Name a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performer / band that you feel actually deserves that honor.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

It seems like each passing year results in a weaker list of inductees, and the marketing line about "stretching the boundaries" to include performers who have nothing to do with rock & roll strikes me as being somewhat pathetic.

That said, let's build a DU R&R Hall of Fame from the creme de la creme.

Here's the list of inductees, from the R&RHoF Web Site: http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/inductee-list/

I'll start it off with someone who absolutely belongs...someone who's charted his own territory for over four decades and, as the saying goes, has "often been imitated but never equaled"...Neil Young, inducted in 1995.



:toast:

[taterguy]

1. Willie Dixon

A world with no Wang Dang Doodle is not a world that I want to live in

And he wrote Led Zep's best song.

[cleveramerican]

2. Bob Dylan, James Brown, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams

[HughBeaumont]

3. Black Sabbath and The Who.

Not the only ones, obviously, but those two bands were mainly responsible for vaulting heavy music into fruition and the catalysts for several genres that still thrive to this day.

Now it seems like their inductees smack of any excuse to give the finger to progressive rock, like AOR/MOR toss like Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne (?) or one-joke wonders The Sex Pistols, whose replacement bassisst couldn't even freaking PLAY the damned thing. Now I hear that disco acts such as Chic and Donna Summer (hey, I like "I Feel Love" as much as the next 70s-worshipping music snob, but rock she ain't) are on the next ballot. Overrated bands such as The White Stripes will probably get in before a Yes, ELP or Genesis does.

[opiate69]

21. I wish I could nominate this post, Hugh.. well said!

[AllegroRondo]

4. Rush

oh, wait, they're not in the hall of fame.
Sorry, it just not a real hall of fame without this band.

[CreekDog]

14. Rush belongs in the Annoying Hall of Fame n/t

[Dr. Strange]

32. You do realize that you're going to hell for saying that, right?

God totally grooves on Rush, and he's frowning at you something fierce right now.

[Danger Mouse]

33. Rush - great music, lousy lousy vocals.

I can't stand Rush's vocalist. Which is sad, because i really want to like Rush. :(

[CreekDog]

44. Oh darn, and they probably play Rush there as well n/t

[Dr. Strange]

45. Well, the live stuff gets played in heaven.

In hell, you get the muzak version.

[CreekDog]

46. No, in hell you get the vocals n/t

[Dr. Strange]

52. Your criticism of Rush is unmeritorious.

I shall henceforth refer to you as "Rutsey."

So it is written, so it shall be done.

[GOPBasher]

18. Amen, brother! n/t

[SoxFan]

5. My Incomplete Assesment

First Ballot, Unanimous, No-Brainers, the Babe Ruths and Jackie Robinsons:

Elvis Presley (invented the notion of the Rock Star)
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Kinks
Bob Dylan
Prince
The Clash
Queen
Bruce Springsteen
U2
Velvet Underground
Pink Floyd
Sex Pistols
Led Zeppelin
Eric Clapton
Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
Neil Young
David Bowie
The Doors
Blondie (the last true New Wave band left standing)
AC/DC (I'm not a big fan, but their influence is undeniable)
Grandmaster Flash
REM (even though recent stuff is subpar, the early albums are genius, and they are an iconic act)

Second Tier:

Van Halen (we forget how hard it is to be lowd and rowdy while crafting good songs)
The Animals
Aerosmith
Ramones


Early trailblazers, the Walter Johnsons and Cy Youngs:
Buddy Holly
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Sam Cooke
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
James Brown
Smokey Robinson


Acts that don't belong:

Joni Mitchell (not really rock, not really good)
Fleetwood Mac (a decent pop band, but not much more)
The Eagles (Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, Stone Ponys all did it earlier and better)
Billy Joel (come on)
Paul McCartney ("Say, Say, Say" violates the Geneva Convention)
Steely Dan (because I hate pretentious, all-chops-no-songwriting twaddle)
Bob Seger (a passable bar band singer. Springsteen took it to a new level, Seger didn't)

Should be in, but aren't:

Steve Earle (I don't think he's eligible untill next year)
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Echo & the Bunnymen
X
Henry Rollins/Rollins Band/Black Flag
The Cure
English Beat
Billy Bragg (not eligible yet)

