2010 Hall Of Fame Inductees

[EasyFeeling]

I was not interested in Kiss until a saw the MTV unplugged concert from 1995 ... without makeup btw. And I never thought they are such good musicians. Their performance blew me away and I started to look for more about them... not so much the known songs but the other older songs like I Stole Your Love, Fits Like A Glove, Forever, Rock Bottom, Domino, Plaster Caster and so on. They have some really great tunes which I never heard before. I think they had their best times during the "non makeup" era.

Most of the shows this year were sold out so they must have many many fans out there. Me included. Each to his own.

[TimothyBFan]

This subject came up in a Cars blog on Yahoo--here's a link to a petition to try and get the Cars nominated if anyone's interested in signing it. I sure did!

http://www.petitiononline.com/Cars2009/petition.html

[Brooke]

I can't say I care for KISS either. I'd never seen them in concert or on tv until last summer and caught them on VH1 Classic. I like a couple of their big hits, but as for watching them: Jmo!

[sodascouts]

Same here. KISS is definitely NOT to my tastes. Too gimmicky - not enough substance.

[EagleLady]

Kiss was the epitiome of 70's Glam Rock. Heck, they may have influenced a few trends in fashion, and They influenced some 80's Glam bands. That alone, they should be inducted

[TimothyBFan]

Kiss was the epitiome of 70's Glam Rock.

Oh hell no!!! I can't believe you said that!! Hate to tell you EL but there were a heck of a lot of Glam bands that came waaaaaaay before Kiss, David Bowie, Marc Bolan and T. Rex, Slade and SWEET to name a few, and that is fact not opinion. If you'd like proof I would definitely be able to provide you with that info. Glam was NOT spewing blood all over the place to get attention.

That being said-I wont disagree that Kiss should be in the HOF. I can see where they might deserve it but not before a lot of other more deserving bands. JMHO

[EagleLady]

The Spewing Blood I believe was Shock Rock, I forgot to mention that

[Freypower]

And if anyone did the 'shock rock' stuff, it was Alice Cooper, and he is much more deserving of being in the Hall of Fame than Kiss are (again, my opinion).

As for influencing 'fashion' trends I didn't see too many people in the 70s wandering around in black jumpsuits and covered in makeup.

[EagleLady]

Kiss had hardcore fans. who Yes, Painted their faces black and white. and They also did Shock Rock besides Alice Cooper.

[Freypower]

I'm not going to pursue this but to be inducted into the Hall of Fame I would have thought the appeal and/or influence of the act has to stretch far beyond only its hardcore fans. Hence Jimmy Cliff, who was a pioneer of the emerging reggae movement, even if he didn't sell many records.