I am disappointed that Los Lobos didn't get in from the original list, but I'm good with Purple, Chicago and Cheap Trick all getting in. I didn't expect that all 3 would get in this year.

It looks like the members of Purple being inducted are:

Blackmore
Gillan
Lord
Paice
Glover
Coverdale
Hughes
Evans

Disappointing that Steve Morse wasn't included.

It looks like the members of Purple being inducted are:

Blackmore
Gillan
Lord
Paice
Glover
Coverdale
Hughes
Evans

Disappointing that Steve Morse wasn't included.

I think Steve Morse has been a member of Deep Purple longer than Coverdale, Hughes, and Evans combined.

It looks like the members of Purple being inducted are:

Blackmore
Gillan
Lord
Paice
Glover
Coverdale
Hughes
Evans

Disappointing that Steve Morse wasn't included.

I think Steve Morse has been a member of Deep Purple longer than Coverdale, Hughes, and Evans combined.

He has been. He has been on more DP albums than all three combined also. He is a huge part of why they were able to continue as he is glue for the others to bond to.

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Yes will go in next year.

It looks like the members of Purple being inducted are:

Blackmore
Gillan
Lord
Paice
Glover
Coverdale
Hughes
Evans

Disappointing that Steve Morse wasn't included.

HOORAY!!! Finally, Purple gets in! Just a shame that those fools who vote waited until Jon Lord had been dead for several years to recognize this more than deserving band.

As far as members, yeah I agree that it's disappointing about Morse............I think he's been in the band for 20 years now, or close to it. If you put him in, really you'd have to put Don Airey in as well; he's been their keyboard player for around 15 years, nearly as long as Morse has been around.

Rod Evans? He was in the band for what, their first two records? Maybe two years. Don't forget though, Evans was their original lead vocalist, and he deserves some recognition for being there at the band's beginning. Evans went on to form Captain Beyond, a GREAT band which never got any recognition. I am fortunate to say that I saw them, and WOW!!! I know that he became an x-ray technician after that because a former roommate of mine way back when was dating Evans' ex-girlfriend.

I think it's quite obvious that they chose to honor the "classic" era of the band. I choose not to put up much of a stink over this. I'm just glad that the idiots finally pulled their heads out of their asses and put one of the very best hard rock bands of all-time into the Hall Of Fame. The Coverdale/Hughes era was an incredible one and I'm glad they both were included.

Somewhere Rod Evans has a HUGE grin on his face.

I've never been a Cheap Trick fan, but Chicago and Steve Miller Band are certainly deserving. NWA? Could not name you one single tune.

[Edited on 12/17/2015 by robslob]

[Edited on 12/17/2015 by robslob]

Evans went on to form Captain Beyond which he did two albums with. Actually real good albums if you are looking for something old that you may not have heard originally.

He toured in the early 80s as Deep Purple with real bad results as people went and then realized that it was not DP. He got sued in a big way. Had no money to pay so he lost his royalties from the original Purple albums.

Morse has been in Purple almost 10 years longer than Airey. Put them both in as they are deserving musicians with great resumes. Oh well.

Just wait till they try and figure out who from Yes should be inducted. Don't know if the stage is big enough. 😉

Evans went on to form Captain Beyond which he did two albums with. Actually real good albums if you are looking for something old that you may not have heard originally.

He toured in the early 80s as Deep Purple with real bad results as people went and then realized that it was not DP. He got sued in a big way. Had no money to pay so he lost his royalties from the original Purple albums.

Morse has been in Purple almost 10 years longer than Airey. Put them both in as they are deserving musicians with great resumes. Oh well.

Just wait till they try and figure out who from Yes should be inducted. Don't know if the stage is big enough.

You beat me to the punch, I had just edited my post to include Captain Beyond in Evan's resume when I saw your post. I knew he had toured as Deep Purple at one point and I read that it was really BAD. Did not know he got sued. I agree, CB's two records are really good especially the first one, "Captain Beyond".

