Captain Beefheart

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1992

First Recording: 1966

Previously Considered? Yes  what's this?

Captain Beefheart
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
Rolling Stone Cover
Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
Nat'l Recording Registry
Rolling Stone
100 Greatest Drummers

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2030 (ranked #298) .

R.S. Top 500 Albums (?)RankVersion
Trout Mask Replica602012

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Safe As Milk (1967)
Strictly Personal (1968)
Trout Mask Replica (1969)
Doc at the Radar Station (1980)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Sure 'Nuff' 'n Yes I Do (1967)
Electricity (1967)

Captain Beefheart @ Wikipedia

Will Captain Beefheart be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
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I may not love them but CAPTAIN BEEFHEARTand the MONKEES deserves to get in before Kiss MADONNA AND ABBA forget what Jann Wenner says

Posted by David Kornblatt on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 04:10am


I first saw the Captain live in NYC, NY in 1971 and it was worth the trip from England. I also saw him play the next stop on his tour at Tufts in Boston. Amazing range of vocals and depth of feeling, not to mention a unique take on blues and rock music, albeit a little avant garde. "That's right the Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous." Slip him into the HOF you "Neon Meat Dream of an Octofish."

Posted by Robert Mason on Tuesday, 12/23/2014 @ 01:57am


They should include the Magic Band at least.

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, 08/27/2018 @ 15:56pm


They should include the Magic Band at least.

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, 08/27/2018 @ 15:56pm


An outsider guy who was very strange. His music inspired rhcp, white stripes, and tom waits.

Posted by Sam on Monday, 07/22/2019 @ 20:20pm


Why isn’t the Magic Band billed on here? They were billed on virtually every on of Beefheart’s records and played a large role in the arrangements.

Posted by ZootMarimba on Tuesday, 09/17/2019 @ 22:01pm


https://heartodaygrowntomorrow.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/1245-thurs-apr-30-2020/
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band deserve consideration!

Posted by Pluto on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 12:21pm


Captain Beefheart still not in the R&R HOF? What kind of juice have the voters been vaping? Let's get this musical genius some well-deserved recognition!

Posted by Don M Plaisance on Saturday, 10/30/2021 @ 13:22pm


Trout Mask Replica is not his most enjoyable album, he has plenty of more accessible relatively and fun albums. Especially in his come back from 78 to 82

Posted by David W Richman on Wednesday, 02/9/2022 @ 11:01am


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