“I think a lot of what makes most bands important in the first place is kids that are at this age where they realize Santa’s not real and they question all sorts of things,” Mothersbaugh says. Debates rage year after year about which bands should be inducted first, which bands are or aren’t “rock & roll” (a nonsensical argument, by the way), basically who is more deserving. I think I would actually be much more receptive to putting 20 people in every year instead of just 10. Dolly didn’t feel right to be in there, but I think she’s as important as anybody else. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has a pretty wide policy. “I get a lot worse phone calls with things that are going to happen in my life than that-that’s for sure,” he says. So who knows what will happen? For founding Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh, the third nomination has him feeling tickled. Like Devo, early punks the MC5 and New York Dolls have been nominated on multiple occasions and really should be in there. The competition is stiff Dolly Parton may have removed herself from the running (which was sweet but unnecessary), but a strong case can be made for the inclusion of everyone else. Voting for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, class of ‘22, is well underway and, not for the first time, art-punk pioneer Devo is in the running.
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