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About the 2026 Inductees,  Oscar wrote: | |
| Joy Division/New Order definitely have Jason Hanley backing them, though he is not exact committee member, but he is definitely high place people of rock hall and attends committee meeting every year. Yeah for every act you need somebody powerful to support your case, despite how influential you are. Otherwise you are less likely to be on their radar. | |
| Friday, 10/23/2026 @ 01:47am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, KING wrote: | |
| Quick 20 KING Nominees For 2026-2027 Cycle. Not my Final List. The Final list will be OCT 27 or OCT 28. 1. Smashing Pumpkins 2. Bryan Adams 3. INXS 4. The Guess Who 5. Diana Ross 6. Scorpions 7. Mariah Carey 8. Alice In Chains 9. The Smiths 10. Blue Oyster Cult 11. Emmylou Harris 12. The Bangles 13. Boston 14. Beyonce 15. The Offspring 16. Dr. Dre 17. DEVO 18. Steve Winwood 19. Shakira 20. Coldplay Special Awards The Sonics MI Suzi Quatro MI Chic ME Herbie Hancock MI Los Lobos ME Tom Jones ME DEVO Possibly if not voted in. KING | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 23:39pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, richie wrote: | |
| I don't have complete predictions yet, but these are acts that I think will get nominated this year coming up for 2027: Returning; Melissa Etheridge INXS Lenny Kravitz Motorhead Sinead O'Connor Sting Thin Lizzy War New: Beyonce Daft Punk Dr. Dre Jethro Tull Smashing Pumpkins With 1-4 other first-time nominees. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 18:53pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, TheCorriynial wrote: | |
| Actually, following on from that idea with Chuck Berry, I could actually see the Hall doing a "40 years of the Hall" and maybe do a medley of all the folks and music they've inducted. Perhaps starting with something like "All Shook Up" or "Rock And Roll Music" into "Respect" into "Walk This Way" into the version with Run DMC into "Lose Yourself" and then into something else and with other songs or groups included. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 16:29pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| For his 100th birthday I wonder if there will be a Chuck Berry tribute | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 16:16pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Oscar wrote: | |
| If Oasis appears and performs, I can guarantee they will be closer, same to DMB in 2024. They are too big now to not to be closed, only stadium level act on inductees list | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 16:11pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, TheCorriynial wrote: | |
| Oscar, The fact we haven't heard anything might be a positive to a very special performance not announced early (It seemed in previous inductions the "lesser" (although if inducted, no act is lesser, but we all know there's a scale) acts would be announced early or who was doing them. So it leads some weight to perhaps an Oasis performance as a closer or opener (if not doing something for Dolly a la Sly Stone) or at least near the start or end. Its not something been discussed here much, but what could be the line up of the night? And it seems like we've largely not heard anything on JD/NO in a good bit, so maybe the Hall has forced that mess with them to behind the scenes. Personally, the fact we don't know much implies they have some kind of "bang" act or performance planned. Whether its Oasis, Billy Idol, or one of the guests. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 16:01pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, oscar wrote: | |
| Really they need to show the lineup for concert, esp if Oasis will show up/perform, otherwise tickets still haven't been sold put before the price is too high | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 14:27pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, TheCorriynial wrote: | |
| @will m It's pretty safe to say the Hall has already selected who is doing who by this point. And with the fact I've already seen ads on TV for the Induction probably means Disney/ABC already know. But the fact we haven't heard anything on the who and for whom for may be intentional (whether that's just for late release time or contractual until the concert date and might be a reason for example why we didn't get a live show since things got out). But most likely, we'll know on the night or just after from either the Hall official pages or fan recordings of the event. (maybe we'll still get a red carpet on the night, which might help also.) | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 14:16pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| Anyone else get an email from the Hall that the 2026 inductees exhibit will be opened on November 9th? | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 13:33pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Renee Hawkins wrote: | |
| Please put Rick Springfield into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I love his music and it has stood the test of time. He deserves it. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 13:13pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Denis wrote: | |
