Guns N' Roses will officially be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April, sparking rumours that the original lineup will take to the stage to perform for the first time in years.
Other major artists to be inducted include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys and the Small Faces.
"It's a great honor," former guitarist Gilby Clarke told The Plain Dealer (via Blabbermouth). "The band deserves it. It was a long time coming."
It might have felt like a long time coming, but acts only become eligible for the ceremony 25 years after the release of their first album - meaning Gn'R have become eligible at the first opportunity, unlike many other historic artists. It took Alice Cooper years, though he was finally inducted this year. Other major acts like Kiss have never been nominated.
The band still performs live, but the only original member in the current lineup is frontman Axl Rose. He is on friendly terms with guitarist Izzy Stradlin and bass player Duff McKagan, but is said to still be at odds with guitarist Slash.
Tension between the pair could prevent the original line up appearing together on stage. Drummer Steven Adler told Rolling Stone that Axl is unlikely to forgive and forget.
"You figure that time heals all wounds," Adler said. "But some people just REALLY hold a crazy grudge. I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him."
Meanwhile, the current lineup performed the song "Civil War" for the first time since 1993 as part of their current North American tour. Watch a clip of the performance here.
Call me crazy, but I might just put some money away just in case something does happen. I would hate myself so much for missing something like that... Not holding my breath though.
I don't see it happening that Axl will peform alongside Slash on stage... it was great to see Metallica peform with Jason Newstead on their induction.
I even think Dave Mustaine should have been up there but Metallica insisted that 'They should have played on the first album' or something like that.
Still well deserved for the original GnR band and the Peppers! I think Iron Maiden and Foo Fighters also deserve to be in the RnRHoF... and a whole lot more.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
No damn way that Axl will have anything to do with Slash. Axl is too much of a d*ck to forgive him. Although they are a perfect musical match, which freaking sucks.
new guns n roses, three is a crowd for the guitar players... two guitar players is do-able anymore is just ridiculous.
gilby should just get back to doing his thing. he's only been with them on the illusions tour really so no fame for the poor fella from me.
steven/matt, slash, izzy, duff and axl. i dont care for the drums that much as i find matt just as good and maybe even tighter.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
I disagree, I think that Priest had enough to do with the beginning of metal that they should be inducted due to their influences on modern metal bands, including the Big 4. Also, I think Nugent is a very good guitarist and he at least deserves some kind of recognition, whether its induction or not. And Dio is one of the best vocalists known to mankind (at least as far as metal is concerned) so he definitely deserves to be a hall of gamer. And Whitesnake-I haven't heard anything from them that I DON'T like, so IMO, they totally deserve it as well.
I don't like people bumming Slash for the sake of it, but no one can play the solos like he does even though the new guys might be technically better. The civil war solo had no meaning behind it IMO.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
Still well deserved for the original GnR band and the Peppers! I think Iron Maiden and Foo Fighters also deserve to be in the RnRHoF... and a whole lot more.
The Foo Fighters are no where near being elligible, they've got another 8 or 9 years.
No damn way that Axl will have anything to do with Slash. Axl is too much of a d*ck to forgive him. Although they are a perfect musical match, which freaking sucks.
Isn't it the other way round anyway? Admittedly I have only read Slash's book, but isn't it him who won't play with Axl?
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Boston
Dio
....AHhh that's better.
Deep Purple had maybe 2 recognizable songs, KISS....don't get me started. The Nuge is also a one shot wonder, as well as Thin Lizzy. I love the Crue but they're never getting in....too shamelessly image-driven.... same with Whitesnake.
And Def Leppard doesn't deserve to get in because of the one armed drummer.
Saw "The Originals" in '87 and '88 and that magic has long come and gone! With only 3 albums( and they're not all like Appetite) and a couple of tours, the qualifications for this so called Hall really bother me! Kiss Should've been in when the so called Hall first opened.After all, they were inspirational to Slash!
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
It says "Hallf of Fame" not "Hall of Eifler121's opinion".
So excited to see Guns N Roses are going to be inducted. Also the Chili Peppers really deserve it. I can't wait to see who all shows up at the ceremony:
Slash said he would.
