Most rock fans have a band or two that they think deserves induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
During Pearl Jam's Rock Hall induction on April 7, bassist Jeff Ament displayed his list for all to see by wearing a shirt featuring the name of 97 artists he’d like to see inducted.
Pearl Jam shared a photo of Ament’s shirt on the group’s Twitter account, shown below. The artists featured are listed below as well. One minor correction: Tom Waits was inducted in 2011. Then again, who knows how old that shirt is.
Comedian and former Late Show host David Letterman inducted the band into the Rock Hall after illness forced presenter Neil Young to cancel. Pearl Jam were joined in a performance of Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” by Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson and Journey’s Neil Schon, Jonathan Cain.
Brian Eno
Can
Buzzcocks
The Cars
Slayer
Faith No More
Fela Kuti
Alice in Chains
Flipper
Gang of Four
Grand Funk Railroad
Guided By Voices
Mötley Crüe
Hüsker Dü
Iron Maiden
Jane's Addiction
Joe Jackson
New York Dolls
B-52's
Jonathon Richman
Kate Bush
King Crimson
Duran Duran
Love
Lenny Kravitz
The Cult
Dinosaur Jr.
King Diamond
Minor Threat
Minutemen
Misfits
The Monkees
Motörhead
Mountain
Mudhoney
Nick Cave
Nina Simone
Nine Inch Nails
PJ Harvey
Richard Hell
T. Rex
Roxy Music
Judas Priest
The Sonics
Soundgarden
Steppenwolf
The Damned
Hipgnosis
Thin Lizzy
Waterboys
Bad Brains
Dead Kennedys
Bauhaus
The Replacements
Pixies
The Black Crowes
Black Flag
Big Star
Billy Idol
Björk
Bon Jovi
Smashing Pumpkins
Blue Öyster Cult
PiL
Melvins
Fugazi
Dio
Elliott Smith
Psychedelic Furs
X
Free
New Order
Tom Waits
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
The Jam
The Smiths
Descendents
Kraftwerk
Sonic Youth
Todd Rundgren
Ted Nugent
The Cure
MC5
Captain Beefheart
Warren Zevon
Link Wray
Weather Report
Devo
Flaming Lips
Nick Drake
Harry Nilsson
Neu!
Chad Channing
Sweet
Raymond Pettibon
Oasis
Bad Company
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Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.
