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Nirvana, Kiss among new members of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Though I am not a huge fan of Kiss, I have to say it's about time. How could the "Rock n' Roll" snub these icons of Rock while allowing the likes Madonna, The Sex Pistols , and Bobby Darrin to get in in basically their first eligible year? There are a lot of politics at play here and it's definitely not Fan based .

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Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, and backup bands instead of Deep Purple??? What a joke. The R&R HOF is a huge fraud. And it's located in Cleveland. LOL.

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It's about d@ng time!

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The E Street Band? What? As said above, a backup band. If we are going to start inducting clever managers into the Hall of Fame we may as well induct Akimoto of AKB. If anything, he deserves more credit - Oldham and particularly Epstein were working with talent which would have made it anyway. Musicians who wrote great music and influenced music only, please.

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Dinosaurs of rock. I'd put Pantera there.

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@Jimizo

It's a Rock & Roll hall of fame. I'm offended that you would even suggest nominating such an atrocity on the "music" industry for an award in any shape or form. Don't even get me started.

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I remember reading for many years that the head of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hated the group Kiss and that leader's influence was why Kiss was never selected into this Hall of Fame until now. About time, too--Kiss was a group that helped define the "hair bands" of the late 1970's to 1980's.

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All extremely well deserved. Especially KISS. Never listened to them (heard them) beyond a couple of songs, but they were and are still true rockers, and legendary.

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@SighclopsYou are missing my point. My point is that Epstein and Oldham were businesspeople and I'm pretty sure they would have managed any rubbish if they saw a few quid in it. The fact that they managed what turned out to be two of the greatest bands in history with talented, creative musicians isn't relevant to me. Creating an image and telling artists how to behave is what Akimoto does. The Beatles and the Stones would have made it without these men and I find it bizarre that they were honoured.

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Jizimo - I disagree completely. Epstein was a flaming gay who died from a drug overdose - can't get much more rock n roll than that. Notorious managers like Peter Grant, Malcolm McLaren, Don Arden, and even Sharon Osbourne were crucial to the historic success of their bands, just as Epstein and Oldham. These larger than life personae are as much a part of rock mythology as their musicians. Even Ahmet Ertegun deserves to be in the HOF more than Cat Stevens. Linda Ronstadt instead of Ritchie Blackmore? GMAFB.

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What a joke. The R&R HOF is a huge fraud

My theory is that they're rationing great 70's bands to tide them over when they reach the 1980s and 1990s.

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Ha HA Nessie your probably right LOL!!!

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Yeas, Nirvana's MTV "Unplugged Album" is forever burned in my brain. Kurt Cobain was so extremely depressed and low there that is always painful to listen to (or watch)... He never recovered...

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The R&RHoF is a sham. The list of bands that have been excluded to date and matched against those that have gained entry tells the tale. I am not saying that some that have gained entry are not worthy and fine musicians. I think that when you are obviously shunning specific bands because they do not fit into Jann Wenner's idea of rock & roll, then you have a problem. I suspect each of us can name 2 or 3 bands that should have gained entry once they became eligible but continue to be excluded. Much to our dismay.

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I'm not a Kiss fan, but I can understand their iconic status as a reason for them to be inducted. Their music certainly isn't. I'd like to see Yes and King Crimson inducted for their critical roles in prog rock. And I can't understand how Deep Purple could be passed over.

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The impact of Nirvana in 1991/92 was incredible to behold. They were part of a group of bands with like ideals making music at that time - Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement and many, many others, truly the golden years of Alternative music, and emerged from this and just crashed into the psyche and rankings of the pop music charts in spectacular fashion. Truly crashed the party. But their subsequent embrace by the wider listening audience horrified them, because it seemed like the last thing they wanted. They seemed embarrassed, because they were very much anti-mainstream by and large.

But the power of Nevermind still holds up beautifully today. It's truly a great album. If you haven't seen Nirvana Live at Reading, check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGl0FQK9Ew

The Pixies should also be there.

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“Few bands short of the Beatles inspired more kids to pick up the guitar than Kiss,”

And the first thing they likely learned was the glorious three chord riff from "Smoke on the Water". How Deep Purple, who started their long and illustrious career in 1968, has been looked over for all these years by the R&RHoF is inconceivable, and frankly puts into question it's legitimacy. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple pioneered hard rock in the 1970's and had a massive world-wide following. Band members including Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, David Coverdale, and Jon Lord (RIP) are absolute ROCK legends and for them to be overlooked in favor of people like Madonna by an institution the supposedly honors "Rock "n" Roll" is an farce.

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A documented drug addict is a manager for a famous band for only five years before dying of a barbiturate overdose mixed with alcohol and that earns him a "lifetime achievement award"? Seriously?

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