Steven of course, Duff, Matt, Dizzy and Izzy probably would. ...Axl?
The real question is:
Will John Frusciante reunite with RHCP?
didnt even think of this, im going to see them in january but id love to see them with john.
as far as gnr i love them too and im eager to see what will happen but at this point im kinda over it, in 25 years they had like 3 good albums was it?
oh and to that list, i think some of them def should be inducted, but not all of them. although why take it serious, we all know the rock n roll hall of fame is a joke.
LOL!! The video included here is a joke. Not bad for a cover band. The guy on the far side of the stage is obviously aping Slash's stage presence - top hat, sunburst Les Paul, cig hanging from his lip. He's even moving around the stage the way Slash does. What a crock!!
Axl's so-called "GnR" is lame beyond belief. It's like Robert Plant going out on tour with a bunch of nobodies and trying to call himself "Led Zeppelin".
Another laughable ****-up from the HOF. It's cool that GN'R got inducted since they're one of my favorites, but here's the deal: only Axl, Izzy, Slash, Duff, and Steven are getting inducted. I'm not complaining because Bumblefoot, Fortus, Tommy, etc. aren't getting inducted (Despite the fact that Chinese Democracy is my favorite GN'R album and the current band is my favorite lineup), but why not Dizzy and Matt? The criteria for the induction of members is they needed to be with the group during times of critical and commercial success. So now, the Use Your Illusion albums are irrelevant?
The reason so many good bands haven't been inducted is because they need to have a "headliner" inductee every year. If all the good bands got inducted in one year no one would care about the hall of fame inductions the year after
I don't even think the current lineup should be eligible. It's a completely different band that only released their first album 3 years ago, as opposed to AFD's release 25 years ago.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Boston
Dio
....AHhh that's better.
Deep Purple had maybe 2 recognizable songs, KISS....don't get me started. The Nuge is also a one shot wonder, as well as Thin Lizzy. I love the Crue but they're never getting in....too shamelessly image-driven.... same with Whitesnake.
And Def Leppard doesn't deserve to get in because of the one armed drummer.
Lawl at ALL of your reasoning. I'm glad they don't leave these decisions up to you..
Seriousl though, if Small Faces makes it..
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Aside from the Hall of Fame thing... Of all the clips I've seen of GNR from the past few years of songs from AFD and UYI this one is the best I've heard Axl sing in a long time.
Gotta say, that version of Civil War was sounding pretty good..
Especially for this band's first time playing it live. The only bad thing I could say about it is that Bumblefoot is playing the end wrong, but I'm sure he'll get it right the second time they play it. I was at that show; best concert I've ever been to.
Axl wasn't even late. They took to the stage after about as much time it took to set it up after the opener. The opening act, Black Label Society, was very late, though.
The doors were set to open at 6:30. Black Label Society didn't take to the stage until about 8:30. They played about an hour, but there was no In This River, which Zakk Wylde has said repeatedly will never leave their set. It was cool when they played Suicide Messiah and Fire It Up, Overlord was better in person (but still not good), and they put a cool ending on Concrete Jungle, but the rest of the show, especially Zakk Wylde's unmelodic shred-fest guitar solo, was fairly boring. The rest of the songs were the same tempo, same base chords, same melody stuff -- it all kind of blended together. He should try to sing like somebody besides Ozzy sometimes, too, but that's just a suggestion.
But then GNR were on stage around 10:15, and they proceeded to play until around 25 (for nearly 4 ****ing hours), to a largely undeserving Nashville crowd. That was the deadest crowd I have ever seen, and the floor wasn't halfway full (although the Jason Aldean concert in about 3 months is sold out -- go figure Nashville: they only like rock if you call it country or if it's Three Days Grace, etc., and they only like country if it was written by someone other than the performer). I was glad to see that the band didn't mind, though. They gave 100% anyway.
I doubt they'll be coming back to Nashville, though, and I don't blame them one bit.
Anyway, I hope they play together for the RnR HoF, but I'm not gonna get my hopes up. It will still be cool, even if Axl plays with his band and Slash with his, the rest of the guys can play with either one or both.
