Couldn't agree more with that list but I would add Marshall Tucker Band too because next to the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd they helped define southern rock.
That didn't happen until after Octave, which came later in the 70's than their first seven albums...Mike would have stayed with band but didn't want to tour anymore so after Octave was recorded he was replaced. Then they really changed directions.
Is Alvin Lee? Or Ian Anderson (even Jethro Tull?) What about ELP or even just the members individually?I still can't believe King Crimson, Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company & Journey aren't in...
That's because the committee is "Thick as a Brick".
I see Chicago is finally on there, is that this years inductees or just nominations? And if Chicago is there so should be Blood Sweat & Tears...Who really had better songs at the time when both were recording in my opinion.
I would say their first seven, as Seventh Sojourn was highly underrated. Days of Future Passed started it all but isn't really as good as the six that came after to me.
At least two of those groups will never make it. One being Uriah Heep, some people liked them (and they were an influence to some later bands) but for the most part the critics despised them from what I remember. The Guess Who would be another one.
It's true that Seventh Sojourn didn't have a unifying theme as the previous six but it has some excellent songs on it and the message of "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock'n'Roll Band)" more or less told you the group was calling it quits as the pressure was really getting to them. I read something interesting that Justin Heyward said about it, they were a band of one mystic, two Christians, a nut case and two other things that just needed to go their own ways.
