The Biggest Rock Hall Snubs

There are many great artists who have been overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The vast majority of these artists have never been nominated for induction. Each year, the final ballot of performers is selected by the Rock Hall Nominating Committee, then sent to the larger Voting Committee for election.

Here are the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's biggest snubs:

The artists listed above are currently eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and were selected by Future Rock Legends commenters on the Rock Hall Revisited and the Rock Hall Projected pages.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has inducted only the lead performer of certain notable groups, with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles being the most famous example. (Update: In 2012, the Rock Hall inducted The Blue Caps, The Comets, The Crickets, The Famous Flames, The Midnighters, and The Miracles, so they have been removed from the list below. The E Street Band was inducted in 2014.) Here are a list of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers with (arguably) snubbed backing groups. Rock Hall Monitors has a comprehensive look at this issue.

Here are some additional notable candidates who deserve consideration for the Rock Hall because of their influence on the rock era.

Kraftwerk Janet Jackson (2019) Radiohead (2019) The Smiths Carole King Judas Priest King Crimson Roxy Music (2019) Nine Inch Nails (2020) John Coltrane Iron Maiden The Cure (2019) Whitney Houston (2020) Sonic Youth The New York Dolls Big Mama Thornton Chic T. Rex (2020) Warren Zevon Soundgarden Tina Turner Gram Parsons Link Wray Jethro Tull Mariah Carey Joy Division The Shangri-Las Rage Against the Machine The Replacements LL Cool J Pixies MC5 Mary Wells Joe Tex Dr. Dre Chuck Willis Joe Cocker The Spinners Dick Dale Black Flag Depeche Mode (2020) Eric B. & Rakim Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones Smashing Pumpkins Eurythmics Willie Nelson Def Leppard (2019) The Zombies (2019) Captain Beefheart Big Star Junior Walker & the All-Stars Connie Francis Peter Tosh Peter Frampton Wyonnie Harris Jane's Addiction The Marvelettes The Clovers Screamin' Jay Hawkins Procol Harum Motorhead New Order Jan and Dean Salt-N-Pepa Slayer The Runaways Ben E. King Pat Benatar Duran Duran De La Soul The B-52's Fugazi Lonnie Johnson Ozzy Osbourne A Tribe Called Quest Pavement Rufus with Chaka Khan Chubby Checker Sade The J.B.'s The Dominoes The J. Geils Band Afrika Bambaataa Devo Roy Brown Todd Rundgren Leroy Carr Peter Paul & Mary Pat Hare Ice Cube The Doobie Brothers (2020) Megadeth The Meters George Michael Rick James Alice In Chains Bad Company The Guess Who Billy Wright Phish

After the 2018 inductees were announced, the Cleveland Plain Dealer staff (led by Troy Smith), put together a list of their 100 biggest Rock Hall snubs (Update: Artists honored subsequent to 2018 are noted with their induction year):