[opiate69]

20. Velvet Underground??

Sure, the 25 or so Soho hipsters who actually bought their cacophonic, craptastic albums might agree with you, but lets face it.. if Lou Reed had never written about Holly giving head, nobody outside of his apartment building would even know his name.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

28. Yes, but the influence lingers...

...the Velvets gained as much notoriety from the Warhol connection as they did the music, and they also were the anti-"Summer of Love" band. I tapped immediately into the whole Airplane/Dead "San Francisco Sound" thing, but Lou & Sterling & Maureen & John sat in their shitty little NYC dives with Andy and crew and crafted something a completely different.

I listen to their music today and in many cases think "so what," but the influence still resonates. There's a very fine line between Michael Stipe and the Velvets-era Lou Reed...and that's not the only connection that can be drawn.

:toast:

[tigereye]

29. nicely said! from this Velvets/ Lou Reed fan....

I would say Patti Smith as a solo and in the group category, REM, The Ramones, JOni Mitchell deserve to be there....

[Withywindle]

30. There's really two Velvet Undergrounds

The first two records and the third and fourth really sound like different bands in some ways.

My favorite is the sonic power and weirdness of the first two, as I'm an unapologetic John Cale partisan, but there's no denying the beauty of the later songs, especially the 3rd album.

they TOTALLY deserve to be there.

[opiate69]

31. Meh.. I still think VU was the equivalent of The Strokes..

marginally talented at best, with a small handful of famous friends, and the local NY press in their pockets, who still couldn't manage to parlay any of these perks into record sales outside of a very few contrarian types who reflexively deem anything popular as shit, and anything outside of the mainstream as good.

[SoxFan]

34. Feh on you!

Listen to the banana album. Then remember that it was recorded in 1967. There was nothing, NOTHING, else like that at the time.

Without the Velvet Underground, no REM. No Echo & the Bunnymen. Hell, none of the postpunk and alternative acts of the 1980s and 1990s. In some ways, VU had as much influence on rock history as the Beatles and the Stones.

[tigereye]

66. yes, but I suspect no one will still think the Strokes are cool or seminal

35 years from now.

Besides how many bands from that era had a woman drummer? She inspired a lot of us DIY- punks.

[Tikki]

48. X is such an influential band.....

they belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for sure.



Tikki

[LynneSin]

62. Steely Dan deserves to be in there but where is Rush on your list?

Neal Peart is considered one of the best drummers EVER (rivalling John Bonham).

I also think that King Crimson should be on that list. Perhaps they weren't as mainstream as the other bands but they had a major influence over many of the top musicians of today (okay - musicians who can actually play music - not the manufactered music).

I think Yes and Moody Blues should be in there - but that's just my love of all things prog rock talking

[evlbstrd]

6. Frank Zappa.

[Bennyboy]

12. I am still pissed....

That FZ was selected after he died...... Should ahve been on the first ballot...

[evlbstrd]

49. Agreed.

But he was always treated like that.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. My "short list" is Young, Lennon & Zappa.

Absolutely the three biggest influences on me during my "Wonder Years," PERIOD.

:toast:

[evlbstrd]

50. That pretty much covers mine, too.

[hellbound-liberal]

7. Here's a vote for the Allman Brothers. But where is Yes?

I think they did things that no one else has done and certainly expanded the horizons of rock music like few others.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. The big 3...Yes, King Crimson, Genesis

Although I wrote Genesis off after Steve Hackett's departure. I saw the "Wind & Wuthering" tour at Winterland in San Francisco...essentially the same concert that is documented on their double live album "Seconds Out." I encourage people to not think of Phil Collins as the pop hack who spewed out the wretched "Sussudio" but rather as one of the most amazing, jaw-dropping drummers on the planet. Hackett was...and still is...an amazing guitarist too.

When I moved to California, I fell into a crown that was heavily into prog. The three bands I've named were a major part of those years and as such I remember the music and the friendships that went along with it.

[carly denise pt deux]

8. Beach Boys

They contributed alot of music in their heyday
Carly

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. Absolutely. Such a shame they had a "beginning, middle and end"...