But that show was so ****ing awesome Sunday night, I don't even care right now.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
I disagree, I think that Priest had enough to do with the beginning of metal that they should be inducted due to their influences on modern metal bands, including the Big 4. Also, I think Nugent is a very good guitarist and he at least deserves some kind of recognition, whether its induction or not. And Dio is one of the best vocalists known to mankind (at least as far as metal is concerned) so he definitely deserves to be a hall of gamer. And Whitesnake-I haven't heard anything from them that I DON'T like, so IMO, they totally deserve it as well.
I'll give you priest. Everything you said about them is true, and they have some good riffs.
I hate Dio's stuff with Sabbath, except for Neon Knights and Heaven and Hell, and Black Sabbath with Ozzy is one of the greatest things to me, so I'm sort of biased by that. He is a good singer if you just look at his vocal capabilities, but none of the music he actually made sounds good to me.
Dynamight wrote:
It says "Hallf of Fame" not "Hall of Eifler121's opinion".
Of course my comment on the hall of fame is going to completely rely on my opinion of the information given to me; what a pointless comment.
I hope Axl knows that this is probably more for the excellence of Appetite for Destruction and not for Chinese Democracy and they play the songs we want to hear.
Both Axl and Slash say they don't hate one another, and yet, here we are waiting for them to kiss and make up.
And to Mike_86 's comment, it should have been both RHCP and GNR to be inducted. It's sad what break ups do to the media and to rock fans. No one can stop talking about GNR or The Police reuniting.
WARNING: This is my own personal opinion and not everyone will agree obviously. Consider yourself warned.
I utterly loathe both Guns and Roses AND RHCP with a passion. Both of these bands are so horribly over rated its not even funny. Sweet Child, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain and Civil War are THE only GNR songs I will waste my time on.
As for RCHP well I used to listen to them back when I was a kid in the 90s and do enjoy there music upto and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik after that to me all there music sounds practically the same song after song. Plus there is only so many times you can listen to a song about Anthony eating out and finger banging a chick.
Slash WILL not show up for this I can almost bet my life on it there is WAY too much animosity between him and Axl. It would be pretty cool to see but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, seems like the third coming of the messiah is more likely.
So many other bands that deserve this more then these two but whatever, just goes to show you that commercialized glam material gets you in the hall of fame.
They would seriously induct G n' R, but no Priest, Maiden, Dio, or Motorhead? The Hall of Fame is a joke and not even worthy of our attention if you ask me
WARNING: This is my own personal opinion and not everyone will agree obviously. Consider yourself warned.
I utterly loathe both Guns and Roses AND RHCP with a passion. Both of these bands are so horribly over rated its not even funny. Sweet Child, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain and Civil War are THE only GNR songs I will waste my time on.
As for RCHP well I used to listen to them back when I was a kid in the 90s and do enjoy there music upto and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik after that to me all there music sounds practically the same song after song. Plus there is only so many times you can listen to a song about Anthony eating out and finger banging a chick.
Slash WILL not show up for this I can almost bet my life on it there is WAY too much animosity between him and Axl. It would be pretty cool to see but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, seems like the third coming of the messiah is more likely.
So many other bands that deserve this more then these two but whatever, just goes to show you that commercialized glam material gets you in the hall of fame.
...yet you have Guns N' Roses listed as one of your favorite bands.
If you honestly like that diverse collection of GNR songs, I find it rather implausible that you couldn't enjoy any of the others. You pretty much just listed their biggest hits, minus Patience.
Judging by that, I would say the only Metallica songs you can stand are One, Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, and Wherever I May Roam.
Your post is full of ridiculousness. There's too much to point out.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
while i despise 80s hair metal in all shapes in form with all of my heart, especially journey and whitesnake, i am still surprised those aren't in the HoF, as they were very influential on today's music. the title seems to be given to the most famous bands and the HoF is just a joke. even kanye is in it (or some other rapper, bad with names).
All I know is that in 2014 Dream Theater better be getting into the HoF.
