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I hope some people remember last year's Rockhalla thread, but for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about...

Rockhalla the legendary place from mythology where the loud and proud live on in eternal jam-session glory! Lorded over by Theodore Logan and Bill S. Preston (Esquire) the denizens of this immortal concert hall live forever in a rock filled drug induced haze; but alas, who is worthy of such a privilege?

This is the place where you can nominate, discuss, and argue the greatest rock and roll bands of all time! But they don't just have to be rock and roll, blues, jazz, soul, and any type of music that had a direct affect on rock and roll is also acceptable. There are a few rules here to keep things moving...

Da Rules
1. You must post the band and why you believe they deserve to go to Rockhalla, honestly, please give a reason!
2. Nominate one band at a time, I'll update the list when I think a band has enough Awesome Points to go on, criticism (with valid reasons) is allowed of other people's choices if you abide by rule #3.
3. No Flaming, its just polite not too.
4. Try to stick to bands with at least 10 years of existence to show they have staying power. (but this rule is flexible)
5. I made Awesome Points up...
6. There is no rule number 6! I just had to make a Python reference.

We didn't accomplish much last time NSG! Lets get something epic here :)

Rockhalla
The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Velvet Underground
Alice Cooper
Queen
Pink Floyd

Stephen and the Colbert's (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-izv-Jc0)

Deux, not duex.

Led Zeppelin. No reason is necessary.

Electric Light Orchestra.

Motorhead. More specifically, the man behind it all Lemmy. Although regarded as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, he has covered a huge amount of territory and genres since getting fired from Hawkwind. Everything from punk to the blues to just plain rock has been touched or influenced by Lemmy and Motorhead.

Rush. Decades of success, a combination of musical aptitude, creativity, and depth of subject matter. International appeal, to the point of being titled Canada's Musical Ambassadors. Influential to countless modern music groups.

I give my backing to Motorhead, Rush, and Led Zeppelin.

Also, I'd like to nominate AC/DC.
Staying Power: check
Amazingly awesome guitar riffs: definite check
Great ballads that reflect an eternity of rock as the ultimate form of paradise: check.

The Replacements.

Why? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPAmM0rR4yg

Rush!

They're an awesome band.
They made Tom Sawyer, who has a mean, mean stride.
Their Bassist is actually good at playing the Bass Guitar! *heart attack*
They're still playing after over thirty years, and everyone still loves them*
*Except for Neeska

Nirvana, cause they're awesome.

Nirvana, cause they're awesome.

Seconded, Nirvana helped kill the abomination known as hair metal and thus should honored for all time.

I support Led Zeppelin, Rush, AC/DC, and Nirvana and finally have one of my own...

Weezer! Their brand of alternative (or punk, or Indie, or whatever you feel like calling them) is catchy and original. They have easily become favorites of all kinds of people both old and young.

I support Led Zeppelin, Queen and AC/DC.

I would like to nominate iconic Australian Band Cold Chisel, for such tunes as Breakfast at Sweethearts, Flame Trees and

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=tH07B90NFjE

Rockhalla
The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Velvet Underground
Alice Cooper
Queen
Pink Floyd

I would also like to welcome... AC/DC! Its about time!

Lets keep this thread alive people!

Though not the biggest fan of them I have to nominate Oasis. Some of their albums have been hit and miss but every album has had a least one or two tracks that just become stadium fillers, which they are now. Any band that can sell out a national tour, nearly half a million tickets, in under an hour, are just immense. Highlights of their career include:

Champagne Supernova
Don't Look Back In Anger
Live Forever
Morning Glory
Wonderwall

I would have to say they deserve a place in Rockhalla.

Also, I'd like to nominate AC/DC.
Staying Power: check
Amazingly awesome guitar riffs: definite check
Great ballads that reflect an eternity of rock as the ultimate form of paradise: check.
Writing the same damn song 200 times: check.
Having drumming so basic and mediocre, even a man with only one arm could do it: check.
Sexually and emotionally retarded lyrics: check.

Writing the same damn song 200 times: check.
Having drumming so basic and mediocre, even a man with only one arm could do it: check.
Sexually and emotionally retarded lyrics: check.

Thats an insult to Def Leapard...

Alright, Led Zeppelin needs in. My nominee is already in, so now I am going to ask that Led Zeppelin be inducted. They've got the staying songs, the name recognition, and great guitar riffs.

I think enough people have asked for it, so the gates of Rockhalla will now open to welcome Led Zeppelin to the bosom of the most rockin' place since Woodstock.

ANNOUNCING FULL SUPPORT FOR:

The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
Queen
Pink Floyd

REQUESTING RECOGNITION FOR:

THE BEATLES, for fuck's sake
THE WHO, for fuck's sake
The Police
Metallica
Procol Harem
Steely Dan
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Tubes (yeah, I know, but I love this band)

Thats an insult to Def Leapard...
No, X was an insult to Def Leadpard; I'm just making observations.

Thats an insult to Def Leapard...

How do you insult an insult?

I forgot, The Beach Boys should be up there somewhere. Yea, The Beach Boys and Motorhead.

Iron Maiden, they were definitely an influence to many awesome bands, and they were totally awesome themselves.
And here's two other reasons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Snehl2bAk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sam5omG0v0

And Rush totally needs to be in here too.

Rush has been officially included into Rockhalla!

Rockhalla
The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Velvet Underground
Alice Cooper
Queen
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Rush

The Who. It is a damn catastrophe that they're not already in to this thing.

I throw my support behind Nirvana, Motorhead, Iron Maiden, and AC/DC

I suppose I'm obligated to nominate the Dead Kennedys, so I shall.

