Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy performs live at The Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in 1978. Photo by Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images.

Nov. 5 is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction day. So it’s time to remember once again that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is stupid.

Back in February, when fan voting opened, I told you who should get inducted. Two of them (Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie) were inducted as performers, one (Judas Priest) is getting the “Musical Excellence Award”—whatever that is—and the rest (Rage Against the Machine, Devo, A Tribe Called Quest) got nothing.

This is absurd, because I am right. So I’m getting ahead of the curve and taking the opportunity to list five more eligible bands that should be inducted next year. That gives whoever makes the nominee list time to take my very correct choices into account.

Thin Lizzy — “Jailbreak”

Like I said in my comprehensive list of Irish bands, Thin Lizzy are legends. This great band has a long list of great songs, including the entire Jailbreak album. So how is it out while The Crickets—not Buddy Holly and the Crickets, just the backing band—are in? Nobody knows, but I’m sure it rhymes with “the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is stupid.”

When the boys get back to town we’ll go to Cleveland and show them what’s what.

New Order — “Blue Monday”

“Blue Monday” is having a resurgence lately as the song that signifies the ’80s on screen. It’s the ’80s version of “Fortunate Son,” which is required by law to play during any establishing shot of the Vietnam War. And it works because it’s so very good and so very ’80s.

New Order is to Joy Division what Audioslave was to Rage Against the Machine. Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis died, while Zack de la Rocha just quit. Frankly, New Order and Joy Division should be inducted, but I picked New Order so I could make the joke about how it’s an aural establishing shot in period pieces.

Fugazi — “Waiting Room”

Fugazi was never a mass market sales powerhouse, but it deserves a place because it’s the transitional step between the ’80s and ’90s. This group of hardcore punk musicians wanted to do something different, and the people who took inspiration from it went on to invent grunge.

I’m not making that up. Kurt Cobain misspelled the band’s name on his shoes, Eddie Vedder called seeing Fugazi a life-changing experience, it was an inspiration for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication, Sublime mentioned Fugazi in a song, and no less than Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer said they were fans. Go ahead, argue with them.

Iron Maiden — “Run To the Hills”

Every band in the new wave of British heavy metal should be inducted. And as far as I know, only Def Leppard actually is, which is an absolute travesty.

Just based on personal taste, I’d put Motörhead in first, but as a journalist, I have to be impartial and admit that despite Lemmy being the best, Iron Maiden is more influential and deserving. It pained me to write that so I hope you’re happy. But when Iron Maiden is inducted in 2023, Motörhead gets in for 2024. Then in 2025 it can be, I don’t know, Diamond Head.

[Editor’s note: Insert Foot also believes that Iron Maiden should have been in the rock hall by now].

Weird Al Yankovic — “Melanie”

I wrote an entire column explaining in detail that Weird Al is one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, and I stand by that.

This was originally going to be a second Weird Al column in honor of “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” being released yesterday, but I didn’t get the soundtrack before I had to finish the column so I couldn’t do it. But I absolutely would have, because he deserves it. He deserves all the columns. He also deserves a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and maybe a Nobel Prize. Maybe in chemistry? I’ll leave it to the higher-ups in Sweden.

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