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About the 2026 Inductees,  omar wrote: | |
| Sean | |
| Friday, 04/24/2026 @ 05:36am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| K-Dawg I also did see wrongly, it was Sea, not Casper | |
| Friday, 04/24/2026 @ 05:33am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, K-Dawg wrote: | |
| My bad Omar. It was "Sean", is that a new name for Casper? My statement is the same. He was most definitely a very big name for many females in the late 80s and early 90s. Any misconception on who it was def is my bad. | |
| Friday, 04/24/2026 @ 04:32am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| K-Dawg It was not me asking you about Bryan Adams, it was Casper | |
| Friday, 04/24/2026 @ 01:43am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, K-Dawg wrote: | |
| Omar, Are you seriously asking citation for Bryan Adams being a sex symbol? He was hugely adored by women in the 80s into the 90s, and his song "Everything I Do" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was humongous. I don't know how old you are, but I was into my teen years into the 90s, and there was no bigger name for teeny bop girls. His influence...I don't know. I think "Summer of 69" is such a remembered song. He had that voice that was reminiscent in ways of Springsteen. He fully checks more boxes than a Don Henley. Don had some great hits, but none of them shattered Billboard the way Bryan Adams did. What's his biggest hit, "Boys of Summer"? Or "Dirty Laundry"? Solid standards for classic rock/adult contemporary, but neither turned the 80s or 90s on its ear. His best vocal performances to this day are "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane", with Eagles. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 23:39pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Jim C your IQ is low. I was just imitating your tone The opinions of artists themselves don't matter, only your illusion matters. This is all I need to know from your post. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 23:02pm | |
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| About Snubbed Members, Michael D wrote: | |
| For Metallica: Dave Mustaine (Lead Guitarist, 1981 to 1983) This isn't arguable, even if you don't like Mustaine or Megadeth. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 21:37pm | |
| Leave your own comment about Snubbed Members here. | |
| About The Velvet Underground, Jim C. wrote: | |
| These reviews are close to my thoughts: https://starlingdb.org/music/temp/velvets.html They are way overpraised and Bowie really gassed them up and helped make them so legendary. If only Love had a champion like that. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 20:44pm | |
| Leave your own comment about The Velvet Underground here. | |
| About the 2026 Inductees, Follower wrote: | |
| Sorry everyone, I wanted to keep the inductees a secret from myself until I had a meeting with some of my family members. One of the many people who can claim to be the 5th Beatle, Dave Mason of Traffic, has passed. He played one of the horn parts on Penny Lane. 2004 went from half-living and half-dead to majority dead, now that 10 of its inductees are dead. 8 remain. 2026 now has the second most inducted members with 51, behind only 2012's 70. 39 of the inductees are still alive. So far Dave Mason, Bill "Bass" Nelson, Bob Weir, Perry Bamonte, Jimmy Cliff, and Steve Cropper have died since the most recent ceremony. Living members of classes where a majority or half of the inductees are dead: 1986: All are dead. 1987: 2/26 (Smokey Robinson and Mike Stroller) 1988: 7/25 (Berry Gordy Jr., Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Bob Dylan, Al Jardine, and Mike Love) 1989: 8/28 (Dion, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Williams) 1990: 12/30 (Bob Gaudio, Frankie Vali, Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Carole King, Brian Holland, and Edward Holland Jr.) 1991: 3/21 (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, and Fred Cash) 1992: 7/30 (Booker T. Jones, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, Eric Clapton, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page and Paul Samwell-Smith) 1994: 8/29 (Eric Burdon, Allen Price, John Steel, Elton John, Tom Constanten, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Rod Stewart) 1995: 11/25 (Al Green, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Rosalind Ashford, Betty Kelly, Lois Reeves, Martha Reeves, Annette Sterling, and Neil Young) 1996: 12/27 (Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Shirley Alton Reeves, Beverly Lee, John Cale, and Maureen Tucker.) 