If Dream Theater make it in on the first ballot, before any of those on the lists floating around here are even nominated, that will be more blasphemous than the inductions of Grandmaster Flash and Madonna.
Personally, I don't think Dream Theater has quite made it to Hall of Fame status, but at the very least, they shouldn't be inducted before their [superior] predecessors.
Of all the bands this article could have focused on you picked Guns N Roses? Fuck Guns N Roses. Fuck Axl Rose and his dog whistle voice. Fuck Slash and his piece of shit guitar tones.
Thank God the Beastie Boys and RHCP got in so we have some actual quality to balance things out.
what about rory gallagher, or maybe deep purple and rainbow
yes, the real musicians arent suposed to be in HOF, but posers and comercialized crap like gnr and beastie boys should
Wow, so much GnR hate... lot of people under 20 on these boards, huh?
GnR was the ONLY rock band in the 90's, for anyone who was a kid in the 90's, they were living gods. Rock stars that our parents told us about but we had thought were all dead.
At the time everyone else was jumping all over Kurts balls and doing the grunge thing (and kurt was just jumping all over the pixies balls for grunge) so a classic rock band really stuck out. They had some punk/metal speed mixed with great vocals, beautiful guitar leads, and catchy rhythms and every member of the band kicked ass...
wow the rock and roll hall of fame is officially a joke just like rolling stone magazine and mtv and everything else that has to do with music these days
ne14t wrote:
As for RCHP well I used to listen to them back when I was a kid in the 90s and do enjoy there music upto and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik after that to me all there music sounds practically the same song after song. Plus there is only so many times you can listen to a song about Anthony eating out and finger banging a chick.
Someone hasn't listened to anything they've released after One Hot Minute.
WARNING: This is my own personal opinion and not everyone will agree obviously. Consider yourself warned.
I utterly loathe both Guns and Roses AND RHCP with a passion. Both of these bands are so horribly over rated its not even funny. Sweet Child, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain and Civil War are THE only GNR songs I will waste my time on.
As for RCHP well I used to listen to them back when I was a kid in the 90s and do enjoy there music upto and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik after that to me all there music sounds practically the same song after song. Plus there is only so many times you can listen to a song about Anthony eating out and finger banging a chick.
Slash WILL not show up for this I can almost bet my life on it there is WAY too much animosity between him and Axl. It would be pretty cool to see but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, seems like the third coming of the messiah is more likely.
So many other bands that deserve this more then these two but whatever, just goes to show you that commercialized glam material gets you in the hall of fame.
Maybe your opinion would have some value if you didn't come off as a total ass hat.
As for GnR, I don't hate them, just not too fond of them. I think it's a pretty obvious choice. And for RHCP, you're gonna sit there and tell me that Californication, Can't Stop and Dani California all sound the same? And yeah, a lot of the songs are about sex. Just like a lot of them are about drugs and friends and family and so on. All of those things had a major impact on his life, why wouldn't he write songs about them?
Its a shame that they are getting this honor along with some hip-hop noise makers.
It would be fantastic if the band performs together though. I watched the live Chinese Democracy tour show and I think Slash should join them again. GNR without him is better than him without them.
Who is that Ice cream man. His ice cream is pretty rotten. He is suggesting that those whatever boys with their electronic processors sound better than Slash and Rose. If I get hold of that Ice cream man I am going to attach him to a milling machine and going to turn his face to a perfect cube.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Boston
Dio
....AHhh that's better.
Deep Purple had maybe 2 recognizable songs, KISS....don't get me started. The Nuge is also a one shot wonder, as well as Thin Lizzy. I love the Crue but they're never getting in....too shamelessly image-driven.... same with Whitesnake.
And Def Leppard doesn't deserve to get in because of the one armed drummer.
Seriously, Deep Purple only 2 recognizable songs? Are you ****ing retarded? Please, be a troll.
Hey guys, there's this killer band from Canada I hear about, I think they should get in! I can't remember their name though...Rush or something? They're not big or anything, they've only got 24 gold records and 14 platinum records or something...but I think they should get in. Just like those legends of rock Run DMC! Man, can Jam-Master Jay ever pump out those guitar solos and 20-minute epics.