| I have never made any rape threats. Someone else was using my name to make those threats. I love Kansas but I wouldn't ever say threats. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 12:25pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, The Towerman wrote: | |
| It makes sense that Denis would spew out rape threats, since his beloved Ted Nugent is perhaps more well-known today for his relationships with underage girls than any song he's ever made. Plus, he's racist. It doesn't matter if he plays authentic rock and roll with guitars and no processing, he has the same problem as Morrissey: they're famously massive assholes. But Morrissey is just a bigot, Nugent has committed actual crimes. He's radioactive to associate yourself with. As for the others like Kansas, the J. Geils Band, and (hurts to admit) Meat Loaf, their relevancy has waned dramatically since their peaks, and are only known for one song. Zero name recognition. The Hall usually exceeds $50 million with its concerts, and that's because they induct legendary artists who have survived the test of time and remained household names. I've seen some ballots that exclusively include classic rock artists, and that would sell as much as a state fair. Classic rock is still on the table, but it'll be mixed in with alternative and hip-hop. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 12:18pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| Denis is going to say next that Kansas is bigger and more worthy than The Beatles,The Rolling Stones,The Who,Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin next | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 10:56am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Lilly G. wrote: | |
| Oh will you shut up, you violent rapist! None of those acts are are going to fill an 80,000 seat arena let alone a theatre. At best you're only going get the size of state fair audience. And no one is going to see acts that are either bands with members that nobody remembers or big artists who will come and perform tributes with them. Just leave us alone because none of your posts are going to change people's opinions here. And violently threatening me is not going to help your case because that proves you can't back up facts and that nobody here thinks you're right. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 10:18am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Denis wrote: | |
| The Rock Hall has really struggled to find musicians even willing to perform for them because this year's lineup is total garbage -> They really need to induct real rock and roll legends like Kansas, Ted Nugent, George Thorogood, Meat Loaf, and the J. Geils Band. Then an 80,000-seat stadium would sell out in seconds, and countless stars would be lining up just for the valuable opportunity to pay tribute to the top 20–30 rock and roll legends of all time. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 10:01am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, will m wrote: | |
| The ceremony is in 3 weeks and we still dont know the performing lineup??? | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 09:48am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Antler Queen Carson Shaw wrote: | |
| To add more on the discussion talk: D'Angelo also has industry support and friends from the Hall. Eric Clapton has popped up in a couple of times in his career. Both he and D'Angelo performed at the Hall in tribute to Curtis Mayfield's induction. Clapton was also present at the Voodoo/Soulquarians session. And Clapton was also one of the people who helped D'Angelo during his lowest points in the 2000s. Irving Azoff also helped D'Angelo at that period by paying for his rehab. Azoff didn't know D'Angelo personally but only his music, and he agreed to pay D'Angelo's stay. And most importantly, Nom Com member Questlove is one of D'Angelo's friends and close collaborators for much of his career. It also helps the most casual music listener can name a couple of D'Angelo songs than some of the indie acts that Casper ranks higher than D'Angelo. | |
| Thursday, 10/22/2026 @ 08:27am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, oscar wrote: | |
| Alec T Yeah don't disagree, but still very very long shot for Collective Soul as of now, and they definitely are not in top 100 snubs by any means, so they are not viable pick as of now. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 22:50pm | |
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| About Pixies, oscar wrote: | |
| Inducting Pixies could also another woman, Kim Deal, for female representation in alt music, though I don't think the Breeders will ever be inducted. She will be inducted as Pixies member | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 22:49pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| Oscar Collective Soul are borderline but they have 4 platinum albums 2 of which were multi platinum Also they have like 4 or 5 songs that get ton of Rock radio play Not just saying that has a massive fan | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 21:48pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| Sadly, a big push for indie/pop/R&B on the ballot at the expense of guitar rock could theoretically be an opening for the committee to push whoever they want through of that ilk. If such voters are given just The Black Crowes and maybe another name or two, then Black Crowes will likely pile up a bunch of votes. This year they had Phil Collins (of Genesis), Billy Idol, Oasis, Joy Division, Iron Maiden, INXS and Jeff Buckley to split up their votes with. