The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012

[AFK]

Search is borked so I can't find the thread where I usually bitch and whine about this, but here it is.

Your inductees for 2012 are:

Guns N Roses (I can go with that)
Beastie Boys  (They have been known to let their songs rock)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Swing and a miss.  They shouldn't even be allowed to purchase tickets for admission)
Laura Nyo (I have no idea who she is so I shall reserve judgement)
Donovan (eh, don't have an opinion really)
The Small Faces/The Faces  (Oh great, they are letting Rod Stewart in.)

They passed on:  Heart (should be in, no brainer), Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (incomprehensible), and Rufus with Chaka Khan.

But really, fuck the Chili Peppers.  Anthony Kiedis is a one-dimensional hack.  Induct Flea because he's the only reason that band ever has any listenable moments, but fuck the rest of them. 

And fuck Axl Rose because you just know he's going to fuck this up.  It should be a pretty simple thing, suck it up and play with the original line-up for a couple of songs, get your little trophy or whatever they handout, and then you and your corn-rows can go back to hanging out with Bucket-face.  The Police managed to do it, which is a pretty tall feat because I know it would be hard for me to be within 10 feet of Sting and not want to punch him in the face. 

Okay, that's the end of my rant...for now. 

[EK WAFFLR]

Yes. FUCK RHCP.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Isn't the original line up of G'n'R on tour right now?

I also third the fuck RHCP in the eye sockets.

[rong]

i have to disagree - i think the combination of flea, chad smith, and john frusciante should be inducted.  anthony keidis is not the soul of the band, but i can't imagine liking them more with a different singer.  dave navarro is the true reason behind RHCP sucking.  they will never recover from that.  he taught them that moody ballads sell more records.  same thing happened to aerosmith

[AFK]

They're on tour but it isn't the original line-up.  Slash has been doing his solo thing, I think Duff has some band he's started that no one is listening to, I dunno I think Izzy might be pumpkin-farming with Jim Martin, and Steve Adler is busy telling anyone who will listen that he wants to be back in the band, which is pretty much what he's been doing ever since he got kicked out.

I gotta think there's a bunch of concert promoters waving big stacks of dough in front of Axl's face convincing him that the induction ceremony could be the beginning of a big reunion tour.  But Axl's got a lot of stubborn pride so I have great faith he will tell them all to get bent so he can soldier on with whatever gaggle of nu-metal cast-offs he has in the band currently.  

[AFK]

i have to disagree - i think the combination of flea, chad smith, and john frusciante should be inducted.  anthony keidis is not the soul of the band, but i can't imagine liking them more with a different singer.  dave navarro is the true reason behind RHCP sucking.  they will never recover from that.  he taught them that moody ballads sell more records.  same thing happened to aerosmith

I have a strong bias against RHCP.  Mostly because when Faith No More hit the scene (FNM being one of my favorite bands if not my favorite), they would often be lazily compared to RHCP and chalked up as a second-rate version of RHCP.  I guess because they were from the same geography and Billy Gould also would do some slap-bass every now and again.  Of course, I think FNM are miles more talented and interesting than RHCP but they will never get inducted because, well, people suck. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

They're on tour but it isn't the original line-up.  Slash has been doing his solo thing, I think Duff has some band he's started that no one is listening to, I dunno I think Izzy might be pumpkin-farming with Jim Martin, and Steve Adler is busy telling anyone who will listen that he wants to be back in the band, which is pretty much what he's been doing ever since he got kicked out.

I gotta think there's a bunch of concert promoters waving big stacks of dough in front of Axl's face convincing him that the induction ceremony could be the beginning of a big reunion tour.  But Axl's got a lot of stubborn pride Down's Syndrome so I have great faith he will tell them all to get bent so he can soldier on with whatever gaggle of nu-metal cast-offs he has in the band currently.  

Fixed that for you.

[East Coast Hustle]

RHCP is the best band on that list by far.

Sure, everything they've put out since BloodSugarSexMagic has been terrible crap, but that still leaves 3 great albums and one really good one. Which is more than everybody else on that list managed for their careers combined.

[East Coast Hustle]

And I'm a HUGE Faith No More fan, but they just didn't come close to having the career longevity required for the RRHOF (assuming that pre-Mike Patton FNM doesn't count, because it doesn't).

[EK WAFFLR]

Personal tastes aside, I do think that The Small Faces are the most deserving group on the list.

[rong]

RHCP and FNM ain't even the same ball park.

rock and roll hall of fame is not worthy of mike patton.

[EK WAFFLR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ41hqlV0Kk&ob=av2n 

[AFK]

I actually am a fan of the Chuck Mosley era FNM.  I think they had some pretty decent material on those first two albums.  (Fortunately for the world, the Courtney Love fronted FNM never recorded an album)

And I think FNM, for better or for worse, were a pretty influential band despite not being very commercially successful after The Real Thing.  (Though, they do have the unfortunate honor of being one of the forefathers of the nu-metal movement)  And honestly, I think they deserve a lot of kudos and respect for giving the industry the middle finger with Angel Dust.  They could've easily written The Real Thing II, and raked in the dough.  

But there are tons of bands that the Hall has inexplicably shunned.  They clearly have a thing against heavy metal.  I mean, they kind of had to induct Metallica, but how the hell is Maiden and Priest not in?  Deep Purple?  

[East Coast Hustle]

*shrug*

It ain't the Metal hall of fame.

I'd be down to start up a Metal Hall of Fame, but only if we're going to put it in a burned-out church in bumfuck, Norway.

[Triple Zero]

I thought that "Rock and Roll" is more like what Elvis and the Beatles did, and this is "Rock Music"?

In which case I nominate Fatboy Slim who is way more Rock'nRoll than the Chilli Peppers!