The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction for this years candidates aired last night on HBO. And to be quite honest this years inductees weren’t a complete debacle. Def Leppard and Stevie Nicks absolutely should be in an institution entitled ‘The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.’ There’s also been many other acts inducted in the past that belong in the homage museum for the genre: Queen, Aerosmith, Metallica, Black Sabbath, KISS, Rush, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Blondie etc…. Some softer rock acts as well: CCR, Billy Joel, Eagles, Fleetmood Mac and the like. And of course the legends, founders and forerunners of the genre: Elvis, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Little Richard and so on and so fourth. But there’s also a considerable lack of real hard rock in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while there are many acts that don’t even transcend into the genre. Making the institution seem more bias towards sub cultures in the genre than the actual music itself.
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