I look at performers who...despite the occasional ups and downs...could sustain a 10, 20, 30, 40 year career...

And then I look at The Beach Boys, who SHOULD have retired the band upon Carl Wilson's passing, yet the band to this day with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston and a bunch of guys no one knows.

But the real core of the band...from the beginning through "Holland," their last significant contribution...THAT was genius. The "Brian Is Back" stuff...largely a marketing slogan from Warner Brothers...has spotty results, but "Holland" would have made a wonderful swan song.

:toast:

[carly denise pt deux]

23. I totally agree

The band took a hit when Brian left the band, when Denny died another hit, but when Carl passed away the band was just a shadow of itself, the band should have retired, because there are no Wilson brothers left in the band, and without Carl's voice and his presence it just would never be the same IMHO.

The Mike and Bruce show, it's not the true BB's, just a traveling jukebox show. Mike can say that he wrote the lyrics and he was the frontman, but it was Brian's brain and the 3 Wilson bros' vocals that put the real magic in the music. I liked their earlier cars/school/beach music, but after pet sounds it took a whole different path, and I love that era the most. Sunflower and Holland are awesome. I have favorites on all the albums, even on MIU and LA lol
Carly

[Amerigo Vespucci]

42. Knebworth 1980 CD + DVD...final UK performance of all 3 Wilson brothers on stage

This one's available as a CD, a DVD, or a CD/DVD combo (that's the one I own). Taking age and other issues into consideration, it is the "real" Beach Boys and it's all 3 Wilson brothers for one final time. Since you mention MIU and LA, I know you're familiar with the "Brian Is Back" era and the fact that on stage, he was far from "back." You probably already own this, but if you don't, I'm sure you would enjoy it.

:toast:



http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Boys-Timin-Knebworth-England/dp/B00008HCB8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195434633&sr=1-4

The Amazon review:

It's entertaining, nostalgic, even poignant... not much more one could ask for from a Beach Boys concert. This 70-minute concert was the last time the complete group (brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston, plus backing musicians) would appear in the U.K., performing a mix of oldies ("California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "Fun, Fun, Fun," etc.) and some newer material. And if the show itself is somewhat pedestrian, it's still marvelous to see the three Wilsons together onstage, especially in view of the subsequent deaths of Dennis (in '83) and Carl (in '98), and Brian's eventual triumphant recovery from mental and emotional problems. To hear Carl sing so beautifully on "God Only Knows," or Dennis play drums with such power and emotion, or Brian, vacant but game, contribute a few lines to "Surfer Girl"... well, it might just bring a tear to your eye.

[carly denise pt deux]

57. Thanks

I have this dvd/cd, that is the best concert dvd I own. It's good to see Brian and Denny there. Denny cracks me up..."elton john, eat your heart out".

Carly

[graywarrior]

9. Buddy Holly

Little Richard
Dylan
Seger
Young

[OzarkDem]

10. Elvis, the Kinks

Same reason, often imitated, never equaled.

[Bennyboy]

11. The Grateful Dead.....

Walk me out.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjl9EWzJBEg

[Amerigo Vespucci]

24. Yes...I just watched the "View From The Vault II" DVD last week.

...June 1991, the Hornsby / Welnick years, not exactly the band's peak, but still worthwhile.

I was never a "Dead Head"...never saw a single show...but I own every "official" Warners / Arista release, all of the archive discs and box sets, and about 2/3 of the "Dick's Picks."

I'm a guitar player, and no matter what people might think of the Dead, Jerry MUST be given his props. Just like Hendrix or any other guitarist of note, he found a sound that was his and his alone.

:toast:

[Bennyboy]

25. Do you have any of his solo stuff?

The Jerry Garcia Band live. He really shines on those....

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. I have all of the solo stuff.

I even downloaded the "Pure Jerry Sampler" from his Web Site...the free CD they give away to entice you into buying the archive concerts.

:toast:

[Bennyboy]

27. Nice......

as you can see by my avatar, they are my fave all time. Nobody ever played with as much feeling as jerry.

