With the legendary Bob Dylan in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Hall may think it has done its due diligence to the protest singers of the 60’s. Dylan was legendary, there is no question about that, but we have to wonder if even he thought that Phil Ochs lived the life of a protest singer far more intensely than he ever could.

A lot of Rock and Roll is image and there are examples upon examples where a carefully constructed image is what gets you noticed. Sometimes though the image you created to get you noticed is what may hold you back in the long run. On some level, Culture Club may fit this example.

If you check through the list of critics top tens in the late 70’s and early 80’s you will find it littered with Punk bands. Despite the Misfits being one of the more popular Punk bands in history, critical love and the Misfits were not hand in hand.

Blues based Rockers permeate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so on the initial surface George Thorogood may seem to be a potential choice for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Throw in the fact that Blues purists tend to despise him, the picture becomes rapidly unclear.