The Rock and Roll Futures (257)
As we intend to make this website a constant work in process, we though it would be useful to discuss the future bands/artists who will become eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many of these artists are still recording and/or performing and thus adding to their impending legacy. They will be in our future lists so please feel free to vote so that we can rank them accordingly when they become eligible.
Possibly one of the most successful bands to come out of Quebec, Simple Plan followed in the mode of the Pop-Punk bands of the mid 2000’s. While their music was never considered deep, it was fun for what it was and sold quite a few albums. Whether or not the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pays attention to them at all remains to be seen.
Justifiably inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Guns ‘N’ Roses, Slash led a Hard Rock project in 1995 aptly named Slash’s Snakepit. The band never took off the way that GNR did, but how could it? Many artists have entered the Hall a second time but there is little reason to think that Slash will be able to do so with this…
Although they sounded more like a Retro Novelty band than a Modern Rock outfit, Smash Mouth was able to secure several hits in the late 90’s. We do however question any band’s Hall of Fame chances when the lead singer appears in the Surreal Life. That is not something a Hall of Famer should (or would) do.
They may have formed in Scotland, but Snow Patrol is arguable the most important band to come out of Northern Ireland in the last twenty years. Achieving International success with their brand of Alternative Power Pop, they may have been at their best when they focused on introspective songs of a melancholy nature. Their Hall of Fame chances will likely be based on how much continued…
Something Corporate is a great name for an Emo Band, though we never really thought that was a label that suited them. This group was a very slick and polished band that arguably were more of amalgamation of Elton John and Alternative Rock. They did not make a huge splash commercially but might historically become more significant than those who outsold them.
Sparklehorse was basically the one man operation of Mark Linkous who may have delivered the most introspective and morose songs of recent memory. The music of Sparklehorse was laden with antidepressants and internal conflict, yet there was a hypnotic beauty to the music. To the shock of few, Linkous committed suicide like so many in Rock has. It is possible that one day the music of…
From Toronto, the very difficult to categorize band, “Stars” may have found a way to blend the retro Soul of Marvin Gaye, with the Post Punk of New Order. The result was a surprisingly beautiful sound that though did not sell a lot of records, pleased all of those who bought it. It is not exactly a Hall of Fame resume, but they did leave a…
In the first few years of the new Millenium, Starsailor was a major player in the post Brit-Pop musical landscape in the United Kingdom. The critics loved them, they put on a decent live show, and they had a series of hits. The problem for this discussion, and my God, we are getting tired of typing this; they did not make it in the United States,…
One of the best bands to ever come out of Wales, Stereophonics captured the U.K. market with their straight ahead attack of Rock and Roll. They have (and as of this writing continue to have) a long list of hit albums and singles but again, this is the case of another band of the United kingdom that failed to become a commercially viable entity in the…
Founded as a side project by Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Jim Root, Stone Sour is arguably a softer version of the latter band, in that Taylor’s vocals aren’t nearly as aggressive. This does not take away that this was a very good Alternative Band in its time, but Slipknot members are not going to get inducted twice, if they do at all!
Sugar Ray started out as a Funk Metal/Alternative Metal Band, but their true success was when they created a slickly produced Alternative blend of Pop. Their songs were a little gimmicky, but it worked for them. Sugar Ray had enough Alt appeal to work for some of that group, and the pretty boy good looks of lead singer Mark McGrath gave them an instant female fan…
Beloved or despised, Canada’s Sum 41 began the millennium on top with a Pop/Punk hybrid which delighted in their immaturity. This is not a shot at them, as the band was not trying to be anything they weren’t, and had a real feel in a musical world that is so manufactured. Still, they seem to be at the right place in the right time, and calling…
Initially a contemporary Christian Rock band, Switchfoot transitioned into a very solid Rock band with a lot of mainstream appeal. As they hit it bigger a few years after the Grunge/Alternative boom was over, the band did not face the backlash that other bands with a similar sound faced only a half-decade before did, and with other Christian Rock bands who had successfully crossed over before,…
Whether or not you think T.I. should be in the Rock and Roll of Fame, or any Hip Hop Hall of Fame for that matter should be noted as like it or not, this is a man who had a five year stretch on top of the charts. Now what that means to the generations coming up remains to be seen, but he should not be…
There are bands that we have discussed that are painted with an Emo brush and it isn’t exactly the case. With Taking Back Sunday, there is no doubt that this is an Emo Band.
Perhaps known best for being one half of Black Star with Mos Def, Talib Kweli is one of the most cerebral rapper of the modern era. Kweli was exceptionally skilled, socially aware and critically beloved, though not necessarily commercially successful. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will not come calling, though the Hip Hop Hall of Fame might, though that might be a long shot…
Comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the Comedy/Metal duo of Tenacious D may have been considered a joke in some circles, but to others they were not just funny, but they were damned good. Unlike other comedian/musicians, Tenacious D had musical chops, and could their own in the musical spectrum with their operatic style approach to Metal.
The All-American Rejects were one of many bands in the 2000’s to capitalize on the pop-punk sound, and had three top ten hits (Dirty Little Secret, Gives You Hell & It Ends Tonight), while doing it. While they were a successful and fun band, they were not exactly innovative, even by their own admission. Any chance that the All-American Rejects will depend on how well their…
Kim Deal should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in some capacity, though we do not think that her post Breeders project, The Amps, will be the way in which she enters Cleveland. With only one album, which although was very good, the Amps were a nice footnote to her stellar career, but not much more than that.