If you were to pick the 5 inductees to the RRHOF this year...?

Question

who would your 5 be? They have to not already be in.

mine:

Deep Purple
Rush
The Guess Who
SRV(barely eligible)
Yes or Jethro Tull

BQ:how do you like mine?
MQ:can we all agree that the RRHOF is a complete joke?

Answer 1

Deep Purple

Rush

Yes

Mountain

The Scorpions



BA: Very well

BA2: Indubitably

Answer 2

-The Hollies

-Electric Light Orchestra

-Procol Harum

-Cat Stevens/Jim Croce/Harry Chapin (they have All been eligible since 1991!!)

-Badfinger



bq: Your choices are very good. The only reason i Didn't mention The Guess Who and Rush were because you did



mq: Yeah, i don't understand their selection process, it seems based more on how big of a draw the person will be to the museum rather than influence and talent sometimes. Not all of the time. But its just sad to see some of the really deserving artists that Aren't in.

Answer 3

Grand Funk Rail Road one of the best rock bands to come from America.

Todd Rundgren...Great song writing skills, Killer guitar great voice. Let's talk about his curriculum vitae as a producer and engineer: Meat Loaf, XTC, Patti Smith, New York Dolls, Badfinger, Tubes, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Hall & Oates, Janis Joplin, Jesse Winchester, the Band, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Foghat, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Shaun Cassidy, Rick Derringer, Grand Funk, Alice Cooper, Pursuit of Happiness, Jill Sobule, Bourgeois Tagg, Bad Religion...and this is just a partial list.



Genesis....Artistic to a fault, but blisteringly intelligent (not to mention melodic) in ways few bands even approximate today. Wacky concepts in the Gabriel days gave way to proletariat adult pop with Collins at the helm, leading to respective solo careers that outclassed the mothership in both sales and influence.



and: Judas Priest, Chicago, Edgar Winter Group, Blood Sweat And Tears, Def Leppard, Donovan, Herman's Hermits, Joe Cocker, Manfred Mann, Paul Butterfield, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Spencer Davis Group, Ted Nugent.



BQ: great list

MQ: yes we can.

take care

dave

Answer 4

T. Rex

Nick Drake

Donovan

Moody Blues

Electric Light Orchestra

Violent Femmes and Love also but I don't know who to take out for them.



Nice picks, especially Jethro Tull, The Guess Who, and Yes.

Answer 5

NEIL SEDAKA. One of the absolute best pop songwriters of his generation. (And, yes, pop singers are eligible. The Platters are in. And they deserve to be.)



NEIL DIAMOND. Forget that garbage he did in the 80s like "Heartlight." This man was smoking in the 60s with songs like "Thank the Lord for the Nighttime" and "Cherry Cherry."



POCO. If you're going to have the Poco impersonators in there (the Eagles), you should put the band where they learned it from in as well. Plus, with a roster that includes Jim Messina and Richie Furary, how can you go wrong?



STEVE MILLER. His lyrics are as lame as they come. However, he has been selling consistently for 43 years. How much longer can his career go without being recognized?



MOODY BLUES. Yeah, you can have a "hall of fame" without including two of the most successful acts of the 60s through 80s (Miller and the Moodies). Give me a break.

Answer 6

Metallica

Jethro Tull

Public Enemy

King Crimson

Answer 7

kiss

rush

deep purple

iron maiden

judas priest

ozzy

motorhead

ted nugent

alice cooper

journey



all of these bands deserve to be in BEFORE madonna, run dmc, metallica, and u2. without these bands, metallica wouldnt even exist.



and yes, the RRHOF is a FKNG JOKE. no integrity whatsoever.

Answer 8

Deep Purple

The Scorpions

Yes

The Moody Blues

Rush



Like the Tull pick, also ELP!

Answer 9

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Guess Who

Joy Division



...I'll have to edit.

Answer 10

Yes

Rush

Jethro Tull

Metallica

Kansas

Answer 11

Alice Cooper

Blue Oyster Cult

Cheap Trick

The Stooges (why exactly didn't they make it this time???)

Judas Priest



and if I had a 6th, it would be T Rex...



BA: Yep, those should be in too

MA: Yep.



Paperbag: heh, I was just editing Mr. Bolan in there right as you were posting him... cool.

Answer 12

Transatlantic

Spock's Beard

The Flower Kings

Yes

King Crimson



But that **** ain't happening... Soulja Boy is going to hit the RRHOF before these guys. :P

Answer 13

ABBA

Brian Eno

The Cure

The Jam

Joy Division



Runners-up:



Eurythmics

T.Rex

Answer 14

metallica

Pearl jam

Nirvana

red hot chili peppers

rush

Answer 15

Well, for them to qualify, it must be 25 years after their first album was released.



That in mind:

Rush

UFO

Blue Oyster Cult

Deep Purple

Yes



BQ: Yours is very very good.

MQ: Haha yes. Madonna?!?! WTF?!?!

Answer 16

-Metallica

-Pantera

-Iron Maiden

-*NOT* Run DMC

-and I don't know.