The Mothers of Invention

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1992

First Recording: 1966

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

The Mothers of Invention
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
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500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll

R.S. Top 500 Albums (?)RankVersion
Freak Out!2462012
We're Only in It for the Money2972012

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Freak Out! (1966)
Absolutely Free (1967)
We're Only In It For The Money (1968)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Plastic People (1967)

The Mothers of Invention @ Wikipedia

Will The Mothers of Invention be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
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Flo & Eddie are not here!

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 15:03pm


The Cars want The Mothers Of Invention, The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Todd Rundgren, Devo and Kraftwerk inducted.

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 15:33pm


Probably won’t happen if Frank Zappa’s induction included his Mothers material like the Hall did to Paul McCartney and maybe Janis Joplin.

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 16:51pm


Probably not, The Dude, but if the E Street Band were inducted as AME, I think it's not unreasonable for the same thing for both the Mothers Of Invention and Crazy Horse (and Wings, and maybe even the Revolution and New Power Generation).

Posted by Philip on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 10:47am


I’ve started a campaign pushing to recognize the Mothers.
https://inductthemothers.home.blog/

Posted by Zoot Marimba on Sunday, 02/10/2019 @ 22:48pm


They should have been inducted with Zappa.

Posted by Fifi on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 00:10am


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