Wow! What an excellent list 🤩 Here's my Top 20: 1. Nick Drake 2. Warten Zuvor 3. John Coltrane 4. Love (Forever changes was voted best album of all time by Melody Maker in 1972) 5. Flying Burrito Brothers / Gram Parsons/ Emmylou Harris 6. Ravi Shankar 7. Pentangle/Bert Jansch/ John Renbourn (Folk, Folk-Rock, guitar virtuoso) 8.Richard Thompson/Fairport Convention (s.a.) 9. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (Psychedelic Pop pearls from LA) 10. Daniel Lanois ( Solo Artist, Producer - Dylan, U2, Robbie Robertson, Neville Brothers, Gabriel) 11. Wishbone Ash ( finest melodic twin guitar band with Argus best alum of the year 1972, M. M.) 12. Gene Clark (solo artist) 13. The Searchers ( in the beginning of Mersey Beat only the Beatles were bigger. And their chiming 12 string guitar influenced the Byrds) 14. Jan & Dean ( Surf, composer, producer) 15. Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood 16. Rick Wakeman - solo artist 17. Incredible String Band ( initiate world music. Their LPs 5000 Spirits, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Wee Tam and The Big Huge are psychedelic Folk classics) 18. The Monkees😊 19. Danny Whitten & Crazy Horse 20. Dean Martin - Consul of Cool 😎
For me, it's something like this: 1. Outkast 2. The Clovers 3. Wynonie Harris (the ultimate pioneer - arguably made the first rock ‘n’ roll record) 4. Mary J. Blige 5. Roy Brown 6. Joy Division/New Order 7. Beck 8. Kool & the Gang 9. The Smiths 10. Coldplay 11. Mariah Carey 12. Iron Maiden 13. White Stripes 14. Smashing Pumpkins 15. A Tribe Called Quest 16. Dr. Dre 17. Johnny Ace 18. Eric B. & Rakim 19. TLC 20. Bjork 21. De La Soul 22. Sonic Youth 23. The Monkees 24. Chuck Willis 25. PJ Harvey 26. Pointer Sisters
I wholeheartedly agree about Warren Zevon!! Someone that I think should be in there is David Lindley. Unfortunately, it would be a posthumous induction as he passed away last year.
The Searchers, Johnny Maestro (first leading the groundbreaking integrated group The Crests and then the even more profound Brooklyn Bridge - maybe the best voice ever), The Monkees.
Loved your list, especially the #1 King Crimson and #2 Jethro Tull bands. I was shocked to hear that Thin Lizzy wasn't there either and some of honorable mentions. But you nailed it, and the current list is not that great as compared to your snubs list.
Little Feat Tull BOC Thin Lizzy Dick Dale (one of wildest shows I have seen) Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (no chance) Big Star Nick Drake The Jam
I think u should do a video on power pop….big star, cheap trick, badfinger raspberries etc…. I know cheap trick is in…. All of them belong in rock hall
For me gun to my head my 10 are Iron Maiden John Coltrane Joy Division/New Order Jethro Tull Thin Lizzy Motorhead OutKast King Crimson Soundgarden DEVO
Okay, here's my list of artists you didn't mention that should be in the R&R Hall of Fame. Certainly more worthy than Whitney Houston (I love her rock songs...lol) Dolly Parton or (Dear Lord) Mariah Carey????? #1 The Monkees (Okay you mentioned them, but what other artist outsold the Beatles?) #2 Blue Oyster Cult (Don't Fear the Reaper, alone should get them in, but they have 20 or so albums!) #3 Styx (Eric Carmen singing Come Sail Away as fast as possible? Gold) #4 Supertramp (Fool's Overture and the entire Breakfast in America album) #5 10cc (Their sense of humor and the HOW DARE YOU album. I'm Not in Love) #6 Bachman Turner Overdrive #7 Kansas #8 Bjork (Certainly more worthy than the ladies mentioned in the opening of this comment) #9,#9, #9 (get it?) Grand Funk Railroad (Talk about influential) and #10 Three Dog Night (No they weren't songwriters, but everything they touched turned to gold) Those are my picks in addition to many you mentioned.
Well first of all , the name must be changed. It is NOT the rock and roll hall of fame, but music hall of fame - meaning all genres. I'd guess that half of those hof artists are not rock and roll at all. By that definition, this shrine is a joke. Boston, Kansas, Bad Company, Styx are not in. Really? If that's not classic rock and roll then I don't know what is. Jethro Tull, whether you like them or not, is in my opinion the biggest snub. Hell, Tull should be in for the Aqualung album alone. So many classic albums " Thick as a Brick", "Songs From the Wood", "Heavy Horses" are some of the best classic and progressive rock albums of all time. Cleary, the hof committee dislikes Ian Anderson, (probably because he is outspoken and his lyrics might be complex or controversial). I'm not sure what the reasons are, probably political. Anyway, this is one hall of fame (shame) that I have no interest in.
