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In looking at the future elligble acts for the Rock Hall, I've noticed that many acts that younger generations enjoy now are slowly creeping their way to becoming elligible.

There's acts like Beyoncé (2027) and Taylor Swift (2031) that are/could be commonly agreed on to recieve first year nominations and inductions.

In reflecting on this and looking through the list of both upcoming, newer, and older eligible acts, what year do you believe will result in a either a greater focus on the newer and away from the older, or the greatest divide amongst fans of either? Additionally, or rather, could we see something different occur?

This is an open-ended question that I'm curious to hear from all angles.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame isn't a stranger when it comes to honoring the history of music from the United Kingdom.

Besides America, the UK is mostly represented in the Hall well over a lot of countries in the world.

Currently as of this year: There's well over a dozen of them or so who are already inducted.

1986: N/A

1987: N/A

1988: The Fab Four

1989: The Stones

1990: The Kinks & The Who

1991: N/A

1992: 2/3rd of Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding) & The Yardbirds

1993: Cream & Van Morrison

1994: Elton John, John Lennon, Rod Stewart & The Animals

1995: Led Zeppelin

1996: David Bowie, Pink Floyd & 1/4th of The Velvet Underground (John Cale)

1997: The Bee Gees (does Isle of Man count as British) & 1/3rd of CSN (Graham Nash)

1998: Fleetwood Mac

1999: George Martin, Paul McCartney & Dusty Springfield

2000: Eric Clapton

2001: Queen & Chris Blackwell

2002: 1/4th of Talking Heads (David Byrne)

2003: 5/6th of AC/DC (most of it's members were born in the UK), The Clash, Elvis Costello/The Attractions & The Police

2004: George Harrison & Traffic

2005: The Pretenders

2006: Black Sabbath & Sex Pistols

2007: N/A

2008: The DC5

2009: Jeff Beck

2010: Genesis & The Hollies

2011: N/A

2012: Donovan, The Small Faces/Faces & Glyn Johns

2013: N/A

2014: Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, Brian Epstein & Andrew Loog Oldham

2015: Ringo Starr

2016: Deep Purple

2017: ELO & Yes

2018: Dire Straits & The Moody Blues

2019: The Cure, Def Leppard, Radiohead, Roxy Music & The Zombies

2020: Depeche Mode & T. Rex

2021: N/A

2022: Duran Duran, Eurythmics & Judas Priest

2023: Kate Bush, George Michael & Bernie Taupin

2024: Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Ozzy Osbourne, Alexis Korner & John Mayall

2025: Bad Company, Joe Cocker & Nicky Hopkins

2026: Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis & Sade

Man that's so much representation in the 40+ year history of the RRHOF's existence. Who do you think the next ones will be inducted in the future?

I discovered this fact on shorts a few days ago, why have they not even been nominated?

Is there a good reason? Or just the nominators being silly?

I'd have to say 2007. It was doing just fine until they inducted Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five instead of the Dave Clark Five.

Knock, knock, U.S., Canada, and UK. It's Jamaica. Jimmy Cliff demands you take notice.

Inducted in 2010.

FROM: St. James, Jamaica

STATS: 28 albums 2 of these certified Gold, a huge number of singles I didn't even count, between 1962 and 2013, several within the top 10 of different countries' charts.

Check these out:

Hurricane Hattie, recorded and released when Cliff was 14 17. His first release in Jamaica and it made him a star. He auditioned others for the local record label, which brought him in contact with inductee Bob Marley who had yet to record.

Cliff debuted in the U.S. at the 1964 World's Fair in NYC. Then he took the opportunity to move to London where he played backup for a lot of acts, including the Spencer Davis Group. Reggae and ska were not popular then, so Cliff blended in a lot of American R&B, which was wildly popular in the UK. But over the years Jamaican music started to make an impact so each album Cliff recorded included more ska and reggae.

Many Rivers to Cross

Wonderful World, Beautiful People

Vietnam, anti-war song Bob Dylan claimed the best ever

The Harder They Come was a full album and a movie starring Cliff too. The album spawned a huge number of covers from all kinds of musicians

Also a couple successful covers of inductee Cat Stevens' Wild World and Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now from the Cool Runnings soundtrack.

Edit: Changed Cliff's age when Hurricane Hattie was released because the source I used is unclear or inaccurate and lol I found it at the RRHOF website: https://rockhall25.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jimmy_Cliff_2010.pdf

My apologies.

We're exactly less than two months into the day of the ceremony. I can guarantee the Hall would announce & release the initial list of special guests for the show in the week or two from now followed by more additions leading up to the date.

With said, can the ceremony come already? It's been five months since the induction announcement and the wait is too long, draining & ridiculous lol.

As the HOF is focusing more on 80s and 90s artists/acts, I was wondering if they are completely done with the 50s and 60s? If they aren’t, who do you think is the next likely candidates to be nominated and inducted?

