Yes you have a point mclmk8d but they are not Rock and Roll artist. Country has there own hall of fame and Hendricks and the Beatles are not gracing the walls. wtcumm00 you forgot to mention that rock immortal Madonna.

I am not a huge fan of the Stooges but I have no problem at all with there induction as they are Rock all the way. If I would of known heavy doses of hard drugs would keep your body shredded I might of done them, as Iggy has the same body he had 35 years ago.lol

The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame also pays tribute and respect to artists from other genres who have influenced rock. If you don't believe people like Chet Atkins, Hank Williams, and Johnny Cash had no influence on rock, then you need to open up your mind, eyes, and ears...As the doc on PBS says, it was called rockabilly before it was called rock n roll...Motown, jazz, blues, gospel...rock n roll is a melting pot of all these styles...RUN DMC, for better or for worse, may have been one of the first rap acts that many people were exposed to due to their collabortion with Aerosmith, and also for better or worse contributed to the birth of genre of rap rock/metal...which whether or not you like it, happened...

People want to act like rock n roll is some sort of pure-bred species from a well-to-do bloodline and pedigree, when in fact rock n roll is just the old mutt that has a little bit of everything in its bloodline...

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Ok.. Rock and Roll has Roots in many places, jazz, R&B, country, Blues, and in some cases classical.

If you own an apple orchard and are picking apples to go to market; you surly don’t take the tree roots or even the tree with you. It’s a given the apples would not exist without the tree or its roots but the fruit the tree now bears is something different now. Rock & Roll is much the same as it is now greater than the sum if its parts.

I’m not saying that all who are in there already are not worthy of being in ” A” hall of fame but for some reason music has been broken into Genres and we are talking about the Rock hall.

I’m sorry but Run DMC, and Hank Williams are not Rock & Roll !!!!! I don’t care how much influence they have had. Like Capo said it’s the hall of fame not the hall of influence. (if it’s just a museum than call it the music museum or the music hall of fame); but once they put Rock and Roll into the title they boxed it into that genre.

It matters very little because the morons that run the thing don’t seem to be very in tune to the music industry but they are going to continue to do what they’re going to do. Its just frustrating for fans and rock artists alike…

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Yeah!... I'm glad Iggy's in there. I wasn't a fan back in the day. But, that was because I didn't get it at first. Love The Stooges now. Especially Raw Power. Music is so dreadful today. Even the few newer bands that I like still don't give me the same feeling I got when I first heard bands like The Stooges, MC5, Mott The Hoople and even The Velvet Underground or The Patti Smith Group... Even if I didn't like the band that much, I still felt something. Most of today's music is just... eh!

As for "Cleveland Rocks"... Ian Hunter first recorded it as "England Rocks". I like both, mind you. Just thought I'd add my two cents to the trivia...

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Patti Smith was actually inducted in 2007....

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I never really heard the Stooges. I loved the song Candy. Seriously; one of my favorite songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLOjmY--TA

Ha ,that looks suspiciously like Hank Marvin.I didnt know he works out.

Iggy and the Stooges really rocked it. Great live show. Glad to see they have made it.


OZZY RULES!!!

Yeah, Iggy and the Stooges deserve the recognition - their influence has spread across the world in the decades since their brief career, and they ROCKED!

Iggy would also have to be one of the very few musicians who doesn't suck as a film actor too.

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