The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2009 -- Not including The Stooges

The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced on January 14th. The five artists who will be inducted in the "Performer" category are:

Metallica
Jeff Beck
Run-DMC
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Bobby Womack

Wanda Jackson is being inducted in the "Early Influence" category, even though she was nominated as a performer.

Inducted into the "Sideman" category this year:

Spooner Oldham
Bill Black
D.J. Fontana

Artists who didn't make the cut this year were War, The Stooges and Chic. The Stooges have now been denied induction by the Voting Committee seven times and Chic has lost five times. This was War's first nomination. Future Rock Hall correctly predicted four out of the five inductees in the "Performer" category.

The Hall should be burned down.

That stinks.

Why does Jann hate Jim so much?

Spooner Oldham
Is Dan Penn already in?

"Why does Jann hate Jim so much?"

Not Jann's fault, probably. He keeps putting the Stooges on the ballot. But the idiot voters keep voting to elect Little Fucking Anthony.

Much as Metallica and Run-DMC deserve to be in there (and they do), there is no way on god's green earth they deserve to get there before The Stooges, Chic or even War. And Jeff Beck, Little Anthony, Bobby freaking Womack? Jesus Christ.

do people really actually pay attention to or care about this?

I enjoyed watching the Stooges play and then seeing Jim politely thanking Madonna on youtube but other than that I don't really care.

No one cares, other than the people immediately involved, and they may not even care that much. But it's still galling. For those who enjoy being galled I mean.

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i would put france gall in any hall of fame you'd care to construct.

I prefer the Roctober Hall of Dynamic Greatness which at least has some character(s):

AC/DC - Inducted 2000
Hasil Adkins - Inducted 2002
James Brown - Inducted 2007
Oscar Brown, Jr. - Inducted 1996
Jerry "The Iceman" Butler - Charter Member
Jimmy Castor - Inducted 2004
The Chipmunks - Inducted 2002
Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts - Inducted 1998
Wayne Cochran - Inducted 1996
David Allan Coe - Inducted 1998
Dick Dale - Charter Member
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Charter Member
Sugar Pie Desanto - Inducted 1999
Divine - Charter Member
Swamp Dogg - Inducted 2004
Dolemite - Inducted 2004
The Equals - Inducted 1997
The Fat Boys - Inducted 2002
Fela - Inducted 1999
Redd Foxx - Inducted 2000
Serge Gainsbourg - Inducted 1996
Gary Glitter - Inducted 1995
Cordell Jackson - Charter Member
Wanda Jackson - Inducted 1996
Joan Jett - Charter Member
KISS - Charter Member
Sid Laverents - Inducted 2003
Jerry Lewis - Inducted 2000
Joe Hill Louis - Inducted 2002
Janis Martin - Inducted 1996
Dean Martin - Inducted 2000
the monks - Inducted 1995
The Mulqueens - Inducted 2006
Klaus Nomi - Inducted 1997
Dolly Parton - Inducted 1995
P-Funk - Charter Member
? and the Mysterians - Inducted 1996
Billy Lee Riley - Inducted 1999
RuPaul - Charter Member
Sam The Sham - Inducted 1995
Selena - Inducted 1998
Sylvester - Charter Member
Thor - Inducted 2005
The Treniers - Inducted 1997
Ike and Tina Turner - Inducted 1995
Vanilla Ice - Inducted 1999
X-Ray Spex - Inducted 1995
Zolar X - Inducted 2005
The Zone Brothers - Inducted 1999

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I enjoy the Rock Hall of Fame because they always put together very well-done tributes to their inductees.

I'll be really impressed with whatever they pull off with their tributes to Little Anthony and Who the Fuck is Bobby Womack.

I like Bobby Womack--teenage gospel singer, guitarist with Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett and Sly Stone, pal of the Rolling Stones, and semi-successful solo artist on and off from the ‘60s through the ‘80s. He did “Across 110th Street,” and “Harry Hippie”

yeah, who the fuck is Little Anthony, morelike!

little anthony was like the johnny thunders of doo wop. sorta.

The Hall should be burned down.

Please don't. It's up the street from my office, and the logistical fuck-uppery would really put a damper on my day.

Chic one can understand from strict "rock'n'roll" criteria (although it would have been better to rechristen the HOF to the "Pop, Rock & R&B Hall Of Fame" to avoid such genre based nitpicking). The Stooges still seems strange, except I guess it's about time to concentrate on inducting more recent acts instead.

And, I guess Run DMC count as "rock'n'roll" for no other reason than they sampled heavy guitar riffs.

Didn't just sample; "Rock Box" was original stuff.

I like all these, but isn't Beck already in with the Yardbirds? I can see Womack and Little Anthony way before I can see his handful of OK-not-great solo albums.

Really, not knowing/liking Bobby Womack and Little Anthony? Are you guys all secretly Alex in NYC?

Ha

Know and like just fine. Nothing against either LA or BW. Just think there's a case to be made for basically everybody who ever had a hit single, or laid groundwork, or fought it out in the trenches, and I'm not concerned with that. Stoogis is on Elvis/Chuck Berry/Stones/P-Funk level in terms of serious long-term influence and "importance". Clash is in, Ramones is in, VU is in. Time is way long past to rectify.

Sure, just 'cause I'm a fan of Little Anthony doesn't mean I don't dig Iggy, too.

do people really actually pay attention to or care about this?

― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Yes, Madonna cares.

Honestly, I do know who Bobby Womack and Little Anthony are. I just know The Stooges a whole lot better, and it's annoying to see this ridiculous group of geezers deem The Stooges less important than the group who sang "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop."

Frankly, though, the Rock Hall has this awesome way of making even their most minor inductees into godlike immortals at the ceremony though. I didn't buy the induction of the Ventures until I saw their induction video.