Out of this group, the only ones that have the right mix of critical acclaim and popularity are Sufjan Stevens, Interpol and maybe the New Pornographers.

Posted by c.w. on Thursday, 08.2.07 @ 12:43pm

It's probably too early to tell, but I think Sufjan Stevens has the best potential.

Posted by maplejet on Thursday, 12.13.07 @ 13:00pm

Linking Park

Posted by arthur on Tuesday, 01.22.08 @ 14:49pm

This is a truly interesting year. Most everyone would cop out to the arty clique on the board here, and laugh at the notion that a 3 Doors Down could get in. I'm going to go the other way on this, and I'l tell you why. It's at roughly this point that the notion of artistry connecting in any commercial sense starts to fade. All of the "indie" (precocious little word, that is) acts before this still had a chance to connect in some way commercially as well. The audience had a chance to see 7 hear, as it were , "what all the hype's about". This is where we start to split. Acts like Sufjan & New Pornographers will never get in cause even the basic hip cachet that would have gotten them noticed in the past is totally missing from the commercial universe they scorn from the sidelines. Best case inductees:

3 Doors Down / Dashboard Confessional / Disturbed

Good Charlotte / Linkin Park / Pink / Ryan Adams

Some people may note I forgot Interpol, but I don't care how hip you're a** pretends to be, fascism doesn't work, & these clowns look a might fascist! They even sound programmed & robotic, but in a bad way.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 10.1.08 @ 05:43am

I think it's almost impossible to predict what kind of lasting impact any band that started this decade will have. Looking back at my era (80's/early 90's) quite a few bands I liked and thought might have a lasting impact did not while others kind of surprised me with the impact they eventually had.

Posted by ms.music on Wednesday, 10.1.08 @ 06:15am

Linkin Park
Good Charlotte
Sum 41
Disturbed

Posted by S.R on Wednesday, 03.11.09 @ 19:31pm

okay out of this group my only command is that linkin park gets in they are amazing and need to be there if not then i dont have any respect left for the music buisness its ridiculus if they dont get in

Posted by EA. on Wednesday, 04.29.09 @ 02:34am

I'm rooting for Andrew W.K.

it's a long shot, probably near impossible. but i have faith.

same with Blue October

Posted by Justin on Thursday, 07.30.09 @ 16:38pm

2025 marks the year 21st Century artists will be eligible for the RRHOF. This leads me to the question, will the RRHOF still exist in 2025?

Posted by Milestones on Monday, 12.28.09 @ 11:58am

By 2025 Ryan Adams will be one of the biggest names out there, if he's back with music soon, but the work he's already done over the years are the best music i've heard, and the critics seems to like him so, my vote goes for Ryan Adams!

Posted by Jay-Jay on Wednesday, 12.30.09 @ 17:02pm

I once lived in a college-style residence or dormitory. 3 Doors Down from me lived a guy called Andrew WK. He was known to throw great parties something that earned our residence the title of "Lifehouse." The Avett Brothers were jealous of our fame. They spread malicious Gossip about us in order to make us uncool. The older Avett Brother, Rooney had a girlfriend called Michelle Branch who wanted to be a professional Smokejumper. I happened to have an infatuation for Michelle and thus I joined the Smokejumpers Club. My ex girlfriend Kelis and Rooney Avett both become jealous of us and conspired to have us murdered. They hired the assassin "Teddy" Thompson to kill me with a knife. As he ambushed me from behind, my trusty Muslim friend Brother Ali intercepted and used martial arts to knock The Knife out of Teddy's hands. John Vanderslice, the local campus cop from the Interpol organization was called on seen to arrest Teddy, Rooney and Kelis. He captured Teddy and Kelis but Rooney escaped in his car he called the Phoenix. Nevertheless, he suffered from a condition called Glassjaw, and as his face turned Pink, he needed to stop his car. He was promptly arrested

Posted by Milestones on Saturday, 01.30.10 @ 15:29pm

ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS!!!!

Ryan Adams

Sufjan Stevens

Kelis

The Knife.

Posted by kkikk on Thursday, 03.4.10 @ 08:40am

Linkin Park, Pink & Ludacris will.


Phoneix could.

Posted by MC on Sunday, 04.11.10 @ 15:58pm

Linkin Park seem to be keeping up their popularity, so they have a chance, even if they shouldn't (they are to rap-rock what Creed or Nickleback are to post-grunge: Musically competent, but extremely tame, nothing earth-shattering and basically riding on the coat-tails of their forebearers.) Disturbed: Kind of the same thing with nu-metal. However, they have outlived nu-metal so they do deserve props for that even if they're boring, and plenty of die-hard metal fans look down on them. Killswitch Engage are revered among some metal fans, but nowhere else, so no way they're getting in. Ryan Adams has a good chance. 3 Doors Down have kind of a critical problem. 8-10 years ago they might've had a chance but since then their star power has faded a bit, so they'll have to work hard to make it. A Perfect Circle are a solid band, but even if Tool make it (big if) I doubt Maynard's generally respected enough to get a second induction, which is a shame. Pink has a decent shot. There seems to be some bands that are beloved to the indie world but I don't know if any of them have made of an impact to make people pay attention (Interpol are pretty good but don't some people consider them Joy Division wannabes?) Nelly's fun sometimes but even portions of the hip-hop community despise him. Thankfully slim chances for Lifehouse, as their hits were mind-numbingly boring elevator music. Michelle Branch's time in the spotlight didn't produce earth-shattering results; whatever happened to her? Actually turns out she has a new album coming out in December, but Adult Contemporary artists aren't generally dug by the rock world.

