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Why isn't The Cult in the Rock and Roll HOF?

Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
edited December 2011 in Other Music
This seems a much bigger travesty then about anyone else you could name.

I want answers damn it?!

:lol::lol::lol:
"Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
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  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.
    / thread
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    The Cult have two songs in their catalog.

    One called Nirvana and one called Soul Asylum.

    I would gather they had more influence then you think. Just based on these two massive coincidences.

    Unless, of course, these are truly coincidences.

    Rush is very deserving too.

    MHO
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    Tboz51 wrote:
    The Cult have two songs in their catalog.

    One called Nirvana and one called Soul Asylum.

    I would gather they had more influence then you think. Just based on these two massive coincidences.

    Unless, of course, these are truly coincidences.

    Rush is very deserving too.

    MHO

    I always thought Nirvana was a pretty generic name. I highly doubt that Kurt and Dave Pirner were influenced by the Cult. In fact, Soul Asylum was a band 6 years before the Cult released that song.
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:
    The Cult have two songs in their catalog.

    One called Nirvana and one called Soul Asylum.

    I would gather they had more influence then you think. Just based on these two massive coincidences.

    Unless, of course, these are truly coincidences.

    Rush is very deserving too.

    MHO

    I always thought Nirvana was a pretty generic name. I highly doubt that Kurt and Dave Pirner were influenced by the Cult. In fact, Soul Asylum was a band 6 years before the Cult released that song.

    Maybe they stole it then?
    :mrgreen:

    I wonder who's dog would win in a fight yours or the other guy in this thread with a dog picture?
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    My dog is a crime fighting superhero. Obviously it would be mine.
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,550
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    My dog is a crime fighting superhero. Obviously it would be mine.
    That's the best post I've seen in a while! :D
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:
    The Cult have two songs in their catalog.

    One called Nirvana and one called Soul Asylum.

    I would gather they had more influence then you think. Just based on these two massive coincidences.

    Unless, of course, these are truly coincidences.

    Rush is very deserving too.

    MHO

    I always thought Nirvana was a pretty generic name. I highly doubt that Kurt and Dave Pirner were influenced by the Cult. In fact, Soul Asylum was a band 6 years before the Cult released that song.
    I read a quote from Kurt the other day where he explained their name: "In Webster's terms, "nirvana" means freedom from pain, suffering and the extermnal world, and that's pretty close to my definition of punk rock"

    I used to like The Cult back in the day, not sure if their HOF material though (even though there are worse bands than them already in there!)
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?
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  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?

    Their "circle of fanatics" is massive. And to be fair, going into the HOF shouldnt necessarily be about being liked - talent should be a factor - and I dont think anyone, even non-Rush fans, would argue that they aren't talented enough.

    And sales? Well they are third for most consecutive gold albums in history . . . behind the Beatles and the Stones
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?
    you can say the same thing bout Pearl Jam, right?
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    metsfan wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?
    you can say the same thing bout Pearl Jam, right?

    Modern day yes, but they held a significant impact on pop culture for half a decade, which is what the R&RHOF is all about. And personally, I wouldn't care if PJ got in or not only on the basis that I'm an uber fan.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Bushleaguer28 wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?

    Their "circle of fanatics" is massive. And to be fair, going into the HOF shouldnt necessarily be about being liked - talent should be a factor - and I dont think anyone, even non-Rush fans, would argue that they aren't talented enough.

    shouldn't....but it is.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Arthur Digby Sellers wrote:
    Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

    Does anyone like Rush outside of their circle of fanatics?
    I'm not a fanatic, never gone out of my city to see them, but they're a great great band.
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Rush is freaking awesome!
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Sweet OblivionSweet Oblivion Posts: 456
    Amazing band that really don't get their due. Highly influential too. Certainly deserving of induction but will probably go unrecognised.
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