Ranking the rock n roll hall of fame... GD comes in at 71st

according to the asshole that wrote this article. 

http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-artists-ranked...

Some people like them, of course. The disinterested can see they have recorded only a handful of good songs (“Uncle John’s Band,” “Touch of Grey,” maybe one or two others) and that too many of its “musical excursions” could also be described as “noodling.” And while the band’s amen corner has ooh’ed over outside lyricist Hunter for decades, the fact remains Hunter is a terrible writer. But. With the Airplane, the Dead defined the San Francisco psychedelic sound, such as it was, and over time came to embody a chaotic independence, in their latter days providing a comfy hippie vibe for stadia of slumming yuppies. The lineup of the band inducted into the hall includes several highly inessential members, ranging from the dubious (Constanten, Mydland) to the risible (Welnick). Jeff Tamarkin, the former editor of Goldmine and a one-time nominating committee member, says he contacted the band for the hall — and that the Dead gave the hall an “all or none” ultimatum, and the hall caved. Garcia was supposedly on his way but never made it to the ceremony.

I asked Wenner who decides such things. “An ad hoc group from the nominating committee and from the executive committee,” he said. “Four or five people, trying to adjudicate what the proper way to go about it is.” Who’s on the executive committee? “Me, [CEO] Joel [Peresman], three or four other people, I’m not sure who.”

I recognize not everyone thinks the Grateful Dead were a great band, but Im pretty certain this guy can go fuck himself. Hunter overrated.. get the fuck out.