I request that Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd be banished from Rockhalla.

I third or fourth, or whatever, the WHO!

I request that Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd be banished from Rockhalla.

Communist.:p

Communist.:p

Worse than that. He's Adult Contemporary. *shudder*

The Who, for Christ's sake...

And get Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominoes up there for the sole reason that they preformed Layla.

I realize that The Who is an amazing band, but nobody has actually provided a reason! What have they accomplished that makes them stand far above the rest of the rabble? What singificant contributions have they made to change the face of Rock music? C'mon people please! The God's of Rockhalla need more than just the band's following or any band who ever scored a top 40 hit would be there.

Communist.:pDamn right.

Worse than that. He's Adult Contemporary. *shudder*You're silly. Motorhead didn't begin that much later than Queen did.
People aren't nominating the best '60s and '70s bands for me to support, other than some of the ones that already had support.

I hope some people remember last year's Rockhalla thread, but for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about...



This is the place where you can nominate, discuss, and argue the greatest rock and roll bands of all time! But they don't just have to be rock and roll, blues, jazz, soul, and any type of music that had a direct affect on rock and roll is also acceptable. There are a few rules here to keep things moving...

Da Rules
1. You must post the band and why you believe they deserve to go to Rockhalla, honestly, please give a reason!
2. Nominate one band at a time, I'll update the list when I think a band has enough Awesome Points to go on, criticism (with valid reasons) is allowed of other people's choices if you abide by rule #3.
3. No Flaming, its just polite not too.
4. Try to stick to bands with at least 10 years of existence to show they have staying power. (but this rule is flexible)
5. I made Awesome Points up...
6. There is no rule number 6! I just had to make a Python reference.

We didn't accomplish much last time NSG! Lets get something epic here :)

Rockhalla
The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Velvet Underground
Alice Cooper
Queen
Pink Floyd

AC/DC

1. They got as their lead guitarist a 5' 2", 53 year old guy who dresses up as a schoolboy and runs around on stage, only pausing to moon people.

2. They have the record for best-selling album by a band (Back in Black). Their new album, Black Ice, sold over 1 million copies in the United States in 2 weeks, putting them at #1 on the Billboard 200, and they are still getting new fans.

3. They made Back In Black, their biggest album, after their lead singer had just died. That's how good they are, they can comeback even better from an event that would usually sound the death knell for any other band.

HP, a very good post. AC/DC is in Rockhalla.

I request that Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd be banished from Rockhalla.

I second that motion in regards to Pink Floyd. I've got nothing against Led Zeppelin though.

Oh, reasons.

Reasons the Dead Kennedys should be in:

1) Influence.
2) The law. They were sued for obscenity for the cover art of one of their albums. Sometimes a way of showing how innovative something is is by measuring how upset people get with it. A lawsuit is a large amount of discomfort.
3) Refusal to compromise. No 'explicit lyrics' stickers on their albums.

I realize that The Who is an amazing band, but nobody has actually provided a reason! What have they accomplished that makes them stand far above the rest of the rabble? What singificant contributions have they made to change the face of Rock music? C'mon people please! The God's of Rockhalla need more than just the band's following or any band who ever scored a top 40 hit would be there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZOrWK6d4g

*pokes*

Iro Maiden. Because theyre gods.

Rockhalla
The Rolling Stones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cream
The Velvet Underground
Alice Cooper
Queen
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Rush
AC/DC

Seriously I like the Who, but someone needs to add some more in there. I already got Weezer up or I would write it myself..

Seriously I like the Who, but someone needs to add some more in there. I already got Weezer up or I would write it myself..

Quadrophenia and Tommy for starters. Standardizing the power chord concept while refusing to make it just about being loud. Solidifying the middle ground between the Stones' rawness and the Zepplin/Floyd progressive vibe. Showing some range ("Baba O'Reilly" to "Squeeze Box") while never going soft. Rock gods, y'all.

Quadrophenia and Tommy for starters. Standardizing the power chord concept while refusing to make it just about being loud. Solidifying the middle ground between the Stones' rawness and the Zepplin/Floyd progressive vibe. Showing some range ("Baba O'Reilly" to "Squeeze Box") while never going soft. Rock gods, y'all.

There we go, the Who is now accepted :).

There we go, the Who is now accepted :).

Thanks. I do tend to write better when writing about music.

Lots of Metallica but the same reason, and alas my Weezer has languished without attention as do 90% of my posts.

They Might Be Giants. Because they're just awesome.

I back Weezer and I reinstate my support for oasis. Look at my post on the first page damn it!

AC/DC. Umm that's about it really.

AC/DC

1. They got as their lead guitarist a 5' 2", 53 year old guy who dresses up as a schoolboy and runs around on stage, only pausing to moon people.


A bit like watching the Krankies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Krankies

Funny how you never see Angus Young and Wee Jimmy in the same room.

A bit like watching the Krankies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Krankies

Funny how you never see Angus Young and Wee Jimmy in the same room.

Yeah coz Angus is a man, and Jimmy is a woman!

Yeah coz Angus is a man, and Jimmy is a woman!

But both a freaks...let's face it, it is just weird having short old people dressed up as schoolboys.

But both a freaks...let's face it, it is just weird having short old people dressed up as schoolboys.

Meh! Each to their own huh! I can think of worse things.

Meh! Each to their own huh! I can think of worse things.

Margaret Thatcher dressed as a school girl?

Margaret Thatcher dressed as a school girl?

Damn me, are you spying on my thoughts? That is exactly what I was thinking. No really, it is!

RIP Mitch Mitchell by the way.