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Bhawk posted on 10/8/2015 at 10:16
That's one of the most solid nominee lists like, ever.

Chicago
Deep Purple
Steve Miller Band
NWA
Chic

Missed my prediction by one band. 😛

A good list (with the exception of Steve Miller, who should be banned for life for Abracadabra, lol!)

NWA are most deserving in the rap category and while I know most of you on here deplore rap, I enjoy some of it when it's done well (Ice-T, Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, Blackilicious, etc.) and NWA are some of the founders and the best. Straight Outa Compton is a classic. They deserve it.

Los lobos are the best. New album is great as well.

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

Glad to see Chicago get in - their first few albums were fantastic
Terry Kath was one of the best guitar players of that era but seems to get overlooked when people talk about "the greats"

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

There is precedence here with the Rock Hall as the Sex Pistols got in on one album, no album sales, no sustained career and with pretty much worse attitude than everyone in NWA. They were also as manufactured as The Monkees, but somehow the critics loved them and they had credibility.

I'm guessing both are justified being in by the musical and cultural movements they helped create.

[Edited on 12/17/2015 by WarEagleRK]

Would also question the exclusion of Little Feat and of course, Delaney and Bonnie.

Also, hip hop is world wide, uniting culture around the world. Lots of great music, Straight Outta Compton is a great movie. I will not right off a whole genre.

P.S. Death Row is a record label. :/

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

Wasn't trying to be "PC," that just surprised me coming from you.

The rap/hip-hop artists already in the HOF are:

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys

Most of those guys are gang members? Wow. I did not know that, especially those three Jewish kids from Brooklyn.

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

Wasn't trying to be "PC," that just surprised me coming from you.

The rap/hip-hop artists already in the HOF are:

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys

Most of those guys are gang members? Wow. I did not know that, especially those three Jewish kids from Brooklyn.

I had to leave that out. Imagine how it would look if I added the part - "except for the white boys". 😉

Just imagine that all of them are founders and innovators. Makes it even more amazing how similar they all sound.

Would also question the exclusion of Little Feat and of course, Delaney and Bonnie.

Also, hip hop is world wide, uniting culture around the world. Lots of great music, Straight Outta Compton is a great movie. I will not right off a whole genre.

P.S. Death Row is a record label. :/

That wasn't the Death Row that they were talking about unfortunately. This was the real one although at times the two could easily be confused. Hip Hop is great and every artist belongs in the HOF. 😛

It looks like the members of Purple being inducted are:

Blackmore
Gillan
Lord
Paice
Glover
Coverdale
Hughes
Evans

Disappointing that Steve Morse wasn't included.

I think Steve Morse has been a member of Deep Purple longer than Coverdale, Hughes, and Evans combined.

Even though he was only with the band for a short time, it would be great to see Tommy Bolin too.

I remember when I bought Straight Out of Compton. My friend who was always into rap had the cassette so when I was on Easter break with my parents my Mom took me to the mall so I could pick out a tape for my Easter gift. I picked Straight Out of Compton. I was way big into the classic rock bands growing up and not really into the old school rap, but NWA was different. Very different ofcourse. Not exactly sure what the appeal was looking back, however no doubt did they change the course of pop music from that point forward. When we got into high school the Running EP and Niggaz for Life and the solo releases were all very heavily played everywhere we went. They were a really big deal back then and in terms of their impact on music that followed them in that category think they are deserving for the recognition. I don't really care if they were gang members or sold drugs or any of that. They were game changers in the music world.

Thinking back though....maybe the world would be a better place without the growth of gangster rap. Well, I am in my 40s now...

Should I admit I still know most of the words to about a quarter of their songs? LOL.

Actually reflecting back on the music...maybe there are more reasons NWA shouldn't be in the hall of fame rather than reasons they should be?

I love that Purple finally made it. Long overdue. I wonder which members will show. As i recall, when Halen got inducted, Eddie and Dave didnt show. I could see Gillan and Blackmore blowing it off. They dont like the HOF; they dont like each other. Id love to see them appear and play something OTHER than "Smoke."

