Fan voting continues for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The leaderboard shows what’s wrong with this whole thing.
If you care about who gets into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, fan voting proceeds for the Class of 2020.
Two things before you read any further: People are allowed to vote more than once. And second, the public isn’t always right. How can a band as important as Kraftwerk be so disrespected? The MC5 is last, tens of thousands of votes behind Whitney f**king Houston?
Here’s the leaderboard of Sunday morning. (If you want the latest, the go here. The numbers update dynamically.)
- Pat Benetar: 155,519 votes
- Doobie Brothers: 140,110
- Soundgarden: 132,591
- Depeche Mode: 118,537
- Judas Priest: 114,087
- Dave Matthews Band: 105,803
- Whitney Houston: 101,263
- Motorhead: 98,714
- Nine Inch Nails: 95,900
- Thin Lizzy: 94.494
- Todd Rundgren: 69,694
- Notorious BIG: 67,514
- T-Rex: 60,241
- Kraftwerk: 37,982
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan: 30,294
- MC5: 28,828
If you want to contribute to the voting. go here.
