Sunday, October 19, 2014

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Greatest Snubs

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With the announcement of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2015 nominees, it is time once again to commence with the whining, complaining, and Hall bashing. Blogs and social media everywhere will light up with people griping that the Hall is worthless because their favorite band has not been enshrined.

These are just personal opinions. Dave’s Music Database has consolidated more than 50 lists (see resources at bottom of page) to determine just who is getting overlooked most. Here are the results:

  1. The Moody Blues
  2. Cheap Trick
  3. Deep Purple
  4. Chicago
  5. Journey
  6. Electric Light Orchestra
  7. Yes
  8. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble *
  9. The Cure
  10. Iron Maiden

  11. The Cars
  12. T-Rex
  13. Bon Jovi
  14. Joy Divison
  15. Def Leppard
  16. Judas Priest
  17. Depeche Mode
  18. Motorhead
  19. The Smiths *
  20. The Doobie Brothers

  21. Pat Benatar
  22. Warren Zevon
  23. Boston
  24. Roxy Music
  25. Jethro Tull
  26. Joe Cocker
  27. Dire Straits
  28. Devo
  29. Peter Frampton
  30. Kraftwerk *

  31. Todd Rundgren
  32. Bad Company
  33. Replacements
  34. Thin Lizzy
  35. Steve Miller Band
  36. New York Dolls
  37. The Zombies
  38. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts *
  39. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  40. Duran Duran

  41. The Guess Who
  42. Gram Parsons
  43. MC5
  44. Foreigner
  45. Chic *
  46. King Crimson
  47. The B-52’s
  48. Styx
  49. The Monkees
  50. Steppenwolf

  51. Big Star
  52. Pixies
  53. Scorpions
  54. Motley Crue
  55. Sonic Youth
  56. Dick Dale
  57. Black Flag
  58. Kate Bush
  59. Nick Drake
  60. Barry White

  61. New Order
  62. Jimmy Buffett
  63. Three Dog Night
  64. Procol Harum
  65. The Runaways
  66. Tommy Janes & the Shondells
  67. Afrika Bambaataa
  68. Whitney Houston
  69. Dead Kennedys
  70. Love

  71. Blue Oyster Cult
  72. Slayer
  73. Joan Baez
  74. X
  75. Los Lobos
  76. War
  77. INXS
  78. Janet Jackson
  79. Meat Loaf
  80. Eurythmics

  81. J. Geils Band
  82. Television
  83. Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio
  84. Willie Nelson
  85. Toto
  86. Brian Eno
  87. Weird Al Yankovic
  88. Captain Beefheart
  89. Ozzy Osbourne
  90. Carole King

  91. Soundgarden
  92. Commodores
  93. Little Feat
  94. Carpenters
  95. Harry Nilsson
  96. The Jam
  97. The Buzzcocks
  98. The Spinners *
  99. The Clovers
  100. Grand Funk Railroad

* 2014 nominee

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