# AC/DC, The Clash, Elvis Costello - Hall o' Fame, BABY!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875 "2002-11-08T13:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/1 "2002-11-08T13:20:27Z")
Hells Bells! Rock the Casbah! Watchin’ the Detectives! > **[Chart Attack - Best Magazine 2021](https://www.chartattack.com/)** > > Chart Attack is Magazine web site about music, entertainment, tech and internet trends in 2021. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/2 "2002-11-08T14:52:36Z")
According to the article you linked to, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols were all eligible previously but have not gotten in. If that is true that is insane - I am not a big fan of a RRHOF to begin with, but if you are going to have one, they all belong… ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/3 "2002-11-08T15:23:57Z")
Going to be an interesting post ceremony jam session this year. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/4 "2002-11-08T17:36:51Z")
I continue to be astonished that **Lynyrd Skynyrd** has not been inducted. (I believe this was their third year of eligibility.) What sort of world do we live in where Ricky Nelson is in the Hall of Fame and Skynyrd is excluded??? On the plus side, good to see Costello and The Clash make the cut. It’s hard to fugure the H of F’s criteria. I look down the [list of inductees](http://www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp), and I see a lot of two-or-three-hit acts. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Lao\_Tsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lao\_Tsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lao_Tsu)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/5 "2002-11-08T20:09:19Z")
I was stunned when I saw this. They’re actually going to induct bands that played Rock and Roll and were influential in it’s development. Crazy idea. After the last few inductees, I thought they were using some other criteria for membership. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-the-clash-elvis-costello-hall-o-fame-baby/135875/6 "2002-11-11T00:07:58Z")
**WordMan** , as far as **Black Sabbath** goes Ozzy is on record as saying that he doesn’t want Sabbath to even be considered 'cause he thinks the mere idea of the r’n’rhof is a bunch of shit. Plus, the critics did nothing but vilify and slam Sabbath for the better part of 20 years, so it’s confounding that these same critics would turn around and spout how fabulous they are.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Asshats. (The critics, that is.) **Spoke-** exactly, which acts are you referring to vis-a-vie them only being _two-three hit wonders_ yet still getting into the HOF. There are other genres of music besides R’n’R which are eligible for sonsideration y’know.