Who is that Ice cream man. His ice cream is pretty rotten. He is suggesting that those whatever boys with their electronic processors sound better than Slash and Rose. If I get hold of that Ice cream man I am going to attach him to a milling machine and going to turn his face to a perfect cube.
Are you kidding, they will never make it, first of all, its 25 years after the first release, and they havent had nearly the influence as most inductees, come on.
WARNING: This is my own personal opinion and not everyone will agree obviously. Consider yourself warned.
I utterly loathe both Guns and Roses AND RHCP with a passion. Both of these bands are so horribly over rated its not even funny. Sweet Child, Paradise City, Welcome to the Jungle, November Rain and Civil War are THE only GNR songs I will waste my time on.
As for RCHP well I used to listen to them back when I was a kid in the 90s and do enjoy there music upto and including Blood Sugar Sex Magik after that to me all there music sounds practically the same song after song. Plus there is only so many times you can listen to a song about Anthony eating out and finger banging a chick.
Slash WILL not show up for this I can almost bet my life on it there is WAY too much animosity between him and Axl. It would be pretty cool to see but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, seems like the third coming of the messiah is more likely.
So many other bands that deserve this more then these two but whatever, just goes to show you that commercialized glam material gets you in the hall of fame.
Also, Gilby, shut up, you were on the cover album, don't talk on behalf of the band.
1.) He toured with the band for the Use Your Illusion tours from 1991-1993
2.) He's also on the Live Era album as a result of that touring.
3.) He was in Slash's Snakepit
4.) Whoever wrote this article obviously went to him for a quote and saying "It's a Great Honor, the band deserves it" is hardly speaking on the band's behalf.
Leave Gilby alone! He's awesome, he makes some great rock and roll albums himself and puts on an awesome live show.
Still well deserved for the original GnR band and the Peppers! I think Iron Maiden and Foo Fighters also deserve to be in the RnRHoF... and a whole lot more.
Eh, Foo fighters have a good 8 years before they're eligible. There are MANY other eligible bands that deserve a place before Foo Fighter can even be considered.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
And the Cure. They should have made it. But KISS should have been in there a long time ago. I have no interest in visiting the RHF until that day comes.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Boston
Dio
....AHhh that's better.
Deep Purple had maybe 2 recognizable songs, KISS....don't get me started. The Nuge is also a one shot wonder, as well as Thin Lizzy. I love the Crue but they're never getting in....too shamelessly image-driven.... same with Whitesnake.
And Def Leppard doesn't deserve to get in because of the one armed drummer.
Seriously, Deep Purple only 2 recognizable songs? Are you ****ing retarded? Please, be a troll.
Fuckin right dude...the fact that more than one person on here are even questioning whether DP deserve to be there or not is ridiculous. I mean, they, along with Led Zeppelin (yes I am putting Deep Purple alongside Led Zeppelin!), have inspired countelss hard rock and metal bands, including Metallica. Lars Ulrich has said how they used to listen Machine Head non-stop while touring.
2 recognizable songs?!? 2!?!?! If you don't know more than 2 Deep Purple songs you shouldn't be anywhere near a conversation about who should/should not be in the RnRHoF.
Same goes for anyone who says Thin Lizzy only have 1 hit song. What do "hits" have to do with the HoF?! Thin Lizzy were an immense force in RnR back in their prime. And they have 2 MAJOR hits at the very least anyway! Whiskey in the Jar and Boys Are Back in Town. And like Deep Purple, if you don't know songs like Emerald and Don't Believe a Word, you shouldn't even be commenting on here. Please go educate yourself on music first.
Wow, so much GnR hate... lot of people under 20 on these boards, huh?
GnR was the ONLY rock band in the 90's, for anyone who was a kid in the 90's, they were living gods. Rock stars that our parents told us about but we had thought were all dead.
At the time everyone else was jumping all over Kurts balls and doing the grunge thing (and kurt was just jumping all over the pixies balls for grunge) so a classic rock band really stuck out. They had some punk/metal speed mixed with great vocals, beautiful guitar leads, and catchy rhythms and every member of the band kicked ass...
but that, was a long time ago...
