2018 Rock Hall nominees

[vandeleur]

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[Terry]

If the fucking cheese factory Bon Jovi is inducted into the HOF before Judas Priest or the MC5, then they might as well pull the plug on the whole fucking thing.

I thought the whole point of the Hall of Fame was to honor bands & artists who have had some sort of influence or impact on music? Who the fuck was influenced by Bon Jovi???

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is just the industry sucking it's own cock.

You know, naturally the celebrity, money, groupies, drugs and accolades from the public weren't already enough in and of themselves: the music industry needed a physical shrine to honor itself annually.

I mean, does it matter if Bon Jovi is honored in that sham palace before JP or MC5? Would that make Bon Jovi more legit (or legit, period) than either of those bands?

[twonabomber]

Congratulations to the 2018 Fan Vote Winners

Thank you for supporting your favorite artists by voting in the #RockHall2018 Fan Vote! The poll is closed and the following artists will each receive an extra vote in the Official Induction Vote.

1. Bon Jovi - 1.16M votes

2. Moody Blues - 947K

3. Dire Straits - 613K

4. The Cars - 552K

5. Judas Priest - 538K

The Class of 2018 Inductees will be announced Wednesday, December 13 at 7am(ET). Watch for a special member email, and tune into SiriusXM Volume station 106 for discussion, interviews and special guests!

[twonabomber]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year's inductees: Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Cars and Nina Simone will all join the class of 2018. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bon-jovi-dire-straits-the-cars-lead-hall-of-fame-class-w513945

[sonrisa salvaje]

I'll bet the HOF thinks they did the hard rock and metal world a favor by inducting Bon Juvi.
I can see some old stuffy bastard saying, "they won't be too disappointed we left Mr. Priest out since we inducted Mr. Jovi."
Truth be known they probably wouldn't know Bon Jovi from Bon Scott.

[Terry]

I think Bon Jovi did have quite a big influence on the presentation of rock n roll music in fashion and video in that period.

I can't think of anything they did that was original musically but without them would we have had pop metal to the same extent mid to late 80s?

It does seem to be a lot more about album sales, will they turn up and play and how many very expensive tables will they buy at the event.

I don't know a huge amount about this thing apart from 15 years of annual threads here but to me the RRHOF screams fake commercialism in the same way that the Hard Rock Cafe does.

I'm sure it's brings a lot of much needed $$$ and publicity to Cleveland though.

I'd tend to agree that post-Slippery, from 1987 onward you saw a lot of lower tier American hair metal bands borrowing a page or two from Bon Jovi. Even established acts like KISS weren't above trying to utilize the Bon Jovi template. Personally, that poppy pussification of hard rock that Bon Jovi ushered in wasn't my cup of tea, but it'd be disingenuous to claim that wasn't a commercially successful strategy.

And, it should be said, Bon Jovi managed to hang in there and produce tunes that got airplay long, long after the majority of their 1980s contemporaries. I think even as recently as 2004, with 'Bon Jovi Goes 'Country' " the band got a moderate hit that charted reasonably well. By the time 2004 rolled around, most of Bon Jovi's 1980s contemporaries were scrapping a living performing on the middle of a multi-day bill at State Fairs and County Expos and couldn't even rate a VH1's Where Are They Now? segment.

So, Bon Jovi as a commercial entity has endured with a respectable amount of commercial success (these days mostly restricted to concert appearances) 30 years after their musical high water mark.

I tend to think this has more to do with mediocrity having a more enduring appeal to the general public than quality, though doubtless Bon Jovi doesn't give a shit what I think when they/he sells out arena after arena tour after tour.

The RnRHoF is just an industry insider institution anyway. Bon Jovi's inclusion before, say, Judas Priest's, is meaningless.