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alex chilton

Where would Soul Asylum and the Goo Goo Dolls be without these guys?

they have just entered what is typically considered their eligibility period, 25 years after the release of their first record.  I'd be surprised if they at least don't show up on the ballot in the next year or 3.

It's pathetically elitist of me to state, but the Replacements will never get in to the R'N'R hall simply because the mediocre masses never got them, and never will understand how influential the were and continue to be.

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When you look at the list of great albums the Replacements made in the 80's - you realize that they invented Grunge 10 years before Nirvana hit the scene. 1981 Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash 1983 Hootenanny 1984 Let It Be 1985 Tim 1987 Pleased to Meet Me 1989 Don't Tell a Soul 1990 All Shook Down

Paul Westerberg and mates released three great albums, but some may have seen Westerberg as a sell-out late in his career. I'm not one of them. They're deserving.

The 80s version of the Velvet Underground in terms of influence. Enough said.

They absolutely belong in, but will never make it. They are the post-punk, 80s college band. REM will make it, they won't.

They changed the way I listened to music. Besides, when your're the inspiration to so many - how can you not get in? the boys from REM alone should be pushing for their inclusion.

If Willie Nelson declines his nomination they might step in.

The Replacements were the link between the '60s creative explosion of the Who and the Beatles and the whole renaissance of the '90s with Nirvana and Pearl Jam, said Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn, who is on the nominating committee for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. They'll never get to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame because they didn't sell enough records, but creatively they deserve to be there.

Best should have been big band in US history...along with Big Star.

Fortunately I caught them near the end of their run in 1989. I saw them get booed off the stage opening for Tom Petty while me and 3 other people who knew who they were cheered them on. Some trailer park jabronie started to confront me and I decked him. Surprisingly people cheered me and did not come to his defense. Since it was GA I was able to run from security to another part of the track. What a fun moment. But anyway getting back to the point the Replacements were phenomenal. They were the Punk rock Stones. Paul Westerberg is a gifted songwriter and he's still making great music today. Tim is my favorite album and the song, Here Comes A Regular is one of the most powerful songs about alcoholism ever made. As a person who has struiggled with the booze it brings a tear to my eye.

The only Rock and Roll band that matters, The Replacements!

The greatest rocknroll band of all-time. Simple as that.

One of the most unsung bands of all time. Petty steals a Westerberg line and Cobain names his second album after a Mats' song. This is just the beginning. Hint...Hint They were doing it way before it was cool.

One of the best rock and roll bands of all time..such an influence on many,yet known by so few. Now thats irony. deserve to be in the hall of fame but it will never happen. They never sucked as much corperate cock as bono or Michael Stype.

a great band. more of an influence on other bands, instead of big world renowned themselves. had the replacements become a U2 or REM i could see it. but as it stands now, they will be known and revered by the cultists and kept out of the HOF.