Chris Rock on Amy Whinehouse and Britney Spears.....
"At least your Crack Head can sing..."

Oky Doky, maybe it should be called the Rock Hall of Shame!!
The performer inductees for the Rock Hall of Fame for 2008 are:
* Leonard Cohen
* The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton and Mike Smith)
* Madonna
* John Mellencamp
* The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson)

What about Some Major Progressive Rock Bands like these,
The Moody Blues
ELO
Steve Miller Band
Yes
Rush

I'm sure the list goes on and on.
Well it's really not all about who has been nominated or should I say voted in or how much one has sold of their music. It is also about who wants to pay for the entry and the politics shuffle dance that goes with it. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia on the 2007 Rock Hall of Fame Critacism article.

"The main criticism is that the nomination process is controlled by a few individuals, such as founder Jann Wenner, former foundation director Suzan Evans, and writer Dave Marsh, reflecting their tastes rather than the views of the rock world as a whole. A former member of the nominations board once said:

At one point Suzan Evans lamented the choices being made because there weren't enough big names that would sell tickets to the dinner. That was quickly remedied by dropping one of the doo-wop groups being considered in favor of a 'name' artist ... I saw how certain pioneering artists of the 50s and early 60s were shunned because there needed to be more name power on the list, resulting in 70s superstars getting in before the people who made it possible for them. Some of those pioneers still aren't in today — but Queen is.[4]

Petitions with tens of thousands of signatures were also being ignored and some groups that were signed with certain labels or companies or were affiliated with various committee members have even been put up for nomination with no discussion at all.[4]

Another criticism is that too many artists are inducted, allowing for several lesser acts to make it in. In fifteen years, 97 different artists have been inducted. A minimum of 50% of the vote is needed to be inducted, although the final percentages are not announced and a certain number of inductees (5 in 2007) is set before the ballots are shipped.[5] The committee usually nominates a small number of artists (9 in 2007) and they are coming from an increasing number of different genres. Several voters, including Joel Selvin, who himself is a former member of the nominating committee, didn't submit their ballots in 2007, with the reason being that they didn't feel any of the candidates were truly worthy.[6]

There are very few progressive rock bands in the hall, with Pink Floyd[7] being the only true progressive rock group inducted. This has been noted by the columnist John Sinkevics, who notes the genre has more fan backing than any other.[7]

The Sex Pistols, inducted in 2006, refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum a "piss stain."[8]"

Check out the whole article by following
this link. This way you can read all of the side bars that go with the article.

It looks like the ones who make the decisions on this are the Sony People and Atlantic Record Executives?

Just another insight to the corruption of the Music Business

Groove On!!!