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 21:27pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| should read 14-17 for those last few, of course | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 21:24pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| Eyeballing the Ballot Tracker and using common sense, I'd say the final results were: 9. INXS 10. Mariah Carey 11. Lauryn Hill 12. The Black Crowes 13. New Edition 13. Shakira 14. P!nk 15. Jeff Buckley 16. Melissa Etheridge So in all likelihood, the top 3 would return and as many as the top 5 if they really go for broke with the returning names. - Shakira had to have had more support than P!nk given her bigger influence, stardom and resume. She led her in the ballot tracker, anyway. - Mariah Carey outperformed Lauryn Hill in the ballot tracker but this should come with the caveat that the Who Cares About The Rock Hall? podcast was way over-represented in the ballot tracker and the hosts constantly pushed people filling out their ballot to back Mariah. Still, while Hill is the more critically acclaimed, "cooler" option, I'd imagine some of the negativity towards her (showing up late to concerts, etc) and the short career put her a rung below. - The Black Crowes have to have done alright last year so this year I imagine there was still an old fogey voter base casting ballots for 'em. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 21:23pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Here is the link to the run-off poll for the undecided poll option regarding how many inductees per year the Foreign Language Performers category will induct. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer-Wk0QOxlLsXcgl00Meyna55wCKwqd7Iz-GbB6cqAioiRbw/viewform There will be 5 days of voting. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on Monday. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 20:33pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Voting is now closed. Here are the final results: Which format is preferable for this newly added category? Foreign Language Performers - 7 __________________________ International Performers - 5 How many inductees should be added through this category each year? 1 inductees - 4 2 inductees - 3 7 inductees - 3 _________________ 3 - 2 There will be a run-off between the top three vote-getters. I'll post the poll link shortly. Should the World Music Genre be removed from the nomination process? Yes - 10 __________ No - 2 | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 20:30pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| * Sorry, Lauryn Hill is also upper tier. So, yeah 11 names from the upper tier on this last ballot. My total amount of names on the board from the upper tier is just 40 (with 29 from the 1980s and beyond). Highly doubt we get 11 again, let alone 8, but I'd applaud it if it happened. The ballot SHOULD be the most electable names. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 15:31pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| INXS and Mariah Carey are the only high tier candidates that didn't get in during this last cycle. The other names were cannon fodder. There's pretty much no chance going forward that we get ten candidates on that level as far as electability goes. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 15:29pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| Totally on the money in regards to future ballot quality and acts like Pixies and The Smiths and Smashing Pumpkins. Unless the committee just wants to be absolutely ridiculous and sidestep a lot of these music, they're going to be on the ballot in the next few years and they're going to easily get in because there just aren't that many acts as competitive as they are. As I've said a billion times already, unless they face a stacked ballot (Diana Ross, Boston, Weezer, etc.) there's basically no way they won't get in. They're competing against far more flawed candidacies like Shakira, Melisssa Etheridge and New Edition. It'll be easy. I would say though that INXS were definitely a victim of circumstances. There was just enough classic rock/80s stuff on this last ballot for them to (presumably narrowly) miss election. Next time though? They'll predictably be on some ~15 name ballot where at least half is of a lower tier. Boom, induction. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 15:26pm | |
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| About Garbage, Oscar wrote: | |
| Another thing I could see is Garbage is used as umbrella to induct both Shirley Manson and Butch Vig | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 13:12pm | |
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| About Garbage, Oscar wrote: | |
