The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. A hallowed Cincinnati, Ohio locale that accepts only the genre's best artists among their ranks ... right? According to several folks on Reddit, the answer is a resounding "No," a sentiment proven by Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton and even Bon Jovi.
From Ringo Starr to the Foo Fighters, here are the 10 worst Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees of all time, as told by Reddit.
1
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
“I can't find anything remarkable about them other than they have associated with the Chicago blues scene, they're good but nowhere near as the ones that came to define or own the decades.”
2
Chicago
“Chicago being in there is…a choice…like, there are people who are in the Hall on the basis of very little (Ritchie Valens), people whose claim to artistic greatness is highly questionable (Foreigner), people who should not be honored to the extent that they are (Eric Clapton being the Hall’s only three-time nominee is egregious), but nobody who is responsible for so much outright BAD, awful music as Chicago should really be in there, even if I don’t mind a ‘Saturday in the Park.’”
3
Peter Frampton
“Frampton is a very weird case because he had a very high peak and never followed it up with anything. It would be like if Jeremy Lin was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for Linsanity.”
4
Bon Jovi
“Bon Jovi made two songs that are the same and got famous, so imma say him.”
5
Sheryl Crow
“Sheryl Crow, easily. Her music's fine but nothing special or particularly groundbreaking. I don't understand why she was even nominated.”
6
The Lovin’ Spoonful
“The band existed for four years, made three good songs, and the best thing any of its members produced afterward was the 'Welcome Back, Kotter' theme.”
7
Percy Sledge
“He had one song and got in decades before people like Pat Benatar, who basically ruled the ‘80s. I could easily name 20 other bands who deserved it much more than a one-hit wonder.”
8
The Foo Fighters
“Foo Fighters definitely should have waited a little while. Instant induction wasn’t really necessary.”
9
The Dave Clark Five
“With 60 years of hindsight I think the Dave Clark Five ended up being a pretty disposable British Invasion band. I would've understood if they were one of the first inductees, a lot of them aren't all that well remembered, but the DC5 didn't get inducted until 2005”
10
Ringo Starr
“Ringo Starr was inducted as a solo artist. What the h— he did to deserve it is beyond me.”
