Let's Remake the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[YesNY]

Below is the complete list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame perforner inductees since its inception. Your task is simple: remove an artist who is in there and add an artist who should be in there. Please read the suggestions at the bottom of this post before posting.

ABBA
AC/DC
Paul Ackerman
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
Louis Armstrong
Asia
Chet Atkins
Bachman Turner Overdrive
LaVern Baker
Hank Ballard
The Band
Frank Barsalona
Dave Bartholomew
Ralph Bass
The Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Jeff Beck
The Bee Gees
Benny Benjamin
Chuck Berry
Black Sabbath
Bill Black
Chris Blackwell
Otis Blackwell
Hal Blaine
Bobby "Blue" Bland
The Blue Caps
Blondie
Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
David Bowie
Charles Brown
James Brown
Ruth Brown
Jackson Browne
Buffalo Springfield
Solomon Burke
James Burton
The Byrds
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Leonard Chess
Chicago
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton
Dick Clark
The Clash
Jimmy Cliff
The Coasters
The Comets
Eddie Cochran
Leonard Cohen
Nat "King" Cole
Sam Cooke
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Floyd Cramer
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Crickets
Crosby Stills and Nash
King Curtis
Bobby Darin
The Dave Clark Five
Clive Davis
Miles Davis
The Dells
Devo
Neil Diamond
Bo Diddley
Dion
Dire Straits
Willie Dixon
Fats Domino
Tom Donahue
The Doors
Steve Douglas
The Drifters
Dr. John
Bob Dylan
The Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Duane Eddy
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Ahmet Ertegun
Nesuhi Ertegun
The Everly Brothers
The Famous Flames
Leo Fender
The Flamingos
Fleetwood Mac
DJ Fontana
Foreigner
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Aretha Franklin
Alan Freed
Milt Gabler
Peter Gabriel
Marvin Gaye
David Geffen
Genesis
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Berry Gordy, Jr
Guns N' Roes.
Bill Graham
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Grateful Dead
Al Green
Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Guy
Bill Haley
John Hammond
George Harrison
Isaac Hayes
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Billie Holiday
Holland, Dozier and Holland
The Hollies
Buddy Holly
Jac Holzman
John Lee Hooker
The Impressions
The Ink Spots
The Isley Brothers
Mahalia Jackson
Michael Jackson
The Jackson Five
Wanda Jackson
James Jamerson
Etta James
Elmore James
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Billy Joel
Little Willie John
Elton John
Johnnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Janis Joplin
Louis Jordan
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
B. B. King
King Crimson
The Kinks
KISS
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Kraftwerk
Lead Belly
Led Zeppelin
Brenda Lee
John Lennon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Little Richard
Little Walter
Darlene Love
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna
The Mamas and the Papas
Barrry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Marillion
Bob Marley
Martha and the Vandellas
George Martin
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
Clyde McPhatter
John Mellencamp
Metallica
The Midnighters
The Miracles
Joni Mitchell
The Monkees
Bill Monroe
The Moody Blues
The Moonglows
Scotty Moore
Van Morrison
Jelly Roll Morton
Syd Nathan
Ricky Nelson
Ted Nugent
The O'Jays
Spooner Oldham
Roy Orbison
The Orioles
Mo Ostin
Johnny Otis
Earl Palmer
Parliament-Funkadelic
Les Paul
Carl Perkins
Tom Petty and the Heatbreakers
Sam Phillips
Wilson Pickett
Pink Floyd
Gene Pitney
The Platters
The Police
Doc Pomus
Elvis Presley
The Pretenders
Lloyd Price
Prince
Professor Longhair
Queen
Ma Rainey
Bonnie Raitt
Ramones
Otis Redding
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jimmy Reed
R.E.M.
Righteous Brothers
Smokey Robinson
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
Linda Ronstadt
The Ronettes
Roxy Music
Run-D.M.C.
Todd Rundgren
Art Rupe
Rush
Leon Russell
Sam and Dave
Santana
Pete Seeger
Bob Seger
Sex Pistols
Del Shannon
The Shirelles
Mort Shuman
Paul Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
Percy Sledge
Sly and the Family Stone
Small Faces/Faces
Bessie Smith
Patti Smith
The Soul Stirrers
Phil Spector
Dusty Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
Steely Dan
Seymour Stein
Rod Stewart
Jim Stewart
Jesse Stone
The Stooges
The Supremes
Talking Heads
James Taylor
Television
The Temptations
Allen Toussaint
Traffic
Big Joe Turner
Ike and Tina Turner
U2 *
Ritchie Valens
Van Halen
The Velvet Underground
The Ventures
Gene Vincent
Tom Waits
T-Bone Walker
Dinah Washington
Muddy Waters
Jann S. Wenner
Jerry Wexler
The Who
Hank Williams
Jackie Wilson
Howlin’ Wolf
Bobby Womack
Stevie Wonder
Jimmy Yancey
The Yardbirds
Yes
Neil Young
The (Young) Rascals
ZZ Top
Frank Zappa

I will periodically update the list with removes being in strikeout font, and adds being in bold font. An artist with astererisk (*) next to their named was removed, but then later added back in by another member.


