Bands whose lack of fame keeps them out of the Hall of Fame

[taterguy]

Who are some of your favorite bands that meet all the criteria for being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, except for the pesky detail that they weren't famous?

I nominate Husker Du. Lots of bands turned to punk because they lacked musical talent. Husker Du kicked ass, but they came along at the wrong time. I defy anyone to watch this clip and tell me it's not better than most of the shlock that's in the HOF.

Who are your nominees?

[hifiguy]

1. The great German avant-gardists CAN

Everyone who ever heard them was influenced by their genius. Part modernist classicists, part modern primitivists, experimental and improvisational in the extreme. The greatest band known by so few people.

[BrendaBrick]

20. nice.

sorry it ended. was waiting to hear more....good groove.

[Codeine]

29. An absolute favorite of mine.

"You Doo Right" is twenty or so of the finest minutes in music.

[HughBeaumont]

2. Black Flag.

The Melvins.
The Dead Kennedys.

[LynneSin]

3. King Crimson

I think alot of bands have been inspired by what this band has done but they were never very mainstream. And since we can't get any of the mainstream Prog Rock bands in there like Yes, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, and Rush. I highly doubt that the more innovated like King Crimson will get in there.

[taterguy]

4. Prog rock is an oxymoran

Don't make me go all Sartwell on you.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I saw King Crimson live in 1974.

They were the middle act.

Opening act: Robin Trower, former lead guitarist for Procul Harum.

Middle act: King Crimson

Headliner: Ten Years After with Alvin Lee, the world's fastest-fingered guitarist

Those were the days!!

[BrendaBrick]

22. Back in 1974

3 back to back (or more) bands like that played for hours and for what - $25.00 or less? Yep. Those were the days!

[lastlib]

34. "I'd Love To Change The World!"

"But I don't know what to do..."

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. Everywhere is...

Freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies
Tell me where is
Sanity
I'd love to change the world
but i don't know what to do....

[lastlib]

41. "Senators, Stop the War!"

I'd love to change the world
but I don't know what to do....

What an awesome song!!

[hifiguy]

36. That version of Crimson was

one of the two or three greatest live bands that ever trod the stage. I brook no argument on that point.

I must also admit that Trower was fucking amazing for the first handful of albums.

[Tom Ripley]

11. I've always thought that King Crimson would actually get in before other prog bands

due to Fripp's association with Bowie, Eno, etc...

They are also arguably the greatest prog band

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. Little Feat & Roxy Music

Two very different bands, but with one thing in commom -- musicians of their era held them in high esteem.

[kwassa]

7. Captain Beefheart

A genius.

[Tom Ripley]

12. That's who immediately sprang to mind

[byeya]

49. Captain Beefheart not recognized? Horrible. Trout Mask Replica should be enough to get

anyone who produced such a work into the Hall, if indeed the RnR Hall of Fame was about art instead of mostly being about money.

Captain Beefheart was a genius if anyone working in RnR could be said to be a genius.

[graywarrior]

8. Lothar and the Hand People

Drop a tab first.

[taterguy]

9. I haven't seen Tab on the grocery shelves in years

Do they still make it?

[graywarrior]

16. I dunno

I used to live on Tab and Marlboros.

[Tom Ripley]

19. Always in stock at Walgreen's

[graywarrior]

21. Oh goody, gut rot!

[RedStateLiberal]

10. The Replacements

Alt-rock pioneers.

[WilliamPitt]

13. Phish

[WilliamPitt]

14. The Pogues

[kwassa]

27. They were so damn good.

[WilliamPitt]

32. Still are.

[Codeine]

31. Fuck yeah. nt

[byeya]

50. Pogues: One of my favorite bands of all time.

[Tom Ripley]

15. Apparently The New York Dolls

It's just fucking mindboggling

[Tom Ripley]

17. and Television, MC5, Motorhead

[EastTennesseeDem]

18. Wishbone Motherfucking Ash.

[Ilsa]

24. Oh man.

Great voice, superb playing, great songs.
Yeah, they should be MF-ing IN!

[EastTennesseeDem]

28. Wishbone Ash, Pilgrimage, and Argus

Three albums everyone should own, but so few do.

[hifiguy]

44. Abso-effin'-lutely

All excellent, but Argus is a masterpiece.

[IBEWVET]

37. They would get my vote n/t

[hifiguy]

23. Also, King Crimson,Van Der Graaf Generator

Roxy Music and Yes. In all honesty, Rush and The Moody Blues belong in the R'n'R Hall too.

[BrendaBrick]

25. Boomerang effect here...

I don't know obscure this band was - (I had never heard of them before) - until some musical poster here turned me on to this:

[Hayabusa]

26. I'd like to say

the Meat Puppets, personally.

[Codeine]

30. Galaxie 500, Low, Television, and probably The Smiths. nt

[Arugula Latte]

40. Yeah, why aren't the Smiths in there?

Talk about an influential band.

Also ... Joy Division.

[Codeine]

42. Joy Division; perfect choice.

Probably the best yet.

[lastlib]

33. Kraftwerk!

[Codeine]

43. Ja.

Proud to say I run the only grocery store in the country where customers regularly hear "Trans-Europe Express" in the background as they load their carts with canned peaches and Cheez-Its.

[hifiguy]

45. That is pretty damned cool!

Give 'em "Showroom Dummies" sometime and see if anyone notices.

[lastlib]

47. nice tunage, that.

One of theses days I gotta find Autobahn on CD.....

[GReedDiamond]

35. The following great circa 1978-83 Los Angeles bands - X...

...Germs...Black Flag...Minutemen...Top Jimmy...and of course, my band, Benedict Arnold & The Traitors.

[madinmaryland]

39. Sorry, but Pete Rose belongs in the HoF before Bonds does.

[LynneSin]

51. OMG we're agreeing on something - how the hell did that happen

[jmowreader]

46. I can think of a few bands that need to be taken OUT of the Hall of Fame

Exhibit A: What the fuck is ABBA doing in there?

[HappyMe]

48. I agree.

Abba has NO business in there.

[byeya]

52. The Fall: 30+ years and 29 studio albums of unique music.

Mark E Smith is a great lyricist and the band sounds like no one else.

[Tobin S.]

53. Here's a pretty cool example. I'd never heard of them before.

This is a great thread. Learned something new today.

[byeya]

54. Great song of theirs. Mark E Smith and the Fall are always different and always the same

as the famous UK DJ John Peel used to say.
The Fall has had an aggressive sound for a long time and is always lyrically interesting.
Their many live albums are excellent too - a great live band.

[KamaAina]

55. There seems to be no punk in there at all, as well as no prog rock

Most classic punk bands are eligible; the criterion is 25 years after your first release.

[TrogL]

56. Emerson Lake and Palmer (or any other keyboard group for that matter)

[taterguy]

57. They had fame but they didn't Rock

It's possible but rare for keyboards to get in the HOF.