I had that thought about Chubby Checker Archived Message Posted by DT on February 12, 2025, 7:33:21, in reply to "Surprised Joe Cocker wasn't already in*" I figured he’d have gotten in back in the early days when it was still focused on rock and roll and early influences. Previous Message Previous Message Bad Company Black Crowes Mariah Carey Chubby Checker Joe Cocker Billy Idol Joy Division / New Order Cyndi Lauper Maná Oasis OutKast Phish Soundgarden The White Stripes Message Thread: | This response ↓ 2025 Rock Hall Nominees… meh? - SurfTheBoneyard February 12, 2025, 7:00:44 If Chris Cornell’s voice isn’t in your rock Hall of Fame then you got a bad HOF. - illini February 12, 2025, 20:51:06 if you don't got Mojo Nixon, then your rock hall of fame could use some fixin'* - Sammich February 13, 2025, 8:56:41 I have no desire to visit a rock HoF that doesn’t include Soundgarden * - PapaDels February 12, 2025, 22:20:45 JD/NO should be in. * - harb February 12, 2025, 19:59:13 Pretty meh on a lot of them. I'm not sure, but what has the following accomplished long term - Taz February 12, 2025, 11:37:54 New Order is one of the greatest bands of all time* - Sounder February 12, 2025, 13:49:10 This* - Quiz February 12, 2025, 19:49:27 Depeche Mode, The Cure, and New Order are the holy trinity - Sounder February 12, 2025, 19:56:03 Being popular at Stage 2 in the 80s is not a HoF criteria* - PapaDels February 12, 2025, 22:19:32 *for queers - complainant February 12, 2025, 20:16:29 that would be erasure, pet shop boys, and ...OMD?* - torinese February 12, 2025, 21:04:28 Modern English or maybe Bronski Beat* - TarheelIllini February 13, 2025, 5:43:37 Dead or Alive* - Sounder February 12, 2025, 23:29:42 Them too, yes.* - complainant February 12, 2025, 21:09:10 I definitely wasn't hanging out in any bars, straight or gay, in the 80s - Taz February 12, 2025, 21:00:34 That would have been old enough if you were a twink with an older friend. - complainant February 12, 2025, 21:11:29 My life isn't a Queer as Folk episode* - Taz February 12, 2025, 21:18:16 In that case, maybe I have more Indigo Girls and Sarah McLachlan albums than you do. - complainant February 12, 2025, 21:24:04 I love me some Melissa Etheridge, how about that?!* - Taz February 12, 2025, 22:11:41 She was at Parx Casino when I was there. Didn’t go. War on Drugs Asbury Park next night* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 22:15:32 I've seen her in concert several times. Her and the indigo girls are playing in Chicago - Taz February 12, 2025, 22:20:56 Saw Indigo Girls with my band around 25 years ago. Men’s room empty* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 22:44:47 I love me some Melissa Etheridge, how about that?!* - Taz February 12, 2025, 22:11:28 The White Stripes have a song that is played at every college sporting event - bjl63 February 12, 2025, 11:43:50 Mana is a very popular and influential Mexican rock band* - Sounder February 12, 2025, 14:17:21 I know the white stripes, I just want real longevity for hall of fame* - Taz February 12, 2025, 13:18:42 Also longevity??? - Quiz February 12, 2025, 20:32:38 It's not longevity per se, it's just avoiding the one hit wonder and contributing* - Taz February 12, 2025, 21:01:35 A lot of these were relatively unique at their time and influential long past* - Quiz February 12, 2025, 19:52:49 They were around as long as Led Zeppelin was a functioning band. I'm including them.* - Warrin'_Illini February 12, 2025, 13:21:29 Longer than the Beatles. * - haighter February 12, 2025, 13:26:57 Longer than Taylor Swift* - HamptonSki February 12, 2025, 14:16:16 Who cares, put them all in.* - Warrin'_Illini February 12, 2025, 8:35:34 I saw someone carried out on a stretcher when Soundgarden was playing* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 8:23:51 #wisch* - SurfTheBoneyard February 12, 2025, 9:03:44 Crowes, Phish, Soundgarden, Stripes - snipes824 February 12, 2025, 8:19:08 Based on that I’d vote for JD/NO & Soundgarden* - Tortillini February 12, 2025, 8:26:54 Stripes are awful* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 8:25:04 LMFCO ok* - Jackie February 12, 2025, 9:23:34 You like Donna the Buffalo * - haighter February 12, 2025, 9:11:43 Using “would I want to go see an exhibit about them,” Soundgarden, Bad Company, Outkast* - PapaDels February 12, 2025, 7:46:50 Surprised Joe Cocker wasn't already in* - RSMBob February 12, 2025, 7:31:51 I had that thought about Chubby Checker - DT February 12, 2025, 7:33:21 ^^^000~~~>* - torinese February 12, 2025, 8:17:06 2 knocks against him held him back… - SurfTheBoneyard February 12, 2025, 7:43:50 Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper would be my first 4` - DanSaint February 12, 2025, 7:18:20 If popularity and influence are both weighted: Mariah, Oasis, New Order, Soundgarden, OutKast* - DT February 12, 2025, 7:12:16 Mariah is one hit wonder* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 8:24:39 What is the one?* - PDO February 12, 2025, 13:25:40 She literally had 19 #1 hits… - SurfTheBoneyard February 12, 2025, 9:06:19 That Christmas song is annoying* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 21:07:20 She's a she, so Jeff immediately dismisses her as inconsequential.* - Illiniphil February 12, 2025, 9:31:15 Love Liz Phair* - JeffFrank February 12, 2025, 22:16:03   Searching