2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee screechfest

Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. Among 16 Nominees For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

• Pat Benatar - NO
• Dave Matthews Band - YES (good point Inky, even if I don't like anything they've done in the last 15 years)
• Depeche Mode - YES
• The Doobie Brothers - NO
• Whitney Houston - (I mean if you're putting Janet Jackson in, you probably have to put Whitney in)
• Judas Priest - YES
• Kraftwerk - Just don't know enough about them
• MC5 - See Kraftwerk
• Motörhead - YES
• Nine Inch Nails - YES (swayed)
• The Notorious B.I.G. - NO
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - NO
• Todd Rundgren - YES
• Soundgarden - NO
• T.Rex - NO
• Thin Lizzy - FUCK YES

 

No to Soundgarden and NiN? OK.

 

Eh, I was racing through them quickly. Nine Inch Nails I would have a better argument for. Soundgarden had two or three good albums and then Chris Cornell started doing a bunch of solo and Audioslave work. Hall of Very Good.

 

• Pat Benatar - No
• Dave Matthews Band - Yes, as the biggest touring act of the 2000s. And aren't they the only true 2019 headliner on this list?
• Depeche Mode - Yes
• The Doobie Brothers - No
• Whitney Houston - Yes
• Judas Priest - No
• Kraftwerk - No
• MC5 - No, very influential to a limited audience
• Motörhead - Yes
• Nine Inch Nails - No, since Trent Reznor is NIN shouldn't he go in solo?
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Maybe
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - No
• Todd Rundgren - Yes
• Soundgarden - Yes
• T.Rex - No
• Thin Lizzy - Yes

 

• Pat Benatar - YES. She won four straight Grammys for best female rock performance.
• Dave Matthews Band - Yes.
• Depeche Mode - Meh. I can never tell the difference between them The Cure and the Smiths. I love New Wave but still
  
• The Doobie Brothers - No
• Whitney Houston - Yes
• Judas Priest - No
• Kraftwerk - No
• MC5 - No
• Motörhead - No. love Ace of Spades but...
• Nine Inch Nails - yes
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Yes
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - No
• Todd Rundgren - NO
• Soundgarden - hell Yes. Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are undoubtedly two of the 10 best albums of the 1990s.
• T.Rex - No
• Thin Lizzy - No

 

• Pat Benatar - YES
• Dave Matthews Band - yes. I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that they were better before 1998 than they are now.
• Depeche Mode - YES
• The Doobie Brothers - YES
• Whitney Houston - YES
• Judas Priest - YES
• Kraftwerk - NO
• MC5 - NO
• Motörhead - YES
• Nine Inch Nails - YES
• The Notorious B.I.G. - NO
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - NO
• Todd Rundgren - YES
• Soundgarden - YES
• T.Rex - NO
• Thin Lizzy - YES

 

Another year goes by without the following artists in.

Warren Zevon
Rage Against The Machine
Diana Ross
Joe Cocker
Steve Winwood---(How in the blue hell has Traffic been in for 15 years, but Winwood isn't?)
Bad Company
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson


Utter Rubbish.

 

Man, I don't know about that. Tim Reynolds (an under-the-radar guitar god) and Buddy Strong have really made the band incredibly good the past two years.

 

• Pat Benatar - Yes
• Dave Matthews Band - No.
• Depeche Mode - Yes
• The Doobie Brothers - No
• Whitney Houston - Yes
• Judas Priest - Yes
• Kraftwerk - No (as an influencer, they probably should be in, though)
• MC5 - No
• Motörhead - Yes
• Nine Inch Nails - Yes
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Yes
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - No
• Todd Rundgren - No (I could go either way on him)
• Soundgarden - Yes
• T.Rex - No
• Thin Lizzy - Yes

 

One of my arguments against Soundgarden is that Rage isn't in. Similar bands, I think. Two phenomenal albums each.

 

If you're going to argue against Soundgarden, would you be OK with Cornell going in by himself? That way he'd get credit for Temple of the Dog and Audioslave.

 

Absolutely on Cornell. I think his total body of work is phenomenal.