# The SDMB Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! -\>Latest Poll in post 313
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060 "2026-02-27T19:26:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 13
### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/243 "2026-07-19T21:09:50Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#):
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> I wonder why **Frodo** hasn’t voted yet, he’s usually very prompt. Maybe he’s busy with something.
Can’t imagine what 😀. I’m taping it - I hate halftime shows.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/244 "2026-07-19T21:15:02Z")
I do feel like Black Sabbath & Blondie were the no brainers.
Both huge to their sub-genres and I really like both bands.
I probably should give a nod to the Sex Pistols, but I really thought they were terrible and so I coin tossed between ZZ Top & Traffic for my third vote and Traffic got it.
I just went to youtube to listen to the Sex Pistols’ **Anarchy In The U.K** again. Oh boy does that suck. Terrible singing and showing no musicianship. Their form of punk just doesn’t work for me at all. **Ramones** were just about the first and probably the best Punk band. I stand by snubbing the Sex Pistols.
ETA: Maybe the **Clash** were the best punk band.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/245 "2026-07-19T22:22:39Z")
This is probably the first poll where I agree with the top three vote-getters.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/246 "2026-07-19T23:23:33Z")
I just changed my vote to ZZ Top.
Maybe you can beat out the Sex Pistols.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/247 "2026-07-19T23:32:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> I do feel like Black Sabbath & Blondie were the no brainers.
Agreed. I’ve never been much of a Sabbath fan, but their influence can’t be questioned.
> [@Thing.Fish](#):
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> Miles Davis is the tough call for me here…unquestionably great, unquestionably not rock.
Yes he’s jazz, but I’m still going with him for my third vote. Defining rock is exceptionally tricky, and there’s enough crossover with jazz for me to let it slide, especially for a musician as great as Miles.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/248 "2026-07-20T04:24:54Z")
> [@TroutMan](#):
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> there’s enough crossover with jazz for me to let it slide, especially for a musician as great as Miles
Yeah, but John Coltrane had about ten times more influence on Rock n Roll than Davis did.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/249 "2026-07-26T19:03:19Z")
Sorry, late again. I am going to start listing the inductees in this format, so that they can easily be cut and pasted into peccavi’s post.
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Black Sabbath
Blondie
The Sex Pistols
This week we mark a momentous event. Not only do we induct three new members
which would have been a really killer triple bill in 1977,
but along with the class of 2007, we also have a write-in candidate in “Weird Al” Yankovic! If there are any other write-ins waiting for their moment, I have forgotten them and need to be reminded.
Vote for three.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/250 "2026-07-26T19:07:56Z")
I’m not too excited about this class.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/251 "2026-07-26T19:10:46Z")
Yeah, Buddy Guy is the only one of these artists I ever actually listen to.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/252 "2026-07-26T19:19:44Z")
I literally voted for the 3 I’ve either seen live or had a CD for.
I do like Patti Smith, but she doesn’t seem like inner circle Hall.
I like some of Van Halen’s stuff, but I always thought they were over-rated.
I actually can’t stand REM. I kind of hate their music, especially Happy Shiny Earworm.
Weird Al is fine in small dosages, but not Hall of Fame material.
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/253 "2026-07-26T20:00:20Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> I actually can’t stand REM. I kind of hate their music, especially Happy Shiny Earworm.
I love REM, probably a top 5 band for me. But other than Kate Pierson’s lovely voice I care neither for that song, nor really that album taken as a whole. I tend to be more of a deep cuts guy when it comes to them as a band. At any rate they loom HUGE on the College/Indie/Alternative scene, I think they’re the one automatic vote here for me.
Can’t join the Yankovic train, as talented as he is. I’m torn with the rest.
Grandmaster Flash et al should almost be an automatic vote as The Message is so seminal for what was to come in Rap/Hip-Hop. But their career as a unified group was so short.
Patti Smith is another NYC New Wave icon and arguably a more serious uncompromising “artist” than the likes of Blondie, who had a more pop sensibility. But if we’re taking the Ramones and Blondie from that scene, should we also add in Smith? I dunno - maybe.
Van Halen is another band I’m personally indifferent to, but were undeniably very important to a generation of “guitar heroes.” Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top were good bands - I listened to them a lot when I was young. But I don’t think they cross into top tier. Same with the Ronettes. Buddy Guy, is Buddy Guy - great, but not quite there for me.
I guess Flash and crew get my second vote despite limited longevity and Van Halen get the third despite limited affection on my part.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/254 "2026-07-26T20:25:11Z")
I could have written @Tamerlane’s post word for word, and I settled on the same three for the same reasons. And in addition to Kate’s voice on SHP, I could watch her dance in the video all day. The rest of the song…meh.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/255 "2026-08-03T05:13:28Z")
Man, where does the time go? We have duly inducted REM and Van Halen, and for the third spot we have a three-way runoff between Buddy Guy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Weird Al Yankovic. Also: the 2008 class! Vote for one in the runoff and three in the regular poll. Rock on.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/256 "2026-08-04T15:41:46Z")
Kind of surprising to see how Patti Smith has surged on this admittedly not super impressive ballot. Note that I have removed my Buddy Guy vote, as I remembered my own rule that I won’t vote in runoffs unless needed to break a tie.
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/257 "2026-08-05T17:37:12Z")
Not a Madonna fan, but I think she deserves the nod. Not a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan, though I appreciate him, but ditto. Going to stick with Grandmaster Flash et al, because although they had a mayfly-length existence they loom large on a very important chunk of the modern music scene.
Buddy Guy on the tiebreak. Mostly just vibes on this one.
ETA: I just don’t think ‘Southern Rock’ is that important of a genre at the end of the day and if I had to give the nod to anyone on that list it’s the Allman Brothers first and foremost.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/258 "2026-08-07T15:24:00Z")
Greetings rockers! Last week’s selections, properly formatted:
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REM
Van Halen
And this week’s honorees are:
22
Leonard Cohen
Madonna
Patti Smith
Lynyrd Skynryd
This week’s ballot features the 2009 inductees. Vote for three.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/259 "2026-08-14T17:38:05Z")
23
Jeff Beck
Metallica
ZZ Top
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/260 "2026-08-14T17:41:45Z")
This week’s ballot features the 2010 inductees.
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/261 "2026-08-14T17:43:09Z")
Frodo, it’s uncanny that you sometimes get your votes in before I do!
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### Author:  [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-latest-poll-in-post-313/1028060/262 "2026-08-14T17:44:46Z")
Maybe this will be Weird Al’s week. I think this is probably the weakest field we’ve seen yet.
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