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Originally Posted by buckymcnix
it really does seem like all you need to do is have one memorable album and wait your 25 years and you are in.
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Tell that to the folks from Birmingham, England. Christine McVie was the chief hitmaker for a band that has sold close to 100 MILLION albums, and it took six years before they were inducted. It took Black Sabbath ELEVEN years, and it took Traffic TWELVE years (both criminal, IMO, but at least we got to see Jim Capaldi on top of the world just a few months prior to his passing). Really, if the one memorable album in 25 years thing were true, Yes, Genesis, Rush, King Crimson, the Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive, AC/DC, Grand Funk Railroad, Iggy & The Stooges, Big Star, and Kiss would be in. (And, man, would that be a way better show.) All I'm saying is that I don't think it's an accident that the head of the HOF is also head of Sire records, which just so happens to be Madonna's label.