Metal Health
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KISS and Boston do NOT deserve to be in.
Top 10 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame snubs
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Speed King
Rockin to the East & West
Why for the love of God, is Deep Purple still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aero
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You're joking, right?
Boston especially was one of the best rock bands of all time. Maybe you didn't like their music but they sold a shit ton of records due to talent alone and Tom Scholz was an innovator of the guitar when it came to constructing their unique sound.
If you're going to talk about bands that don't belong in the Hall Of Fame, let's start with all of the bands that are in there that don't even play rock music.
Metal Health
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Boston only had about three hits. If you agree, name all of their hits. KISS was loved by many but does not appeal to me. In 44 years they have sold only 75,000 records. Not even close to the top of the list
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Boston had 8 singles in the top 50 and their debut album has sold 17 million copies in the US alone.
Black Dahlia
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Not about how many albums they sold, but how much influence they had on the evolution of rock and roll.
I don't even believe there should even be a hall of fame for rock. It's supposed to be the red-headed stepchild of the art scene.
I don't even believe there should even be a hall of fame for rock. It's supposed to be the red-headed stepchild of the art scene.
Metal Health
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More Than A Feeling is one of the best songs in rock history. One Hit Wonder! I can think of other bands that deserve it a ton more.
Speed King
Rockin to the East & West
Define "hit",...virtually every song on Boston's STD album is still being played on the radio today, every single song, without exception, even the Dark Side of the Moon can't claim that victory. How many albums can you think of that virtually every song is still being played, the only other one I can think of is Van Halen I. They definitely belong there.
Metal Health
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If the single sells more than 2 million copies and if it is one of the best songs of classic rock, it is a hit. If that's what the band is known for.
Speed King
Rockin to the East & West
Singles?,..you mean like a 45RPM disc that you play on a turntable? By the time Boston's first album came out record companys were no longer concentrating on single record sales. It was about album sales, album sales for Boston's first album is at 17,000,000 that's 17 times platinum, it's number 8 on the list of best selling US albums of all time according the RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking.
