The Rock Hall is continually behind in inductions and the times. As of now thousands of bands and fan favorites, still being played on the radio are not inducted. Its time us, the fans that support them, sign this petition to get these bands inducted.
“We the People of the Rock and Roll Capitol of the World and the fans of Rock all over the world hereby decree…
We want The Bands in our Rock Hall Immediately”
The Moody Blues? Are you kidding me? The Hall of Fame is the biggest joke. I just saw them two weeks ago; Sold Out.
These groups need to be added to the hall now.
Moody Blues, The Cars, Yes, John Coltrane, kate bush, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Jethro Tull, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran, Kraftwerk, Robert Plant solo artist,
Ditto for Def Leppard and Bon Jovi!
Journey should have been in a long time ago!
I agree with some of these bands the others I don’t agree with being because I have never listened to them but you’d think that some of these Big Sellers who were highly influential like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest would get inducted into the hall of fame but no
The “Rock ‘N Roll” Hall of Fame needs to get their heads out of their asses and induct Grand Funk Railroad. GFR helped to define 1970s ROCK, and yet “artists” like Britney Spears and rap morons are in? RRHOF sucks. THE NAME OF THE BUILDING IS THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME…NOT “WHATEVER KIND OF MUSIC A BUNCH OF ELITIST SNOBS ELECTS TO INCLUDE”
Uh, Britney isn’t even eligible….
The rap ‘morons’ will continue to make the ballot, because Rock & roll evolves — something the Grand Funk nimrod morons can’t do.
Lots of bashing and bitching here. Real change comes about through intelligent debate and conversation. Making your voice heard in the right arena. And leave the name calling back to the grade school playground.
rory Gallagher, alex Harvey band,
Rory Gallagher rolled out one of the best live performances I have ever seen. The rockers he influenced is unbelievable. He has my vote!
The Monkeys? Please, The Tubes right now….period! Duran Duran? Ha ha! Please, stop the madness! Hell, we had to wait until Elton spoke up for Leon Russell to get in. Styx, Journey no, maybe posthumously. Monkeys….never! No contrived bands.
The point is The MonkeEs weren’t content to just be a “contrived” band. Since they were using their real names & being shown playing their instruments, they demanded to live up to that–Mike & Peter had already been working on musical careers, anyway, Mickey was a quick learner on drums & Davy mostly contributed percussion. This was not only as portrayed on the show, but they made a point of practicing together as a real band, so they could silence all their critics. They even campaigned successfully to go out on tour & they also chose an as-yet mostly unknown Jimi Hendrix & his band to be their opening act. Monkees fans weren’t impressed & Hendrix & the guys left the tour. The Monkees understood. They finally got Don Kirschner fired & became a more self-contained band, but their reputation now preceded them (& apparently still does for some people). None other than Frank Zappa appeared on their TV show & also made a cameo appearance in their movie “Head”, along with Terry Garr (her acting debut & the last time she spelled her name that way), Toni Basil (who did a song & dance number with Davy), Sonny Liston, Victor Mature & Annette Funicello. Meanwhile, up-&-comer Jack Nicholson himself co-produced the movie with first-time director Bob Rafelson (who had been one of the TV show’s producers). The two of them & all four Monkees wrote the script, with Nicholson giving it a final polishing up, while two of the film’s songs were written by Peter & one by Mike. The following year, Nicholson became a big star in “Easy Rider”, which was executive produced by Bert Schneider (the other producer of The Monkees TV show), while Rafelson went uncredited as an additional producer. “Head” is VERY different from the show. Any young kids who managed to get in to see it (it was rated “M” for “suggested for Mature audiences only”) were surely puzzled & didn’t get what they’d hoped for–they probably didn’t even understand the point of it. It’s grown to be a cult classic & finally has even been put out by The Criterion Collection. I wonder if Jann Wenner knows any of this…
The nominating people have been biased (Wenner!) and wrong for many years. Major change needed.
MEGA BANDS who should be IN based solely on only 1 of their many awesome albums. Journey-Escape Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell Styx-Grand Illusion Scorpions-Blackout Moody Blues-Days Of Future Past Jethro Tull-Aqualung The Cars-Self Titled ELO-Out Of The Blue Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street Supertramp-Crime Of The Century Yes-Fragile. Being Canadian I just have to throw in Barenaked Ladies-Gordon. And On and On it goes. It’s sounds like after they voted for ABBA someone must have made a motion to move directly to the 80’s thinking that they represented 70’s rock and roll. After they finally get these bands their due, what will they do to find a footprint in the Hall to give these bands some space of their own for a display? I think we’re all very much on the same page based on the comments I’ve read. Keep on getting the message out.
America
I cannot understand how in the world The MOODY BLUES, are not in the R&R HOF. This is such a disgrace! They have met ALL of the criteria. There’s only a handful of bands that can match this band,for longevity,record sales,for the most part it’s been the same line-up? Again they’ve got the creds! PUT THEM IN,BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
jETHRO TULL AFTER THE STONES THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER
two of the greatest although completely different snubs are JETHRO TULL and JOHNNY MAESTRO
YEAH
Chicago,The Doobie Brothers,The Cars,The Moody Blues
Chicago,The Moody Blues,The Doobie Brothers,Grand
Funk,ElO,The Cars,Cheap Trick,The Steve Miller Band,
Yes,
Joey Dee & The Starliters
http://www.JoeyDee.com
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* Jimi Hendrix playing guitar for The Starliters
* Oscar Winner Joe Pesci playing guitar for The Starliters
* The Beatles – Opening act for Joey Dee & The Starliters
What about the SCORPIONS amazing band. They should have been in a long time ago.
SUZI QUATRO! First female to front a male band wearing leather and swinging a bass guitar. She paved the way for many female rock and rollers. She was a big influence and is still having major success and performing live at 64!!! She is true to her music and true to her fans, she deserves a nomination!