With a handful of hits and constant comparisons to Nirvana, it will be interesting to see if Everclear receives any kind of consideration to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Our guess is that they won’t, as this was primarily a solid band that was able to gain a level of success and captured Grunge era angst as well as anyone the perception was that they weren’t leaders and this perception will have to drastically change in the next decade for them to gain notice from the Hall of Fame.

The Dave Matthews Band has a devoted legion of fans and why not?  Arguably that generation’s Grateful Dead, the Virginia based group combined the ethos of a Jam band into multiple adult based genres, which has resulted into many radio friendly hits, many of which worked on Adult Contemporary or Modern Rock stations.

As Alternative became commercially viable, so did forms of Alternative Pop.  With that, Counting Crows made a huge seemingly overnight splash with their debut record that was often compared to Van Morrison, The Band and R.E.M.  With that type of comparison, they received the type of dual success of being critically respected and commercially successful.  

With a radio and MTV friendly brand of Alternative music, Collective Soul carved out a respectable career of hits in the 90’s and early millennium.  Although they had a decent career and their hits are very well known, they were not the earth shattering band that changed the musical landscape.  As such, they may be the musical equivalent of Album or Arena Rock bands that came before them, known and successful but not considered influential by many.  This perception will have to change for Collective Soul to get any remote consideration for the Hall.