Jethro Tull

It's a travesty that Jethro Tull is not already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ian Anderson is a genius, writing and singing a very impressive list of songs, and Aqua Lung a rock classic if there was one.

How can you put ABBA, Blondie, and Run DMC in at all let alone before Jethro Tull? You gotta be kidding me. There sound will never be duplicated. The Hall is a Joke.

The Hall is a joke and will be until Tull and a few others have been inducted. It's almost to embarrassing for the judges to do so at this point knowing that it is a travesty that they have yet to be in. Tull is probably the most innovative band of all time and has never taken anything for granted, always delivering top notch material and performances. It is sad to see a band like them be overlooked by so many that are mainly naive to their greatness. There are only a couple of performers who can even be mentioned in the same breath as Ian Anderson. His writing of music and lyrics are second to none.

Talk about Bungle in the Jungle! WTF is the selection committee at the HOF been doing all these years? Oh never mind, I forgot about Madonna and her cone tit effect. I know that the band's original name came from the English inventor of the seed drill. Unfortunately, it seems that like other popular bands on this RIA list, Jethro Tull also got royally screwed.

This group is being penalized for a long career. The early music was just amazing and all you need to do is hear Thick as a Brick live to understand the greatness. Vote them in now.

Tull Death Us Do Part

TULL of Fame

1 tull of a band

Dreadful Dull. Let 'em in and let me ignore them.

For whom the Bell Tulls, it Tulls for thee

Jethro Tull was an early giant of progressive rock. Their body of work in Stand Up, Benefit, and Aqualung alone should get them in. They were distinctive, could rock hard, and their musicianship and live performances were among the best of their time. The Hall should be ashamed for allowing lesser groups in before these guys. It's a travesty of justice they haven't been honored with an absolutely deserved induction. Let's get with it, you fools, and vote them in!

"Locomotive Breath" is a classic, "Aqualung" is okay, "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Thick as a Brick" are weak...not much else to speak of on their musical resume...

They've been around longer, still tour brilliantly, and have more and better music than many who are already there.

Great rockers, original

I believe that JT best albums were "This Was" and "Stand Up" and perhaps with the exception of Aqualung Ian Anderson's creativity is long gone. Due to his own megalomania he lost or fired his best musicians . ROHF only maybe! Bill Watson

Been around forever and still doing it. They were for those with special tastes. But excellent musicians. Still should be in though.

Great band, deserving 10 years back

Come on guys, just b/c he plays a flute, shouldn't be held against him. If anything that should help!

Top-notch musicianship and showmanship!

Tull yes!

Top 10.

Deserving? Absolutely. Ian Anderson is a great songwriter, singer, flute player and showman. He is nothing if not entertaining at a Jethro Tull show. Yes, Aqualung and Thick As A Brick are masterpieces, but so are their songs "Nothing Is Easy," "My Sunday Feeling," "Living On Hard Times" and "Teacher." My sister had Thick As A Brick and it was like nothing I had ever heard. Imagine a 6-year old hearing a song which is slow and mellow one second and loud and fast the next! Not much more I can say. Hall Of Fame, give this band their due. "You're never too old to rock and roll if you're too young to die"

The Hall of fame is a joke. Why bands like Tull and many of their contemporaries aren't in there yet is mindboggling.

One of my favorite groups. Ian Anderson as leader had more originality, talent, stage charisma, and sheer rock energy than anyone I can think of. I saw Tull perform in 1974 and bout went wild. I have no idea why the RHOF has kept them out? Its beyond ridiculous.

Uniquely brilliant! No other band sounds like Tull. Aqualung alone makes them HOF worthy.

Jethro Tull were theatre. \jethro Tull were art. Ian Anderson was a man with something to say. They had some great albums many of which I include amongst my favotites. Yes! I see why they are not for everyone. Yes! I understand why some don't like Ian Anderson with his excentricities. Tastes differ. But I appreciated them. I remember a Sydney concert. They got seven standing ovations. All well deserved.

The most diverse and unique band in rock history. The depth of their catalogue is nothing short of stunning!

With Rock classics like Agualung and Thick as A Brick, not to mention music that still stands the test of time, Jt not in the R&R; Hall of Fame makes that institution a joke. I guess cleaver, thought provoking music is beyond the scope of the simple minds that make up the selection commitee. Rock on Ian...

