Rush and the Rock and Roll HoF

[Adami]

When does the DVD of it come out?

[King Postwhore]

When does the DVD of it come out?

The end of this month(June 29th) and it's on VH1 Classic a few days before the DVD release.

[zxlkho]

When does the DVD of it come out?

June 29th in the US

[Adami]

When does the DVD of it come out?

June 29th in the US

Will be picking that up.

[zxlkho]

When does the DVD of it come out?

June 29th in the US

Will be picking that up.

Same. I'm not the biggest Rush fan, but this documentary looks fascinating.

[ytserush]

I stopped caring about this since the '80s.

Just look at the record since then and it's obvious.

I'm more proud of them getting the Order of Canada, getting five songs in the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame, having Neil's Hockey Night kit in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and National Lampoon's award for being Artist of the Millenium than I am about them being enshrined in Cleveland.

Even if they do manage it someday, it would mean nothing when compared to those other honors.

Ytse, did you see the documentary yet?  You should. It was great.

I'll be seeing it in less than 24 hours now and I'll be watching the VH Classic premiere before the DVD hits my player. I'm trying not to think too much about it right now.

[King Postwhore]

Feels like waiting for the album release as a kid!!!!  I know how you feel.

[LeeHarveyKennedy]

Last August, some friends and I took a road trip to Cleveland for a concert and we decided that since we'd be arriving pretty early, we may as well go see the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. We went, looked around, got bored and decided a better use of our time would be to sit around in the parking lot outside the venue for eight hours.

I guess this is a roundabout way of saying, Who gives a flying fuck?

[splent]

I've never understood why anyone cares at all about the RHOF. Enough shitty pop acts have gotten in that it can't really be considered prestigious or an honor at all. It's literally a list of acts that a few people happen to like.

Some of those artists may be shit but you can't deny the influence.

However, when bands like Metallica, who were influenced by Rush, are inducted before the mighty triumverate themselves, that's when problems arise.

Bad choice of example. The influence to Rush on Metallica is absolutely minuscule compared to the influence Metallica had on metal and the bands that followed. To be quite frank I almost guarantee the number of times people have heard the Rush influence on Metallica is slim to never.

This, actually.  Metallica absolutely deserves to be there.

I never said they didn't.  They truly do deserve to be there.