Suggestions:
Commenting on the performers you are removing is fine, but be respectful. The performer is still talented, even if not as much the RRHOF made them out to be, in your humble opinion.

Avoid removing artists whose work you are not even the slightest bit familiar with (that would probably include many fifties artists for most of us.)

Remove and add one each at a time. You can post again later with other artists you want to remove and add.

There is nothing wrong with an existing RRHOF artist who was removed being added again later by another member. As for removing an artist a member added to the RRHOF for the first time, I have no suggestion.

DON'T QUOTE OR COPY AND PASTE THIS LIST! All the scrolling involved will end up spraining people's wrists.

Thanks!

[YesNY]

I'll start.

Remove: Bob Seger
Add: Yes (duh!)

[crotale2112]

the hall of fame is a bunch of bull..

I hope Yes NEVER gets in there.. it would mean more in the long run.

at most I would love to see Tony Kaye take a leak on the front doors of the place.

[YesNY]

the hall of fame is a bunch of bull..

I hope Yes NEVER gets in there.. it would mean more in the long run.

at most I would love to see Tony Kaye take a leak on the front doors of the place.

To me the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is like it's baseball counterpart. Not getting inducted doesn't make a musician or player any less great. This thread is mostly for fun and letting people chime in with their own picks if they had the chance to cast a vote, or giving them a chance to voice a sentiment like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj20z-hoCZI

By the way, those guys in the video are who will have to clean up after Tony when he is done with his business.

[SouthSideGuy]

Get over it and move the feck on.

[Face 1004]

Album or single's sales should be what counts for getting in the Rock Hall, period. I think Yes, Rush and ELP probably have enough sales under their belt to qualify but alas it won't happen because of a few people who have a say who goes in don't like Prog rock. I think at least half on the list don't deserve to be in there at all. Also it should be for performers only. Live or studio not record executives or owners of a record label.

[Jonah]

Remove: John Mellencamp
Add: Dire Straits

Good thread.
Not sure why we need to discuss the merits of the HOF.

[crotale2112]

sorry for being negitive about the RRHOF..

remove: U2

add: Devo



for good reason.. Devo is a much better band than U2- I still wonder if the guitar player for U2 had learned any more strumming chords over the last 10 years.

[Jonah]

sorry for being negitive about the RRHOF..

remove: U2

add: Devo

Devo - good call. Influential in so many ways to so many bands.

[Strawbs]

Remove--Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Add-Chicago.

[YesNY]

Thanks to all for your participation. And remember you can post again with more removes and adds. Here I go again:

Remove: Blondie
Add: The Moody Blues

The list is now updated with all the removes and adds through post #12.

[Jonah]

Remove: Martha and the Vandellas
Add: Television

[relayermoraz]

Remove - Run-D.M.C.
Add - King Crimson

[Albedo]

I would remove Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis. Both of whom were phenomenal jazz artists, but not rock and rollers, Bitches Brew etc. not withstanding.

I'd add Yes and Rush who surely deserve it. ELP too.

[Yesed]

Add Todd Rundgren, Remove the The Supremes!

Remove Bob Seger???!!

[Face 1004]

Take out Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Put in Marillion.

[YesNY]

List is now updated through post #16.

I would remove Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis. Both of whom were phenomenal jazz artists, but not rock and rollers, Bitches Brew etc. not withstanding.

I'd add Yes and Rush who surely deserve it. ELP too.

Since I did say removing and adding one and each was a suggestion, and not a rule per se, I'll include all your removes and adds from the post. (Yes was already on the list.) But one remove and add per post I think will work best in the long run. Of course, posting multiple times, with a new remove and add each time, is welcome and encouraged!

Remove Bob Seger???!!

You can put him back in, if you want, in your next post. If it is any consolation to you, he was removed to order to make room for Yes.

Please don't remove Yes!

[Face 1004]

Take out David Geffen put in Asia. One more on this post. Take out Nesuhi Ertegun put in Foreigner.

[Yesed]

You can put him back in, if you want, in your next post. If it is any consolation to you, he was removed to order to make room for Yes.

Please don't remove Yes! [/QUOTE]

Thats different!

[Soundchaser_413]

Remove Hank Ballard(whoever he is)and add Foreigner.