1997: 17/39 (Barry Gibb, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Graham Nash, Jackie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Michael "Mickey" Hampton, Grady Thomas, Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere, and Gene Cornish) 1999: 4/22 (Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Mavis Staples) 2000: 13/28 (Bonnie Raitt, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Johnny Graham, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Verdine White, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Steve Boone, Joe Butler, John Sebastian, and Clive Davis) 2001: 12/26 (James Burton, Everyone from Aerosmith, Paul Simon, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor [Queen], Donald Fagan, and Chris Blackwell.) 2002: 10/20 (Brenda Lee, Marky Ramone, Everyone from Talking Heads, Ron Blair, Mike Campbell, Stan Lynch, and Benmont Tench.) 2004: 8/18 (Bob Seger, Verne Allison, Michael "Mickey" McGill, Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, and Jann S. Wenner) 2008: 6/16 (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff) 2012: 25/70 (Bobby Jones, Billy Davis, Lawson Smith, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Mike D, Ad-Rock, Donovan, Everyone from Guns 'N' Roses, Flea, John Frusciante, Jack Irons, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Cliff Martinez, Chad Smith, Kenny Jones, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and Glyn Johns.) 2024: 22/44 (Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, Jarobi White, Cher, Carter Beauford, Jeff Coffin, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds, Rashawn Ross, Boyd Tinsley, Arthur "Buddy" Strong, Ed Gagliardi, Lou Gramm, Al Greenwood, Mick Jones [Foreigner], Rick Wills, Robert "Kool" Bell, James "J.T." Taylor, Mary J. Blige, Peter Frampton, Suzanne de Passe, and Dionne Warwick) Dead members of each class where a majority or half of the inductees are alive: 1993: 15/29 (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Tom Fogerty, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Etta James, Sherman Garnes, Frankie Lymon, Joe Negroni, Ruth Brown, Cynthia Robinson, Sly Stone, Dick Clark, Milt Gabler, and Dinah Washington.) 1998: 17/30 (Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Christine McVie, Gene Vincint, Lloyd Price, Denny Doherty, Mama Cass Elliot, John Phillips, David Brown, Allan Toussaint, and Jelly Roll Morton) 2002: 10/20 (Chet Atkins, Gene Pitney, Issac Hayes, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Howie Epstein, Tom Petty, and Jim Stewart.) 2003: 16/24 (Benny Benjamin, Floyd Cramer, Steve Douglas, Bon Scott, Malcom Young, Joe Strummer, Bobby Hatfield, and Mo Ostin) 2005: 11/17 (William Powell, Percy Sledge, Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott, Frank Barsalona, and Seymour Stein.) 2006: 15/28 (Ozzy Osbourne, Clem Burke, Miles Davis, Sid Vicious, everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd other than Artimus Pyle, and Jerry Moss) 2007: 15/19 (Cowboy, Ronnie Spector, Estelle Bennett, and Eddie Van Halen) 2009: 14/21 (Bill Black, DJ Fontana, Bobby Womack, Jeff Beck, Tracy Lord, Cliff Burton, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell) 2010: 20/30 (Eric Haydock, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman, and Otis Blackwell.) 2011: 8/12 (Glen Buxton, Dr. John, Leon Russell, and Art Rupe) 2013: 14/18 (Albert King, Donna Summer, Neil Peart, and Quincy Jones) 2014: 19/24 (Ace Frehley, Kurt Cobain, Brian Epstein, Clarence Clemons, and Danny Federici) 2015: 15/27 (Bill Withers, Lee Crystal, Lou Reed, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Billy Davenport, Sam Lay, Stevie Ray Vaughn and everyone from The "5" Royals.) 2016: 21/25 (Terry Kath, Jon Lord, Eazy-E, and Bert Berns) 2017: 24/28 (Tupac Shakur, Richard Tandy, Alan White, and Chris Squire) 2018: 15/25 (Alec John Such, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Graeme Edge, Denny Lane, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Nina Simmone, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe) 2019: 32/36 (Perry Bamonte, Steve Clark, Graham Simpson, and Paul Atkinson) 2020: 14/23 (Michael Hossack, Keith Knudson, John Hartman, Andy Fletcher, The Notorious B.I.G., Marc Bolan, Steve Currie, Mickey Finn, and Whitney Houston) 2021: 14/22 (Taylor Hawkins, Tina Turner, Billy Preston, Randy Rhodes, Florian Schneider, Gil Scott-Heron, Charlie Patton, and Clarence Avant) 2022: 23/28 (Sylvia Robinson, Les Binks, Dave Holland, Harry Belafonte, and Elizabeth Cotten) 2023: 12/21 (George Michael, Everyone from the Spinners, Don Cornelius, and Link Wray.) 2024: 22/44 (Phife Dawg, Leroi More, Ed Gagliardi, Ian McDonald, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Claydes "Charles" Smith, Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Ricky Westfield, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Buffet, everyone from MC5, Norman Whitfield, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and Big Mama Thorton) 2025: 16/23 (Boz Burrell, Mick Ralphs, Joe Cocker, Chris Cornell, Nicky Hopkins, Thom Bell, and Warren Zevon) 2026: 39/51 (Clive Burr, Paul Di'Anno, Ian Curtis, Luther Vandross, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ed Sullivan, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller, Linda Creed, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, and Gram