Yeah, it's a pretty underwhelming year, so a good chance to play catch-up (assuming the Hall's still going by then.)

Posted by Sam on Thursday, 10.14.10 @ 11:09am

Lamb of God have produced some phenomenal music so far and are great musicians. I'm not sure about their credentials, but I would definitely induct them considering some of the swill that will get in over the next 30 years (again, assuming the Hall keeps going that long) but they won't even be nominated.

Posted by Sam on Thursday, 10.14.10 @ 11:26am

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha at Linkin Park, Disturbed, or 3 Doors Down getting in the HOF. Sufjan, Phoenix, Ryan Adams, Interpol, or the Avetts are on the right track, if they do this on talent and not how mainstream you are. Not that every mainstream band is bad but the three mentioned above are definitely BAD.

Posted by Joel on Wednesday, 12.15.10 @ 16:20pm

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Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Tuesday, 03.8.11 @ 08:12am

Rascal Flatts
Linkin Park
Pink
Disturbed
... all HOFs eventually

Posted by John on Monday, 03.14.11 @ 15:36pm

You're kidding, John? The only ones on that list who come close to being a lock (based on what they've done so far, but still too early to tell) are the New Pornographers and Sufjan Stevens. MAYBE Interpol (though that's pushing it).

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Sunday, 03.20.11 @ 15:09pm

Just because the name of the HOF is "Rock and Roll" hall of fame doesnt necessarily mean "Rock and Roll", thats already broken anyway. Its pretty much "Music" HOF. While some artists might not be the best or "poppy" in our personnal opinion, it really depends on their impact on music.

Posted by me on Monday, 03.5.12 @ 00:34am

maybes:

For musical Perfection and genius:
Antony & the Johnsons(we will see how much influence he has, brilliant though)

For meh: Sufjan Stevens

For popularity:

Pink
Linkin park



Come on, I had to nominate someone. Looking at these lists, it is really starting to kick in that my generation is the end of music. I think the hall should seriously consider closing forever by the time this year comes around, and only opening back up up for VERY special acts.

Posted by Mikhail on Friday, 08.10.12 @ 16:14pm

"it is really starting to kick in that my generation is the end of music."

but that's wrong. Music can't end, that's ridiculous. That's like saying writing or painting is ending.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 08.10.12 @ 16:51pm

Sure music will never end, (Any time we manipulate sound for pleasure I consider it music) I meant decline in a commercial/substance sense. And even non commercial as well. Even the Indie acts can not match up to the substance of past decades. Perhaps I should have wrote "music that matters". And it's decline is undeniable. With fewer and fewer proper artists in the open, the kids in my guitar class are stooping to 1 chord songs by blood on the dance floor. This wide spread ignorance has the ability to reduce music output, reduction=slow death.

Posted by Mikhail on Friday, 08.10.12 @ 18:40pm

Well I find pretty much no decline.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 08.10.12 @ 18:44pm

Sure music will never end, (Any time we manipulate sound for pleasure I consider it music) I meant decline in a commercial/substance sense. And even non commercial as well. Even the Indie acts can not match up to the substance of past decades. Perhaps I should have wrote "music that matters". And it's decline is undeniable. With fewer and fewer proper artists in the open, the kids in my guitar class are stooping to 1 chord songs by blood on the dance floor. This wide spread ignorance has the ability to reduce music output, reduction=slow death.

Posted by Mikhail on Friday, 08.10.12 @ 18:40pm
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I'm going to challenge you here a bit. You're absolutely correct in saying that less exposure for "proper" artists means a reduction. At the same time, kids have access to the web, and to the hard copy remnants of their parents old CDs & cassettes. They have exposure to proper artists, per se'. It is getting through the corporate roadblock that is the question.

The fact is, there are still artists everywhere who are the equivalent of the past masters from the 20th century. Quality music of all sorts is out there. It's all about the roadblocks.

Unlke yourself, I actually see a time when there will be an explosion, & when it comes I think it will stun everyone scross the board. There are two ways it could happen. One way is through a backlog so awesome that the "floodgates" can't hold it back any longer. Anybody w/half a brain can see that there is a giant market for rock music waiting to be tapped. An independent-minded soul w/money to spend could easily tap the market & instantly become the favored outlet for rock (think a video channel outside MTV/Fuse). Someone committing themselves to it could reap the lions shares by simply opening the floodgates.

The other way is to set yourself up opposite the pop mainstream as an (I hate to use this term, but I've no other way to describe it) Alternative to the pop world. If modern rock would take down the blinders on both sides, so that the Florence & the Machine fans would dig the Slipknot fans, the Slipknot fans would dig the Black Keys, & so on & so forth, I can easily see a universe of multiple modern Lollapalooza-like festivals, done old touring style. If you formed a uniied front, & then connected them together (spend $300.00 and see five different day long festivals at diff. times in the summer) you could easily corner the summer concert market. This could force the mainstream to stop & cnfront rock again - perhaps for the better.

I do believe that something will happen, and it will be vey soon, & it will be for the better. :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 08.11.12 @ 09:38am

Actually I can see nothing but good things in the future of music. There's infinitely morw variety in music nowadays as you don't need to be signed to a label and be able to pay for recording studios to release music to the public, the internets made it so anyone can do it. And no genre is too niche to be released, anything can happen!

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 08.11.12 @ 09:55am