Annual Rock Hall Nominee Shit Show thread

[silverfish]

2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

Mary J. Blige
Cher
Dave Matthews Band
Foreigner
Peter Frampton
Kool & the Gang
Ozzy Osbourne
A Tribe Called Quest

Four out of the eight inductees were on the ballot for the first time, including Cher,
Foreigner, Kool & the Gang and Frampton.

Additionally, Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton have been given the
Musical Influence Award.
Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield earned the Musical Excellence
Award, and finally, Suzanne de Passe was given the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

From:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced-2024/

[Terry]

2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

Mary J. Blige
Cher
Dave Matthews Band
Foreigner
Peter Frampton
Kool & the Gang
Ozzy Osbourne
A Tribe Called Quest

Four out of the eight inductees were on the ballot for the first time, including Cher,
Foreigner, Kool & the Gang and Frampton.

Additionally, Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton have been given the
Musical Influence Award.
Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield earned the Musical Excellence
Award, and finally, Suzanne de Passe was given the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

From:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock...nnounced-2024/

Wasn't aware of the various award subsets (Musical Influence Award, Musical Excellence Award), although wouldn't a band's degree of influence and excellence be part and parcel as to them being nominated/inducted in the first place?

I find it bemusing as to whoever out there in rock fandom bitches that such and such didn't make it on the first try or whatever, since clearly everybody and anybody will get in there eventually.

Have never been to the place myself, but I imagine I'd have the same reaction I did when going to a Hard Rock establishment and seeing some famous musician's instrument or item of clothing under glass...the reaction being that rock and roll placed in a museum or inertly encased in glass represents the exact opposite of the living, breathing nature of rock and roll that attracted me to the music form in the first place.

But, you know, whatever...as a living, breathing thing rock and roll has pretty much petered out anyway.

[silverfish]

2025 inductees:

Bad Company
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker
Cyndi Lauper
Outkast
Soundgarden
The White Stripes

Phish won the fan vote.
Other honorees: Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be recognized with the Musical Influence Award.
Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence. Lenny Waronker, noted
producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

[FORD]

Bad Company? I guess the original lineup should be there. Not the lesser lineups with the generic hair band singers though. Or in other words, it's mostly Paul Rodgers who got them there.

Chubby Checker? Before my time, but I can only name one of his songs (The Twist). Is that enough to get him in? Well, that's more contribution to rock n roll than Salt n Pepa or Outkast at least.

Joe Cocker? Yeah, he should have been in years ago.

Cyndi? I don't hate her, but is she really rock n roll OR Hall of Fame?

Soundgarden? It's about fucking time! They should have been inducted the first year they were eligible.

White Stripes? I never was impressed with Jack White. Even less so with his sister? wife? whatever she was, who was pretty much the "Sid Vicious" of drummers.

Warren Zevon? Just like Joe Cocker.. long overdue and too bad he had to be dead before he got in.

Thom Bell produced some of the best "Philly Soul" records of the 70s and then retired to Cascadia, so he's worthy of a vote. and both Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye played on more "hall of fame" worthy records than half of the inductees of the last decade or so. In fact some of the more recent inductees might have plagiarized their samples on their rap records. So fuck yeah, they should be in there.

Lenny Waronker? Yeah whatever, but if I had a choice of former WB suits to induct, I would have went with Howie Klein.