Worthy Acts Snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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To the best of my knowledge, these acts aren't in the RnR HoF. List was made in 2019, at which time T. Rex was still on the list and still not in the hall. Written on the back of a paper bag in response to the query, "Well, if these nominations are so bad, who would you put in?" I guess it seemed to me at the time that these were all worthy acts. Vote for your favorite and tell me who I left out.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Television	11
Big Star	10
Monkees	8
Link Wray	7
NY Dolls	6
Love / Arthur Lee	5
Dick Dale	4
Cliff Richard / Shadows	4
13th Floor Elevators	3
Silver Apples	2
The Seeds	1
The Trashmen	1
Magic Sam	1
Taj Mahal	1
Lee Dorsey	1
The Meters	1
O.V. Wright	0
William Bell	0
Sir Douglas Quintet	0
Smiley Lewis	0
Beau Brummels	0
Pretty Things	0
Huey “Piano” Smith	0
Ivory Joe Hunter	0
Jimmy Rogers	0
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	0
Big Mama Thornton	0
Moby Grape	0
Lightnin’ Hopkins	0
Otis Rush	0
Larry Williams	0
Joe Liggins	0
Richard Berry	0
MC5	0

― budo jeru, Saturday, 10 February 2024 22:48 (two years ago)

man this is tough, lotta personal faves here but I gotta go with Link Wray for influence

― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Saturday, 10 February 2024 23:17 (two years ago)

Big Star for sure.

― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Saturday, 10 February 2024 23:22 (two years ago)

Link Wray got in as a "Musical Influence" last year.

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 10 February 2024 23:26 (two years ago)

Chic is still not in, although Nile Rodgers is

― jaymc, Saturday, 10 February 2024 23:28 (two years ago)

monkees, seriously

― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 10 February 2024 23:29 (two years ago)

Pretty much everyone on that list.

― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:03 (two years ago)

man at a glance many could easily satisfy me, but meters, Television, and lee dorsey are battling it out in my head just to start

― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:34 (two years ago)

I want to say the Meters but honestly in my heart it's Dick Dale. I saw him live in '93 when Tribal Thunder came out and I thought the club was going to explode. It was as loud as a Pantera show in there.

― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:54 (two years ago)

yeah he was my other thought after Link Wray

― Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:56 (two years ago)

I'll be honest and say there's at least five of these I couldn't tell you anything about. But for sheer influence Lightnin’ Hopkins seems a strange omission.

― the most powerful man in cornish politics (Matt #2), Sunday, 11 February 2024 01:01 (two years ago)

Ahem… Iron Maiden, Blue Oyster Cult, Ronnie James Dio…

Jimmy Rodgers is in the hall.

― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 11 February 2024 02:48 (two years ago)

I can come up with an argument for all of them, but it's pretty sad that almost none of them are likely to get in at this point.

― birdistheword, Sunday, 11 February 2024 07:04 (two years ago)

(except Wray who's now in)

― birdistheword, Sunday, 11 February 2024 07:04 (two years ago)

Of those you list, probably the New York Dolls and Richard Berry. Of those not on there, Dionne Warwick and the Shangri-Las.

― clemenza, Sunday, 11 February 2024 07:56 (two years ago)

Tangerine Dream and Yellow Magic Orchestra

― beamish13, Sunday, 11 February 2024 08:19 (two years ago)

The RRHOF being American probably has alot to do with some of these omissions, like the Pretty Things and Cliff Richard who were nowhere near as popular in the US as in the UK; that likely also accounts for why T.Rex was only recently inducted.

― Lee626, Sunday, 11 February 2024 08:30 (two years ago)

write in for Blue Oyster Cult

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 February 2024 14:58 (two years ago)

Sonic Youth

― jaymc, Sunday, 11 February 2024 15:09 (two years ago)

apologies about including Link Wray, like i said the list was made in 2019. i think BöC, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Sonic Youth are all great choices

― budo jeru, Sunday, 11 February 2024 16:43 (two years ago)

Jimmy Rodgers is in the hall.

― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:48 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Rogers

― budo jeru, Sunday, 11 February 2024 16:43 (two years ago)

new york dolls for me. i'd also like to see mott the hoople on that list.

― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:44 (two years ago)

Scanning this list my main take away is at this point it is more of an honor to not be in the So-Called "Hall of Fame"

― chr1sb3singer, Sunday, 11 February 2024 20:47 (two years ago)

On this list, for me, it's Dick Dale or the Monkees

But I would really like to see Styx nominated

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 February 2024 21:17 (two years ago)

Dick Dale for sure.

― Sam Weller, Monday, 12 February 2024 09:58 (two years ago)

I have to reel in my earlier comment - a lot of these people probably make more sense as committee inductions for categories like "early influences," particularly the blues players, so there's still hope yet.

― birdistheword, Monday, 12 February 2024 11:29 (two years ago)

Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Snoop Dogg

― Siegbran, Monday, 12 February 2024 13:34 (two years ago)

Harry Nilsson not in, wtf.

― Lee626, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 06:31 (two years ago)

Monkees not being in already is crazy.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 07:32 (two years ago)

Magic Sam or the Monkees, for completely different reasons.

― aworks, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:39 (two years ago)

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 17 March 2024 00:01 (two years ago)

Meters, Monkees, Television, Big Star. Maybe Big Star. Or Monkees. Argh.

― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Sunday, 17 March 2024 05:50 (two years ago)

Insane Clown Posse

― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 17 March 2024 06:08 (two years ago)

Gaz Coombes

― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 17 March 2024 06:09 (two years ago)

The drummer from Gay Dad

― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 17 March 2024 14:07 (two years ago)

Another write in for Blue Oyster Cult!

― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Sunday, 17 March 2024 16:22 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 18 March 2024 00:01 (two years ago)

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