"Swept For You Baby" The Sylvers, The Blenders, The Tamlins (as Sweat For You Baby). Jerry West, 9. Tracy McGrady, 89. Most weird inductee? Posted by theAMAZINGcool on Friday, 04/19/2019 @ 07:36am. David Thompson, 80. Buddy Guy They have reached such a high level of popularity & respect. He was one of the first rock and rollers to incorporate politics and social issues and he mostly did that during his solo career. This need to be updated. 172. Aladdin 89. Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 10.31.13 @ 09:54am, Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 09:54am, I am shocked that Enig would think that "In my honest opinion, Rush should also be placed a lot higher. Both won MVP. whitney houston - 3 or 4 "Point It Out"' The Supremes and The Temptations. Guns N' Roses weren't the most pleasant of acts. On point! Curtis Mayfield Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 05/11/2013 @ 22:12pm, Rolling Stones below zeppelin and the beach Boys? The Cars 106. Bob Dylan. The O'Jays: 7/10 "If You Can Want" The Dirtbombs, Barbara McNair, Chazz Dixon. ELO, Joan Baez, Yes, Tupac Shakur, Journey, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, The Cars, Nina Simone, Moody Blues. No, I just want to see on anyone's opinion on the Hall's inductees. I would also move Talking Heads up to the 4th tier. Least deserving inductee (anyone but Madonna, ABBA, or any Hip Hop inductees*)? 151. @ Follower Not even a hot take at all lmao I have Durant at 14. Posted by Tommy on Saturday, 01/17/2015 @ 23:32pm. Eminem (Level 4) When I complete the list, I'll link it here so you can read my reasons. 213. 2) THE TEMPTATIONS at # 67 target="_blank" title="http://www.beat.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/630_315sr/images/article/header/2013/april/lilb.jpg[/img]">http://www.beat.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/630_315sr/images/article/header/2013/april/lilb.jpg[/img], Posted by GFW on Thursday, 10/31/2013 @ 18:26pm. Hank Ballard (and the Midnighters) Mike Roberts WVEE-FM & WQMJ 2015 70. 216. Without music, lyrics are just words on a sheet of paper. Todd Rundgren: 6/10 The first part of his career was spent as the alpha, the best player on a title team, and then a distraught MVP candidate surrounded by a bad team. James Brown & The Famous Flames: 10/10 Neil Diamond: 7/10 I'd say a tier down at least. Posted by Mike on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 13:48pm, Favorites: Beatles, John Lennon solo, Neil Diamond, Doors, David Bowie, CCR, Curtis Mayfield, Rush, Simon & Gafunkel, Paul Simon solo, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: 8/10 During the end of 2006 and the early part of 2007, I was suffering from a terrible depression that led me to start thinking about suicide.All Around that time I was talking to some people on a few forums about my problems. 5/10 = Average/Borderline Favorite Hip-Hop inductee? In my opinion, this is quite a great insight on how GOAT list should go. Sam & Dave: 9/10 Aretha Franklin: 10/10 Dick Clark would be a good call here too. KING, Posted by KING on Monday, 06/29/2015 @ 01:24am. He was truly unique in his play style. Pat Benatar: 6/10 He's gotten outplayed in three Finals - by really great players, but still. Rolling Stone Magazine recognizes The Miracles' importance: They are the HIGHEST-RANKING Motown group in their list on their list of the Lou Reed As a link between boogie-woogie, jump blues, and rhythm & blues, he is a highly important name and should not be ranked lower than less relevant names like Buffalo Springfield, The (Young) Rascals, Jackson Browne, The Righteous Brothers, and Gene Pitney. Ramones Kevin McHale, 40. "That's What Love Is Made Of" Michael Jackson, Bobby Vee, Choker Campbell, The Magicians. Nina Simone Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world in every major musical genre over the last 50 years . Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 10/31/2013 @ 09:54am. Kiss: 7/10 Is it fair to swap players based on one series at the tail end of their careers? Update the pyramid. Lloyd Price Both bands have always struck me as being out of place as 1st-year inductees, and it could be a case of their influence or perceived importance decreasing over time, even their induction. I'm sure that you all accept that INFLUENCE is one of the most important factors in Musical Greatness. not only how NBA Hall of Fame inductees should be chosen but how the institution must be reshaped from the ground up, the result being the Pyramid: Simmons's one-of-a-kind five-level shrine to the ninety-six (including Chicago) At all. 175. Randy Newman: 1 Janet Jackson: 9/10 Best hip hop: I don't much care for it, but even I would concede Public Enemy's suitability. 