# 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026 "2017-10-05T15:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/1 "2017-10-05T15:02:11Z")
[The list is out of next year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame](https://pitchfork.com/news/rock-hall-2018-nominees-radiohead-kate-bush-rage-against-the-machine-nina-simone/?mbid=social_twitter) nominees: Bon Jovi Kate Bush The Cars Depeche Mode Dire Straits Eurythmics J. Geils Band Judas Priest LL Cool J MC5 The Meters Moody Blues Radiohead Rage Against the Machine Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Nina Simone Sister Rosetta Tharpe Link Wray The Zombies Let the arguing begin! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/2 "2017-10-05T15:05:31Z")
Not a list of Hall of Famers, just some famous bands that range up to the Hall of the Very Good. Maybe 2 exceptions. \*\* Dire Straits\*\* is borderline to me. Probably not Hall of Fame worthy. **Moody Blues** , I’m surprised they’re not in yet. Is this tied to the Anti-Prog Rock attitude of the Hall? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/3 "2017-10-05T15:09:39Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Moody Blues** , I’m surprised they’re not in yet. Is this tied to the Anti-Prog Rock attitude of the Hall? It wouldn’t surprise me. But, with ELO, Yes, and Rush all having made it in over the past few years, maybe they stand a chance. I agree, there’s a lot of “Hall of the Very Good” acts in here, and several performers that I just don’t know a lot about. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/4 "2017-10-05T15:14:59Z")
The fact that Sister Rosetta was not inducted in the first year is a crime and a shame. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/5 "2017-10-05T15:23:51Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > The fact that Sister Rosetta was not inducted in the first year is a crime and a shame. Fight some ignorance here please.I just don’t know that much about her in the end. I know she was a precurser to Rock & Roll; but was she really Rock & Roll? Or do you think her importance to helping to create/inspire Rock is enough to put her in. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/6 "2017-10-05T15:47:26Z")
It’s the Moodies that aren’t Hall-worthy. Neither, IMO, are The Cars, J. Geils, Radiohead, or Judas Priest. Dire Straights, OTOH, should be a lock, and Mark Knopfler should also be inducted as a solo artist. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/7 "2017-10-05T16:03:45Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Fight some ignorance here please.I just don’t know that much about her in the end. > > I know she was a precurser to Rock & Roll; but was she really Rock & Roll? Or do you think her importance to helping to create/inspire Rock is enough to put her in. She was definitely Rock’n’Roll. Watch this video, especially from a minute and a half in: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JeaBNAXfHfQ/hqdefault.jpg "Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head on Gospel Time TV show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/8 "2017-10-05T16:07:41Z")
Seriously? Judas Priest is one of the most influential bands ever. You know how, in just about every field, there’s the guy who invents something, and then another guy who comes along and perfects that thing and sets the standard? In the case of heavy metal, those two would be Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. JP established the “twin lead guitar attack” that has become _de rigeur_ in most varieties of metal. Rob Halford is called “The Metal God” for a reason: he set the standard for metal vocalists. And don’t forget that JP also essentially invented the “look” of heavy metal, with all the black leather and spikes. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/9 "2017-10-05T16:11:28Z")
IMHO (in order of necessity), The Meters J. Geils Band Sister Rosetta Tharpe Link Wray The Zombies The rest can wait. The whole thing’s a joke, but if Bon Jovi gets in this year ahead of the bands I mentioned, that’ll just confirm it. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/10 "2017-10-05T16:12:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Fight some ignorance here please.I just don’t know that much about her in the end. > > I know she was a precurser to Rock & Roll; but was she really Rock & Roll? Or do you think her importance to helping to create/inspire Rock is enough to put her in. A thread I started on her years ago: [Guitar Players: A Lesson on How it's Done - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453794) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/11 "2017-10-05T16:13:52Z")
I do have to confess that I have never heard of The Meters. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/12 "2017-10-05T16:40:11Z")
The Moody Blues should have been inducted ages ago. They’re the biggest no brainers on this list. After that, I’d pick Dire Straits, Judas Priest, the Cars, and the Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/13 "2017-10-05T16:41:39Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Seriously? Judas Priest is one of the most influential bands ever. You know how, in just about every field, there’s the guy who invents something, and then another guy who comes along and perfects that thing and sets the standard? In the case of heavy metal, those two would be Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. JP established the “twin lead guitar attack” that has become _de rigeur_ in most varieties of metal. Rob Halford is called “The Metal God” for a reason: he set the standard for metal vocalists. And don’t forget that JP also essentially invented the “look” of heavy metal, with all the black leather and spikes. I rest my case. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/14 "2017-10-05T16:42:37Z")
No Weird Al. Totally bogus. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/15 "2017-10-05T16:55:50Z")
[quote=“gaffa, post:7, topic:798026”] She was definitely Rock’n’Roll. Watch this video, especially from a minute and a half in: [/QUOTE] That guitar solo is clearly rock, and note the Peter-Townsend-like windmill at 1:48. Moody Blues, Link Wray, and the Zombies should definitely be in. J. Geils is borderline. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/16 "2017-10-05T17:07:59Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > That guitar solo is clearly rock, and note the Peter-Townsend-like windmill at 1:48. Definitely! She is the connection from Gospel/Blues and Rock and needs to be honored. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/17 "2017-10-05T17:09:02Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I do have to confess that I have never heard of The Meters. New Orleans gunslingers, including a bunch of Neville brothers. Listen to Cissy Strut. Sublime funk. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/18 "2017-10-05T17:49:10Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > IMHO (in order of necessity), > > The Meters > J. Geils Band > Sister Rosetta Tharpe > Link Wray > The Zombies > > The rest can wait. The whole thing’s a joke, but if Bon Jovi gets in this year ahead of the bands I mentioned, that’ll just confirm it. But it would be worth it for the Jon/Ritchie drama. Voting in Radiohead fits how I think most of the voters feel. They will of course refuse to show up. I hope whoever plays for them does Creep to piss them off. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/19 "2017-10-05T17:59:01Z")
Here’s the list: Bon Jovi The Cars Dire Straits J. Geils Band Judas Priest MC5 Moody Blues The Zombies Let the arguing stop! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/20 "2017-10-05T20:32:49Z")
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