I just don't understand it. It's not just that I am a fan, it's that they've had a 37 year career and they've influenced countless famous musicians. I can't believe this isn't relevant.

but their music is indeed creative and melodious, for example "The Spirit of Radio", the opening theme of Norman Goldman: here's a pounding performance from a recent tour:

From what I've heard certain bands that became successful in spite of being panned by Rolling Stone are essentially blackballed. Grand Funk being another.

HOF judge Dave Marsh has publicly stated that Bon Jovi will never get in as long as he can do anything about it. Marsh's wife worked for Bruce Springsteen's manager -- guess he doesn't like the idea of there being more than one world-famous Jersey Shore rock band...


rocktivity

I didn't know that about Dave Marsh and Bon Jovi, that truly pisses me off.

which is like Hugh Hefner calling someone a pimp.


rocktivity

It is the hall of fame no the hall of lame.

they somehow struck a chord, no pun intended, with a massive number of people for several years. They sold out shows and broke records for album sales in spite of being almost universally reviled by both music critics and musicians who couldn't figure out why they were popular. I knew a number of secret Grand Funk fans, I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home was almost as much of a staple to learn for beginning guitarists as Smoke on the Water. They were a phenomena, and should be recognized for it.

Where my home is seen as a place of quiet and solitude from where a person can reflect on life and the concerting matters thereof, a song like this is going to forever have an enormous positive affect on any person as it draws hauntingly into the innermost parts of a person's psyche, or soul. Bands like Grand funk must be recognized and forever remembered and commended even if only one song such as I'm Your Captain is the only contribution they ever made. Ignorance of forms is what plagues today's fearing societies world-wide. It is a problem of pure evil if that is a word with meaning and intent.

for me

I saw them a few times in 1979-81. NY Palladium. Phi. Spectrum. Wow.


Hello there ladies and gentleman......

What mere mortal can resist Surrender?

I had no idea they weren't in already.

Ridiculous. They have one of the greatest drummers of all time.

They have more longevity than "Guns and Roses".

Sad, really.

. . . especially when one considers Cleveland was the city where they first broke big as a band.

Even though I'm speaking as a 32-year Rush listener and fan, I don't think one even needs to be a fan of Rush to see that this 13 year black-list exemplifies extreme douchiness on the board's part. For fuck's sake, a band that was influenced by Rush (Metallica) is in (particularly their late bassist). What gives?

Who knew...

Though situated at the furthest reaches of the Eastern Standard time zone, our midwestern twang and homeland values mark Ohio as the first of such states that spread to Missourri, the geographical and symbolic gateway to the West (a nickname shared with Pittsburgh).

150 years ago, Ohio was considered a Western frontier state.

what is that creature?

It just means a lot of people from West Virginia moved here when the mills were booming.

All of the lower peninsula is in the Eastern zone as is the eastern 2/3 of the upper peninsula.

At the summer equinox, it's still light at 10 pm and it doesn't get really dark until midnight.

It's a great place for a summer vacation, just like in the commercials!

P.S. It took Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band forever to be inducted. I called East Coast bias, but maybe it was someone like this Marsh creature.

Like the Grammys, it celebrates the music business, not music.

I'm a big fan of the venue itself, and live about 45 miles from there. Constantly evolving, it's a rock marvel worthy of a trek from either coast. I can't wait until next month when HBO shows the ceremony and concert once again. I've lost count of how many concerts I've had the pleasure of seeing at the old Public Auditorium. it was the place to go for premier acts in the 60s/70s.

As the article points out, the picture above doesn't include Izzy Stradlin. That's Gilby Clarke.

Thanks again for posting this. k&r.

the wildest one I remember was ZZ Top, in their first appearance in Cleveland, opened for Earth Wind and Fire followed by Uriah Heep....

A Belkin Brothers Production.

LOL... Jules & Mike were some smart (and very hip) guys. Jules was one of the primary driving forces behind bringing the R&RHOF to Cleveland:

http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/belkin.htm

I grew up in Iowa and lived I'm Missouri for 20 years, now I live in the Cleveland area, the people of Northeast Ohio are more like the people from the east coast, than Iowa or even Chicago.

As a Midwest boy, I take issue with Cleveland being included in the Midwest.

is the beginning of the midwest.

the "third" or Gulf Coast is not considered as a "coast" at all...