29. Sleater-Kinney

The Bullet Points

• Eligible Since: Wednesday, 01 January 2020
• Country of Origin: U.S.A. (Olympia, Washington)
• Why they will get in: If the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seriously thinks they have a problem with gender diversity, then this is about as good as it gets to help with that.
• Why they won't get in: As critically loves as they were, this was not a band that was ever mainstream.  That shouldn’t matter, but often it does.
• Nominated in: Never
• Essential Albums:

  Call the Doctor (1996)
  Dig Me Out (1997)
  One Beat (2002)
  No Cities to Love (2015)

• Our Five Favorite Songs as Chosen by Each Member of the NIHOF Committee:

  I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (From Call the Doctor, 1996)
  One More Hour (From Dig Me Out, 1997)
  You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun (From All Hands on the Bad One, 2000)
  Entertain (From The Woods, 2005)
  A New Wave (From No Cities to Love, 2015)