bands are definately out. I mean their influence was preemptively murdered by a blond man with three chords and a song called Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[Runesmith]

There's a mix, generally, but I can't stand it when a band gets thrown in mainly for sales.

That I can agree with. I haven't really seen too many cases of it happening, though. If anything, the committee has a slight bias towards older groups that may have once been popular but are now virtual unknowns in the public eye.