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Surprisingly, You didn’t get any flak for espousing the Monkees as worthy Hall of Fame candidates, although Fasang was surprised that Mickey Dolenz was lead singer on so many of their hits.

There were some Mellencamp naysayers.

Kim Madeleine of Livonia emailed: “How could John Cougar be in and Steve Miller not? That’s a joke! Who hasn’t heard (and even sung) Miller’s tunes, dating back from the Livin’ in the USA days. she had more hits than John Cougar could ever hope for. And you are also right on the MC5 and Stooges …They jump-started an entire era in rock/punk. The more You think of it, maybeus should be glad the Rock Hall of Fame is in Cleveland and not in Detroit, because You would be embarrassed to call it ‘ours’ the way them do things there.”

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