Parsons) | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 19:49pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| What original 1967 critics actually said: Because numerical review scores (like Pitchfork or Metacritic-style ratings) did not exist in 1967, the best record of its reception comes from period newspaper and magazine commentary. Surviving contemporary reactions show: Richard Goldstein (New York World Journal‑Tribune) described the album's sound as "a savage series of atonal thrusts and electronic feedback" and criticized its sadomasochistic and free‑association lyrical imagery. This was not praise — it reflected the discomfort many critics felt toward the album's abrasive style. Many publications refused to advertise the album, and radio stations avoided playing it due to its explicit themes (drug use, prostitution, S&M). This contributed to its poor early reception. The album sold poorly — roughly 10,000–30,000 copies in its first years, reinforcing that it was not warmly received by critics or the public. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 19:30pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| O, You are low IQ. You can't tell a troll comment from a real one. Sales matter. This is supposed to be the pinnacle of music. A 100m selling artist has more influence than a band that sold 500K. Narratives have been created to elevate marginal acts. Velvet Underground had no real impact when they actually were a band. Their reunion was a flop in 93. There is a huge gulf between getting critical praise and actually generating sales and a fanbase. The Beatles were all the inspiration most 70s acts needed. VU grew into a legend from music critics constantly reappraising them higher and higher. Andy Warhol also massively helped elevate their status. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 19:05pm | |
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| About Michael Bolton, Rusty wrote: | |
| Michael Bolton deserves to be in the Music Hall of Fame. He is a great singer and sing writer. Why are you waiting? It's time to honor him while he is still alive!! Thank you, Rusty | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 18:40pm | |
| Leave your own comment about Michael Bolton here. | |
| About the 2026 Inductees, Tim wrote: | |
| Within the next 5 to 10 years, Rick Krim & John Sykes will likely be leaving the RHOF (Sykes is 70 & I'm unsure how old Krim is) and this is when things get interesting. The younger generation is a lot more open to genres like metal (sub-genres like Atmospheric-Black-Metal, Symphonic-metal, Folk-metal & Blackgaze are vary popular with the newer generations) and they often listen to music written in other languages (some of biggest names in rock today are Japanese bands like Babymetal, Wagakki Band, Band-Maid, Lovebites & Gacharic Spin) my and other younger generations are come from era that had the internet to show us music that mainstream radio don't play, to learn about artists popular in other countries and lets us easily try genres of music for free. There is going to be a major shift in who gets inducted when they leave. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 17:16pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| Change tool to Sting | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 16:20pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| 2027: Lenny Kravitz, Devo, Lauryn Hill, Styx, Bryan Adams, Beyonce, Coldplay 2028: Mariah Carey, INXS, Motorhead, Boston, EBAR, Gloria Estefan, New Edition 2029: Alicia Keys, the B52s, De La Soul, Linkin Park, the Black Crowes, Beck, Shakira 2030: Alice in Chains, Kanye West TLC, the Killers, Alanis Morissette, Jane's Addiction, Usher 2031: Taylor Swift, the Smiths, D'Angelo, Nas, Pixes, Tool, Bjork | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 16:15pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| " and Velvet Underground had no influence, because they sold nothing and no one wants to copy their sound to sell nothing. no one cares." This is following the logic of that user, too absurd | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:44pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, EJ wrote: | |
| dmg, I think Slayer has the best chance out of the big 4 trash with Metallica being in since 2009. They are the most influential when it comes to metal out of the other three. Anthrax was beaten to the punch by Aerosmith and Run D.M.C. for rock/rap collabs and while Public Enemy is important....I can't say Anthrax is. They have piggy backed onto better bands while having a much weaker catalogue. Megadeth has the sales numbers but I see Slayer getting nominated before Megadeth. Honestly I think they will take a break from metal for a bit and side category Motorhead and Dio. Maybe they will put in Tool in a year or two and Linkin Park but the Rock Hall seems to be fatigued with getting metal bands in. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:44pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Just randomly find one interview to John Rzeznik. At least John cares about Replacements, lol https://web.archive.org/web/20070318173300/http://www.ascap.com/musicbiz/rzeznik.html "First and foremost, I like Paul Westerberg which is really an obvious influence in my music. He is honest. I really liked listening to him, he was so different from so many other things, and what really attracted me was the alternative music, because it was an open ground. It didn't have the rules that mainstream rock had at the time. You didn't have to write about cars and girls and how bad ass you were. It was like, you could really explore the world around you with it, and kind of make a statement in a way. I loved The Clash, and I mean, what does a fourteen-year-old know about English politics? They were talking about something other than their car. I like Westerberg for his honesty" | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:36pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O. wrote: | |
| It is not hard to find John Rzeznik, Goo Goo Dolls singer himself, claims Replacements/paul westerberg is his music hero. Interviews are everywhere on internet This is not rewriting history. This is basically claimed by the band/songwriter himself | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:26pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| I won't take who have double standards on acts he doesn't like (INXS) and he likes (Kansas, Meat Loaf) too seriously | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:21pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Sorry, I won't take the person who said "Meat Loaf is modern day Beatles" seriously | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 15:16pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| The Replacements are so important and influential -> no one cares. High ratings on rateyourmusic mean nothing. Same with Husker Du, Minutemen, XTC, and many more. How can you be influential when no one buys your records or listens? Yes, I want to copy the Replacements and make no money. You can't rewrite history and act like people really cared or even noticed them at the time. Violent Femmes (a two song band) double their Spotify numbers. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 14:54pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| Or the next 70-80 perfomer inductees? (With consolidation side category inductees) | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 14:27pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| Anyone want to predict next ten years class? | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 14:10pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Steve Z wrote: | |
| Jim C., Tom Waits shouldn't be nominated because he's been an inductee for 13 years... | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 13:08pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Replacements are most obvious influence on Goo Goo Dolls. Goo Goo Dolls basically influenced by the sound of Replacements Replacements definitely also have huge impact on the sound of pop punk movement (Green Days etc) And modern pop acts like Miley Cyrus, Lorde covered their songs Their influence is obviously modern music But I know none of this matters to some certain user. What he does is basically counting the charts like elementary school student. Just a "classic rock" fan selectively choose data for his own preferences. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 13:03pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| Tom Waits should not be nominated ay all because no charts success and no Spotify listeners today | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 12:53pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| Darius Rucker has a pretty good country career. But you cannot nominate or induct Hootie and the Blowfish. They had a 3 year run at most. The second album cratered very quickly and they were forgotten / disappeared from MTV. Their cd was a yard sale staple. Culture Club actually has decent stats (solid record sales, decent worldwide success, one 10-15 million selling album, a couple million plus selling singles, 6.7m Spotify monthly listeners). They were not a strong touring act / draw. Boy George was a media personality and did a fair amount of reality TV. The Crying Game movie / song was pretty iconic. Respectable nominee. Outranks B-52s. Bryan Adams had more Billboard success than all the grunge bands combined. Grunge never ruled the charts (Nirvana knocking off Michael Jackson for one week was just a blip). Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Madonna, and other pop acts dominated. The Replacements were banned from SNL and basically banned from all media. They have less than zero cultural relevance. They were not a strong tour act (even there quasi-comeback did nothing) and have under a million Spotify listeners today. