Along those same lines, I wonder if the stage would be big enough for the Deep Purple family, and how they would handle Ritchie getting up there with the rest of the gang.
Still no Johnny Rivers.
I wonder if LL Cool J is pressing for the HOF Induction Ceremony to be broadcast on CBS. It’s probably his only hope.
Well, Jon Lord just passed away and Tommy Bolin died years ago, so there’s, who…
- Ian Gillan
- Steve Morse
- Don Airey
- Roger Glover
- Ian Paice
- Ritchie Blackmore
- Rod Evans
- Nicky Simper
- David Coverdale
- Glenn Hughes
- Joe Lynn Turner
Even if all 11 survivors showed up, that’s not unmanageable. As I’ve said before, hough, I’d love for Ritchie to show up in elf shoes and a cape, carrying a lute, insisting on playing “Highway Star” in Renaissance Fest style!
As for Yes…
- Chris Squire
- Alan White
- Bill Bruford
- Peter Banks
- Steve Howe
- Trevor Rabin
- Tony Kaye
- Rick Wakeman
- Patrick Moraz
- Geoff Downes
- Oliver Wakeman
- Jon Anderson
- Trevor Horn
- David Benoit
- Jon Davison
I may have missed somebody (or a few somebodies), but that’s still not unmanageable.
If King Crimson ever gets elected, though, watch out!!!
Same here. It always bothers me when I think about the fact that Tommy Stinson has been in Guns 'n Roses longer than he was in The Replacements. 
Aw dang… in my research, I just found out something I hadn’t known- original Yes guitarist Peter Banks died this past Spring.
By my count, there have been 22 King Crimson members since 1969, counting non-performing founding member Pete Sinfield, and Bill Rieflin and Jakko Jakszyk, who are part of the recently announced reformation but have yet to actually record or perform with the band. Two out of the 22 are deceased (Ian Wallace and Boz Burrell).
Yes doesn’t stand a chance. Despite the Hall’s well-known aversion to prog, they’ll probably get in eventually, but not on their first nomination. I see Deep Purple taking the '70s classic rock slot this time around.
Linda Ronstadt’s nomination is so obviously a sympathy vote that it’s embarrassing. Not that she doesn’t deserve it, but sheesh.
I’m a minority of one in this thread then I guess.
I love his solo stuff; it is excellent.
I second this.
Queen is prog?
I far prefer PG’s solo stuff. Passion by itself blows away anything by Genesis.
Interesting.
They passed up Deep Purple again, to induct… CAT FUCKING STEVENS???
Cat Stevens deserves to be in there.
I’m a huge Deep Purple fan, and I’m sure their time will come.
No Replacements either… not that they give a flying fuck! In fact they may be more inclined to do more shows as a result and would provide some great on-stage banter.
Hall and Oates are finally getting their due. Awesome.
Still no Link Wray, huh? Ehh, it wouldn’t have changed my opinion of the institution.
Cat Stevens was the kind of musician young nuns would play at folk Mass in the early Seventies, to show how hip and cool they were.
Yeah, Sister, you ROCK! You sang “Morning Has Broken” during the processional.
There was fan voting as a part of this.
Did anyone here take part? And if so can you explain that line about five artists counting as a single vote?
I voted, repeatedly.
What it means is that the fans, in essence, get one ballot, and that ballot contains the five top vote-getters from the online poll. That ballot is put into the mix, along with all of the other ballots from the actual HOF voting committee – which, according to the HOF web site, consists of “more than 600 artists, historians, and members of the music industry”. So, the fans’ votes count for something less than 1/600th of the overall vote.