My List of Bands Who Now Should Be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

[Scandal 2000]

Now that KISS and a few other deserving bands (I personally like the fact Cat Stevens got in) finally have been admitted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, I have compiled a list of other bands that should be in. Feel free to add or disagree with my list. I tried to include a few that would be easy to overlook, but are pioneers.

Deep Purple-Smoke on the Water is the most played riff in the history of rock music. They have been around forever and tons of great songs and they had a lot of hits in the 70's.

Steve Ray Vaughn

Roxy Music (pretty much started art rock)

Chicago

Ted Nugent

Dick Dale (one of the kings of surf music)

Jethro Tull

Pixies

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

Bon Jovi-I am not a huge Bon Jovi fan but Bon Jovi are still huge. They started out a hair band in the 80's and then when the music climate changed they still remained relevant when many others disappeared and they still can sell out arenas.

T.Red

MC5

Yes-a real travesty here. They were on the ballot but didn't get voted in. One of the pioneers of progressive rock

King Crimson-another progressive band.The progressive bands get the shaft even more than hard rock

The Cure

Steve Miller Band

John Coltrane

Todd Rundgren

Willie Nelson-not really rock though some of the old renegade country has a bit of a rock feel. If you are going to allow some bands that aren't really rock, how can you not have the Redheaded Stranger?

The Moody Blues-This one annoys me to no end. These guys are great.

Procol Harum

The Cars

Def Leppard-tons and tons of hits

Cheap Trick

Herbie Hancock

Steppenwolf-Criminal that they are not already in.

Bad Company

[Jon]

Warren Zevon

[RJhog (Admin)]

Cheap Trick

Thin Lizzy

Deep Purple

Journey

J. Geils Band

Jethro Tull

Huey Lewis And The News 

The Guess Who

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Grand Funk Railroad

Blue Oyster Cult

Gordon Lightfoot

Uriah Heep

Golden Earring

Glen Campbell

Gary Moore

Foreigner

Styx

REO Speedwagon

Kansas

Duran Duran

The Doobie Brothers

Ronnie James Dio

Charlie Daniels Band

The Cars

Supertramp

[Niels (Mod)]

I'm sure, Duran Duran is up next :-)

[Scandal 2000]

Blue Oyster Cult is a good one and so is Uriah Heep. Ronnie James Dio has always been a source of frustration for me as a fan. That guy was in several great bands and put out a ton of classic albums, yet outside of hard rock circles few people know who he is.

[Scandal 2000]

I like Gary Moore a lot and think he is criminally underrated but to me he falls in that borderline status. I like J.Geils a lot too, but I am not quite certain on that one either. I agree on Duran Duran. It is easy to dismiss them as 80's fluff, but they were influential and have a ton of catchy tunes and you are going to have to put some true 80's bands in.

[Jon]

UFO

[RJhog (Admin)]

Yep.

[Gordon Williams]

The two I immediately thought of have already been mentioned...UFO and Uriah Heep. And Ted Nugent definitely belongs, and has been mentioned. For me personally, Tesla belongs.

[Niels (Mod)]

Of these, I think it's about time these bands were in:

Jethro Tull

Deep Purple

Cheap Trick 

Thin Lizzy

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

[RJhog (Admin)]

Do you realize that all of these bands have two word names?  I say we switch up the names and see what sounds best:

Deep Maiden

Jethro Priest

Judas Trick

Cheap Lizzy

[Jon]

Megadeth

Anthrax--if Public Enemy is in, why not Anthrax?

[Gordon Williams]

I agree 100 percent on Purple, Lizzy, Priest, and Maiden.

BECAUSE I've felt for many, many years, that the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame is not REALLY a real, true RNR HOF, I honestly don't even know what all artists are in. I'm assuming Black Sabbath and Van Halen have been inducted? I would hope so. And oh yes, RJSpacehog's nomination of DIO is right on, too!