kpowers said:

Irrelevant

Your "rock only" is irrelevant. The voters at Rolling Stone have spoken and they inducted who they wanted. These are the most recent covers of RS from the current issue going back to January 2018. How many feature a rock n' roll artist?

MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

Irrelevant

Your "rock only" is irrelevant. The voters at Rolling Stone have spoken and they inducted who they wanted. These are the most recent covers of RS from the current issue going back to January 2018. How many feature a rock n' roll artist?

What does Rolling Stones cover has to do with anything? Why are you against a museum that has only Rock and Roll in it? Yes Jimi. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Heart, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Thin Lizzy would be in it (and even the Monkees too Mickey D? Are you against a Reggae, Hip Hop, Jazz, Counrty only museum?? I said I'm also for a Music Hall of Fame muesum as well. Rolling Stones Magazine has been irrelevant for the last 35 years or so.

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MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

Irrelevant

Your "rock only" is irrelevant. The voters at Rolling Stone have spoken and they inducted who they wanted. These are the most recent covers of RS from the current issue going back to January 2018. How many feature a rock n' roll artist?

A museum overall honors the past, so January 2018 irrelevant

kpowers said:

A museum overall honors the past, so January 2018 irrelevant

It gives an idea of the people who's writing for RS & voting for the Hall Of Fame today and the audience who currently reads RS. Which would be the potential target audience for the HBO broadcast now that the boomer generation is getting old or passing away. So it isn't a surprise NWA, Tupac, & Biggie Smalls got inducted, they're past artists. There's an entire generation who has not existed when hip hop wasn't around. Some of the classic rock artists have worked with rappers like Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Phil Collins, etc.

MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

A museum overall honors the past, so January 2018 irrelevant

It gives an idea of the people who's writing for RS & voting for the Hall Of Fame today and the audience who currently reads RS. Which would be the potential target audience for the HBO broadcast now that the boomer generation is getting old or passing away. So it isn't a surprise NWA, Tupac, & Biggie Smalls got inducted, they're past artists. There's an entire generation who has not existed when hip hop wasn't around. Some of the classic rock artists have worked with rappers like Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Phil Collins, etc.

OK but still no reason not to have a Rock and Roll museum. Are you for a Hip Hop only museum? Sorry but today's music sucks. Music from the 60's - 80's is better than 90's- 2020

Oh wow at first glance I thought that was the Lisa Bonet

kpowers said:

Oh wow at first glance I thought that was the Lisa Bonet

kpowers said:

OK but still no reason not to have a Rock and Roll museum. Are you for a Hip Hop only museum? Sorry but today's music sucks. Music from the 60's - 80's is better than 90's- 2020

There's already one of those. There's one for funk and even a polka music museum. The point is not that there shouldn't be a rock museum. But going by the magazine that started the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame is rarely (if at all) using rock acts on their cover means that the general audience is not interested in it enough to buy the magazine. Usually magazines put celebs on the cover who are more likely to get as many people to buy it as possible. The fact that RS recently determined that Britney Spears has the greatest debut single of all time, should give an idea that the taste of the founders like Jann Wenner is on the way out. The millennial writers & performers and after are going to choose who goes in the Hall. They are going to start inducting their popular acts. Unless rock makes a comeback in the mainstream, fewer of those artists will get inducted. They've started inducting grunge. The next big rock craze after that was nu-metal which is rock & rap mixed together, Limp Bizkit might get in. Rock will probably eventually become like starting a museum right now about big band jazz or easy listening. The people who were around when those were popular are mostly gone now. Such a place would mainly appeal to a niche group

MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

OK but still no reason not to have a Rock and Roll museum. Are you for a Hip Hop only museum? Sorry but today's music sucks. Music from the 60's - 80's is better than 90's- 2020

There's already one of those. There's one for funk and even a polka music museum. The point is not that there shouldn't be a rock museum. But going by the magazine that started the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame is rarely (if at all) using rock acts on their cover means that the general audience is not interested in it enough to buy the magazine. Usually magazines put celebs on the cover who are more likely to get as many people to buy it as possible. The fact that RS recently determined that Britney Spears has the greatest debut single of all time, should give an idea that the taste of the founders like Jann Wenner is on the way out. The millennial writers & performers and after are going to choose who goes in the Hall. They are going to start inducting their popular acts. Unless rock makes a comeback in the mainstream, fewer of those artists will get inducted. They've started inducting grunge. The next big rock craze after that was nu-metal which is rock & rap mixed together, Limp Bizkit might get in. Rock will probably eventually become like starting a museum right now about big band jazz or easy listening. The people who were around when those were popular are mostly gone now. Such a place would mainly appeal to a niche group

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU KEEP CHANGING THE SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!!!

kpowers said:

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU KEEP CHANGING THE SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't the one who first said that a rock only museum had a more limited appeal. I only gave the reasons why it does. So how is that changing the subject? The subject is about who people think is the greatest American rock band, not about who should be in the Hall Of Fame. The poster who said that Grand Funk Railroad should be in before disco & hip hop changed the subject.

MickyDolenz said:

kpowers said:

BUT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU KEEP CHANGING THE SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't the one who first said that a rock only museum had a more limited appeal. I only gave the reasons why it does. So how is that changing the subject? The subject is about who people think is the greatest American rock band, not about who should be in the Hall Of Fame. The poster who said that Grand Funk Railroad should be in before disco & hip hop changed the subject.

Hello McFly!!!!!!!!!! You responded to me when I said I was talking about a museum. So here's a dollar

my first thought as well, but Lisa still wins She was to me the most attractive specimen of her kind

kpowers said:

Oh wow at first glance I thought that was the Lisa Bonet

kpowers said:

Oh wow at first glance I thought that was the Lisa Bonet

Lisa & Lenny's Daughter!!!

No contest...



Neversin.

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"Rock Band" is pretty subjective, but I would vote R.E.M. They seem to represent elements of a diverse nation.

definitely one of the most underated bands

CherryMoon57 said:

Steely Dan

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There ya go !

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First this : The Jimi Hendrix Experience !

plus, only for personal reason,

Eagles

Boston

Bad Company

Toto

The Band

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Now slap me. I know.

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peedub said:

tom petty and the heartbreakers. duh.

I completely forgot about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.... Yes, they are up there. Also, i think a case can be made for ZZ Top, as well.

Doors

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Velvet Underground

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Creedence

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Byrds

Nobody's ever going to agree on a GOAT...

The Beach Boys

The Doors

The Creedence

Aerosmith

Guns N' Roses

Nirvana

^^^ Mothers definitly.

Don't know if I missed it, but seems nobody has mentioned the grateful dead. Maybe not the best-best, but they should be in the conversation.

kev1n said:

^^^ Mothers definitly.

Don't know if I missed it, but seems nobody has mentioned the grateful dead. Maybe not the best-best, but they should be in the conversation.

And some other honerable mention

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JoeyC said:

peedub said:

tom petty and the heartbreakers. duh.

I completely forgot about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.... Yes, they are up there. Also, i think a case can be made for ZZ Top, as well.

Where's LoverBoy?

kpowers said:

kev1n said:

^^^ Mothers definitly.

Don't know if I missed it, but seems nobody has mentioned the grateful dead. Maybe not the best-best, but they should be in the conversation.

And some other honerable mention

PennyPurple said:

Where's LoverBoy?

kpowers said:

And some other honerable mention

Loverboy is Canadian, yeah I know American "North American" thing. I would put them on a list for Canada's Greatest Rock band list.