Why Does the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame HATE Actual Rock? The Top 5 SNUBS EVER! | Professor of Rock

Okay, so this one’s an episode I’ve been needing to do for a long time. And I’ll be upfront with you. It’s a topic that really gets under my skin, so I’ll try to be positive. Today we’re counting down my all-time, Top 5 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs… bands and artists who are well overdue for the so-called honor, but routinely get passed over year after year. There is a long list of rock hall snubs…From Iron Maiden to The Guess Who from Pixies to Motorhead from New York Dolls to the Smiths from Joy Division/New Order to Slayer from Styx to Foreigner to Jethro Tull and Thin Lizzy, Motley Crue, Toto the list goes on and on. We’re also going to try to figure out why the Rock Hall routinely refuses to induct actual rock artists into their ranks. They’re called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but they seem to have a bias against rock and Roll? I’m not going to be pulling any punches here. I just want to give some love to some classic rock icons that I think we all admire and I want to hear yours too… It’s all coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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Billed as “Rock’s Highest Honor”, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame touts their inductees as “the people who shaped the history of rock and roll.” And you know what, I think there are a lot of artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who deserve that honored designation. But then again, there are some who don’t as well. In fact, there are some inclusions as well as exclusions that I just can’t wrap my head around.

I just got into some of this recently with a live stream I did about this year’s class of inductees… If you haven’t seen it, go check it out after this. But for this episode, I want to give you my Top 5 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs. Five acts that without a doubt should be in, but have been passed over time and time again.

So the rules for getting inducted are simple, though not easy to accomplish… According to the Rock Hall’s website, “Inductees are recognized for having contributed over 25 years of musical excellence.” And you know what, that’s actually kind of vague. But at the same time, it’s also pretty telling for what it doesn’t say. Which is that inductees are recognized for contributing over 25 years of “rock and roll” excellence. That’s a pretty important distinction… Wouldn’t you say? You would think that an institution that calls itself The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, would actually prioritize inducting “rock and roll” acts into their ranks.

But instead, they seem to have created this open-ended list of genres and they seem to be more focused on being politically correct than inducting based on merit, influence, and longevity. I’m not going to open that can of worms. I’m simply going to offer five acts that should be in.