Only rock band of the 90s? they were an 80s band who are incredibly overrated. Other 90s rock bands Teenage Fanclub, Oasis, Blur, Suede, RATM, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Tool, Metallica, Pulp, QOTSA, My Bloody Valentine and R.E.M were all active during the 90s so that point is invalid
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
KISS should definitely be in the hall of fame. They have been an influence on EVERY artist to come out since the 70s. Who had pyros in their shows before KISS? Nobody. Who has them now? Everybody. Ace Frehley made people want to learn how to play guitar. All you KISS hating guitar players on here are influenced by KISS and you probably don't even know it. Metal gods like Megadeth and Pantera loved KISS. New bands like Avenged Sevenfold love Megadeth and Pantera. The influence goes on.
Iron Maiden Definitely needs to be in the hall of fame as well. Their music is so amazing. If you don't like Iron Maiden then you definitely don't like metal.
Motley Crue should be in the hall of fame as well. They were very influential in the 80s and really are a great band once you get past their glitter and other nonsense. Mick Mars is one of the most underrated guitar players ever.
The only band on this list who I do not think should be in the hall of fame is Whitesnake. I was never really that big of a fan. I don't dislike them by any means, but are they really one of the all time greats?
Also the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is kind of a bulls**t institution anyways. I don't even consider a lot of people in the hall of fame to be Rock and Roll.
If GNR can get in based on one notable album, why can't Rush get in based on at least 5 notable albums plus the greatest ****ing drummer ALIVE???
Idiot...GNR had 2 albums in the top 40 not once but twice! The Use Your Illusions Albums 1 & 2 and Appetite & GNR Lies. 4 great albums and even the cover album rocked. I love Appetite but Use Your Illusions I was baptised on.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
Thin Lizzy is one of the best and most influential bands ever. I see that you think "hits" make it matter to see if theyre good. Zappa got in, and he had NO real commercial hits. Phil Lynott had more talent and passion in his pint of Guiness than half of these clowns already inducted
Shameful considering some of the bands that haven't been nominated. I'll quote it again since it's fairly important:
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
F*ck the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Lemmy and Motorhead will almost certainly live on and pass into Rock n' Roll legend well after they're both gone, without being inducted.
Similar can be said for Priest, Maiden, Purple, Lizzy; Anyone on that list really.
The Hall of Fame pisses me right off.
Also- coming from a GnR fan- they should be inducting the actual band rather than the name Guns N' Roses- and what I mean by that is just because Axl is still legally allowed to tour under the name with his new band then it doesn't mean they should get to play at the induction.. :/
I find it amazing how people are ripping on Gilby. Were you ever considered for a place in Guns N Roses in their heyday? If he was rated highly enough by Slash to be offered Izzy Stradlin's spot in the band, he honestly cannot suck. I feel really bad for him when people just insult him, he's a much better guitarist than all the people ripping on him. After all, he's famous and you're not.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
Thin Lizzy had only one hit in AMERICA. They were very popular in Europe and have had a huge influence on any metal band with the twin-guitar attack. And the rest of those bands don't suck...
If GNR can get in based on one notable album, why can't Rush get in based on at least 5 notable albums plus the greatest ****ing drummer ALIVE???
Neil Peart's good, but not "the best f-cking drummer ALIVE". You obviously haven't listened to any music other than classic rock if you think that. I'm talking about music like jazz and very complex poly-rhythmic music that you would brush off as "annoying noise" because you have no understanding of it. He's not overrated, but people hype Neil Peart up way to much.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
I'm excited for RHCP more than G'N'R. No one deserves an induction based off of one good album.
PatVanHalen5150 wrote:
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Well, Iron Maiden and Rush are the only two I'd really hold my breath for. Deep Purple has some stuff toward the end that really sucks. Thin Lizzy's good, but they're not going to get in when they only really have one hit.
The rest of those bands really suck.
Dio sucks? Are you ****ing brain dead?
I would most definitely agree. Dio was terrible. Absolutely awful...
So excited to see Guns N Roses are going to be inducted. Also the Chili Peppers really deserve it. I can't wait to see who all shows up at the ceremony:
Slash said he would.
