Often when we look at music that was recorded thirty years ago, it feels that it was recorded thirty years ago. It doesn’t mean that we can’t appreciate it, but it may give it some feeling that we are listening to music with a dated quality. With the music of Suicide, those who may be hearing it for the first time may have a hard time believing that it was done thirty years ago, or understand where a lot of today’s music came from.

Many entries on this list discuss Heavy Metal acts and whether the genre will receive long term respect from the Hall. Should that happen, we wonder if one of the bands that get credit for popularizing it, Blue Cheer may get a look from Cleveland.