But the Stray Cats had a short-lived career as a popular band and little obvious influence beyond maybe a brief "rockabilly revival". IMO, best shot anyone SC-related has would be for Setzer to get the Excellence Award (or whatever it's called) to cover his whole career - and THAT seems like a longshot, too. I really think there's about a 0.0 chance Stray Cats get inducted. They weren't that big, they didn't last that long and they've not maintained much cultural relevance I can discern!
They are still playin in some form. Everyone knows Stray Cat Strut. I think they are still popularly relevant today.
Plenty of bands are "still playing in some form" and have a famous song. This doesn't make them HOF-worthy. Stray Cats had 2 reasonably successful albums in the US. They had 3 hit singles. Your description covers dozens of bands. It's a really really low bar for HOF induction...
Oh, I didn't think you were challenging my response-Sorry if it came across that way. Re-reading the way I wrote it, I guess it could have come across as "grumpy", sorry 'bout that.
Their song that gets played the most on the radio around here seems to be "Rock This Town", although I do prefer "Stray Cat Strut" myself... Setzer did some shows at the local casino with his big band, they seemed to go over pretty well... Lee Rocker did a show in a small venue, just either at Covid-19 hitting, or just before, I'm not sure if it even went on before everything shut down... Slim Jim Phantom performed solo at The Rockin' 50s Fest, and even when his show wasn't going on, he seemed to be everywhere-I didn't see his show, nor did I get an autograph or anything, however, from what I seen, he seemed to be cordial with people who approached him. It was kind of funny though, I seen two co-workers at the Fest, and they both commented that they thought Slim Jim was walking around like he was the King of Rockabilly.
I love The Stray Cats but in no way are they more worthy of getting in the HoF then any of the artists listed below that still aren't in yet have made a much bigger impact on RnR and are arguably (in most cases) bigger household names..... The Damned Bauhaus Motorhead MC5 The Smiths Dick Dale The Cult Iron Maiden Bad Company Hanoi Rocks Thin Lizzy Jane's Addiction The Cramps Killing Joke X Big Country J Geils Band
Well, for many years, I 've heard that "bug eating is going to get bigger in the coming years;" I don't want to speculate about the odds of the Stray Cats, but...
I think the intensely remote possibility that Nickelback would gain induction was the point made by @More Than A Feeling. He just used your rationale to demonstrate the aforementioned low bar you set...
I kinda like the Cats in the early 80s. Saw 'em live and it was a good show. Zero interest in Three Dog Night!
and to clarify , before people put me in a noose....when I typed Stray Cats (I meant Brian Setzer--but let's be real , what is the biggest thing on his resume )...and the reason , it came down to Brian or Randy Rhoads (for the out of left-field induction) ....Tommy had 3 missions (as they say) LL Cool J , Fela , and Randy ....he campaigned hard for all 3 and got 2 of them.... there was still very strong support for Setzer
There is so many people like the above 3 , that have been overlooked , and they all are mentioned each year...hence the establishment of a Veterans Committee ......let's be real , how they bypassed Chubby Checker is something many people on the overall Committee , still can't figure out how they missed him
Except that their recent reunion album went by with almost zero notice. Too bad, it's a pretty good album.
I own nothing by either The Stray Cats or Three Dog Night, but if I seen a hits/compilation by either or both at the thrift store, I'd probably pick them up.
And I wouldn't, but I also wouldn't complain if someone else put on records by either band at a party either.
Your analogy is about the same as me saying I'd buy their hits CD from a thrift store, because I don't go to parties.
As a Canadian, I can assure you that the only way Nickelback and/or the Tragically Hip get in there is if they buy tickets.
A reminder of why Todd Rundgren matters - his only appearance on Saturday Night Live was promoting his then new album Healing. He did two songs, Time Heals and this one - Healer. The band was astonishing - Pat Travers on guitar, Kasim Sulton on bass and backing vocals, Roger Powell on synthesizer, the late Ralph Schuckett on keyboards, Ernest "Boom" Carter on drums, Mike Shrieve of Santana on percussion, and Eric Troyer and Rory Dodd on backing vocals. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1635158519878626
