The Doors and "Light My Fire"....although an abbreviated version, the live performance on the Ed Sullivan Show was one of the best moments in rock and roll history. He was the epitome of cool, and the band was fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaV2A6o0IM
And I agree about KISS. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/sick.gif[/img] The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke, but I have to agree that keeping KISS out of the HOF is a wise move. KISS were about marketing, not music. They produced 20 albums, never had a #1. They released 58 singles, and only one ever hit the Top 10 ("Beth"
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The 60's and 70's were the best eras for rock and roll, followed by the 80's, then the 50's (and I love 50's music, but face it, other than a handful of artists, rock music was limping along to the same formulaic tunes). Rock and Roll pretty much died around 2000, with "American Idol" and the web telling people what to buy, and album oriented rock died a slow death.