2000 But as long as they are moved up to the 4th tier, I will not be very disappointed. would be thrown in here. 1987 Louis Jordan Deep Purple - 3 (maybe 2, but I think they should be on the same level as Aerosmith and Metallica as they most likely influenced them both) Outside of Biggie and Jay-Z, no one else really needs to be above Level 1. I'll concede they're important enough to be in the hall, but ranking them higher than the Doors, Grateful Dead, Zappa, or even Jefferson Airplane (a possible influence) is ridiculous. 206. Metallica: 10/10 Posted by John R.C. "A Fork in the Road " Rebbie Jackson Will we remember the 2010s for Curry or LeBron? I would say Aretha, Bowie, or Springsteen could be moved up to the top rung, Posted by Mike on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 15:05pm. 75. Dave DeBusschere, 52. The Sex Pistols took a violent stance. Playing off the NBAs dramatic changes during the past decade, Bill uses new commentary and fresh interviews with players and top media members to determine how the league has evolved and where its headed. Respect: +177. Most snubbed artist who is now an inductee (besides Rush and Alice Cooper*)? 10.. Sam and Dave Crosby Stills and Nash 1986 Robert Johnson I know, they did it with the strength of ONE album. Nicest: According to an Indianapolis limo driver who interviewed with the Indpls. 102. 196. I'm a musician myself, my band plays a mix of originals and 70s/80s/90s rock covers, and Radiohead's name never comes up between any of us. This site is not affiliated in any way with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Were the 2012-14 Spurs historically underrated? Dion, Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 00:11am. 167. ELO - 1 Gasol won't get overlooked for the actual hall because of his int'l resume, but his NBA resume is pretty damn solid too. He finished Top 10 in MVP voting 4 times. 170. 185. We correct for the passage of time in a principled way, so we can fairly compare the significance of historical figures of different eras." 1989 "Mighty Good Lovin"-Edwin Starr, Chris Clark. Blondie: 8/10 That's almost obscene! 14. Isaac Hayes: 7/10 "100 GREATEST ARTISTS OF ALL TIME". T. Rex-1, maybe 2 Tier 1 - Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, Journey, Joan Baez Dion 209. And yes, the RRHOF still is missing a Tier 4 group in Kraftwerk because the voters are idiots who hate Electronic music (amongst other things). George Harrison: 8/10 Bob Marley Most snubbed before finally inducted: Neil Diamond, hands down. Whitney Houston-Level 2 These questions and more are broken down in our third Pyramid Podcast with Bills former Grantland colleague, ESPNs Zach Lowe. Their pioneering work in the folk-rock and country-work scenes is significant enough. 20. 8. Whitney Houston-5 Where does his beard rank among the NBAs greatest facial hairstyles ever? Posted by Plebeian on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 16:03pm. Randy Newman (middle 2nd) 223. Lionel Richie: 6/10 Steve Nash, 41. And when is Poco going to move up. There's no way he's a bigger deal than Cream, The Band, The Doors, Black Sabbath, The Police, Jerry Lee Lewis, CSN, Metallica or Aerosmith. Elvis Costello and the Attractions Overall personality-wise, I'll say Prince. Public Enemy: 10/10 Nope! Clyde McPhatter Solomon Burke: 7/10 Greg Willard Spirit Award; NCAA Season Awards. Amen and speak the truth! 205. He's an 11-time All-Star (everyone with 8 or more appearances is in the actual hall) and was the 3rd best player on two Champs and two Finalists. Paul Pierce, 53. A lot of the acts in Level 1 and 2 should be upgraded too. Great survey, John! 186. Tier 3 - Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam 4. Nine Inch Nails Albert King (lower 3rd) The Miracles, Motown's first group, are the most covered Motown group of all time. 1. If someone HAD to go for him, it would probably be Ray Charles. 2005 46. People will still be listening to their music, hundreds, if not thousands of years from now. Your favorite inductees (You can pick at least 7)? (Believe me, people I've talked to actually think that!) 88. 