June 2009:
The Strokes
The Dead Kennedys
Wolfmother
The Byrds
Bush
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame "As It Should Be" - 2009, Part Three - The Inductees
1984 featured the debut of a couple important rock bands, but for the most part it was a catch-up year, with only two artists making my Hall in their first year.
The following "Class Of 2009" artists were inducted in their first year of eligibility:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The most successful artist in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock charts, the Chili Peppers have varied their signature style just enough over the years to maintain their success for more than two decades.
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Not many artists these days can say that they invented a genre, but the Jesus and Mary Chain can claim shoegaze as their own. The Chain were one of the most important bands of the 80's and while they never achieved any crossover success, they remain one of the most influential bands of their generation.
The following artists have been inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2009:
Madonna - The most innovative pop star of her era, Madonna has managed to achieve what few pop stars ever could, maintaining a career for longer than a few years.
The B-52's - The most bizarre and creative band of the New Wave era (really saying something there), the B-52's were goofy and their singers had weird voices, but they managed to create a long string of great albums in a niche all their own.
Bad Religion - The most meat and potatoes of all political punk bands, Bad Religion has about 100 great songs to their credit and no hits. It's not really possible to listen to more than a dozen of their songs in a row without getting bored, but that sort of thing never stopped the Ramones, did it?
The following "Class Of 2009" artists were inducted in their first year of eligibility:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The most successful artist in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock charts, the Chili Peppers have varied their signature style just enough over the years to maintain their success for more than two decades.
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Not many artists these days can say that they invented a genre, but the Jesus and Mary Chain can claim shoegaze as their own. The Chain were one of the most important bands of the 80's and while they never achieved any crossover success, they remain one of the most influential bands of their generation.
The following artists have been inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2009:
Madonna - The most innovative pop star of her era, Madonna has managed to achieve what few pop stars ever could, maintaining a career for longer than a few years.
The B-52's - The most bizarre and creative band of the New Wave era (really saying something there), the B-52's were goofy and their singers had weird voices, but they managed to create a long string of great albums in a niche all their own.
Bad Religion - The most meat and potatoes of all political punk bands, Bad Religion has about 100 great songs to their credit and no hits. It's not really possible to listen to more than a dozen of their songs in a row without getting bored, but that sort of thing never stopped the Ramones, did it?
Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame "As It Should Be" - 2009, Part Two
The following "Class of 2009" artists are worthy of consideration, but are unlikely to make it in any time soon:
A-Ha
Bronski Beat
Dead Can Dance
Dennis DeYoung
Grim Reaper
Honeymoon Suite
Julian Lennon
Peter Wolf
Sade
Sheila E.
Soul Asylum
Steve Morse
Steve Vai
The Fat Boys
Warlock
The following "Class Of 2009" artists are worthy of induction, but may have to wait awhile for their turn:
Spinal Tap
The Cult
The Pet Shop Boys
The Pogues
Yngwie Malmsteen
The following "Class Of 2009" artists are worthy of induction and will likely make it in the near future, but didn't quite make the cut this time around (*="ASAP" inductee status):
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Run DMC
Whitney Houston
A-Ha
Bronski Beat
Dead Can Dance
Dennis DeYoung
Grim Reaper
Honeymoon Suite
Julian Lennon
Peter Wolf
Sade
Sheila E.
Soul Asylum
Steve Morse
Steve Vai
The Fat Boys
Warlock
The following "Class Of 2009" artists are worthy of induction, but may have to wait awhile for their turn:
Spinal Tap
The Cult
The Pet Shop Boys
The Pogues
Yngwie Malmsteen
The following "Class Of 2009" artists are worthy of induction and will likely make it in the near future, but didn't quite make the cut this time around (*="ASAP" inductee status):
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Run DMC
Whitney Houston
Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame "As It Should Be" - 2009, Part One
1984 wasn't quite the year for rock n roll that 1983 was, but there were still a few notable artists to debut that year.
The following artists from the "Class of 2009" have been inducted into the actual RNR Hall Of Fame:
Run DMC
The following artists from the "Class of 2009" have been removed from consideration from my hall:
David Sylvian
Steve Perry
Stryper
White Lion
The following artists from the "Class of 2009" have been inducted into the actual RNR Hall Of Fame:
Run DMC
The following artists from the "Class of 2009" have been removed from consideration from my hall:
David Sylvian
Steve Perry
Stryper
White Lion
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