| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | TeresaG (31)
09/27/2008 | Ran into the drummer for Badfinger about 15 years ago ~ in a bar ~ another lost star. Maybe SOMEDAY they should be inducted, not quite sure. All I can really say is that their songs make a lot of cover bands happy.
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 | Katrinabena (19)
07/08/2008 | They are definitely underrated but I don't know that their catalog is well known or strong enough to put them in ahead of some other bands.
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 | MaryCaravella (0)
07/08/2008 | These guys need to Be In It is so sad as it is the tragic times this band endured with only one classic Lineup member still alive Put these guys in
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 | jlcaravella1965 (1)
07/07/2008 | These guys endured so much crap & They have a Unending Link to the Beatles, Put Them In The Hall Of Fan
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 | devilroyo666@yahoo.com (0)
07/07/2008 | They are great Please put Them In
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 | Moose74 (6)
05/24/2008 | I like some of their songs, but I don't think there's enough there to strongly recommend them.
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 | pierrot (0)
10/12/2007 | Among the most overlooked bands in rock history. Wish You Were Here is a masterpiece and would be recognized as such by many if Stan Polley hadn't fucked things up for them.
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 | phillyiris (0)
09/20/2007 | I've never been on the Beatles bandwagon. Anyone who calls Badfinger a Beatles rip-off has never listened to their music. What the Beatles had was a manager who was a promtional genius. What they lacked, and what Badfinger had a limitless supply of, was HEART and PASSION for music. Even the Beatles' "peace and love" songs sound calculated and hollow. Cynics wouldn't "get" the music of Pete Ham, so there's not use in trying to convince them otherwise. I would gladly never hear another Beatles song for the rest of my life, but I'll listen to Badfinger every day.
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 | jgls (14)
05/25/2007 | a lot of untapped potential as circumstances preventing them from reaching their peak. truly one of the saddest stories in the history of rock.
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| marto (3)
07/18/2006 | no matter what u do? one hit no way
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| candy kane (19)
03/13/2006 | If they want in, here it is, come and get it.
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 | jayceerocker (0)
12/17/2005 | Tragic and Brilliant Badfinger deserves some recognition for writing one of the greatest power ballads of all time (Without You) plus the other great songs Like No Matter what, Day after day, Baby Blue etc.... Give Mike,Pete,Tom (R.I.P)to all 3 of them & the last surviving two members Ron Griffiths & Joey molland The accolates they deserve
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| Engstfeld (0)
12/13/2005 | Guys who write bad car commercial music should not be in the hall. Sorry. Beatles sound alikes need not apply.
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 | MadeInCanada (2)
12/10/2005 | Baby Blue
Pete Ham The Very Best of Badfinger
Carry on Till Tomorrow
Tom Evans ... Magic Christian Music composed by: Tom Evans, Pete Ham
Come and Get It
Paul McCartney The Very Best of Badfinger
Day After Day
Pete Ham The Very Best of Badfinger
Dear Angie
Ron Griffiths Magic Christian Music
Flying
Tom Evans ... Straight Up
No Matter What
Pete Ham No Dice
We're for the Dark
Pete Ham The Very Best of Badfinger
Without You
Tom Evans ... No Dice
Maybe Tomorrow
Rock of All Ages
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| ElvisC (0)
12/04/2005 | Badfinger and Raspberries are great power pop bands. The genre needs to be represented, but not by these guys. The mid-late 70s had better bands to represent -- Cheap Trick, Big Star, dBs.
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| AmazingEEE (0)
12/02/2005 | Good band. Good tunes. But no Rock Hall level acheivements by a long shot.
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| Diamond Dave (1)
11/27/2005 | DAY AFTER DAY
BABY BLUE
NO MATTER WHAT
COME & GET IT
COME TOMORROW
WITHOUT YOU
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 | Ram53 (0)
11/06/2005 | Beatles-Badfinger-Raspberries
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 | SpiderGwen (0)
10/28/2005 | Seriously, the best band ever! How could they not already be in and why is it such a fight to get them recognized???
