The Ledge #656: The Real Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (Pt. 1)

A few days ago, the 2025 nominees for The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame were announced. Like usual, there was very little actual rock and roll reflected in their choices. Whatever. Honestly, I've stopped caring about that nonsense many, many years ago. It's a TV show these days. It doesn't reflect the history of the genre. It's all about ratings in a time where nothing but the NFL actually attracts eyeballs to the telly.

So tonight starts a three part series of shows devoted to artists that SHOULD be in the decrepit museum. Tonight we're dealing with the 50s, 60s, and 70s. It's definitely not a complete list. It's two hours of an altnerate world where noisy bands reign supreme. A world where guitars roar and drums crash. A world where energy is more important than perfect voices and tasteful playing. In other words, Scott's world.

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1. Vince Taylor & The Playboys - Brand New Cadillac

2. Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones

3. Janis Martin - Hard Times Ahead

4. Charlie Feathers - Tear It Up

5. Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q

6. The Pretty Things - L.S.D.

7. Downliners Sect - Be A Sect Maniac

8. The Creation - Making Time

9. The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel

10. The Monkees - She [Mono Mix]

11. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks (Remix)

12. The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine

13. 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)

14. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

15. The Heartbrekers - Chinese Rocks

16. Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Love Comes In Spurts

17. Television - See No Evil

18. Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

19. Big Star - September Gurls

20. Shoes - She Satisfies

21. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

22. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

23. Runaways - Cherry Bomb

24. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded

25. Radio Birdman - New Race

26. The Jam - In The City

27. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat

28. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do

29. Graham Parker - Discovering Japan

30. Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World

31. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (Live)

32. The Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me

33. Undertones - Teenage Kicks

34. The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern

35. Rockpile - When I Write The Book

36. Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

37. Devo - Mongoloid