# The Supertramp List: A Means of Judging Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Candidates

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**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supertramp-list-a-means-of-judging-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-candidates/983591 "2023-05-05T04:12:59Z")\
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It’s an interesting question for the Hockey Hall of Fame - should Paul Henderson be in there? His NHL career was good, but not great - however, “If there’s a goal that everyone remembers/It was back in '72”… 🙂 I think he’ll get inducted at some point, but the HHOF is very much focused on the NHL, and likely will be for quite some time.

Getting back to the original topic - yes, I think the Supertramp List is an excellent basis for discussing who should/should not be inducted without the discussion devolving into questions of personal taste.

In arts grants discussions, a post-project assessment always consists of looking at three aspects of a project - attendance, critical reviews, and artistic influence. Ideally, any project will have a measure of success in all three categories, but it reflects the idea that different projects will have had different merits, and that’s okay…

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**Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supertramp-list-a-means-of-judging-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-candidates/983591/42 "2023-05-06T21:59:10Z")

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> [@racer72](#):
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> I didn’t say all the artists shown on that website should be in but there are a number that should. Looking at the current 365 inductees, I easily found more that 135 that I don’t believe should be included.

I don’t necessarily disagree with that; there are certainly some acts currently in the Hall that I don’t like, and feel are overrated (though I don’t think my list would be anywhere close to 135 of them). And, the replies to that post have generally agreed that _some_ of the acts listed in that article are likely deserving of induction.

But, your earlier post, referring to that list of 135 acts, didn’t say that; you said:

> [@racer72](#):
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> Another reason I think the Rock and Roll HOF is a joke. [135 bands/artists not in the R&R HOF.](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/artists-not-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/) If I had to choose 135 bands and/or artists to listen to the rest of my life, I would choose these artists instead and those in the HOF.

(I’m guessing that “instead and those” was meant to be “instead of those”)

I read that post as “I prefer these 135 acts, as that list stands, to the acts that are currently in the Hall.”

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