Music Banter Hall Of Fame: Nominations Thread

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by dac

Neither have acts like Radiohead or Tom Waits and they got in...

You think not? Ah well...

[dac]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

You think not? Ah well...

Waits is a pretty unique artist, the only person that I really see drawing considerable influence is Beck. Radiohead's influence is there, but you said something along the lines of "enough great bands" and Coldplay and Muse and such don't meet that criteria imo.

Not to nitpick though. If TMV doesn't get in I can understand completely.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by dac

Waits is a pretty unique artist, the only person that I really see drawing considerable influence is Beck. Radiohead's influence is there, but you said something along the lines of "enough great bands" and Coldplay and Muse and such don't meet that criteria imo.

Not to nitpick though. If TMV doesn't get in I can understand completely.

Mars Volta have taken a traditional 70's Prog rock/ fusion template and made it heavier. No matter how good they are musically they are still a mish mash of many artists. The whole point of a HOF is to have artists that have broken the mould or who were one of the originals in the scene etc. Mars Volta are not that for me. I consider a band such as Kayo dot to be far more deserving but i know that they wouldn't get in so I don't worry about it

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

The whole point of a HOF is to have artists that have broken the mould or who were one of the originals in the scene etc.

Is it really though? I mean, personally I would be considering things like how long they have been around, consistency rather than just standout albums etc but surely this Hall of Fame is Our Hall of Fame? Almost like an index of our favourite artists as a site that supposedly has members of all kinds of music tastes. You know, so we can have artists in our HOF that wouldnt ever get into a "real" one.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by dac

Waits is a pretty unique artist, the only person that I really see drawing considerable influence is Beck.

Beck? Out of potential people to say that Tom Waits has influenced that's a strange choice. What about Sparklehorse or Modest Mouse or Man Man? What about basically every quirky roots-based indie band of the past decade or so?