That sums it up quite nicely. A strong case can be for each of them (except The Sex Pistols, who have no business being in before The New York Dolls), but collectively it's not an exciting group. Granted, it would be hard to match the excitement of a class that includes both U2 and The Pretenders. But I think we can try.
Acts become eligible for inclusion 25 years after the release of their first recording. Some that qualify are listed below, if you want to jog your memory before chiming in with your dream slate. If you want to see which acts have already been inducted:
www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp
If it were up to me, the next class would be:
The Cars; Dire Straits; ELO; Heart; Rush; and Warren Zevon
Among others I would include eventually:
Harry Chapin; Cheap Trick; Marshall Crenshaw; Foreigner; Kansas; Carole King; New York Dolls; Linda Ronstadt; Styx; Supertramp; Yes
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I'll start a separate thread specifically for acts from the 1980s. In the meantime, others for your consideration:
ABBA (these are not necessarily recommendations); Allman Brothers; America
George Benton; Blue Oyster Cult; Boston
Carpenters; Chic; Jim Croce
Peter Frampton
Neil Diamond
Foghat
Gap Band; J. Geils Band
Hall & Oates; Humble Pie
K. C. and the Sunshine Band; Chaka Khan; Kiss; Kool and the Gang
Loggins & Messina; Kenny Loggins (solo)
Barry Manilow; Bette Midler; Steve Miller Band; Moody Blues; Mott the Hoople
Nazareth
Yoko Ono
Alan Parsons Project
Triumph
Lou Reed (solo, Velvet Underground is in); REO Speedwagon; T. Rex; Robbie Robertson (solo, The Band is in); Rufus
Bob Seger; Carly Simon; The Spinners; Steeleye Span; Sweet
Van Halen
Steve Winwood (solo, Traffic is in)
Linear Mode
