# Rock Hall of Fame Nominees **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727 "2018-10-09T22:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/1 "2018-10-09T22:27:12Z")
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame list of nominees was just announced. [ul] [li]Def Leppard[/li][li] Devo[/li][li] Janet Jackson[/li][li] John Prine[/li][li] Kraftwerk[/li][li] LL Cool J[/li][li] MC5[/li][li] Radiohead[/li][li] Rage Against the Machine[/li][li] Roxy Music[/li][li] Rufus featuring Chaka Khan[/li][li] Stevie Nicks[/li][li] The Cure[/li][li] The Zombies[/li][li] Todd Rundgren[/li][/ul] I’ve been screaming for years that Roxy Music was never nominated and they finally heard me. I’ll try to post a poll with this so you can vote along to the music. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/2 "2018-10-09T23:22:11Z")
Devo’s not in already? 😕 Kraftwerk, definitely. And MC5, simply due to their early influence. ---
**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 9, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/3 "2018-10-09T23:34:07Z")
Finally! I was too lazy to do a poll this morning and decided to wait until somebody else started one. 😛 Stevie Nicks John Prine Roxy Music Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Devo Screw everybody else. So let it be written, so let it be done. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/4 "2018-10-09T23:42:21Z")
Only Stevie and Todd. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/5 "2018-10-09T23:49:26Z")
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is showing its age, I’m afraid. There really aren’t many new nominees to consider, so sooner or later everybody even remotely eligible is going to be nominated, and everyone nominated is going to be elected. I love rock and roll, so this is sad, and it makes me feel like a relic. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/6 "2018-10-10T01:18:04Z")
I like Def Leppard, but Priest and Maiden should get in first.  They’ll get the fan vote.  Also, Radiohead, Rage, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, and either LL or Janet. Still no Pat Benatar or “Weird” Al  ☹ Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/7 "2018-10-10T01:27:33Z")
How many are typically admitted each year? ---
**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 10, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/8 "2018-10-10T01:33:00Z")
> [@Yodalicious](#): > > I like Def Leppard, but Priest and Maiden should get in first. They’ll get the fan vote. Also, Radiohead, Rage, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, and either LL or Janet. > > Still no Pat Benatar or “Weird” Al ☹ > > Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk The Hall will know it’s arrived when Weird Al is inducted. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/9 "2018-10-10T13:53:29Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Kraftwerk, definitely. Seconded. We can argue about who started that computer-generated-like sound (I would say Isao Tomita) but they were the ones to really put it on the map and before the general public. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/10 "2018-10-10T13:58:52Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Devo’s not in already? 😕 Yeah, that’s a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/11 "2018-10-10T14:34:22Z")
I guess I didn’t know Janet Jackson played Rock & Roll. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/12 "2018-10-10T15:36:51Z")
How is it possible that Kraftwerk aren’t in it already? As for Roxy Music, please tell me at least that Brian Eno is already inducted. ---
**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 10, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/13 "2018-10-10T16:05:38Z")
Not a great list. Good acts, but nothing that really stands out as “Damn, of course, they should be in.” Even Devo or the Zombies – the ones that was easiest for me – don’t have very strong cases to be there. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/14 "2018-10-10T16:16:31Z")
I’d vote for Radiohead. That’s about it. > [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > sooner or later everybody even remotely eligible is going to be nominated, and everyone nominated is going to be elected. Yeah, there are a lot of examples of that already in the Hall. Take the Zombies, because I _like_ the Zombies. But they had, what, three hit singles? And they were not one of those groups who had a career of great albums but few or no top-40 hits. And dozens of contemporaneous bands were more influential. The Zombies shouldn’t even be on the _ballot_. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/15 "2018-10-10T16:19:50Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I guess I didn’t know Janet Jackson played Rock & Roll. About as much as 2008 inductee Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/16 "2018-10-10T16:30:43Z")
**Kraftwerk** : Enormous influence, distinctive sound and really catchy songs. They definitely should be in although calling them “rock” is a stretch. **Radiohead** : If there’s only one '90s band to remember, it’s them. Musically ambitious which is something that is not frequent in rock, and highly successful at it, too. **The Clash** were “the only band that matters”, **Radiohead** is the last one that mattered as far as I’m concerned. They definitely should be in. **The Cure** : If you had told me in the '80s that the only band from that era to still be huge 30 years later was U2, I’d have had a good laugh. The Cure seemed so much more important, then. At least until 1988. Again, a very distinctive soundworld and style, some far-ranging influence and tons of great songs including over half a dozen major hits. They definitely should be in. **Roxy Music** : I’m not a big fan but they deserve some recognition. **Stevie Nicks** : Is **Fleetwood Mac** in ? If yes, I’m not sure her solo career is strong enough for a personal recognition. Still, she is a great frontwoman with charisma and a distinctive voice. Not a great singing voice but she uses it extremely well. If not, let her in, now. ---
**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 10, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/17 "2018-10-10T16:37:09Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How many are typically admitted each year? Typically five to seven from the annual “performers” list of nominees; I believe that nominees which are selected on more than 50% of the total ballots get inducted. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/18 "2018-10-10T16:40:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’d vote for Radiohead. That’s about it. > Yeah, there are a lot of examples of that already in the Hall. > > Take the Zombies, because I _like_ the Zombies. But they had, what, three hit singles? And they were not one of those groups who had a career of great albums but few or no top-40 hits. And dozens of contemporaneous bands were more influential. The Zombies shouldn’t even be on the _ballot_. I _love_ the Zombies. But what I really mean by that is that those three hit singles are wonderful, play-'em-over-and-over-again are aural liquid gold. That’s not a Hall of Fame career. ---
**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 10, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/19 "2018-10-10T16:45:26Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > How is it possible that Kraftwerk aren’t in it already? > > As for Roxy Music, please tell me at least that Brian Eno is already inducted. Kraftwerk have been nominated repeatedly; at least for the past few years, they’ve always seemed to be on the ballot. Nope, no Brian Eno. > [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > **Stevie Nicks** : Is **Fleetwood Mac** in ? If yes, I’m not sure her solo career is strong enough for a personal recognition. Still, she is a great frontwoman with charisma and a distinctive voice. Not a great singing voice but she uses it extremely well. If not, let her in, now. Fleetwood Mac were inducted in '98, and Nicks was among the band members named in that induction. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727/20 "2018-10-10T16:51:07Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The Zombies shouldn’t even be on the _ballot_. It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Sold a Lot of Albums. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-hall-of-fame-nominees/822727.md?page=2)