Man, that’s a great one. I liked Oasis a lot. Not HUGE in America but certainly very popular for a period of time. If you look outside of the US, it’s hard to find another band that was bigger. They certainly weren’t original but wrote some good songs and had a significant impact worldwide.
OT: 2020 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
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Everything aside, Noel Gallagher is one of the top five songwriters of that generation.
The inductees will be announced at 8 am tomorrow for those interested. I should be able to share prior to that.
I am not terribly familiar with their music but if that's the case, we're up to a whopping two examples. And the Dave Matthews Band does not sound remotely similar to either.
People may not like their music, but the statement that the Dave Matthews Band doesn't do anything different musically than anybody else is absurd.
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I wonder IF relatively UNKNOWN bands such as TheWHO, The BEATLES, and The Rolling Stones will get in?
DP was alternative dance/electronica more so in their early years w/ Vince Clarke (who went to form Yazoo/Yaz and then Erasure) and shortly after he left, but w/ Martin Gore taking over as lead song-writer, they became more arena rock w/ a gothic edge.
Joy Division/New Order should get in, but they have yet to be nominated - probably due to not having enough commercial success even tho they have been a highly influential band(s) (New Order's best stuff is their songs driven by Peter Hook's bass and Stephen Morris' drums and not the more club-oriented stuff like Blue Monday.)
The Smiths definitely are deserving (twice nominated) as well, being another highly influential band, but not having enough commercial success will likely keep them out for the time being.
Pat is as deserving as her contemporary, Joan Jett - both being the most prominent rock chicks of their time.
Yep - highly influential.
That's what it really is - considering that Aretha (OK, some of her songs can be classified as rock), Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash (likewise, some of his songs can be classified as rock), Etta James, Bob Marley, Al Green, various folk singers, Madonna, Run DMC, Jimmy Cliff, Randy Newman, Donna Summer, Nina Simone, N.W.A., etc. aren't rock.
Pixies also highly influential.
Glad to see the Doobies finally get in.
The fact that Bon Jovi (in my opinion and the opinion of many, the worst band to have ever achieved massive commercial success), along w/ KISS and Def Leppard makes the Hall a bit of a joke.
And like Bon Jovi, Madonna didn't write most of her hit songs and she's a mediocre singer, but she sold tons of albums and was an icon when it came to popular culture (but musically? just bleh!).
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