2007 Rock Hall Nominees Announced

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2007 nominees were announced and they will select the inductees from this group. There are many well deserving artists still missing from induction.

2007 Rock Hall Nominees Announced
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2007 induction nominees. They are:

Chic
Dave Clark Five
R.E.M.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Ronettes
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Joe Tex
Van Halen

This is the second year that Chic, the Dave Clark Five, Grandmaster Flash, Patti Smith, and Joe Tex have been nominated.

Over 500 music executives and artists will vote on the final five nominees, which will be announced in January. The induction ceremony will be held in New York City on March 12, 2007. The ceremony is usually simulcast at the Rock Hall in Cleveland.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Kiss? Rush? Priest? Deep Purple? Nugent? ZZ Top? C'mon, now!----->JMS

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Van Halen!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

songsmith wrote:Kiss? Rush? Priest? Deep Purple? Nugent? ZZ Top? C'mon, now!----->JMS

Damned right Songsmith, and what about some others like Grand Funk Railroad, The James Gang, Marshal Tucker, Charlie Daniels Band and Robin Trower, just to name a few more of my favorites.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

[rant]

The Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete and utter fucking joke. I utterly refuse to give them any of my respect, attention or business. Why? Look at this year's nominees:

Chic
Dave Clark Five
R.E.M.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Ronettes
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Joe Tex
Van Halen

The Ronettes = Motown, not Rock-N-Roll.
Grandmaster Flash = Rap, not Rock-N-Roll.
Chic = Funk/Disco, not Rock-N-Roll.

This is all just a ploy to get over-hyped and over-rated artists some attention. The good bands are not there, as mentioned in some above posts, the most glaring omissions being KISS, Judas Priest, Purple and Rush.

[/rant]

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Songsmith,

The good news is that Z Z Top did get inducted in 2004. Here is the link to the complete list of inductees.

http://rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp

The bad news is all the artists who have been overlooked. I have a list of eligible artists who have never even been nominated, let alone inducted and are much more deserving than many who are already there. Here is just a list of the obvious omissions. What has Patti Smith done to even deserve consideration over these artists?

.38 Special
Alan Parsons Project
Alice Cooper
Allan Holdsworth
Alvin Lee (Solo)
America
Anthrax
April Wine
Argent
Asia
B-52s
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Badfinger
Billy Idol
Billy Preston
Billy Squier
Blind Faith
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Blue Öyster Cult
Boston
Box Tops
Bread
Bryan Adams
Buffalo Springfield
Burton Cummings (Solo)
Cars
Cat Stevens
Charlie Daniels Band
Cheap Trick
Chicago
Chubby Checker
Cliff Richard
Cult
Dave Mason
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Derek & The Dominoes
Devo
Dick Dale
Dire Straits
Dixie Dregs
Donovan
Doobie Brothers
Duran Duran
Eddie Money
Edgar Winter Group
Electric Light Orchestra
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Eurythmics
Faces
Foghat
Foreigner
Free
Genesis
Gentle Giant
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Golden Earring
Grand Funk Railroad
Grass Roots
Guess Who
Hall & Oates
Harry Nilsson
Heart
Herman's Hermits
Hollies
Huey Lewis & The News
Humble Pie
INXS
Iron Butterfly
Iron Maiden
J. Geils Band
J. J. Cale
James Gang
Jeff Beck (Solo)
Jethro Tull
Jim Croce
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson
Joe Walsh
John Cougar Mellencamp
John Fogerty (Solo)
John Haitt
Johnny Rivers
Journey
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Judas Priest
Kansas
Kenny Loggins (Solo)
King Crimson
Kiss
Linda Ronstadt
Little Feat
Little River Band
Loggins & Messina
Los Lobos
Lou Reed (Solo)
Loverboy
Manfred Mann Band
Meatloaf
Men At Work
Metallica
Midnight Oil
Montrose
Moody Blues
Motley Crue
Motörhead
Mott the Hoople
Mountain
Nazareth
Neil Diamond
Night Ranger
Ozzy Osbourne (Solo)
Pat Benatar
Pat Travers
Paul Anka
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Peter Frampton
Peter Gabriel (Solo)
Petra
Poco
Procol Harum
Rainbow
Rare Earth
REO Speedwagon
Rick Springfield
Ringo Starr (Solo)
Robert Palmer
Robin Trower (Solo)
Rush
Saga
Scorpions
Seals & Crofts
Squeeze
Status Quo
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Steve Winwood
Stray Cats
Styx
Supertramp
T. Rex
Ted Nugent
Ten Years After
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Todd Rundgren
Tommy James & the Shondells
Toto
Triumph
Turtles
UFO
Uriah Heep
Ventures
War
Whitesnake
Wings
Yes
Zombies

