Remember these are just the nominees. That doesn't mean they're getting inducted.
Bad Company
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker
Billy Idol
The Black Crowes
Oasis
Soundgarden
Phish
The White Stripes
Cyndi Lauper
Mariah Carey
Joy Division/New Order
Mana < ---------------------- Who tf is this?
Outkast
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/2025-rock-hall-nominees-roundtable/
So what's the criteria?
Are you still alive? Do we get brownie points if we include you?
I mean, seriously, if Chubby Checker didn't make the grade in the 70s or 80s, what's the point now?
Nominees have to have their first album released at least 25 years before. Other than that, I don't know what their criteria is.
shareEvery time I see the list of nominees, it makes me sick as to how much the selection process has been butchered over the years.
My thoughts:
1) Bad Company - should have been in years ago. Great band, lots of hits in the 70s and 80s.
2) Chubby Checker - should be in because of "The Twist" alone. One of the greatest songs of the "early rock & roll era."
3) Joe Cocker - also should have been in years ago. My favorite song of his is a track that he did past his heyday called "When The Night Comes" (I think this was released around late 1989/early 1990). What a great song that is.
4) Billy Idol - again, should have been in years ago. He'll make it this time, I figure...so many great songs throughout the 80s and early 90s.
5) The Black Crowes - I hope they get in also, because they deserve it. Their first two albums were fabulous.
6) Oasis - Should get in just because of "Wonderwall." Great song and one of those "Man, I've got to learn this song on the guitar!" for younger generations.
7) Soundgarden - should be in also. I miss Chris Cornell. 😥
8) Phish - To be honest, I never really got into their music, except for "Bouncing Around The Room." I love that song, especially their live versions of it. One of my former co-workers was a big Phish fan when we worked together in the early 90s. I wouldn't mind if they got in, even though I really don't know their entire music catalog at all
9) The White Stripes - again, a band that I've never really listened to that much. However, I do know "Seven Nation Army" and (like "Wonderwall") that's a "must learn how to play" for a lot of beginning guitar players.
10) Cyndi Lauper - I love a lot of her music. More "pop" probably than "rock," but she has some great songs in her repertoire and can really sing. If Madonna made it (🤬), then she should also.
11) Mariah Carey - I think she is way too "pop" and not enough "rock" (She could sing, but I never really cared much for her music). That probably means she'll easily get in! 😃
12) Joy Division/New Order - I don't know enough about them to say. I think sslssg knows this band a lot better than I do.
13) Mana - no idea who this is either.
14) Outkast - I only know "Hey Ya!" and I think that's a terrific song. They seem more "hip-hop"/"rap" to me... they'll probably get in also! 😃
Mariah Carey - I think she is way too "pop" and not enough "rock"
Yes...and looking at the musical artists that have been inducted over the years (especially recent years), you have a better chance of making it if you're not a "rock artist" than if you are! 😃
shareThey should really just rename it The Music Hall Of Fame at this point. I wouldn’t have a problem with that and I’d wager that most people would agree.
shareFor me, if they're not going to stick with rock bands, then either change the name or award only the top of the top. Mariah Carey isn't my thing, but I get her nomination. She's had many hits and won Grammy's and is still relevant.
Joe Cocker, White Stripes, and Bad Company are the ones I think should be guaranteed. Joy Division only bad two albums, but considering they became New Order, that's probably why they're included.
If Iron Maiden are not in the Hall of Fame, then Mana should see themselves out the door.
Yes, we're on pretty similar pages. The problem they have now is...at this point, what difference would it make changing the name? The damage has been done. It's really been a screwed-up process from the beginning (Can you believe that The Beatles were not in the inaugural list of inductees? And, without Googling, can you tell me who Lloyd Price was?).
I used to belong to a guitar website 20 years ago and one of the members there was really knowledgeable about music back then. He put a lot of the blame on Jann Wenner (former editor for "Rolling Stone" magazine) as to why the nominees/inductees processes were so screwed up.
Yep, Jann Wenner was to blame for a lot of it. Apparently he hated progressive rock bands and refused for bands like Jethro Tull and King Crimson to be on there.
shareI love me some Bad Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wpuPFZGak
Chubby Checker and his entourage came to a restaurant once where I worked. I damn sure remember him and The Twist as a kid. 😃
I love Outkast.....but i dont think they are rock at all
I HATE Mariah Carey and think she is pop......she is literally not rock at all in my eyes
Cyndi Lauper is also more pop than rock
I think everyone else that i did not list should be in.....especially Soundgarden and Billy Idol
Idk who Mana is either lol....i might listen to them just to see what they sound like at some point
EDIT: Just listened to a little bit of Mana and they are not bad....they are a spanish pop rock band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0p8yTqj8i4
That song is pretty bad. Automatic disqualification.
shareMOST OF THAT LIST IS JUST FINE....MANA ARE MEXICAN...OTHER CULTURES/COUNTRIES HAVE THEIR OWN MUSICS.
shareFINE....MANA ARE MEXICAN...OTHER CULTURES/COUNTRIES HAVE THEIR OWN MUSICS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ROCKING SINCE 1981.....FOREIGN MUSIC DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT'S WAY TO THE EARS OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE......I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHO SIGUR ROS IS.....AND MINUS MY SUBSCRIPTION TO ALTERNATIVE PRESS...I WOULD HAVE NEVER HEARD RAMMSTEIN.....OTHER THAN DU HAST ON THE RADIO PERHAPS.
shareWaiting for the joke
shareThe list kind of is.
sharemy joke - only one band is inducted - Bad Company with no company
(and I only like a few of their songs)
Is Killing Joke in or out?
shareI don't see them there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees
If Billy Idol's not there, Killing Joke is more of a cult band.
shareIs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame relevant anymore?
shareThey should just retitle it "The Music Hall of Fame" instead of "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". That way, it does make it sound more open to diversity and different genres of music than attempting to label something Rock & Roll that's not
shareAs relevant as Hotspur.
shareMana? No one's ever heard of them. Don't you have to be FAMOUS to get in the Hall of FAME?
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