I know. I don't think they belong in the Hall.

It'll be the induction class of 2014. 2014 - 25 = 1989.


I voted Chic, Purple, LL Cool J, Nirvana and N.W.A.

Nirvana's first release was from 1988 and they are first eligible this year. I think you are eligible AFTER 25 years have passed since your first release, not in the 25th year.

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Yes, that probably makes more sense.

Since the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Dylan all debuted in '62 and were inducted in '88, I'd say you are correct.

BTW, here's where the new members of the Hall whom we inducted ended up in our rankings of the Hall members plus our choices for the Hall:

58 - Nirvana
115 - Deep Purple
150 - LL Cool J
156 - Hall & Oates
167 - Yes
180 - Kiss
192 - Chic
232 - Link Wray
251 - Linda Ronstadt
295 - Peter Gabriel

Note that means that 6 of the 16 nominees didn't make our Hall--which is pretty sad given how many acts we voted for. I think there were a lot of names on our listing more deserving than the remaining ones on ours. (NWA is a really tough case--to me it depends on whether you're considering only what they did under that name, or the careers of the members. The others we didn't vote in I would definitely replace on the ballot with others we did.)

I think you mean "this year's nominees" rather than "new members," but it's interesting to see what we collectively thought of these acts. You missed NWA who I inserted. It looks like we saw everybody up to Chic as solid candidates and the rest as borderline. That seems about right.

Here's the current nominees that we did not induct:

The Replacements
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Meters
Cat Stevens
The Zombies

I still don't see any of these as belonging.

I'm surprised The Replacements have been nominated. Have Sonic Youth been nominated yet?

No. Check the first page.

Of course.



Ah, yeah, I think I searched the text but didn't account for there being periods there!



Agreed.

Questlove is on the nominating committee now. He nominated Hall & Oates. Hopefully this means we will be seeing Kool & the Gang and the Commodores on the ballot in the near future.

Rock Hall Finally Puts Up Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, But No Chicago for Possible Induction
http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/10/16/ro ... -induction

Rock Hall nominations? No, it's time to start kicking people out: Cast your vote
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For The Zombies

The Blue Caps, The Comets, The Crickets, The Famous Flames, The Midnighters, The Miracles, Randy Newman, Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Darlene Love, The Small Faces/Faces, The Hollies, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures, John Mellencamp, The Ronettes, The O'Jays, The Dells, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, Crosby, Still and Nash, Barry Gibb, Bill Medley

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Link Wray

Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Ventures, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, R.E.M, U2, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie, ZZ Top, Ramones, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, The Police

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Cat Stevens

Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Randy Newman, Tom Waitts, Elton John, Billy Joel, Donovan, Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Barry Gibb, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Heart

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Linda Ronstadt

Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Randy Newman, Tom Waitts, Elton John, Billy Joel, Donovan, Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Bonnie Raitt, Barry Gibb

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Peter Gabriel

Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jackson Browne, Randy Newman, Tom Waitts, Elton John, Billy Joel, Donovan, Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, The Police, Rush

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Deep Purple

Neil Diamond, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Rush, Heart, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Genesis, The Stooges, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders, The Police, Blondie, The Clash, Ramones, Van Halen, U2, R.E.M, Traffic, ZZ Top, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Queen, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Yes

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Rush, Heart, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Genesis, The Stooges, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders, The Police, Blondie, The Clash, Ramones, Van Halen, U2, R.E.M, Traffic, ZZ Top, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Queen, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For KISS

Queen, U2, R.E.M, Blondie, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Metallica, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns N' Roses, Rush, Heart, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, RUN-DMC

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Hall & Oates

The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders, The Police, Blondie, U2, R.E.M, Billy Joel, John Mellencamp, Queen, Beastie Boys, RUN-DMC, Heart, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Barry Gibb, Randy Newman, Public Enemy

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Chic

Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barry Gibb, Queen, ABBA, Madonna, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, RUN-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blondie, R.E.M, Prince, The Jackson Five, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For N.W.A and LL Cool J

Madonna, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, RUN-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blondie, R.E.M, Prince, The Jackson Five, Parliament-Funkadelic

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Nirvana

Heart, Public Enemy, Rush, Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, RUN-DMC, R.E.M, U2, Van Halen, The Police

In addition to the points that we've been making for years about hip hop and other things being part of rock, in this case there's the additional point that the Hall has already admitted hip hop and disco artists, which would make it nonsensical at this point to say that additional artists from those subgenres are ineligible.

So Laura Nyro isn't among this guy's 15 nominees to boot from the Hall, but Madonna is? Well, at least in his poll, he gives you the opportunity to vote for "other".

Gene Simmons:
"I Believe, in my heart, that anybody who gets up there and says that what they are doing is art, is on crack, and is delusional."