If Ritchie appears, maybe he will wear a Rainbow shirt!

Coverdale and Hughes will be there. No force on earth can keep them from the mic. Jeez. I pray they dont get speech time, though Hughes would at least mention Bolin.

Glover is a level headed diplomat. He might appear, though if he does, he will certainly mention Steve Morse, if not ask why he is not present. Morse sure deserves it. He has put in the miles and the years and is the sound behind 4 studio albums.

To me, one of the most glaring rock absences is King Crimson. Highly influential.

[Edited on 12/18/2015 by JimSheridan]

I'm still waiting for Steppenwolf to get in. That's right, ABBA, Hall and Oates, and Donovan are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but Steppenwolf isn't. ABBA, Hall and Oates, Donovan, Steppenwolf, which group/name seems worth of inclusion in a "rock and roll hall of fame?"

That said, one day, these pretentious critics are going to have to bite the bullet and induct Def Leppard and Motley Crue. Hair Metal Dominated rock music for the latter half of the 80's, and those bands sold millions, and millions of albums.

And of course The Cars. And Yes. And King Crimson. Seriously, and I like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but they are in, and the Cars, Yes, and King Crimson aren't?!

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

Wasn't trying to be "PC," that just surprised me coming from you.

The rap/hip-hop artists already in the HOF are:

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys

Most of those guys are gang members? Wow. I did not know that, especially those three Jewish kids from Brooklyn.

I had to leave that out. Imagine how it would look if I added the part - "except for the white boys". 😉

Just imagine that all of them are founders and innovators. Makes it even more amazing how similar they all sound.

Those four acts are founders and innovators in that genre.

I'm pretty confident with you being the rap connoisseur that you are, you could actually discern the difference between Run-DMC and Public Enemy. 😛 😛

I love that Purple finally made it. Long overdue. I wonder which members will show. As i recall, when Halen got inducted, Eddie and Dave didnt show. I could see Gillan and Blackmore blowing it off. They dont like the HOF; they dont like each other.

EVH was in rehab and the band had gone radio silent publicly, so AVH chose not to attend. Without the Brothers, DLR wasn't going to show up with just Hagar and Mike Anthony there (or was forbidden by the Brothers to attend). Anyway, with EVH's rehab external forces were in play with that one. I'm not sure how it would've played out had the original lineup & Hagar all shown up.

As far as bands' replacement players being inducted, I don't know if it is up to the band or the HOF (unilaterally) or if it's done by some sort of agreement/negotiation between the two.

- VH included Hagar and Michael Anthony, and (rightfully) excluded Gary Cherone and Wolfgang.

- With GNR they inducted Dizzy Reed and Matt Sorum with the band, while Gilby Clark got snubbed, yet he was included on-stage with them for the performance at the induction ceremony.

- Metallica was inducted in 2009 and Trujillo was inducted with the band and he only joined Metallica in 2003 (and while original members Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney were excluded).

- KISS only inducted the 4 original members, and they could've easily included Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick (and Vinnie Vincent?). Based on interviews with Gene & Paul, the HOF refused to include the current lineup's replacement players, so it may've been Gene & Paul that said if the current members can't be inducted then only the originals will be.

- Our beloved ABB induction in 1995 only included the original members, and Chuck could've (should've?) been included with them. But where do you stop if you include Chuck? Lamar? Warren/Woody? Tolers? Goldflies & Lawler?

I don't know how it's decided. Seems arbitrary at times, or just a judgment call.

Anyway, congrats to Deep Purple. Hopefully they invite Steve Morse to be there even if he isn't inducted with the band.

As far as the other deserving bands that were snubbed once again, keep in mind the HOF has to have headlining bands each year so they have to spread out the bands they induct for future ceremonies.

This is a rare year for me where I believe that the Inductees are deserving except for the annual Rap entry. It will be funnier each year to see who they include from rap. Snoop followed by Ice T and after that........anyone who is on parole?

Wow.