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 12:44pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Expect New Edition will be brought up every year until they are included They seem to be #1 target for Questlove and Jimmy Jam now. The problem is will they get Mariah Careyed... Another act whose music is viewed as bubblegum music l... | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 12:24pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| "We have seen B/C level of acts that fit John Sykes vision nominated or will be nominated, and only A level "outsider" acts will be considered... It is crime..." He hasn't gotten Bryan Adams on yet, who I know everybody considers his equivalent to what the J. Geils Band was for Wenner. The difference seems to be that ONLY Sykes is pushing for Adams and that isn't enough while Geils fit the sensibilities of several people on that era's nominating committee (Little Steven, etc...) | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:29am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| "a sex symbol, and did have innovations" Citation needed on both of those. Never heard either of those claimed before. He was one of many people who combined the working-class aesthetics (not the substance) of Springsteen with the arena rock of Journey, and that WAS a pretty big radio rock movement admittedly. Pseudo-hair metal Bon Jovi was the biggest of these acts and Adams was second, and there were a zillion people filling out this space (Eddie Money, The Outfield, The Hooters, Richard Marx and Michael Bolton on their rare rock songs, etc...) He is obviously the biggest remaining of those not inducted, but who did he even really influence except Marx and Bolton? He watered down Mellencamp, who himself watered down Springsteen. But at least Mellencamp's daring move into an Americana direction and slightly away from the rock mainstream in the mid-to-late '80s had influence on alt-country and shit. Any influence Adams had pretty much dies after grunge, right? | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:28am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Sean We have seen B/C level of acts that fit John Sykes vision nominated or will be nominated, and only A level "outsider" acts will be considered... It is crime... Who the fxxk in younger generations are listening to Etheridge and Crowes... Culture Club (Boy George) looked like a visually influence to some modern acts like Chappell Roan though, this is the reason I think they will be considered After John Sykes (and Rick Krim) stepped down, there will be definitely shift... | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:27am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, K-Dawg wrote: | |
| I wasn't really for Billy Idol getting in, as may have been noticed since I've never predicted him as a nominee or inductee. He gets the rockist vote for 3 songs (Rebel Yell, White Wedding and the tediously overplayed Mony Mony), and while he had some good deeper cuts, he just didn't stand out for me as anyone more innovative or popular. He was just there. That being said, his induction does open the door for someone I'm on the fence about, Bryan Adams. Bryan had a much bigger catalog of hits, was more popular, a sex symbol, and did have innovations. He could arguably be nominated on the grounds of "Summer of 69", "Run to You" and "Everything I Do I Do It for You" by itself, but his style, unique voice, and what always comes off to me as a "tortured voice", line him up as a probable shoo-in next year, should trends follow | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:19am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| "JD/NO included in this year though, they were definitely not played on mtv heavily. They were even industry outsider, finally used 22 years and three tries to be voted in." Yeah, I'm not saying there isn't still a critical contingent. There are tons of critics who are still a part of thi thing. Just that they have much less influence on what happens than they used to have. "Finally, I feel these most obvious early alternative indie giants like Smiths, Pixies, Replacements, Sonic Youth will have to be included one way or another, and other underground influential rock figures, they will be snubbed." Totally agree and they're many of the biggest snubs. Just explaining why they were much more likely to get nominated under Wenner than under Sykes whose administration does seem to care more about image than substance, at least relative to the previous regime. "Pretty sure INXS will be pushed, early new wave heroes that is big mtv act like Devo, B52s will get more looks, and then big mtv acts like Culture Club, Tears for Fears and Pet Shop Boys will be looked at." Devo, B-52's, Tears for Fears, Pet Shop Boys would certainly be consistent with artists an MTV regime would really go for. Culture Club will never be nominated. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:09am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| "Bryan Adams is more likely than Don Henley solo tbh Similar music style with far more success" Agreed. He will probably be nominated first and like Foreigner and Frampton, he worked with and was respected with so many more big names than he honestly should have been and I think he will get in when he gets on the ballot. It doesn't matter that Henley was a significantly better singer and lyricist, and there are probably 100 guys who deserve it over both of them. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:06am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Sean JD/NO included in this year though, they were definitely not played on mtv heavily. They were even industry outsider, finally used 22 years and three tries to be voted in. Rock hall have to recognize several early alternative poineers, otherwise it will look ugly to them. This is the reason they had to induct JD/NO but they wait 20+ years to finally include them. They also did include Kate Bush very late, who wasn't mtv star. Finally, I feel these most obvious early alternative indie giants like Smiths, Pixies, Replacements, Sonic Youth will have to be included one way or another, and other underground influential rock figures, they will be snubbed. It needs to be said John Sykes and Rick Krim will definitely step down in next ten years, then we need to see who will take charge of committee, and then there will definitely be a turn for nominating patterns, more and more popular stars or more and more pitchfork like, or in the both. John Sykes (and Rick Krim) only have ten years windows. Eventually the most obvious early alternative/indie heroes will be included, just need to wait longer as JDNO did. Pretty sure INXS will be pushed, early new wave heroes that is big mtv act like Devo, B52s will get more looks, and then big mtv acts like Culture Club, Tears for Fears and Pet Shop Boys will be looked at. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:05am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| Maybe you think Spotify numbers SHOULD matter as a measure of current relevance/popularity, but I think it is pretty obvious that they clearly DON'T. The Hall has never cared what the kids think and only cares about whether the current members in charge like an artist's music, which is why all these '70s throwbacks like Etheridge, Kravitz, DMB, Phish, etc... get nominated over more innovative and CURRENTLY popular '90s artists, and again, why I think you can also expect Counting Crows soon for the same reasons. Even Hootie and the Blowfish wouldn't surprise me at this point tbh. These acts aren't currently relevant even if Hootie somehow got a top 40 hit out of a country remix of one of their songs, but they hearken back to the kind of music the boomers in charge like. Also, there's the whole record industry aspect of this. With all the record industry bigwigs controlling everything, I think it's still clear they do not like streaming. It may have democratized music listening for the fans, but it made a lot less money for the suits at the record companies and they still run things. So as a result, that contingent is still going to care about charts and sales and how much they made from artists in the past than their current relevance (obviously, some artists will meet both criteria and those will be quickly ushered in). | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 11:03am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, O wrote: | |
| Bryan Adams is more likely than Don Henley solo tbh Similar music style with far more success | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 10:52am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| "I would say most 80e American underground acts chances are near zero. Replacements stand the best chance among the US 80s underground rock acts as their most obvious influence to modern popular rock and indie music." Yep. This is what happens when the administration switches from an institution linked to a magazine of criticism than an institution linked to MTV and iHeartMedia. MTV icons' chances like George Michael and Cyndi Lauper and Lionel Richie and Billy Idol and Phil Collins will certainly skyrocket while the chances of anyone they didn't play will plummet. I'm sure they did play The Replacements and The Pixies but not ENOUGH for nomination, and they'll skip them for the '90s bands they did play. John Sykes said in an interview that he signed The Counting Crows and Stone Temple Pilots as an A&R guy, and cross-promoted his own work hard (they were the first two bands he played when he took over VH1). Expect both of them to be nominated sooner than they should. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 10:51am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Sean wrote: | |
| Oh right, and Collins, Sade, and Vandross were big wins for adult contemporary also, but most of the Collins songs that people respect didn't fit that mold (sure, some exceptions like "Take Me Home"), Sade had much more innovative music, and Vandross certainly had a more iconic voice. | |
| Thursday, 04/23/2026 @ 10:47am | |
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