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the Beastie Boys are in it....not exactly rock and roll....the Chili Peppers are in it...what did they get in for, wearing socks on their dicks? R&R HOF is a shit show...Nobody cares...Bowie didnt even show up when he got inducted lol....If Trent does get in though, maybe he can have Alien Jourgensen induct him
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I know the reaction from many is to simply not care about the RNRHOF, but we should keep in mind a few things that would be great for fans of the band.
1. The live performance at the induction! This would likely be the only NIN performance of 2015 and though they're usually only a couple songs, it will still be interesting to see which tracks are chosen and the lineup.
2. A possible reunion of lineups... Now it's entirely possible that only Trent will be inducted and just perform with the most recent lineup. Even worse, it's possible that he'll simply ignore the event all together and not show up. However Trent may not be the only member inducted. It's very plausible that the Woodstock lineup and maybe a couple other contributors make it in. It could be interesting.
3. Media coverage and sales spike....all bands that get inducted always see a massive increase in exposure and sales. Maybe Trent would even take advantage of that and drop some new music (wishful thinking) in the midst of it.
So while you may not give a fuck about the hall of fame itself (I certainly don't) this still has a possibility of yielding cool results regardless. So get voting!
http://rockhall.com/voting/2015-rock...nees-fan-vote/
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I honestly hope they don't get in so there is no option, it all sounds like an awful self congratulatory wank fest,charging the bands a fortune for tables etc. I thought it was really bad of the rest of Nirvana to attend and make it out to be acceptable, since kurt cobain killed himself probably in some part due to the pressures of fame etc. and everything I've read about him suggests disapproval for that sort of thing. But somehow dave grohl is always attending these things and legitimising them (you wouldn't expect anything less of Courtney love of course)
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I'm confidant NIN will get in. Either this year or next. Fan vote doesn't mean shit. Look at how long it took to get Rush in or any other long overdue band.
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It's probably been mentioned on some US classic rock radio stations or something hence stevie ray Vaughan love
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It really doesn't take much to change the vote percentage. I just voted like 10 times and got NIN up .04 percent.
All you have to do is just keep clicking the "Place Your Vote" button, x the results and repeat. You don't even have to keep clicking the NIN checkmark.
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That might be the reason why this internet vote is counting for only one vote out of thousandOriginally Posted by Corona Radiata
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They were a band Pre-License to Ill and during the Check Your Head era among other instances. Not to mention they pioneered the combination of Hip-Hop and Rock along with Run-D.M.C, who should probably be in the RRHOF too.
Last edited by nooneimportant; 10-10-2014 at 07:21 AM.
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I hope they put Death Grips break up note right next.
she/her/hers
i used to have chin-length blonde hair and a girlfriend who was OBSESSED with nirvana (her name was courtney...ha), so i constantly got told how much i looked like kurt cobain. i used to really like them, but over the years i've realized how much i don't. the only album i can listen to all the way through is In Utero (which i think is fantastic), but i absolutely do not think that nirvana is anywhere near as incredible as everyone makes them out to be.
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There's mixed messages here. Do you take it seriously or not? Because if it's bullshit what does it matter that great bands aren't in there, you're giving it far too much credit by being so upset so-and-so isn't in
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didn't Anthony Kiedis think he influenced Mike Patton? Faith no more are another band who don't seem to have been nominated, is it too early for them? I saw them in 1991 or around that time, but can't remember when their debut was out
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Faith No More have been around for 25 years but perhaps their break up for years there disqualifies them? I'm not sure. Do they deserve to be there? Absolutely!
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Just voted, #2 is surprising, I figured Green Day or some shit like that would be higher up.
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Green Day were in fact #1 24h ago - when I voted. It must be pretty close vote.
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It seems so arbitrary, the idea that one person could just obsessively vote 100s of times and get someone to number one should surely negate that whole system
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1. the Beasties were a punk band at times, not a rock n roll band. I think they actually hated and despised the very essence of rock n roll (they used to sample AC/DC as a joke and the no sleep til brooklyn video makes fun of the whole rock scene)
2. faith no more never gets the credit they deserve, no way in a million years they will ever get inducted
3. to the people saying Nirvana arent as great as people make them out to be...oh yes they are......they (Kurt) are a hell of a lot more groundbreaking than Trent's precious Joy Division.....if it wasnt for Kurt, outlets like MTV wouldnt have been as receptive to NIN by 1994...Kurt opened the door for all those other bands..
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^^^I don't doubt Nirvana's influence, but unfortunately, it was influencing pop punk bands whose tedious presence infects music today. At least the shit bands you say NIN inspired have all fucked off. But we're left with fall out boy, paramore and other nirvana inspired pop punk shit - no thanks. Although I guess its not nirvana's fault
Last edited by WorzelG; 10-10-2014 at 11:59 AM.
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When you vote and this screen comes up.... just keep hitting the Enter key. Over, and over, and over again. You'll see the % rise.
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It's Green Day's. We can blame Nirvana for other worse bands though.
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Some people seem to miss the point regarding Nirvana. Their influence was just as cultural as much as it was musically- seemed like over night people went from wearing black leather jackets and Poison shirts (listening to hard rock/heavy metal) to wearing flannels and what-not (listening to what was known as alternative at the time).
Yes, there were other bands during and before them that played a similar style but Nirvana was the "it" band for a few years- everyone was listening to them, can't say that about someone like The Melvins, etc.. The face of alternative music if you will.
As a kid loving '80's heavy metal (Iron Maiden to Slayer to Metallica, etc) that shit got pretty stale by about 90/91. A lot of bands just couldn't produce great or even good music anymore, and some of them moving into "hair band" territory. It was a swift kick in the ass that "mainstream hard rock" definitely needed and opened doors for many other acts (Like Bill already stated above).
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Is that recent? Last I checked, NIN was actually way down in the list. Glad to see they're over Green Day, and that SRV is still on top. I don't know how many Stevie Ray fans are here, but I'm genuinely surprised he wasn't inducted earlier. He rejuvenated the blues at a time when the genre needed it, and has influenced countless guitarists.When you vote and this screen comes up.... just keep hitting the Enter key. Over, and over, and over again. You'll see the % rise.
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Yes. It's 16.57% and 15.63% now.
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Did anyone vote for Sting? You can PM me if you're too embarrassed to admit so in public.
Bite me
Sting is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient this year, so I didn't vote for this (cough) "Fame." Yes, my undying love for Sting is well-known, for which I am unapologetic.
Last edited by allegro; 10-10-2014 at 01:08 PM.
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I did,I love the Police and I really loved the Ten Summoners Tales album, and an Englishman in NY is a great song.
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Apparently Trent isn't blameless - who knew he was such an inspiration for Good Charlotte??? check out about 1 min in
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Some comments on the articles I have been reading keep wanting Deep Purple in. Do they really deserve it? I know next to nothing about them, only that they wrote an annoying beginner guitarist song.
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I really like Deep Purple In Rock - but Ian Gillan's vocal tour-de-force was an over-looked Black Sabbath album called Born Again - the songs Zero the Hero and Disturbing the Priest are brilliant and just ridiculously over-the-top (have sabbath made it in actually?). Tony Iommi had a story about the making of this song where they were staying in a little village in the UK and having endless noise complaints from the local vicar - so they wrote Disturbing the Priest
Last edited by WorzelG; 10-10-2014 at 01:14 PM.
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Maybe I'll check them out.
Sabbath got in '06 according to wiki. With a band that has gone through so many lineup changes over the years, do all the members get in, or just the classic lineup?
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