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Apr 04, 2014

As we like to do often here at Notinhalloffame.com, we like to keep you aware of what we are working on in the coming weeks.

This weekend the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will be announcing their 2014 Class and the WWE Hall of Fame will be inducting their 2014 Class. As you can expect we will unveil new rankings for both the Basketball and WWE lists. The WWE revisions are being worked on now, and we hope to have them up by the end of April. The Basketball revisions will be worked on shortly after and should be up by the middle of May.

We are also working on two more projects. We have already spoken of the “Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” which will take on the same concept as the “Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame”. This will be ready to launch by the end of April.

We are also in the early stages of looking at each major North American Franchise and ranking them on how they honor the players who have passed through their door. Basically, retired numbers, rings of honor and their own respective Halls of Fame.

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RRHOF Ceremony Lineup Announced

Apr 03, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Let’s forget about the drama with KISS and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a while shall we? The Induction ceremony will take place at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, and the line-up of events has been announced:

Inductee: Peter Gabriel

Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin, will induct Gabriel.

Peter Gabriel will be performing during his tribute.

Inductee: Hall & Oates

Questlove of the Roots will induct Hall & Oates.

Hall & Oates will be performing during their tribute.

Inductee: KISS

Touring musician, Tom Marello will induct KISS, who will not be performing due to a dispute as to which members should be inducted.

Inductee: Nirvana

Former Michael Stipe, the former front man of R.E.M, will induct the band.

Inductee: Linda Ronstadt

Glenn Frey will induct Ronstadt.

Linda Ronstadt is no longer able to sing. Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow will perform in tribute to her.

Inductee: Cat Stevens

It has not been announced who will induct Stevens, but he will be performing at the ceremony.

Inductee: The E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen (who else) will induct the E. Street Band, and will perform with them.

It was not mentioned who would be inducting the two non-performers, Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham.

We look forward to the ceremony and will be watching intensely…which of course is what we do here!

Buffalo Sabres to retire Dominik Hasek's number

Mar 29, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It was not all that long ago when the Buffalo Sabres announced that Dominik Hasek would be joining their Hall of Fame. The organization has now decreed that the Czech born Goalie will have his number 39 retired next season. He will become the seventh player to have this honor in Buffalo, as he joins Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin, Rene Robert, Tim Horton, Danny Gare and Pat LaFontaine.

Hasek won two Hart Trophies and five Vezina Trophies as a member of the Buffalo Sabres and was the Goalie who carried the team to the Stanley Cup Finals, though they were unable to unseat the Dallas Stars.

Although Hasek’s departure from Buffalo was acrimonious, all fences have been mended and the greatest netminder in Sabres history will rightfully have his number raised to the rafters.

Hasek is eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame this year, and we have him ranked number one on our list of those to consider for enshrinement.

Joe Elliott talks about the RRHOF

Mar 29, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

In an interview with Billboard.com, a question was posed to Def Leppard frontman, Joe Elliott was asked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and if he was interested in being a part of it. His answer was something we thought was worth repeating:

“I haven’t thought about it until literally today because they’re asking us our opinion on the Kiss thing. I imagine the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame as this board table with six Mr. Roboto’s sitting around, faceless tuxedo-wearing prats. This is the way I look at it as there are two hats. They pull out the one, “Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Kiss, Motley Crue, fuck that, no.” “Leonard Cohen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, REM, the Pixies, we want all them in because they’re cool. We don’t want Ratt, we don’t want Poison.” I was really happy when I saw Johnny Rotten tell them to go f**k themselves. That’s what I would do… even if I did get talked out of it by the other guys in the band. But I don’t care. I don’t gain anything from it. If you get an Oscar, your next film you’re gonna be offered five times the money of your last film, and better scripts. When you get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the next day you wake up in the same bed. You don’t get tours thrown at you to open for Led Zeppelin or find out Paul McCartney wants to write a song with you. It’s rubbish. There’s no gain from it.”

Elliott describes the suspected rift in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thinking between the traditional Rock acts and the critically loved acts. He is correct, that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction does not equate to any financial gain, however the reality is that eligible acts are usually past their musical prime anyway and would not do much, other than satisfy their fan bases.

Still, we can’t help but be fascinated by the disdain that so many top Rock and Roll acts have for the Hall of Fame, and we are certain that there will be a lot more similar comments to come.

For what it is worth, Def Leppard currently holds the number 47 spot of those we think should be considered for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.