Will never forget a Source magazine cover called The Top 10 Rappers on Death Row. Considering that just about every rapper inducted in the HOF so far have been gang members, my statement is not so far from reality.

Each year a rapper/rappers gets inducted and each time they are called the founders or innovators. This is interesting to me as they just stole others recorded music/beats and talked over them. How many people did it take to invent that?

But to stay PC, they will induct a rapper each year regardless of who they are up against or how deserving.

They by and large did not tour, no albums sales compared to the greats or have a sustained career with the group and were completely racist. This gets you in the HOF? One of them couldn't even rap so they recorded him one line at a time. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube had the talent and Ice Cube left with that talent right away.

They only have 2 albums and the guy who could at least write lyrics left after the first? This is HOF worthy? Dr. Dre or Ice Cube solo are more deserving than NWA.

Wasn't trying to be "PC," that just surprised me coming from you.

The rap/hip-hop artists already in the HOF are:

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys

Most of those guys are gang members? Wow. I did not know that, especially those three Jewish kids from Brooklyn.

I had to leave that out. Imagine how it would look if I added the part - "except for the white boys". 😉

Just imagine that all of them are founders and innovators. Makes it even more amazing how similar they all sound.

Those four acts are founders and innovators in that genre.

I'm pretty confident with you being the rap connoisseur that you are, you could actually discern the difference between Run-DMC and Public Enemy. 😛 😛

You would be surprised at how much rap I have been exposed to. When working A&R, I had to push tons of it.

Innovators is presenting something new which I do not agree that they do. Run DMC and Public Enemy can't play an instrument. They sample beats and sounds and then talk over it. It had been done before either existed so the founder/innovator thing is lost for me. If you like it, that is awesome but they were hardly something new.

Each year there will be a rapper added and they will be called founders and innovators.

Back in the day, I had to push NWA. They were barely around long enough to exist, let alone deserve HOF status. We were also constantly afraid of them killing each other.

Those mentioned plus Snoop, Ice T, Puffy, Biggie and others will all get in and their is nothing original about any of it. 2Pac releases more stuff dead than when alive and will get in of course. Nothing original at all. Thank God I never had to worry about Jagger shooting Bowie.

Thank God I don't give a crap who gets in.

We all see things differently. ABBA for instance. They were questioned a couple of posts back, do you know how many people own their material and love it? Hall and Oates had hit after hit and again sold millions. Is Steppenwolf more deserving? Hell no. They were two hit wonders that constantly changed members and never came close to the success of the early hits. By the 70s, they were playing bars. I like them far more than ABBA or Hall And Oates but HOF status is not a matter of taste.

In the end, it's just a matter of opinions.

Good points Zambi. Based on the Rolling Stone interviews with Chicago & Ian Paice they didn't seem to know who was being inducted from their bands.

Chicago is just the original 7 guys. Probably right.

The ABB's induction should have absolutely included Chuck & Lamar, IMO. Warren & Woody had only joined the band 5 years before (and Marc 3 years prior) that so it would have been hard to induct them.

I think the number of members definitely works against Yes. They've sold plenty of albums, tickets and gotten a fair share of rock radio airplay. They'd probably induct everyone that was on the Union tour. I think it will happen at some point.

I think the number of members definitely works against Yes. They've sold plenty of albums, tickets and gotten a fair share of rock radio airplay. They'd probably induct everyone that was on the Union tour. I think it will happen at some point.

Don't discount Jann Wenner's intense hatred of progressive rock.

I think the number of members definitely works against Yes. They've sold plenty of albums, tickets and gotten a fair share of rock radio airplay. They'd probably induct everyone that was on the Union tour. I think it will happen at some point.

Don't discount Jann Wenner's intense hatred of progressive rock.

They will go in next year. They can not continue to shun all these bands over time as the comparison to those they let in (NWA) is so obviously warped that it make them look stupid. When you induct bands that lasted for a couple of years, few releases, no tours and mediocre sales and then leave out bands that have had success for 50 years, you look stupid and petty.