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

ToonaRockGuy wrote:[rant]

The Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete and utter fucking joke. I utterly refuse to give them any of my respect, attention or business. Why? Look at this year's nominees:

Chic
Dave Clark Five
R.E.M.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Ronettes
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Joe Tex
Van Halen
The Ronettes = Motown, not Rock-N-Roll.
Grandmaster Flash = Rap, not Rock-N-Roll.
Chic = Funk/Disco, not Rock-N-Roll.

This is all just a ploy to get over-hyped and over-rated artists some attention. The good bands are not there, as mentioned in some above posts, the most glaring omissions being KISS, Judas Priest, Purple and Rush.

[/rant]

I agree Kev but i could say Priest was Heavy metal and not r&r either.
Music is music without genre in the hall of fame.
But they do have fucked up choices.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

i thought it was the rock n roll hall of fame. as i sit here listening to the beautiful tones of warren haynes and derek trucks trading slide licks on live at th beacon theatre. somebody please fuckin tell me what the fuck grand master flash has to do with rock n roll. i fucking hate rap and don't like people who listen to it. it fucking pisses me off. if you like rap i don't feel i could possibly have anything in common with you at all. i hate it that much and now you apparently can get inducted into the hall. fuck them. i' don't even get me started on the puerto- rican- latino grammy awards.

i'll side with toona on this

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

We can bitch all day about who and what we dont like the fact is...
Any genre of musician or band can be inducted.
Which to me is pretty cool..

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

I'd like to nominate the Hurricanes!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Hurricane wrote:
ToonaRockGuy wrote:[rant]

The Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete and utter fucking joke. I utterly refuse to give them any of my respect, attention or business. Why? Look at this year's nominees:

Chic
Dave Clark Five
R.E.M.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Ronettes
Patti Smith
The Stooges
Joe Tex
Van Halen
The Ronettes = Motown, not Rock-N-Roll.
Grandmaster Flash = Rap, not Rock-N-Roll.
Chic = Funk/Disco, not Rock-N-Roll.

This is all just a ploy to get over-hyped and over-rated artists some attention. The good bands are not there, as mentioned in some above posts, the most glaring omissions being KISS, Judas Priest, Purple and Rush.

[/rant]
I agree Kev but i could say Priest was Heavy metal and not r&r either.
Music is music without genre in the hall of fame.
But they do have fucked up choices.

Bob, it is not the Hall of Fame.

It is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

johnliebal · Post by **johnliebal** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

they should just call it the music hall of fame...

Diavolo · Post by **Diavolo** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Two words to illustrate the sham that is the r&r hall of fame: BONNIE RAITT?!?!?!

YankeeRose · Post by **YankeeRose** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

I recall many of the same laments last year when the nominations for the HOF were announced.

Hopefully Van Halen will be inducted!

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

I think they should do seperate ones for different genres. Just like Football or Baseball Hall of Fames. The R&R Hall of Fame should be to Rock and around the sub-genres of rock. They should have a Rap Hall of Fame. It's essentially like having a Sports Hall of Fame. They would overlook a lot of great players because of the large pool.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

Hurricane wrote:We can bitch all day about who and what we dont like the fact is...
Any genre of musician or band can be inducted.
Which to me is pretty cool..

I agree 100%. Music doesn't live in a vaccum. Rock 'n roll's a bastard style of music anyways. If you want to get technical, it should be called The Blues, Southern Gospel, and Early Country Western Hall of Fame, because that's were a lot of rock music came from. If you play any form of rock music, be sure to pay your respects to Mississippi Fred McDowell and Hank Williams Sr., because chances are you may not be playing the music that you are without them.