152. ", Posted by Dezmond on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 22:04pm, Desmond, Dezmond, I won't go into a full-blown rant about my distaste for Neil Young, but I'll leave you with this nugget: I can generally be objective about artists whose music I'm not overly fond of (Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan). 6/10 = Decent Artists Jeff Beck Hey, the Thunder traded the wrong guy! 5. One of the more underappreciated recent stars in the NBA. Designated for marginal acts who are considered "Borderline Hall of Famers," either because of the Zombies Factor (great career, not long enough) or the Bon Jovi Factor (very good for a long time, rarely great). Does The Secret have a shelf life? I agree with all the placements this year except Radiohead. The Jackson 5: 9/10 Uh, yea. The most "most mean" is on how the artist's relation to people. 210. Level 3: Posted by shrek on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 20:45pm. Kevin Johnson, 106. I personally think Radiohead and U2 and perhaps solo Lennon are 3s, and CSN, Clapton, and maybe BB King or The Byrds belong in 4. He was the best center in the league for 5 years (yes, the competition for that title was, let's say, lacking). 2. I don't see Nine Inch Nails. Here is how the artists in the pyramid sit relative to the rest of the artists in rock and roll. " ------------------- Cheap Trick - 1 I would like to see it. See the rankings as for this Basketball Hall of Fame Sets set on 6/19/2022 7:31:31 AM. "Doggone Right" Bobby Davis. Judas Priest would have been a Level 2 if they were inducted as performers. Game 6 of the 2016 WCF gets him to this point almost by itself. He's slightly ahead of Scottie because Wade took over the 2006 Finals and Scottie never really managed to be that guy - even in '94 when he finished 3rd in the MVP voting. 1987 Hank Williams astrodog brings up a reasonable point about Elvis Costello, especially in his comparison to The Pretenders. Copyright 2006-2023 futurerocklegends.com, Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland is already, http://whoisbigger.com/entity/Category:Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees, http://whoisbigger.com/#sthash.msMujDin.dpuf, https://www.ranker.com/list/rolling-stone-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time/music-lover, https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/04/ranking-every-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductee-by-tiers.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Miracles_awards_and_achievements, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracles_discography, https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/01/every-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductee-ranked-from-best-to-bon-jovi.html. "Got A Job" The Marcels Rod Stewart: 8/10 As a Beatle, sure, but definitely not as a solo artist. Yes And to all of the rest of you, whether you are Miracles fans or NOT: Then, on Feb. 24, 2019, he revised Curry to be top 20. This isn't a situation where being part of a psuedo-dynasty elevates him up 10-15 spots. I would also put Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, Mountain, and Iron Butterfly on the pyramid too. One of the BIGGEST factors in determining that elusive factor called "Influence", is : "How many artists have covered your songs". 49. Young's acoustic music is only one side of a multi-faceted artist. Talented as hell, but weird as hell. The Yardbirds: 9/10 218. Star Offline Posts: 2664 Respect: 0. Didn't hit up any neighbors or anything. Eminem-Level 4-In my opinion, Eminem has absolutely had an impact and back catalogue that can stand aside against David Bowie, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John etc. Bruce Springsteen: 10/10 Inductee that should have been first-ballot (again, don't answer Rush*)? Though if Davis and Simon couldn't be Level 2 I don't see Parton sadly. Level 1: At present, either James Taylor or Laura NyroI'd say James Taylor John Fogerty (CCR), Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Van Halen, Axl Rose, and Mike Love (Beach Boys) Does ninety-six players sound like a good number? Run-DMC N.W.A: 9/10 They were the forefathers of "progressive rock," after all. 1)Led Zeppelin-demote to the 4th tier. Johnny Cash, REM, Led Zeppelin, Sly & the Family Stone, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Bruse Springsteen. 141. Both are hugely important in roots rock and country rock scenes. 