Steven of course, Duff, Matt, Dizzy and Izzy probably would. ...Axl?
I don't think it's so much of a question of who will show up, although I think Izzy would be the most questionable.
I think it's more of a matter of how the events play out and who plays with who.
axl sounds ****ing great here - i don't care if slash and axl don't even make eye contact, all we need is music. Actually it'd be cool to see all 25 members of gnr get up and jam, unlikely though as that may be.
given that axl has legal holding over the gnr name, i wouldn't put it past him to legally block slash from attending or at least to stop him playing as part of gnr.
And still no HOF recognition for the following....
Deep Purple
KISS
Rush
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Journey
Ted Nugent
Boston
Thin Lizzy
Motley Crue
Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Amen. because the Rock n roll hal of fame is totally SELL OUT and the force that move the nominations is MONEY!!! that's why madonna and another crappy artist are in the ROCK N ROLL hall of fame!!
I doubt they'll play together. At best they might be there in the hall all of them. They might even be near one another when they'll get announced but I don't think there's any chance of Axl and Slash even looking at each other.
And besides, if they were to play together wouldn't that be a kick in the nuts for the current lineup?
Still well deserved for the original GnR band and the Peppers! I think Iron Maiden and Foo Fighters also deserve to be in the RnRHoF... and a whole lot more.
Foo's are only 16 into their debut, but in time my friend i see it happening
Let's see here, Deep Purple definately belongs in the Hall along with Kiss, Rush,Judas Priest,Journey,Ted Nugent,Motley Crue,Ronnie James Dio, and Def Leppard. The others I'm not so sure about. G n'R definately do not belong and here's why. They only put out 4 studio albums of which, 1 was covers, before Axl fired everyone . Then it was what, over 13 years before Chinese Democracy came out ? Not exactly a solid body of work to be considered for election in the Hall IMO. Also, WTF are the Beastie Boys doing in there? Aren't they rap ? I can't believe that Heart & Joan Jett got passed over for these 2 acts. It's bullshit and it ****ing sucks !
wink floyd wrote:
Only rock band of the 90s? they were an 80s band who are incredibly overrated. Other 90s rock bands Teenage Fanclub, Oasis, Blur, Suede, RATM, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Tool, Metallica, Pulp, QOTSA, My Bloody Valentine and R.E.M were all active during the 90s so that point is invalid
I wouldn't say Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp or Radiohead were 'rock' per se...maybe indie/alternative/Britpop? Nirvana are more grunge, but the others definitely class as rock in my eyes.
Also...is it just me but are Rush not as huge outside the US/Canada as people think? I'm from the UK and they're not/weren't as big over here.
Bands more talented and more popular than those inducted this year:
Deep Purple
Rush
Kiss
Bands who should be in by shear influence:
Lonnie Donegan
John Coltrane
Carole King
Willie Nelson
Dick Dale
The Kingsmen
The Moody Blues
The Monkees
Procol Harum
T. Rex
Steppenwolf
Jethro Tull
Iron Butterfly
Yes
Warren Zevon
King Crimson
Mott the Hoople
Joe Cocker
Grand Funk Railroad
Todd Rundgren
Jimmy Buffet
Supertramp
UFO
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Derek and the Dominoes
Thin Lizzy
Electric Light Orchestra
War
Wings
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Peter Frampton
Tina Turner
Carly Simon
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Judas Priest
Kansas
Rainbow
Ted Nugent
Boston
Peter Gabriel
Cheap Trick
Foreigner
Motorhead
The Cars
Dire Straits
The Cure
Iron Maiden
Pat Benatar
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Ozzy Osbourne
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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5 (for nearly 4 ****ing hours), to a largely undeserving Nashville crowd. That was the deadest crowd I have ever seen, and the floor wasn't halfway full (although the Jason Aldean concert in about 3 months is sold out -- go figure Nashville: they only like rock if you call it country or if it's Three Days Grace, etc., and they only like country if it was written by someone other than the performer). I was glad to see that the band didn't mind, though. They gave 100% anyway. 