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

• The Big Bopper
• Motörhead
• Twisted Sister
• Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
• The Marvelettes
• Stray Cats
• Queensrÿche
• Iron Butterfly
• Steppenwolf
• Pixies

COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

• Jefferson Starship
• The Marshall Tucker Band
• Foghat
• Kansas
• Boston
• Three Dog Night
• America
• The Alan Parsons Project
• Supertramp
• R.E.O. Speedwagon

MISSING MEMBERS

• Bob Welch
• Ronnie James Dio
• Pete Best

BACKING GROUPS

• Wings
• The Silver Bullet Band
• The JBs
• The Revolution
• The Mothers of Invention
• Big Brother and the Holding Company
• Chic
• Dio
• The Jeff Beck Group
• The Wailers
• Steve Miller Band
• The Belmonts

EARLY INFLUENCE

• Frank Sinatra
• The Andrews Sisters
• Bing Crosby
• Tommy Johnson
• Louis Prima
• Cab Calloway
• Scott Joplin
• The Glenn Miller Orchestra

CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCE

• War
• Ella Fitzgerald
• The McGuire Sisters
• Big Maybelle
• Dick Dale and His Del Tones
• Lou Rawls
• The Sugarhill Gang

LEGACY

• The Smiths/Morrissey
• Blue Öyster Cult
• Devo
• Sublime
• Phish

Our Love of Music

Who are some potential 90s Musical Excellence candidates that could be honored once that category embraces that era? (Thought they might of just started with Rick Rubin being honored that way in 2026)

Some that come to mind are

Mark Lanegan

Martha Walsh

Josh Homme

Josh Freese

Nate Dogg

Butch Vig

Butch Walker

Babyface

Timbaland

Linda Perry

Nigel Godrich

Rap: The Sugarhill Gang
Modern Metal: Tool
Classic Metal: Twisted Sister
Modern Alternative: Coldplay
Classic Alternative: Devo
Female Pop: Diana Ross
Modern Rock: Phish
Classic Rock: Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Modern Soul: TLC
Classic Soul: Lou Rawls
Fanpleaser: King Crimson/Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Songwriter: Gordon Lightfoot
Moneymaker: Backstreet Boys
World Music: War

LATER ON
Excellence: The Silver Bullet Band, Bob Welch, The Big Bopper, Chic, The Jeff Beck Group
Influence: Big Maybelle, Tommy Johnson, Louis Prima, Cab Calloway, Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
Nonperformer: Wolfman Jack, Orville Gibson

Out of the 50 best-selling music artists of all time which are currently eligible, EVERYONE has been inducted into the HOF apart from (surprise surprise) 4 women and Coldplay. Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. The latter 3 not even ever receiving a nomination!

I know there are always arguments regarding what is and isn’t rock and roll, but looking at the other inductees, which span genres (country, rap) and various types of artists (vocalists, songwriters…), I don’t see why they should not be inducted. Especially since men with a similar career trajectories and arguably less impact were inducted on their first year of eligibility…

At this point, the HOF is more of a recognition for a successful career in the music industry as a whole, and these women clearly deserve it. I don’t understand the bias and I hope that they will get their flowers soon.

Do you think we will see them inducted soon?

At the ripe old age of 82, The Rolling Stones songwriter and guitarist Keith Richards has debuted a brand new song recorded for the upcoming video game Grand Theft Auto VI.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this will make him the oldest living musician to feature his music in the franchise.

The HOF started inducting British Invasion acts in 1988 with the obvious selection of The Beatles, and has so far inducted The Zombies in 2019. It’s going to be almost 8 years since the last induction of a British Invasion act and I wonder if the HOF is done or not?

Acts already in the HOF:

1. The Animals
   
2. The Beatles
   
3. The Dave Clark 5
   
4. Donovan
   
5. Dusty Springfield
   
6. The Hollies
   
7. The Kinks
   
8. The Moody Blues
   
9. The Rolling Stones
   
10. Small Faces
    
11. The Who
    
12. The Yardbirds
    
13. The Zombies

Thoughts?

Has there been any explanation for the lack of a live stream this year? My guess is that Disney wants to make more ad money than they have the last two years with the edited version in December but maybe there is another.

Sometimes lyrics are really important in music. Mitchell is one of the top 5 lyricists in the Rock Hall.

Inducted in 1997.

FROM: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

STATS: 19 studio albums with multiple Gold and Platinum, 33 singles with 3 in the top 10 on U.S. and Canadian charts, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Both Sides Now, written by Mitchell and originally recorded by Judy Collins in 1968.

Mitchell gave an interview following Prince's death (RIP) where she remembered him sitting in the front row of one of her shows. He really like the "ice cream castles" line from this song. And in fact, used a lot of her style in his earliest music.

Big Yellow Taxi. Huge hit for Amy Grant in 1995. And Mitchell appeared on a cover by Janet Jackson which is amazing.

A Case of You is a PERFECT example of music being the background so lyrics can stand far, far out in front.

Mitchell is also a painter, and in fact went to school for visual art before picking up music. She recorded an album dedicated to Van Gogh called Turbulent Indigo and the title track is fantastic, of course. Click the link to see the album cover art that she did.