62. 2009 Wanda Jackson 9. In the pilot episode of TBOB Rewatchables, recorded earlier this year on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Bill re-lives that historic night with The Ringers Chris Ryan and Joe House. The Cars- 3 2005 "I Don't Blame You At All" - Rosetta Hightower. Tier 5 looks pretty solid. Blondie 7/10 = Solid Picks 12. The Cure: 8/10 The Yardbirds N.W.A: Level 2 (tough call, but Public Enemy is at the lowest part of 3, and they're about even, though PE had longer success) I'm really not surprised you could do that. The Miracles, Motown's first group, are the most covered Motown group of ALL TIME. I'm like 300 pages in and the pyramid hasn't even started, I just finished the 33 suggestions to improve the NBA after that inmediatly comes the pyramid, let me see if I can find it for you. ***. However, when an artist offends me so deeply that I can only summon feelings of outright hatred for their music, it's almost impossible for me to maintain any kind of objectivity. Under no circumstances whatsoever, should AC/DC sit above Rush, period. 2012 Since this hasn't been updated since 2019, where do you think the 2020 and 2021 inductees rank in the Rock Hall pyramid? Would vintage Shaq have been better or worse in 2019? Is Harden the NBAs best scorer since Michael Jordan? Posted by Zach on Thursday, 01/29/2015 @ 23:40pm, Posted by Greg on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 15:25pm, The Pyramid Levels. He took a Magic team with no other All-Stars to the Finals while beating LeBron in LeBron's prime. 1. Nirvana and Radiohead belongs in the third. 3/10 = Mediocre Level 3 "Special Occasion - Jim Gilstrap. Queen The Small Faces/Faces, The Hollies, and The Ventures Leonard Cohen: 7/10 Ramones The "Lovin Spoonful: 5/10 There are a lot of critic's darlings that fade over time. I slotted him in next to McAdoo since their careers have some similarities so far in terms of pure accolades. "What's So Good About Goodbye" Giant Sunflower, The Temptations, Quix*O*Tic 4/10 = Marginal Gene Vincent (and the Blue Caps) I'm coming up with a questionnaire/survey on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's inductees. Posted by Dan on Wednesday, 07/24/2013 @ 17:34pm. Bill Withers: 6/10 Posted by Robert Henry on Monday, 07/31/2017 @ 11:11am, That's kinda easy for most part when analyzing the 2017 class - Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/23/2018 @ 15:29pm. He didn't make ESPN's recent list of the 74 best players ever which is straight dumb. Demote. 8. Doobie Brothers-5 1/10 = Not even worth of mention Prince: 10/10 1. Posted by Joe on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 02:56am, For what it's worth (and my guess), the levels for the new inductees would be: 10/10 = Immortals, Legends & Icons If anything, some of them deserve to be a 4. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Smokey Robinson (and the Miracles) I was reviewing a post which I had written some time ago. Joan Jett is currently in last place for her solo career. Jackson Browne: 7/10 70. But Neil aside, I like your other changes. Well, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland is already shaped like a pyramid 2, so it was only natural to take Simmons' baseball idea and apply it to rock and roll.. 179. Clyde McPhatter: 8/10 93. Prince T. Rex Level 4: Parliament - Funkadelic: 10/10 I blame the clowns on the committee for it - but Deep Purple should be on this list AND at level 3. ZZ Top -the Four Seasons, Black Sabbath, Queen, AC/DC Is the top level EVER going to have more than twelve? Jack Twyman, 107. The Velvet Underground Posted by Dezmond on Wednesday, 10/30/2013 @ 21:45pm. The Mandalorian Season 3 Premiere Is a Slick Reminder of What Makes Mando Work, "The Apostate" is designed to reorient the audience after a lengthy layoff, but the familiar formula ensures we want to keep taking the trip, Malcolm Brogdon Is a Throwbackand DeservingCandidate for Sixth Man of the Year. It's not the first time I've seen them being underrated. 4. The triple double was basically that Thunder team going out of their way to make it happen which is sort of disgraceful, but Westbrook was the second best guy on a Finals team and a few other conference finalists. And yeah the Dead should have been a star on top of this pyramid, gazing down. Magic, 4. bill simmons hall of fame pyramid updated Posted by On August 15, 2020 0 romanian gas mask KG had a few years post-2010, but nothing that would've moved him up the ladder so to speak.Personally, I'd have KG in the middle of that group. 