Terry Stewart, current president of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee, discusses how he'll define rock & roll and how it has been difficult for fans of artists who have been snubbed or not inducted right away here:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2167344845

So basically anyone the RRHOF can make a dime off of.

lazycrockett said:

So basically anyone the RRHOF can make a dime off of.

Right but if they're so concerned with making money, PUT KISS IN!

"PUT KISS IN"

Co-sign!!

Timmy84 said:

lazycrockett said:

So basically anyone the RRHOF can make a dime off of.

Right but if they're so concerned with making money, PUT KISS IN!

Not just Kiss, but Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, etc.

Paris9748430 said:

Timmy84 said:

Right but if they're so concerned with making money, PUT KISS IN!

Not just Kiss, but Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, etc.

I'm still a little ticked the other three groups hadn't even been nominated yet! Come on! lol

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke to me now. I used to be so excited when artists got inducted but now I could care less. It's a popularity contest and it's not about those that really matter anymore. Besides, it's scary knowing that Britney Spears is up for induction in about 10 years!

It sounds like they don't have any real definitive criteria for their selection process outside of some level of success on one of the U.S. charts.
That being the case, I still say some of their selections would make more sense if they'd named the joint something like The American Music Hall of Fame.



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MY main beef with the RRHOF fame is it continues to try and assimilate any other type of music that the organizatin wants to. The whole "umbrella" and "big tent" is BS.

lazycrockett said:

MY main beef with the RRHOF fame is it continues to try and assimilate any other type of music that the organizatin wants to. The whole "umbrella" and "big tent" is BS.

I still want them to explain why the fuck they inducted Percy fucking Sledge! "When a Man Loves a Woman" is the most asinine song in soul/pop music history! YEAH I SAID IT!

Lol it took them years to induct Van Halen & Black Sabbath...... And Alice Cooper to All those bands where some of the greats.

And Deep purple how they aren't in...... is beyond me

They must got something against hard rock groups, most of them still ain't got in yet...

the inductees will be announced tomorrow (December 7)

Then all the foreign artists like Clapton, The Who, etc. would not be in?

theAudience said:

It sounds like they don't have any real definitive criteria for their selection process outside of some level of success on one of the U.S. charts.
That being the case, I still say some of their selections would make more sense if they'd named the joint something like The American Music Hall of Fame.



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thesoulbrother said:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke to me now. I used to be so excited when artists got inducted but now I could care less. It's a popularity contest and it's not about those that really matter anymore. Besides, it's scary knowing that Britney Spears is up for induction in about 10 years!

Unfortunately, that's the case with all awards now. I don't know whether or not it was always like this or if I'm just recognizing it more with age.

RnBAmbassador said:

Then all the foreign artists like Clapton, The Who, etc. would not be in?

theAudience said:

It sounds like they don't have any real definitive criteria for their selection process outside of some level of success on one of the U.S. charts.
That being the case, I still say some of their selections would make more sense if they'd named the joint something like The American Music Hall of Fame.



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Easy fix, The Popular Music Hall of Fame

But honestly, I don't believe artists are considered anyway if they don't have some U.S. chart history.

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Musicslave said:

thesoulbrother said:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke to me now. I used to be so excited when artists got inducted but now I could care less. It's a popularity contest and it's not about those that really matter anymore. Besides, it's scary knowing that Britney Spears is up for induction in about 10 years!

Unfortunately, that's the case with all awards now. I don't know whether or not it was always like this or if I'm just recognizing it more with age.

Yeah when I was 13, I thought the Hall of Fame was where all the "cool guys" got in but they let anybody in that motherfucker. And never puts people that deserve at least a mention for how influential they actually were.

Timmy84 said:

lazycrockett said:

So basically anyone the RRHOF can make a dime off of.

Right but if they're so concerned with making money, PUT KISS IN!

I agree. But it may NEVER happen anytime soon. I strongly believe some of the past & present RRHOF committee members have a personal problem with KISS (especially with Paul & Gene) for some reason.

[Edited 12/6/11 14:10pm]

thesoulbrother said:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke to me now. I used to be so excited when artists got inducted but now I could care less. It's a popularity contest and it's not about those that really matter anymore. Besides, it's scary knowing that Britney Spears is up for induction in about 10 years!

It's more of a disgrace that Janet Jackson is NOT in the RRHOF yet.

TonyVanDam said:

Timmy84 said:

Right but if they're so concerned with making money, PUT KISS IN!

I agree. But it may NEVER happen anytime soon. I strongly believe some of the past & present RRHOF committee members have a personal problem with KISS (especially with Paul & Gene) for some reason.

[Edited 12/6/11 14:10pm]

If the committee members changed faces, KISS might've been in a long time ago. Why that political-loving douchebag Jann Wenner's in it, I don't know...

TonyVanDam said:

thesoulbrother said:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke to me now. I used to be so excited when artists got inducted but now I could care less. It's a popularity contest and it's not about those that really matter anymore. Besides, it's scary knowing that Britney Spears is up for induction in about 10 years!

It's more of a disgrace that Janet Jackson is NOT in the RRHOF yet.

Or at least considered for it.