But I really don't get caught up in things like the RnR Hall of Fame or the Grammies. It's just the music industry kissing its own ass and congradulating the artists who sold the most units that year. It's like winning a battle of the bands. It really doesn't mean shit in the real world.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

mjb wrote:i i fucking hate rap and don't like people who listen to it. it fucking pisses me off. if you like rap i don't feel i could possibly have anything in common with you at all.

I'm not a big rap fan, but what a fucking idiot.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

The blues had a baby and called it Rock and Roll...

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

bassist25
i know my rant about rap music was harsh but it was very general and was not singling any body out. but how dare you call me a fucking idiot on a puplic forum. whats the matter with you. i think you owe me an apology.

Mikey Wax · Post by **Mikey Wax** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

Rush not being put up for induction is a travesty. Based purely on talent alone, they surpass a good bit of the crap that already has a spot.

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

mjb wrote:bassist25
i know my rant about rap music was harsh but it was very general and was not singling any body out. but how dare you call me a fucking idiot on a puplic forum. whats the matter with you. i think you owe me an apology.

No, you didn't single anybody out ... you included a large group of people — many whom are members here — in your hate spew.

mjb wrote:i fucking hate rap and don't like people who listen to it. it fucking pisses me off. if you like rap i don't feel i could possibly have anything in common with you at all.

Can anyone say, "narrow minded?"

I have a lot of friends whose CD cases and Ipods I've never rifled through to make sure they don't listen to any music that I don't personally prefer. People's musical preferences don't really sway my opinion of them as a person, but hey, feel free to spread some more prejudice ...

mjb wrote:don't even get me started on the puerto- rican- latino grammy awards.

Oh wait, you already did.

If you're going to call for apologies, take a minute to reread your own posts first.

r:>)

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

On topic, I couldn't care less about these nominations ... as Future Bobby said, it's a big ass kissing convention.

It's the same in sports, there is always a long list of deserving people who haven't been inducted that should be, but I guess the bottom line is, who should f@#king care besides the nominees?

My Cheerios were still in the cupboard waiting for me the morning after these inductees were announced. My car started that morning as I prepared to leave for work and when I had lunch at McDonalds later that day, I asked for bacon on my Quarter Pounder with Cheese and ... they put bacon on it.

Mmmm ... bacon.

r:>)

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

i don't know why i say the things i do. i knew that was idiotic but sometimes ijust can't help but to say stupid shit. oh well. sorry again. every time i post i say something stupid i have to appoligize for. i'll just keep my mouth shut and go back to just reading the posts. it's probobly best for everyone.

p.s. i still wish you woudn't have called me an idiot or prejudice

so long

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

There are actually many different music hall of fames recognizing specific genres. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame covers multiple styles of music. There are also many regional and state music hall of fames for artists in a specific area.

Rock & Roll Music Hall of Fame - Cleveland, OH

http://www.rockhall.com/

Country Music Hall of Fame - Nashville, TN

http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/

Blues Hall of Fame - Memphis, TN

http://www.blues.org/halloffame/

Rockabilly Music Hall of Fame - Burns, TN

http://www.rockabillyhall.com/

Christian & Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Nashville, TN

http://www.gmahalloffame.org/index_induction.cfm

Songwriters Hall of Fame -

http://songhall.org/index.php/splash

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame - Bean Blossom, IN

http://www.beanblossom.com/HallOfFameMuseum.html

Dance Music Hall of Fame - New York, NY

http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/features ... ominee.htm

Classical Music Hall of Fame -

http://www.audaud.com/audaud/JAN-FEB05/ ... ature.html

International Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Detroit, MI

http://www.igmhf.org/

Cajun Music Hall of Fame - Eunice, LA

http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/music/halloffame.htm

Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame

http://www.hawaiimusicmuseum.org/

Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Sevierville, TN

http://www.sgma.org/

Polka Music Hall of Fame - Chicago, IL

http://www.internationalpolka.com/

Cleveland Style Polka Music Hall of Fame - Euclid, OH

http://www.clevelandstyle.com/

Tejano Roots Music Hall of Fame - Alice, TX

http://www.tejanorootshalloffame.org/

Haitian Music Hall of Fame

http://www.heritagekonpa.com/Haitian%20 ... 20Fame.htm

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006

The best one is the Haitian music HOF in where??? New York?? Duh... Kinda reminds you of that BBQ sauce ad....