Kiss and Linda Ronstadt in the Rock HOF, but not Deep Purple?

[maxrandb]

You've got to be "effing" kidding me? Did they piss someone off?

[KamaAina]

1. Hall and Oates, but no Yes?

[Liberal Veteran]

9. Yes? No.

j/k...I actually think the HoF is a big joke. Yes certainly belongs there (and the earlier stuff by Hall and Oates was pretty good).

[Arugula Latte]

2. Kiss -- what a joke.

I'm glad Peter Gabriel got in, though.

[Mike Daniels]

16. Rolling Stone asked Gabriel if he was going to attend this ceremony

since he bailed on the one inducting Genesis and he did confirm he would make it this time around.

I can accept the "rehearsing for a tour" reason he gave for not attending the Genesis induction although that would have taken at most a couple days off his schedule.

That said, I think the real reason is that Gabriel probably assumed (rightly?) that it was really the non-prog Collins-Banks-Rutherford era version of Genesis that was actually being inducted and Hackett and Gabriel were strictly being included as former members.

[Shadowflash]

3. Linda Ronstadt

is, in my opinion, one of the best voices ever to hit the music scene and is way over due.

[maxrandb]

10. I guess I have no problem with Linda

she does have a fantastic voice, and she owned that Warren Zevon song "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me".

But not Deep Purple? Heck, how many current rock guitarist learned the Smoke On the Water riff as their first piece of music?

And Ian Gillan? Damn dude played Jesus! What a voice he had.

[KamaAina]

13. That was a Zevon tune?!

Speaking of Zevon, is he in? If not, that should be our next campaign.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. No, he's not, but there is a Facebook page,

to which I'm a proud subscriber. Search Induct Warren Zevon.

[maxrandb]

24. Yes, Poor Pitiful Me

was written by Warren Zevon, but became one of Ronstadt's biggest hits.

[HappyMe]

4. They should have inducted Deep Purple

and dumped Kiss.

[RebelOne]

7. Totally agree,

I love Deep Purple. I went to their concert in the '70s at Pirates' World in Dania, Florida. They were awesome and had the best light show ever.

[nomorenomore08]

12. I always figure, if you're gonna really love just one hard rock/heavy metal band, Purple

should be it!

[NewJeffCT]

18. Kiss was huge for a few years in the mid 70s

but, "Smoke on the Water" is still a well known song that still gets played on rock radio stations. Does anybody even remember any of Kiss' music? It's more - "those were the guys in face paint" But, does Kiss get played on the air any more on rock type stations?

[HappyMe]

19. I haven't hear any Kiss tunes in

a long, long time. I'm not going to complain about that.

[CBGLuthier]

5. No Yes, No Jethro Tull. the place is a fucking joke and always has been

Rush before Yes was the final stupid ugly insult proving the place is a bad industry spawned joke.

[Trailrider1951]

6. Amen to that

No Jethro Tull? No Yes? WTF?

[livetohike]

8. Pitiful. ABBA is in there. It's a joke

Child in Time is one of my favorites

[nomorenomore08]

11. Here's the epic live version from 'Made in Japan' (very long but worth it):

[livetohike]

22. Thank you! Listening now

[HappyMe]

17. Abba is in the HoF?

Why?

[livetohike]

21. Because they are such great rock and rollers

I think they were inducted in 2010.

[HappyMe]

23. Gawd.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Anybody - and no WARREN ZEVON???

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. Even more WTF...Nirvana, but not Link Wray.

Fuzztone? Distortion? Power chords? You can trace those back to "Rumble". After Chuck Berry, he's probably the most influential guitarist in rock history.

[jmowreader]

25. Kiss' contribution to rock and roll concert presentation alone should put them in the Hall

What concerts looked like before Kiss and Alice Cooper came out:

A Kiss concert:

After Kiss:

If anyone can tell me what Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Chet Atkins, and Brenda Lee - all COUNTRY artists - are doing in the ROCK hall of fame, we can then talk about the merits of particular rock bands' presence in the ROCK hall.