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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
Even if he had been inducted, there was no way that he was going to appear with the band. If he had gone on stage with them for the induction, I suspect it would have turned very Blondie-esq. (So much for all of that "healing" crap they love to spew at us.)
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See, this is why I'm dying to find out just how the induction process works. If a band member, or even most of the band, had the clout to keep another member out, some of the guys from Blondie never would have gotten in. As part of the Blondie debacle, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein even complained that the guys who were getting in only played with them for 5 years (but it was during their heydey which was the reason for their induction), while their replacements, who were not being inducted, had been playing with them for much longer than that. That's why I think the HOF committee uses their own criteria to determine who is worthy, regardless of how happy the band is about it.