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

Tboz51

This seems a much bigger travesty then about anyone else you could name.

I want answers damn it?!

Arthur Digby Sellers

Not a bigger travesty then Rush. Every musician since Moving Pictures has been influenced by Rush. The Cult was just an above average band.

jshin

Bad Brains! Why!?

Gary Carter

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.

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Tboz51

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

Arthur Digby Sellers

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.

Tboz51

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?


I wonder who's dog would win in a fight yours or the other guy in this thread with a dog picture?

Arthur Digby Sellers

My dog is a crime fighting superhero. Obviously it would be mine.

goldrush

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!

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!)

mookeywrench

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?

Bushleaguer28

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

Gary Carter

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?

mookeywrench

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.

mookeywrench

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.

keeponrockin

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.

Tboz51

Rush is freaking awesome!

Sweet Oblivion

Amazing band that really don't get their due. Highly influential too. Certainly deserving of induction but will probably go unrecognised.