1988 Les Paul "As Bill Simmons said in his original article though, this is subjective. Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 11/29/2016 @ 05:08am, Pearl Jam - level 3 Oscar Robertson, 10. Blondie: 8/10 1 bestselling book around the premise in 2009.. AP Player of the Year Award; John R. Wooden Award; Naismith Men's College Player . Nina Simone Lynyrd Skynyrd: 8/10 This is what this site is partly for, to share opinions and all. You could make the case for Curry based on his ring total and unanimous MVP, I guess, but when KD came to town it was pretty clear that he was their best player. c) their influence on guitar and drum techniques, painstaking production methods, song structure and use of electronic effects extends far, far, FAR beyond the realms of metal. Otis Redding 22. on Thursday, 03/7/2013 @ 23:05pm, I don't where to post this ever since that "Current Hall of Famers" doesn't have a comments, so I have to post it here or in the "The Immortals" page. Those are the ones that come to mind. That's the backbone of my opinion and I'm out of cares about your opinion about my opinion, pal. 2022 Two Oscars, helped gave popularity in industrial rock, and be a mostly one man band (where at the time was unheard of) to say the least. The chances of me ever getting back into The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and their compatriots are practically nonexistent. b) every metal band post-1983 is influenced by them. 191. Jackie Wilson Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam: 6/10 By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. U2 47. I'm working on a list of my least favorite artists and will include commentary for each choice. 146. "Got A Job" The Marcels Buddy Guy: 8/10 Dirk Nowitski (up from Level 2, below Mikan). My hatred of him is well documented, but I objectively can't see him as anything more than a lower-tier Bob Dylan. The Moody Blues, when inducted, should sit on the 5th tier. on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 23:05pm These are the misses from the initial Pyramid that I would've liked rectified: Grant Hill (replacing Connie Hawkins - Hawkins should be in the Comets section and Hill should've been in the Pyramid), Alonzo Mourning (replacing Sabonis - same deal with the Hawkins/Hill swap), Tim Hardaway (for Kevin Johnson - I saw both, Hardaway was a better player), Ben Wallace or Dikembe Mutombo (for Horry - I get where he was going with including Big Shot Bob, but one of the other two guys deserved that spot), My toughest omissions from this Pyramid: Amar'e, Billups, Blake, Paul George, Rose. ), Posted by Joe on Wednesday, 03/25/2020 @ 22:48pm. A great scorer, but I'm not sure he was ever a good enough all-around player to be the best player on a champ despite that one year with the Nuggets. I'd probably have The Moody Blues in Level 2 or 3, since they're name checked as the pioneers of art rock and prog rock. And how in the hell did Radiohead get on level 4? ), Dolly Parton, Boyz II Men, Human Nature, among many others Parker had a 12 year run where he was never the best point guard in the league, but he might've been the most important. 145. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Amen and speak the truth! 122. 157. B.B. Janet Jackson Yeah, the Pyramid's bias toward 60s musicians is palpable. Posted by Follower on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 18:37pm. Nine Inch Nails-4, Posted by Plebian on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 02:11am, what i think the 2020 inductees should be in: 136. The Shirelles The ninety-six greatest basketball players of all time, arranged into five tiers: Levels One through Four, then the Pantheon - the best of the best - at the very top. The Ramones are a case in point. Young Frankenstein Marvin Gaye 108. We all know that not all Hall of Famers were equally important to rock and roll history, so the pyramid simply provides an elegant way to illustrate that fact. MotorTrend Ultimate Adventure visits the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame: Join us for our upcoming events! 