| Sean Talking about 90s female alt-rock acts, of course No Doubt and Alanis will get in. They're too big and too influential. Then there's Björk and Fiona Apple, who are too well-acclaimed and also have connections, name recognition, and lasting impact. I believe these two will get in. Sarah McLachlan will be pushed in even earlier, as her Lilith Fair was a huge cultural movement. The Cranberries don't have many industry friends, but given how big and popular they are, it is not possible to ignore them forever. Sinead O'Connor already on the ballot once so could see her being included one way or another Above are acts I feel a bit more likely than Garbage Then there are comparable female alternative acts. There's Tori Amos, who's pretty acclaimed, but her popularity hasn't been very lasting, though she's had a good amount of impact on future female acts. Then there are the nicher ones like PJ Harvey (who is also an industry darling, friends with Tom Morello and Dave Grohl, and known and respected by almost everyone in American 90s rocker circles), Bikini Kill (their singer hosted a Rock Hall podcast, and they could easily be placed in a side category), Controversial ones like Hole (I don't know if Courtney Love being a controversial figure will take them out of the picture). Garbage is not that high a priority when it comes to honoring female alternative acts. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 13:02pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, oscar wrote: | |
| Alec T Goo Goo Dolls Counting Crows Matchbox 20 in that order (could put Hooties in somewhere between these three if they get right people support them) I don't think Collective Soul will ever be in | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 12:44pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| You might say it too soon or early for those hands to be nominated and inducted but it would be no different than Dave Matthews Band and Foo Fighters being nominated and inducted before Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine Or Black Crowes likely being nominated and inducted before Alice In Chains and Pixies | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 12:41pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Alec T wrote: | |
| Who's the next 2nd Tier 90s Rock Band that gets nominated and inducted after the Black Crowes? Goo Goo Dolls? Matchbox Twenty? Collective Soul? Bush? Everclear? Live? | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 12:36pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Oscar wrote: | |
| Yeah, I do expect the quality of the ballot to drop dramatically in five years compared to now in a perfect world, unless the Rock Hall just inducts a bunch of oldies rock/R&B/pop acts from the 60s–70s each year to fill up the ballot. Otherwise, at least half to three-quarters of the current top 20–30 best available candidates from the 80s–00s will have been chosen within five years. Really, are we supposed to believe The Smashing Pumpkins won't be among the next 40 Rock Hall inductees? Or the Rock Hall could just mess things up by putting in a bunch of industry-friends-type picks and intentionally filling the ballot with filler acts, while some more impactful, valuable, and more electable picks that voters actually want are still left out. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 11:24am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Oscar wrote: | |
| Pixies will 100% be able to get voted in. Their voters are most similar to those of Joy Division/New Order. Assuming future ballots will be weaker, as higher-profile names generally get inducted every year, they should be even more likely to get in, potentially on their first try, and I don't think they'll need more than two tries. The Smiths, in theory, should be a shoo-in as well, but if enough people in the room or enough voters just hate Morrissey and vote against The Smiths, they may not appear on the ballot again, or they may fail to get in on ballot. Or maybe they have more goodwill from older rock voters, since they have a bigger footprint in guitar rock than JD/NO, and older people might not really think about Morrissey? It's not guaranteed, but they also have a chance to get voted in within 1–2 more tries but less guaranteed as Pixies Sonic Youth and The Replacements are different, though. Both are a bit less likely than Pixies or The Smiths though | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 11:12am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| Arcade Fire would be in the second category for Hall chances. They were in the first but then the allegations came out about Win Butler. Gonna make things much harder for their candidacy. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 10:26am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| I also accidentally omitted Girls from the final list. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 10:25am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| Oscar, Pavement's influence is felt across the indie landscape whereas D'angelo's influence was mostly across the sub-genre he basically created. Sean, Taylor Swift was in the top 50, actually. I mistakenly omitted her and Arcade Fire. | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 10:18am | |
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| About The Song Project, The Towerman wrote: | |
| Johnny, I'd vote for Turn Off the Lights and Yearning for Your Love. Now I'll throw my hat in the ring. Any interest in these songs? Bee Gees - I Started a Joke (1968) David Bowie - Loving the Alien (1984) Evanescence - Lithium (2006) Linkin Park - Castle of Glass (2012) The Struts - Could Have Been Me (2014) Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds (1994) | |
| Wednesday, 10/21/2026 @ 09:23am | |
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