Decent and unique band with at bunch of memorable songs. Martin Barre is a solid guitar player but not among my favorites. Unfortunately they have way too much crap in their catalog so I can't rate them any higher than a three.

One of the only real pioneers in rock music. Their mix of genres is always exciting and exhilarating. Their range and their playing are amazing. Pity they haven't received proper recognition in the Idol obsessed, lowest-common-denominator world of modern music.

Top 5 best prog-rock group.Very nice guitarist...

If Tull is not put into the HOF, the whole system is a travesty!

Not my favorites.  But the albums "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick" stand out.  I saw them in concert in '93 and Anderson was a man in perpetual motion.  They are a band about the music first and foremost.  They should also be recognized by for their willingness to experiment and to explore many types of music.

They only have one song that I can stand to listen to.

TULL RULLES, but after DEEP PURPLE

AC/DC are in, Deep Purple aren't and you cannot understand why Tull aren't there. With that sort of logic it's a wonder some of the worthies even made it in. I'm an Aussie, like but don't love AC/DC yet their induction baffles me. It has been stated that Atlantic records artists are disproportinately represented. I don't know if it is true but guess which label AC/DC were on at one stage?

With albums like Thick as a Brick and Aqualung, Jethro Tull (or Ian Anderson) deserves to be in the RnR HoF. No Doubt. His music was, and is still, a big inspiration for many. His succes shows us that he is one of the greatest in rock'n roll history!

I think that singer Ian Anderson is one of the best flute players in the world.

one of the most underrated bands of all time

one of the most interesting bands i've gotten into. i was exposed to them because my father had a fleeting interest in Aqualung. i was interested after hearing that first song, so then went on to purchase a few albums (Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses) which i thought to be absolutely superb. i adore the early english folk influence and the use of flute/guitar interplay. Anderson's vocals are absolutely phenomenal, passionate and interesting. A Passion Play and Thick as a Brick are probably my favorite Albums. by the way, One Brown Mouse might be the prettiest song i've ever heard, it always seems to make me smile.

THE JETHRO TULL BAND MUST BE INDUCTED TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,MOST BANDS NEVER DID WHAT THE TULL BAND ACHIEVED BY WRITING COMPOSING THEIR OWN MUSIC & DOING MOST OF THE STUDIO WORK. AND IAN ANDERSON PUTS ON ONE HELL OF A STAGE SHOW. JOEL FROM CINCINNATI OHIO.

they deserve it

I can hardly imagine that true Rock an Roll fans around the world can embrace the current HOF inductees, Leonard Cohen and Maddonna??? and again no nod to Jethro Tull, Though Cohen is a good listen and a great song writer he has never had the fan base and continued success of JT. listen to any classic rock station in America and you will hear Ian Andersons Flute, I can't remember ever hearing Leonard or Maddonna ever!! I wish I knew what the HOF is really thinking about??

So many different styles blended into an incredible career. This is an example of an amazing core (Anderson and Barre) creating an evolving but stable sound that has continued to be innovative and influential but never copied. Explain to me how this group does not meet and exceed every criteria set forth by the HoF? You can't.

Saw them last night at Prudential Hall in NJ. While the vocals crackled a bit after 40 years of performing, the evening was a clear reminder of the sheer musicality and genius of this band. I grew up with all of it, the fantasy-driven excesses of Zeppelin, the blues-metal onslaught of Deep Purple, the epic works of Yes, and so on. But I'd equally put Tull in the category of ground-breakers like King Crimson, the Stooges, Fairport Convention, and Ten Years After; and while Tull's work is absent the brooding, teen-angst self-pity of Joy Division (no disrespect, I'm a big fan), you hear the praise for the influence of JD on ensuing groups and I'd argue that Tull's influence was no less profound. They showed that rock groups could be literate and articulate. No question, they should be in, but this is less a tarnish on Tull's reputation as it is on the Hall's.

A travesty of justice in overlooking the group that put out Thick As A Brick. Does anyone remember how phenomenal that record was for 1972?

Come on, this must be some kind of a joke! Why are Jethro Tull not in? Unbelievable!

Without a doubt.

It makes a sham of the whole concept of a RRHOF that Tull has not been inducted -- particularly when you look at some of those who have been.

The zaniest, most unique and certainly one of the greatest bands of all time. Their lyrics are genius. The music is genius. The flute is genius. Tull are genius. And to think Patti Smith got in ahead of them...