Yearly Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Debate Thread

On the west coast, they did. Shit, Depeche Mode sold out the LA Coliseum (two shows) in a few hours.

 

I don't care who you are, if you can sell out a football stadium 20 years after your band peaked, you should be in the HOF.

 

Mizzou, that was in the 1980s and 1990s, although I think DM can still sell out any venue in California.

 

Hall and Oates.

 

I agree with Bubs.

 

From the liner notes of "Vagabonds of the Midwestern World," a CD of Thin Lizzy covers by Chicago-area rock bands, circa 1995:

Hell yeah, YGBFKM. Thin Lizzy's HOF material.

 

Is that cover album any good?

 

Not to mention that if you've ever heard Neil Peart in an interview, you realize the line forms behind him when it comes to the most intelligent member of a rock band. Aside from being the best drummer alive, the guy is intellectually brilliant.

And this from Junkie:

PC: I don't give a shit if Rush is in the rock hall or not. It's nothing but a bloated Hard Rock Cafe anyway (and charges an exorbitant sum for admission, as those who attend the Cleveland get-together will learn this summer). Lots of great athletes aren't in their Halls of Fame, either. Doesn't diminish anything they did or the level to which tons of people enjoyed watching them do their things.

I give a shit that Rush isn't in that Cleveland edifice, because when you put bands like the freakin' Pretenders in and keep Rush and Alice Cooper out, I consider it an insult to anyone with an IQ north of room temperature. Yeah, it pisses me off. In the big-picture, it shouldn't, but it does.

But the rest of Junkie's take? Dead. On. Nails.

 

I like Depeche Mode, but I don't think they belong in the HOF.
I also didn't like their live show. I saw them at the Tower Theater in Philly when they were promoting the Black Celebration album.

 

I like to think the Replacements have a shot because of their fame for being out there. The Pixies may have a shot. Sonic Youth probably gets in because of the Seattle connection. I'd like to the Smithereens get in, but they didn't have the lasting power.

It will be real interesting to see what music from the late 1990s/early 2000s will be tabbed.


I had the opportunity to hang out with Pat Dinizio a year ago. He told me (with regards to the R&R HOF) "I'm a Middle Class Rock Star. I know my place."

 

I saw them in Dodgers Stadium in 1990. Ministry, Nitzer Ebb and the Pet Shop Boys opened.

 

Obviously Ministry was still in their synthpop phase. Two years later and Ministry was full-on industrial metal.
By the way, Ministry was an influential band and paved the way for NIN in particular. You could make a case that Alain Jourgensen belongs in the RRHOF. Not that I think that will ever happen.