Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Band Inductees for 2010
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio
Congratulations to ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies and the Stooges who will be all be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
This honor is given out each year to inductees selected by a voting committee from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
Artists are eligible to be inducted 25 years after their first recording is released, so it is easily explained why some of our favorite bands are not yet there.
But what is utterly inexcusable to me is the growing list of artists who get passed over each year, despite record sales, reputation in the industry and lobbying from fans around the world.
Here are some of the bands who are continually passed over:
- KISS
- The Cure
- Chicago
- Rush
- Alice Cooper
- The Moody Blues
- E.L.O.
- Cheap Trick
- Bad Company
- Peter Frampton
- Heart
- T-Rex
- Bon Jovi
- Journey
- Foreigner
In my opinion, the “voting committee” belongs in the “Hall of Shame” for these omissions…
Abba!!!!!!!???? The rest of the nominees I get but Abba is not rock and roll and they sure didn’t blaze any trails or create any memorable landmark “Rock and Roll” albums. I’ll put them in the Pop hall of fame, The Disco hall of fame, but never in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Scott – I agree with you 100% on that. I have never considered ABBA to be Rock and Roll. Not even close. KISS, Bon Jovi, Bad Company… now THAT is what R&R is all about!
The Cure, Heart, and T-Rex would be good nominees.
The remainder are sometimes pleasant, but forgettable corporate crap or insignificant influence-wise.
ABBA was really big back in the day – I can’t justify them as rockers, but their popularity was huge.
…pretty soon they are going to have to change the name from “Rock-and-Roll” HOF to “Pop” HOF…. -GuitarDaddy