I was lucky to have seen the band around 500 times and Jerry in his different projects a big bunch also. it is what I did...Sure do miss em.

[cleveramerican]

54. I love "old and in the way" do you know it?

Jerry is a much better folk and bluegrass player than he ever gets credit for.


Dave Grissom's influence on him in later years was like a breath of fresh air.

[Bennyboy]

63. I actually saw them once....(Old and In The Way)

BTW, that is the number one selling bluegrass album of all time.

I saw Jerry and Dave Grisman many times in the nineties....The albums they made together are really good as well as the film. (check out the Pizza Tapes) Joe Craven, who played with Jerry and Dave and is in the film is a kind of freind of mine. Joe is an incredible musician in his own right, playing every kind of instrument possible, and uses inanimate object for percussion as well as many parts of his body.

[Sugar Smack]

13. Your buddy.

Britney.:hide:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. Well, I guess I had that coming.

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

22. The Ramones

[Tikki]

36. Absolutely....just wish Joey could have been there.....

to feel all the love coming on back at him....



Tikki

[Forkboy]

53. They were a simple yet powerful band.

They were one of the bands that got me going on this strange path I've followed. They'll always have a place in my heart.

[quip]

35. I shan't recognize a Rock n' Roll HOF that shan't recognize Spinal Tap

The are the reality pill and funny bone of rock n roll.

[Wetzelbill]

60. I heard Sex Farm was on the charts in Japan

possibly even to this very day!!!

[quip]

61. It’s number five, last week, actually.

So, he, he, he, um he asked me, to ask you, Tap, if you would be interested in reforming and, uh, doing a tour. Japan.

(If you need help, call Cabcere!) :hi:

[Cabcere]

89. Ian? Oh, the *other* dead man.

So is that it, then? You want to just come in here and, and, and breathe new life into the band, just like that? With a - a wave of your hand, and everything's all right? Is that it?

[Deep13]

64. Our scenery was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. n/t

[quip]

74. I really think you’re just making a much too big thing out of it.

:hi:

[Cabcere]

76. Making a big thing out of it would've been a good idea.

:hi:

[quip]

81. Nigel gave me a drawing that said eighteen inches. Alright?

Can't resist! :hi: :spank:

Shesh. I'm like Doby :o

teMeah =>http://misty.randomecho.com.nyud.net:8090/uploaded_images/RU909883lgdoby-779868.jpg

[Cabcere]

85. I know he did. And that's what I'm talking about.

Look, whether he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem!

But you're not as confused as him, are you? It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel! :P

[quip]

88. It’s my job to do what I’m asked to do by the creative element of this band. And that’s what I did.

The audience were laughing.

So it became a comedy number.

:hi: Did you finish your papers?

[Cabcere]

90. Yes it did, yes it fucking well did!

And it was not pleasant to be a part of that comedy number onstage - perhaps backstage it was very amusing!

(And yes, I did - thanks! :hug: ) :hi:

[quip]

91. Maybe we just fix the choreography. Keep the dwarf clear.

:hi: Good. We certainly want you to graduate! And I must go work now. :-( The trouble with working for yourself is that you can't goof off on the man's time! :cry:

Have a great day, Cabcere! You're AWESOME! :loveya:

[Cabcere]

92. I *don't* think that's the issue.

:D You're awesome too, temeah! :hug: :loveya: I actually have to finish packing up so I can head home for Thanksgiving break, so I must leave DU as well. :cry: Good luck w/the work, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving if I don't talk to you before then! :pals: Peace.

[Dr. Strange]

72. I hate to cut right through it here...

You can't fucking concentrate, because of your fucking wife, simple as that, alright, it's your fucking wife!

[quip]

73. She's not my wife!

:hi:

[Cabcere]

77. Well, whatever FUCK she is!

You can't fuckin' concentrate!

:hi:

[quip]

80. This is unbelievable! This is unbelievable!

(I am being SOOOOO naughty! Back to work for me!) :spank:

[HughBeaumont]

82. Am I losing my mind here? Tell me, am I losing my mind?

Be be because I don't see what this has to DO with ANYTHING!!11!!!!!

