The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee was unable to find a band or artist from the newly eligible class of 1980 worthy of putting on the ballot sent out to voters last week. This is a little surprising, because it's seemed to me over the last several years that they'll put anybody in that bleepin' thing, truly rock and roll,
I don't know if there just weren't any new rock bands or artists worthy, or any new rock bands or artists in general (this was, after all, the last days of the disco fad). I do know though there were some classic rock albums that year,
(actually released December of '79 in the U.S.)
You can't tell me this isn't rock and roll when he's clearly channeling Hendrix on the guitar solos. And, he opened for The Rolling Stones.
"Wreck on the Highway", leading perfectly to his next, 1982's dark and dreary (but so good)
Sex Pistols + The Beatles = The Clash
In other words, there were interesting things happening in the world of rock, circa 1980, just nothing "new" or "fresh".
A year too late to "save" 1980 from the dim view the Hall o' Fame would hold of it, twenty-five (ugh) years later?
Speaking of the fab four, 1980 was the year I dropped all interest in what I had been into (science fiction), and became obsessed with rock and roll, specifically,
Speaking of the fab four, 1980 was the year I dropped all interest in what I had been into (science fiction), and became obsessed with rock and roll, specifically,
I wanted to be a Beatle. Unfortunately, my interest in them was primed by the tragedy that ended 1980:
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