It’s about f’ing time
Maiden is really one of the most influential metal bands of all time, and this should have happened long ago. But, the RRHOF does not really like metal bands.
Now, did you watch the vid? Consider, these are the ones voted in
- Phil Collins
Billy Idol
Iron Maiden
Joy Division/New Order
Oasis
Sade
Luther Vandross
Wu-Tang Clan
Only the first 5 are rock related, and, I’m not sure Joy Division nor Oasis deserve to be in. The last 3 have no business being in, because they are not rock. There should be no rap, country, hip hop, etc. Dolly Parton is great, but, should she be in? The Country Music Hall of Fame wouldn’t allow the Eagles, Lynyrd Skynard, 38 Special, Blackfoot, or any other southern rock band in, right?
Where is Motorhead, Dio, Saxon (many do not remember how influential they were), Testament, Death (really, one of the most influential and early Death metal bands), Eodus, Pantera, Megadeth, Slayer, and so many more. Judas Priest is in under the “Musical Excellence Award” rather than as a main performer, which is absurd. One of the OGs and super influential.
Where’s Huey Lewis and the News? Foreigner? Robert Plant solo? J. Geils Band? Bad Company (whoops, sorry, forgot they got in in 2025)? Boston? Kansas? Joe Walsh? Styx? Jethro Tull? 38 Special? Mötley Crüe? Peter Frampton? And so many more rock bands. Yet, there are tons of non-rock.
So, what should happen is that after the induction ceremony, the entire thing should be shut down and restarted as the Real Rock Hall of Fame. Most of the artists who are rock will be included, and we’ll put the real snubs in. And then just keep it rock!
Favorite Maiden song? There’s so many. How about the one that got me into Maiden (this is some cool AI added that someone did)
Mr Teach takes a strong stance against Sade, Wu-tang and Luther! All black, btw.
It’s ironic that blacks don’t “deserve” being in the rock n’ roll hall, since R&R sprang for 40s and 50a R&B!!
“Rock and roll originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, emerging as a high-energy dance music, a fusion of African-American rhythm and blues (R&B), gospel, and boogie-woogie with country and western swing. It was popularized by DJ Alan Freed in 1951, rapidly becoming a symbol of teenage rebellion.”
First inductees were in 1986: Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Elvis.
1987: Eddie Cochran, Coasters, Bo Diddly, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, BB King, Carl Perkins, Rickie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Muddy Waters, Smokey Robinson, Muddy Waters, Jackie Wilson.
1988: Beatles, Drifters, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Supremes, Dion, Otis Redding, Stones, Temptations, Stevie Wonder.
1990: Four Seasons, Bobby Darin, Four Tops, Who, Kinks, Platters, Simon and Garfunkel.
etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees
Award for Best Individual Artists Names in a Group… Wu-Tang Clan: Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Masta Killa, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA, and U-God
There are multiple lists of “snubs” online. Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Jethro Tull; are often mentioned.
TL:DNR
Have your mommy read it to you.
Bruh, they aren’t rock. Don’t make this a raaaaacism thing. Chuck Berry should be in. Ray Charles shouldn’t. He was not rock. Motown. Same with Marvin Gay. Bo Diddly, hell yeah. Muddy Waters? Hell yeah. John Lee Hooker? Hell yeah. Hendrix? Hell yeah. Don’t go racist, pal. The Motown Hall of Fame wouldn’t let Jeff Beck in.
“Rock and roll originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, emerging as a high-energy dance music, a fusion of African-American rhythm and blues (R&B), gospel, and boogie-woogie with country and western swing.”
or
“A popular form of dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of rhythm and blues and country music, usually based on a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums.”
or
“popular music usually played on electronically amplified instruments and characterized by a persistent heavily accented beat, repetition of simple phrases, and often country, folk, and blues elements”
or
“rock and roll, style of popular music that originated in the United States in the mid-1950s and that evolved by the mid-1960s into the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known as rock and roll.”
Maybe rock and roll is what the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says it is!
How do you define Rock and Roll?
Johnny Cash is in. Carl Perkins. Roy Orbison. Hank Williams. Jimmie Rodgers. Dolly, Willle. Bill Monroe. Bob Wills. Stevie Wonder. Was Bob Dylan “rock”?
Why not Garth Brooks? Kris Kristofferson? Waylon?
And oh my! The rappers. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (2007), Run-D.M.C. (2009), Beastie Boys (2012), Public Enemy (2013), N.W.A. (2016), Tupac Shakur (2017), The Notorious B.I.G. (2020), Jay-Z (2021), LL Cool J (2021), Eminem (2022), Missy Elliott (2023), A Tribe Called Quest (2024), and OutKast (2025)
Another Rimjob the Commie copy&paste and the obligatory rhetorical questions.
Yawn…
“Johnny Cash is in. Carl Perkins. Roy Orbison. Hank Williams. Jimmie Rodgers. Dolly, Willle. Bill Monroe. Bob Wills. Stevie Wonder. Was Bob Dylan “rock”?”
Yeah, pretty much none are rock. Thing is, fans might put up with it if the RRHOF would stop with the snubs of actual rock bands. Might as well just call it the Music Hall Of Fame. And someone go start a Real Rock HOF
Sade? I like Sade’s music. I own at least one of her CDs… But she doesn’t belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Send them an e-mail!
And don’t forget Queen Latifah and someone called MC Lyte in the “Musical Influence” category. Can’t type this hard enough – WTF?
No idea who MC Lyte is, Queen Latifah certainly has great influence, but, not rock.
Why not call it the “Rock and Other Genres of Music and Rap Hall of Fame”?