The Real Hall of Fame

Since my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes KISS and the boneheads at Cleveland's (official)Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (I'm speaking directly to you Mr. Jan Wenner, ya douche) which actually isn't since you have ABBA, Madonna and rap in there) have seen fit not to include a band that has been making music at a consistent rate for 36 years now, that are one of the most fun, entertaining, successful and influential bands of all time, I will relate to you an idea that my room mate and I came up with one night not too long ago. We call it the Bill Haley Memorial Hall of Fame. And just because certain artists are on the list chronologically before others doesn't necessarily mean one is better or more deserving than the others or that they deserve to be on the list sooner.

It goes like this,

You start out with the top 10 pioneers of rock and roll, that, besides their being the first 10 top entries, these are in no particular order or importance (other than being pioneers) then every year thereafter, you add three and only three to the next year's ballot. That way, you pretty much insure who deserves to be there and who doesn't.

Of course, it's nearly impossible to include everyone who you may feel is worthy. There has to be parameters or some sort of guideline. So for that, we decided to use the RNRHoF's rule of only being eligible after 25 years of a band or solo artist's first release. Of course, like any list of "who's the best," there will be debates, but this is our list. Also, this list doesn't necessarily show who the "best" are of any given generation (as technical proficiency doesn't always dictate who the most successful or entertaining artists are)

The First Class-The Pioneers

2010

1) Bill Haley

2) Chuck Berry

3) Elvis Presley

4) Carl Perkins

5) Jimi Hendrix

6) Jerry Lee Lewis

7) The Beatles

8) B.B. King

9) John Lee Hooker

10) Fats Domino

2011

1) The Big Bopper

2) Buddy Holly

3) Ray Charles

2012

1) The Rolling Stones

2) The Who

3) Led Zeppelin

2013

1) Cream

2) The Yardbirds

3) Jeff Beck

2014

1) Alice Cooper

2) KISS

3) Black Sabbath

2015

1) Pink Floyd

2) Lynyrd Skynyrd

3) Creedance Clearwater Revival

2016

1) The Hollies

2) Deep Purple

3) RUSH

2017

1) Janis Joplin

2) The Eagles

3) David Bowie

2018

1) Queen

2) The Ramones

3) The Sex Pistols

2019

1) Metallica

2) Judas Priest

3) Aerosmith

2020

1) The Steve Miller Band

2) Bob Seger

3) Peter Frampton

And so on.
Whaddya think? You may not agree with the entrees, or at least the year or class they're in, but not a bad system to replace the corrupt bastards at the so-called "legitimate" RNRHOF, innit?