Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away.

Paradise By the Dashboard Lights is just one of those songs that when you were young and you got off of work on a Friday evening and you heard it on the way home, it got you pumped up and ready for the whole weekend, especially if you had some parties to attend (hardly anybody throws parties anymore, do they?). This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide by The Kings was another. High energy stuff that can change your mood completely.

Any thoughts why he is not in the rock and roll hall of fame?  

Any thoughts why he is not in the rock and roll hall of fame?

Didn’t grease the right palms I guess. Grand Funk Railroad isn’t either even though the were top concert drawers and record sales late 60’s early 70’s

I'll guess he isn't in the rock and roll hall of fame because he simply wasn't a big enough, or influential enough, star.

@carlsbad 

There is a group of people today who consider politics much more important that respect and human decency.  

Sorry I wasn’t being trying to be political. (But I do have a dark sense of humour and an eye for irony.)

I'll guess he isn't in the rock and roll hall of fame because he simply wasn't a big enough, or influential enough, star.

^Facetious emoticon needed^ 

I was surprised that his album was the highest selling album of all time in Australia.
I would have thought it would have been AC/DC, ABBA or some other group.