ASV Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Cover Winner and
"B" is for.....
In a hotly contested category, The Clash's London Calling got into the Hall of Fame for its album cover. And yes, we know it is directly lifted from Elvis's first album. There's a difference between rip-off and homage, and this is NOT a rip-off, k? Most everyone who loves this cover mentions that it speaks of the raw, aggressive power that is rock and roll. And so be it.
A new category for today. We're going wide open once again and randomly picking the letter B out of the sorting hat.
Yes, that's the only criteria for today. Bands/artists whose names begin with B. (Last name for artists, please). And remember, this is ROCK and ROLL. Leave Michael Bolton and the Bee Gees (not that there's anything wrong with them) out of this.
Update: I just want to mention tha you have a golden opportunity to correct a grevious wrong in regards to Black Sabbath
Comments
Berry, Chuck
Posted by: Rob@L&R | October 4, 2005 07:03 AM
The Band.
The Beach Boys.
BoDeans.
Posted by: Timmer | October 4, 2005 07:14 AM
The Beatles are the obvious choice. Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys are right up there, too. But let's not overlook these worthy second-tier entries:
Blondie
Bauhaus
Beastie Boys
B-52s
Black Flag
Posted by: Andrew | October 4, 2005 07:19 AM
Oh, and David Bowie, too.
Posted by: Andrew | October 4, 2005 07:22 AM
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
Yngwie bMalmstein (the 'b' is silent)
Posted by: BumperStickerist | October 4, 2005 07:38 AM
It should be noted that Satan, aka Yngwie Malmsteen, will never EVER EVER EVER EVER get into my Hall of Fame, no matter how you spell his name. EVER.
Posted by: michele | October 4, 2005 07:44 AM
Black Sabbath
The Beatles
Bad Company
Butthole Surfers
Posted by: BoDiddly | October 4, 2005 07:50 AM
Can we have your assurance that the first one to nominate Bone Thugs N Harmony or Boyz 2 Men will be permanently blacklisted?
Posted by: BoDiddly | October 4, 2005 07:51 AM
Butthole Surfers (heh).
Seriously, I'll have go with Bowie. He never stayed in the same place very long, and the volume and quality of his work earns him my respect.
Posted by: spd rdr | October 4, 2005 07:54 AM
David Bowie... He has contributed so much to rock and roll over the years, and has constantly renewed and challenged himself atristically (not always with good results, mind you). His musical talen and inspiration to others is undeniable. A true hall of Famer who's still going strong.
Posted by: buhdahl | October 4, 2005 08:02 AM
Belly
Breeders
Berlin
Posted by: zuzu | October 4, 2005 08:03 AM
BOWIE BOWIE BOWIE.
Posted by: Carin | October 4, 2005 08:26 AM
How soon they forget.
BUZZCOCKS!
Posted by: Roxanne | October 4, 2005 08:27 AM
Damn! Too many to choose from...
In order of preference:
The Beatles
Chuck Berry
David Bowie
Blue Oyster Cult
Beach Boys
The Band
Black Sabbath
The Byrds
Blondie
Boston
B-52's
Jeff Beck
I almost said Michael Bolton, but there's only so much room in the hall... ;p
Posted by: Solonor | October 4, 2005 08:33 AM
Buzzcocks
Black Sabbath
The Beat
Posted by: Francis | October 4, 2005 08:39 AM
What, no Bon Jovi?
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | October 4, 2005 08:47 AM
Black Sabbath
Why? Because they fucking own. If there's a hard rock/metal band that says they were'nt influenced by what Sabbath did, they're liars or deluding themselves.
Posted by: Garrett | October 4, 2005 09:15 AM
Bowie
Badfinger
Posted by: mbruce | October 4, 2005 10:33 AM
Black Sabbath
Boston
Posted by: jcrue | October 4, 2005 10:37 AM
Black Sabbath
Boston
Posted by: jcrue | October 4, 2005 10:37 AM
Black Sabbath
Bachman Turner Overdriver
Borknagar
Boston
Bowie, David
Posted by: Shawn | October 4, 2005 10:55 AM
David Bowie
Black Sabbath
The Beatles
There's a bunch, but it has to be Black Sabbath. It's simple. Black Sabbath cleared the path for heavy metal as we know it. We could be here for weeks listing the bands that have been influenced by them. Downtuning became a staple of heavy metal bands and was started by Sabbath.
Ground control to Major Tom: Sorry pal, you're going to have to wait. Iron Man is first in line.
Posted by: Jay | October 4, 2005 11:02 AM
I second (or third) the Buzzcocks.
Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2005 11:08 AM
Bowie
Buzzcocks
Blasters
Posted by: TC@LeatherPenguin | October 4, 2005 11:16 AM
Please no Beatles. They are hardly R&R. Bowie is the pick. The Band is close second.
Posted by: john | October 4, 2005 11:22 AM
let's right the wrong... Black Sabbath.
also:
Black Flag
Black 47 (a nice NYC band for you! that should end up being a category at some point)
Posted by: Jim S | October 4, 2005 11:29 AM
Yay! Yngwie Malmsteen - blacklisted! I like this Hall of Fame more every day.
With such a broad category, I'm compelled to embrace the roots or rock and say Chuck Berry, ONLY while having full confidence that Black Sabbath will be overwhelmingly named best old school metal band. Berry had to make his music appealing to everyone who was listening to 3 different kinds of jazz AND make it something that the young folks liked.
Posted by: hockeypuck | October 4, 2005 11:33 AM
Black Sabbath - Darkness, gloom, menace, despair, Satan -- the perfect antidote to the late 60's Woodstock music scene.
Blue Oyster Cult - "thinking man's" heavy metal (Secret Treaties is in my personal Top Ten Album list; what other group could do an ode to the ME262 fighter jet?).
Posted by: MrZenith | October 4, 2005 11:52 AM
People are forgetting (or ignoring):
Boomtown Rats
Bush
Blur
Blues Traveler
Bllink-182
Blind Melon
Blind Faith
Black Crows
Bikini Kill
Bad Religion
However, my nominee is...
Bananarama! Oops, I mean BLACK SABBATH!!!
And, whoever said the Beatles are "hardly r&r" is out of his fucking mind!
Posted by: Mark | October 4, 2005 12:09 PM
Beatles
Bowie
The Band
Barenecked Ladies
Bush
Beck
Blues Travelers
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
B-52s
Bay City RollersThe Banana Splits (Bingo , Fleagal , Drooper , and Snork)
Posted by: Charlie on the PA Tpk | October 4, 2005 01:38 PM
Boston
ducks...runs
Posted by: Timmer | October 4, 2005 02:16 PM
Blue Cheer
Buckethead
Yngwie bMalmstein
Posted by: agrippacash | October 4, 2005 02:23 PM
Banana Splits! yay
did anyone ever notice how their theme song is so much like that one Marley song?
Posted by: mbruce | October 4, 2005 02:31 PM
Bangles (I always had a thing for Susanna Hoffs)
Posted by: Clyde | October 4, 2005 02:41 PM
Much as I have fond (lost) memories of Black Sabbath, and as much as I'd like to see Bjork and the Buzzcocks in, I gotta go with:
The Beatles
Please add Boston to the Official Yngwie Malmsteen ASV RNRHoF Blacklist.
Posted by: Zarba | October 4, 2005 02:57 PM
Favorite B bands at least close to rock & roll:
The Band
Big Star
The Blasters
Runners-up:
Syd Barrett
Blink 182 (so sue me)
David Bowie
The Beach Boys
The Beat Farmers
Posted by: Chrees | October 4, 2005 03:26 PM
Yeah, of course, Sabbath.
But reall,y Blue Oyster Cult.
Bauhaus, well, I'm not sure they're "rock and roll", but otherwise, definitely.
Posted by: Sigivald | October 4, 2005 03:26 PM
Chuck Berry
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Blasters
Blondie
Posted by: MikeR | October 4, 2005 04:24 PM
Pat Benetar!!!! Hell is for Children! She sucked a little in the 80s, but who didn't? She's still married to the same guy and still rocks!
Posted by: Beth | October 4, 2005 06:48 PM
Good one, Beth!!! Damn, how did I miss that?
Posted by: Mark | October 4, 2005 07:36 PM
BLACK VIRGIN!!
I bet there is no other totally-fictional band on the ballot with a name that begins with B.
If that's not a compelling arguemnet for their induction, i don't know what is...
Posted by: Jado | October 4, 2005 08:27 PM
Black Sabbath are definately mandatory.
Also: Big Black, The Birthday Party, Blue Oyster Cult, James Brown, The Butthole Surfers, and The Buzzcocks. Personally, I'd throw in free jazz saxaphonist Peter Brotzmann as well; he may not technically be rock, but he's a hell of a lot louder and noisier than 99.9% of the actual rock bands out there.
Oh, and Jado, if you want a great fictional "B" band, how about "Blues Hammer" -- you know, the blues band in Ghostworld that everybody raved about.
Posted by: Sean P | October 4, 2005 09:37 PM
Oh, Beth is so right. Pat Benatar deserves a mention. SHe had on eLP that was really out of her element, but otherwise she was consistently a rocker.
Posted by: Charlie on the PA Tpk | October 4, 2005 10:08 PM