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| BadBeatleFinger (0)
10/04/2005 | How can Badfinger not be in the R&R Hall of Fame and some of these other jokers make it? Gezzzzzzzz get with it...Who actually makes these decisions? Is it the so called current day musicians that haven't a clue of how to tune a guitar?
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 | FuzzyJ (1)
09/26/2005 | Some GREAT songs.....but overall? Not sure!
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| jana5000 (0)
09/11/2005 |  If ever a band has been sadly passed over by the Rock and Roll of Fame it surely is Badfinger! I was lucky enough to see many of the concerts in the early '70's, and they were four strong players and each incredible songwriters. Without You, which most people remember best as being covered and made popular by Harry Nilsson is considered one of the top 10 songs of all time, and each of their first three or four albums is just loaded with tunes that, over time, only grow more wonderful and are true rock classics. And, this truly was one of the hardest working bands in rock 'n' roll...in the space of about 4-5 years, they put out an album, an excellent one I might add, about every 6 mos., and toured--a more grueling schedule than most bands encounter...while staying at the top of their game. Sadly, Peter Ham and Tommy Evans are no longer with us due to suicide because of poor management (the classic rock story,) but for the two surviving members--Joey Molland and Mike Gibbins, both still working and prolific in their writing and in dedication to the memories of Peter and Tommy, a place in the RRHOF is a slam-dunk proposition.
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 | fabguy44 (0)
09/08/2005 | No doubt...Badfinger is deserving to be in the Hall of Fame. Rock on Badfinger!!!
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| Catswalk (0)
08/31/2005 | Badfinger was an excellent band and my second favorite after The Beatles. I love ALL of their songs. They deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, without a doubt.
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| JohnBlack (0)
08/25/2005 | Great group nonne ever can copy there style. They realy need to be in the Hall of Fame.
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| peterskinka (0)
08/24/2005 | Well, what can you say? A great band, fantastic songs, four songwriters (AND singers)in a four-piece group. Due to tragic circumstances they have been highely ignored and therefore unknown to a lot of music lovers. I just think that thrity years after it's time that Badfinger get the recognition they deserved in the first place!
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| mama angie (0)
08/05/2005 | My dad And Joey are friends. Almost three years ago my suffered a TBI (Tramatic Brain Injury) Though for the first weeks (Months) Following his accident all pur names were touch and go, But if we handed him his guitar, drum sticks or put him behind the piano he wailed just like old times. Didn't miss a beat.
He's would be so happy to ( He is so happy to hear) that BadFinger is on the RRHOF list.
Good luck guys!!
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| JJ4518 (0)
07/17/2005 | The fathers of power pop
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| kingguiness (13)
07/14/2005 |
I like the songs I've heard but Im not sure.
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| voxmann41 (0)
06/19/2005 | How Badfinger could not be in the Hall Of Fame is a mystery to me. They were a great band. Never mind the Beatles stigma they carried with them. The great songs, the musicianship. Some bands and individuals seem to get overlooked alot when it comes to R'n'R Hall of Fame. They had a soulfulness to thier music. Harmonies that would rival Crosby, Stills and Nash. They paid so many dues. Ultimately with the suicides of Ham and Evans. Come on powers that be....do the right thing and get them inducted already. How can they recognized by Ascap and not the rock community?
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| bwr_rick (0)
05/22/2005 | BADFINGER: a 70's Power Pop Rock group. A string of hits including Come And Get It', 'No Matter What', 'Day After Day', 'Baby Blue' and 'Without You'. But they were more than just these hit songs. The four principle players were each gifted song craftsmen; they produced nine published albums - three that are considered classics. This group also has a tragic side; the suicide of two of its founding members!
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| Rovers (0)
05/18/2005 | Badfinger absolutely deserves a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The released at least a handful of terrific albums, and they had an oustanding singer and songwriter in Pete Ham. Pete Ham and bandmate Tom Evans also wrote the classic Without You which twice hit the top of the charts, with both Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey.
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| ldundus (0)
05/11/2005 | I had the pleasure of seeing these guys in concert back in 1973.The concert was great.They DESERVE to be in the hall Of Fame.
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| Elle13 (0)
04/14/2005 | ABSOLUTELY! *Wonderful* soulful rock.
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