[Cabcere]

86. Oh, this is fuckin' all we need.

:hi:

[mark414]

37. The Only Band That Matters

;)

[taterguy]

55. You mean the one in Post #35?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

68. Link to my thread on the only band that matters:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7151113

:toast:

[Ahpook]

38. I agree, Neil Young should be in there:)

But it doesn't really matter, does it?

Remember this old guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8jeK5iAiU

Where the hell is he? :)

It's a shame some get noticed and others do not:(

[Bluzmann57]

39. Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker

Where do you all think Rock and Roll came from? The above three are just a few examples of greatness who must be honored.

[cleveramerican]

56. From the blues department I would add

Charlie Patton, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Willie Johnson,Skip James, Blind Blake, The Mississippi Sheiks, Reverend Gary Davis, Jimmy Reed, Bessie Smith, Mance Lipscom.

There are others, but the list is too long to recount here.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

70. Agreed on all counts...

...I saw Buddy live a few years ago as part of a package tour with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dr. John, & BB King. Right after "Ladies and Gentlemen, BUDDY GUY" came through the PA system, Buddy ripped into the opening notes of "Sweet Home Chicago." He also did a bit on Clapton, saying "Did you ever wonder where he learned his stuff?" He noodled around for a bit, teasing the audience, and then performed a note-perfect, nuance-perfect version of Cream's "Strange Brew."

Robert's a "given"...the whole backstory of selling his soul at the crossroads to get his licks IS rock & roll.

John Lee? God, don't get me started on John Lee. There's a moment on the collaboration with Canned Heat ("Hooker & Heat") where Al Wilson is playing a harmonica solo and Hooker yells "Alan! ALAN! Blow your HORN, BABY!" Makes the hair on the back of the neck, arms, and elsewhere stand at attention. Or his later-career duet with Ry Cooder on "This Is Hip"...Ry whipping off that "Sister Morphine" slide guitar, Hooker offering a slow, measured vocal:

Will you come to my house and you dance with me
You hold me tight and you kiss me too
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
You gonna kiss me baby
I messed around and fell in love, ooh yeah

THAT'S rock & roll.

And anyone wanting to spend more quality time "Back In The Alley" needs a dose of Howlin' Wolf, specifically "Goin' Down Slow"...

Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her pray for me
Forgive me for my sins

Now, the average person would read those lyrics and think "So WHAT?" But anyone who's actually heard Wolf SING them can point back to a moment in which their life was changed FOREVER.

As long as we're on this, there's Muddy...The legendary "Fathers & Sons" set with Michael Bloomfield on guitar, and the stand-out track "Long Distance Call," where the band goes silent and Muddy bellows "MUDDY WATERS...another mule's...been kicking in your stall," the band comes back in, crashing finale, what else can be said?

Or Freddie King, having already enjoyed a career built largely on instrumentals like "Hideaway" and "The Stumble," signing up with Shelter Records and Leon Russell to crank out a sting of roadhouse wonders like "Getting Ready" and "Texas Cannonball"...

So yes, it's where rock & roll came from, and on occasion, some performers take it back to its roots.

:toast:

[brentspeak]

40. Here's a tentative list of acts which I think DON'T belong

These acts are/were outstanding, and many made some truly classic music. I've got albums by most of these artists. But they either a) just fall short of the "immortals" like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Led Zeppelin; or b) they weren't rock n' roll performers:

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Patti Smith
The Ronettes
Van Halen
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Miles Davis (as a rock performer???)
The Sex Pistols
Buddy Guy
Percy Sledge
AC/DC
The O'Jays
The Pretenders
The Dells
Traffic
ZZ Top
Brenda Lee
Gene Pitney
Isaac Hayes
Queen
Solomon Burke
The Flamingos
Bonnie Raitt
Earth Wind & Fire
Eric Clapton (as a solo performer)
James Taylor
The Moonglows
Billy Joel
Curtis Mayfield
Del Shannon
Dusty Springfield
The Staple Singers
Lloyd Price
Santana
The Eagles
The Jackson Five
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Little Willie John (not rock n' roll)
Etta James (not rock n' roll)
Ruth Brown (not rock n' roll)
LaVern Baker (not rock n' roll)
John Lee Hooker (not rock n' roll)
Jimmy Reed (not rock n' roll)
The Impressions
The Platters (not rock n' roll)
Muddy Waters, BB King, Big Joe Turner (again, not rock n' roll)

[Withywindle]

43. Patti Smith and Black Sabbath?!?

Them's fightin' words!