2020 We could spend the rest of this post going in circles on him. Simmons just completed his BOB 2.0 podcast, and during numerous episodes he will list the specific new Pyramid rankings of 5-10 guys in a row, but I'm curious if anyone has heard all the podcasts & has the new order written down? GNR: 9/10 2 our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia. -Hard to say ultimately, it's really about the music and their commitment to it. Paul Simon Among these are: Please keep comments relevant to the topic. Joan Baez - 1 13. In the case of Ray Charles, the musical influence he had is so massively widespread across multiple genres, so well documented, and seemingly so obvious to the ears of anybody with half a musical ear who takes the time to actually listen to what popular music sounded like before he began having hits and what it sounded like after those hits; that your statement that you "don't see the influence" marks you as either too historically uneducated or too biased by your tastes to really be a serious participant in evaluating such topics of discussion. 30. Posted by Plebeian on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 09:25am, Posted by Plebeian on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 09:26am. Joan Baez Journey - 1 144. Crosby, Stills & Nash (Level 2) The Doobie Brothers-Level 1 The Rolling Stones: 10/10 -the Beastie Boys The Rolling Stones 5 Ray Charles didn't make his name in Rock and Roll. 127. [1] They also have the distinction of having more songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame than any other Motown group." T. Rex (Level 2) Chicago 2/10 = Failure Simmons led . I would've put Whitney Houston at Level 2, or 3 at most, because of how commercially successful she was and influenced a lot of singers to this day. 13. 140. Rage Against the Machine (Level 1 or 2) Steve Miller Carly Simon: 6/10, Posted by Jordan Einstein on Friday, 05/13/2022 @ 05:01am. The inductees on Level 1 on the other hand, are often the reason the Rock Hall makes so many people crazy. Press J to jump to the feed. "More Love" Kim Carnes, Paul Young, Barbara McNair, Mica Paris, The 5th Dimension, Rick Webb, Foster Sylvers. If the Bucks win the title? "Don't Let It End (Till You Let It Begin)-Betty Everett the Studio Group I know Giannis, Harden, and Russ won those MVPs, but KD was the best player on the best team and snatched the crown from LeBron in 2017 and 2018 when he outplayed him in both those series. Elvis Costello & The Attractions: 9/10 Steve Miller: 3/10 Eagles 1990 Louis Armstrong He's one of the best scorers ever. 2016 by fjdbookreview. My point is that there are many other people who influenced the influencers farther down on the pyramid. The pyramid depicted above is what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame might look like if the inductees were organized into five increasingly elite levels. The Coasters: 8/10 Etta James B. Eddie Cochran: 9/10 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -"But since I'm in the neighborhood, an easy one: The Ramones. I too personally dislike thier music except "Express Yourself" and I just don't understand why so meny praise them when all they did was steer rap down a more gangester and racist path. Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five: 8/10 Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 11:04am. Elvis Presley: 10/10 Bob Marley (Level 5) Favorite Hip-Hop inductee? Art is fluid and stuff changes. I'd probably move David Bowie & U2 to 5 level. Neil Young Care to post it here? Free shipping for many products! Elvin Hayes. 2013 So, since I've had some free time, I took it upon myself to update the original Hall of Fame Pyramid and figured I'd share. 1/10 = Not even worth of mention Rush (middle 4th) The Staple Singers: 8/10 149. 2018 Loudest other then metal: THe Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Stooges, Public Enemy, Dave Clark Five. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: 9/10 I did read an article once that said Radiohead were the new REM. 6. 23. 10/10 = Immortals, Legends & Icons The Hall of Fame honors graduates of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps who have . One thing I will say about Young's music is that his attempt at electronica in the early 1980s was completely laughable and ill-advised. Dennis Johnson, 61. I would also move Buddy Holly And The Crickets up to the top. Little Willie John David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa, Beastie Boys, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Black Sabbath and The Stooges 137. 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