2015 Rock Hall Of Fame Class Includes Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Green Day

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Loooooooooooou!

Both The Smiths and N.W.A. were left off the list of new inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as Hall voters instead chose acts such as Lou Reed, Bill Withers, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. They'll be welcomed to the Hall in April.

"About 700 music journalists, performers and other industry insiders spent two months deciding on the six inductees," David C. Barnett of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports.

Barnett adds, "Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording. Los Angeles soul singer Bill Withers' first album came out in 1971, but this is his first time on the ballot."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...jett-green-day

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[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by listopencil

Loooooooooooou!

Both The Smiths and N.W.A. were left off the list of new inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as Hall voters instead chose acts such as Lou Reed, Bill Withers, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. They'll be welcomed to the Hall in April.

"About 700 music journalists, performers and other industry insiders spent two months deciding on the six inductees," David C. Barnett of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports.

Barnett adds, "Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording. Los Angeles soul singer Bill Withers' first album came out in 1971, but this is his first time on the ballot."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...jett-green-day

First, the ROR HOF is stupid.
But since it does exist...There is no reason for Joan Jett to be in there. For what? Just for being a female rocker? The couple hits she had and anything anyone has heard of are all covers.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

First, the ROR HOF is stupid.
But since it does exist...There is no reason for Joan Jett to be in there. For what? Just for being a female rocker? The couple hits she had and anything anyone has heard of are all covers.

I don't get Green Day either...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I don't get Green Day either...

Green Day has sold more than 85 million records.

[Ace Gunner]

This is awesome news. All of these artists are well deserving, but many fans are unaware just how important Joan Jett is to today's rock. She produced the first "germs" record, among other friends bands that got their start while the big record companies passed or barely invested in a rock genre that begun from Jett's investments and began to flourish and still to this day dominates rock artist sales.

Congrats to "the first lady of punk".

[KC native]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Green Day has sold more than 85 million records.

That doesn't mean that they don't suck.

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I don't get Green Day either...

They paved the way for mainstream (pop) "punk" music and culture in the 90s. Hands down, it was them more than anything else: image, sound and otherwise. Dookie is an all-time classic and iconic album.

I like to think American Idiot and all the bullshit after that never happened though when I think of Green Day, but I guess you can't be stoner kids as musicians forever.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

They paved the way for mainstream (pop) "punk" music and culture in the 90s. Hands down, it was them more than anything else: image, sound and otherwise. Dookie is an all-time classic and iconic album.

So they made punk pop music.

Yeah, that's what they did. Punk had been around for 10 years and done much better. And in it's true form.

And the whole point of Punk was to not conform to pop music norms. Which we're now giving credit to Green Day for doing.

Hell, Bleach by Nirvana was a punk/alternative album that's only recognized after the fact.

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by Rausch

So they made punk pop music.

Yeah, that's what they did. Punk had been around for 10 years and done much better. And in it's true form.

And the whole point of Punk was to not conform to pop music norms. Which we're now giving credit to Green Day for doing.

Hell, Bleach by Nirvana was a punk/alternative album that's only recognized after the fact.

This is the Rock Hall Of Fame, not "lulz who did it first hall of fame" or "punk purity hall of fame." Alternative/grunge was already established by that time, pop punk took that and breathed life into it. Green Day were instrumental in making "pop punk" what it is today -- for better or worse. No way in hell are they punk godfathers or on the mount rushmore of punk but this recognition is about awarding influential musicians in the last 25 years of their existence in which Green Day is well deserving. Even when they came back and adopted the whole My Chemical Romance/Emo/Scene kid thing, they blew up again for a whole new generation.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

First, the ROR HOF is stupid.
But since it does exist...There is no reason for Joan Jett to be in there. For what? Just for being a female rocker? The couple hits she had and anything anyone has heard of are all covers.

She's a pioneer. Cherry Bomb was a huge hit and the Runaways were the first all-girl punk rock band. Her solo career produced several major hits and "I Love Rock & Roll" has been an anthem since he covered it more than 30 years ago. She also stayed relevant in the scene, helping out other artists and bands as well as producing.

She's literally the first girl Rock Star. She may not be known as a great songwriter but she's a great artist. That's every reason to belong in that dopey hall of fame.