[Va Lefty]

41. Bill Haley and the Comets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXKhLuLUKg

[ceile]

47. Where's Leonard Cohen?

I just kinda assumed...:yoiks:

[stlsaxman]

51. Johnnie Johnson

He invented rock and roll. Period.

http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/johnnie-johnson

[LynneSin]

58. Yes, Moody Blues, Rush and King Crimson

Since clearly the asshols at the current HoF have no clue putting any prog rock bands in other than Pink Floyd

And yeah - Led Zeppelin

[Amerigo Vespucci]

78. I saw Robert Fripp on Peter Gabriel's first solo tour

He sat on his stool, as he does at the K.C. gigs. Gabriel introduced him as "An obscure country & western guitar player, Dusty Rhodes."

There is a version of "Here Comes The Flood" on Fripp's first solo album "Exposure." During the "I took the old track, the hollow shoulder across the water" lyrics, Fripp lets loose with a Fripp-ian, sustained, serpentine note that spirals and spirals and spirals and then vanishes in thin air.

He played that note that night.

A guy behind me bellowed "FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!"

Fripp indeed. One note, one musician, rock & roll.

:toast:

[LynneSin]

84. I just saw him a few weeks ago with his League of Crafty Guitarists

Fripp comes out in this buddha like outfit, bows to the audience and then sits down on a chair hidden behind some speakers. So if you're there to watch Robert Fripp - that ain't happening. Then 10 guitarists come out and play some of the most amazing music. Fripp rarely plays although from time to time will chime in with his electric guitar (the others are all acoustic).

On the 3rd encore - all the guitarists, Fripp include, disconnect their guitars from the wires and stand up at the front of the stage - Fripp included. For the last songs, after a few bars, Fripp stops them because something wasn't right and makes them start over again.

Only Fripp could do something like that

[Wetzelbill]

59. The Marshall Tucker Band

[Amerigo Vespucci]

71. Toy Caldwell and that magic thumb...

...Doug Gray is keeping the MTB name alive today with all-new players, but the original band? I remember an ABC TV program called "In Concert." One episode had the MTB, Wet Willie and The Allman Brothers. In the days when MTV's creators were still in diapers, you could turn on the TV and see this kind of thing for free.

My personal favorite, other than the obvious ("Can't You See," "Take The Highway") is the live version of "24 Hours At A Time" from "Where We All Belong."

The band's current label, Shout Factory, also put together two amazing concert albums, "Stompin' Room Only: Greatest Hits Live 1974-1976" and the 2-CD "Live On Long Island 04-18-80" the final performance of the original band (bassist Tommy Caldwell died ten days later after an auto accident).

:toast:

[Wetzelbill]

75. they campaigned for Jimmy Carter too

He even wrote a letter saying he things they should be in the HOF. Rumor has it my dad wanted to name me "Marshall" haha. My mom stepped in on that one and I ended up being named after my dad instead. :) Hey it was 1974 and he was a big fan, I can see it I guess. :)

[Deep13]

65. Rockwell, because he rocks well.

:hide: :popcorn:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Edit: In case you didn't grow up watching MTV in the '80s, Rockwell was a shitty one-not-really-a-hit-wonder who only got his video on MTV because Michael Jackson did the background vocals.

[southpaw]

69. Being the son of Berry Gordy helped...

Rockwell...

The quivering miscarraige of payola and nepotism.

[Dr. Strange]

79. Heh

The quivering miscarriage of payola and nepotism.

Hell, that was the name of his album!

Although, there are times, when I feel like somebodee's watching me...

[Deep13]

67. Jefferson Airplane, Janis, Allman Bros. n/t

[Tab]

83. More than anyone, I think Carlos Santana

I've been following his work for years, have seen him in concert multiple times. The band rocks, there's nothing bad I can say.

[Bake]

87. Clapton and Cream.

Absolutely.

bake