The Hall of Fame List

Jambaloni wrote:Influential means music fans and musicians alike have heard of them to an extent great enough to be "significantly influenced" to the point that rock and roll's development was impacted and developed by the band's contribution.

The RRHOF isn`t a popularity contest or an award for commercial success.If commercial success would be the main criteria for an induction into the RRHOF then you could simply put in the artists which have the highest sales in the end of each year. The result would be a RRHOF full of "artists" like Kelly Clarkson, Vanilla Ice, Paula Abdul, Huey Lewis & the News, Nickelback or the Hansons.For example: Velvet Underground experienced little commercial success. Brian Eno once said, "Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band.

Casper wrote:Yep, Kim Deal of Sonic Youth is the only vagina in that bunch.Here's the inductees from future elections with female members:The Carpenters - 2013Donna Summer - 2013B-52's - 2014Connie Francis - 2015Janet Jackson - 2015Heart - 2017Whitney Houston - 2019Marvelettes - 2020Eurythmics- 2021Chic - 2022Linda Rondstadt - 2022Peter, Paul and Mary - 2023Mary Wells - 2024My Bloody Valentine - 2024Kate Bush - 2026We also inducted the not yet-eligible Pixies, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins & Massive Attack.

Kim Gordon, you mean. Although Deal has made a guest appearance with Sonic Youth. Can't remember the song but it was while the Breeders were "popular".

As for this year, we had inducted Alice Cooper and Neil Diamond prior to the 2011 Class and Tom Waits as part of the 2018 Class.Dr. John and The Blossoms (the backing group of which Darlene Love was a member) were inducted as sidemen in the project as well.In Cleveland Rock Hall but not at all in Rock Hall Revisited through 2026 Inductions:1. Lloyd Price - 1998 in Cleveland2. Moonglows - 2000 in Cleveland3. Dells - 2004 in Cleveland4. Percy Sledge - 2005 in Cleveland5. Wanda Jackson (Early Influence) - 2009 in Cleveland6. Jac Holzman (Non-Performer) - 2011 in Cleveland7. Art Rupe (Non-Performer) - 2011 in Cleveland

Yep, Kim Deal of Sonic Youth is the only vagina in that bunch.Here's the inductees from future elections with female members:The Carpenters - 2013Donna Summer - 2013B-52's - 2014Connie Francis - 2015Janet Jackson - 2015Heart - 2017Whitney Houston - 2019Marvelettes - 2020Eurythmics- 2021Chic - 2022Linda Rondstadt - 2022Peter, Paul and Mary - 2023Mary Wells - 2024My Bloody Valentine - 2024Kate Bush - 2026We also inducted the not yet-eligible Pixies, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins & Massive Attack.

Casper wrote:We had a massive project going on over at the Future Rock Legends site where we created a Hall that started in the same year as Cleveland and progressed all the way to a 2026 Induction Class (for artists that released their first recording in 2000). 101 Artists were inducted in total that aren't currently in Cleveland and are eligible for next fall's ballot.We've since (slowly) had people ranking the 45 acts that we felt should already be in by the 2012 class. And the results actually have a familiar face on top...1. Kraftwerk2. Deep Purple3. Beastie Boys4. The Smiths5. MC56. King Crimson7. New York Dolls8. T.Rex9. Joy Division10. Roxy Music11. Sonic Youth12. Rush13. Big Star14. The Cure15. Depeche Mode16. Judas Preist17. Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble18. The Replacements19. Motorhead20. Yes21. Peter Gabriel22. Guns N' Roses23. The Zombies24. Iron Maiden25. Link Wray26. Dick Dale27. Duran Duran28. New Order29. Soundgarden30. The Monkees31. KISS32. The Cars33. Chicago34. Red Hot Chili Peppers35. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio36. The Moody Blues37. Devo38. Cheap Trick39. Def Leppard40. Emerson, Lake & Palmer41. Jethro Tull42. Electric Light Orchestra43. Donovan44. The Spinners45. Dire Straits

Like the list overall. Kind of estrogen-deprived, though.

We had a massive project going on over at the Future Rock Legends site where we created a Hall that started in the same year as Cleveland and progressed all the way to a 2026 Induction Class (for artists that released their first recording in 2000). 101 Artists were inducted in total that aren't currently in Cleveland and are eligible for next fall's ballot.We've since (slowly) had people ranking the 45 acts that we felt should already be in by the 2012 class. And the results actually have a familiar face on top...1. Kraftwerk2. Deep Purple3. Beastie Boys4. The Smiths5. MC56. King Crimson7. New York Dolls8. T.Rex9. Joy Division10. Roxy Music11. Sonic Youth12. Rush13. Big Star14. The Cure15. Depeche Mode16. Judas Preist17. Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble18. The Replacements19. Motorhead20. Yes21. Peter Gabriel22. Guns N' Roses23. The Zombies24. Iron Maiden25. Link Wray26. Dick Dale27. Duran Duran28. New Order29. Soundgarden30. The Monkees31. KISS32. The Cars33. Chicago34. Red Hot Chili Peppers35. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio36. The Moody Blues37. Devo38. Cheap Trick39. Def Leppard40. Emerson, Lake & Palmer41. Jethro Tull42. Electric Light Orchestra43. Donovan44. The Spinners45. Dire Straits

JMB you are the kind of fan that the hall should be listening to. I think we all have reservations about having to shape our own decisions around what direction the hall seems to be moving towards even if it is distasteful! I think your choices are very good but you have brought up a very significant point which we seem to bash around often in here, What is Rock? Maybe the hall should base their criteria on what music was banned or considered punishable by jail time in other countires at some point. That might shake them up a bit.

Thank you for the comment. OK, I get it. I was not even aware of this website until I came across a reference on YouTube. It is a good idea.As a Heavy Metal fan in my youth (80"s) I ran down the list looking for some names, like Dokken, Accept or Loudness; to my surprise most names are on your list; so I have to say it is very comprehensive. And I get the point on why A-Ha or Wham are on the list, the induction process over the years has become unpredictable so the pool of candidates has widened to some controversial areas for pure Rock'n'Roll fans. I "lived" Rock