Who are the C-Grade Classic Rock bands?

Foghat is a good one. I might bump those others into two, I'd have to noodle it. A good test would be, who is playing state fairs now?

the hair bands of the 90s

You have to parse it out. Bon Jovi and Motley Crue are obviously tier one. Whitesnake and maybe Warrant are tier two. Great White is tier 3 and burning people to death in small clubs.

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Tier 1 has AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Journey, Van Halen, Motley Krue in the 80's.

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Wow, kingbob is a Kige Ramsey alter.
Who knew?!

Kige

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Tier 2 would have bands like

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Def Leopard,

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You've made an enemy today.

Blue Oyster Cult will be playing at The Flying Monkey in Plymouth, NH on 8/24.

IMO if you’re in the Rock N Roll HOF, you’re not tier 2

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IMO if you’re in the Rock N Roll HOF, you’re not tier 2

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I'm not sure "Rock" HOF membership is truly indicative of anything.

For example:

Nina Simone
Tupac Shakur
Joan Baez
Bill Whithers
Donna Summer
Darlene Love
Jimmy Cliff


All IN the Rock HOF

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden

Still not.


The virtue signaling alone make the institution dubious on merit.

There are many black artists deserving of induction, and most have long been so inducted. But, NWA and Public Enemy, for example, are just not those artists. Or most hip hop acts of the gangster/post-gangster era.

Grandmaster Flash and Run-DMC, for example, have credentials for influence and crossover. The later hip hop groups and individual rappers do not, IMHO. They should have a Rap or Hip-hop HOF to recognize those.

Obviously the giants of early blues and R&B deserved induction and most, largely are.