When Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, bassist Jeff Ament shouted out a number of bands he felt were deserving of the honor during his acceptance speech. In particular, Ament mentioned “Roxy Music, The Jam, Devo, X, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Jane’s Addiction, and so many others -- all worthy.”

The “so many others” that Ament mentioned in the speech were listed on his t-shirt (most also appear on our own Snub List):

Since he wore that shirt two years ago, Ament should be pleased that quite a few of the 97 artists he listed have been nominated and/or inducted:

Brian Eno Can Buzzcocks The Cars (inducted in 2018) Slayer Faith No More Fela Kuti Alice In Chains Flipper Gang of Four Grand Funk Railroad Guided By Voices Mötley Crüe Hüsker Dü Iron Maiden Jane's Addiction Joe Jackson New York Dolls B-52s Jonathon Richman Kate Bush (nominated in 2018) King Crimson Duran Duran Love Lenny Kravitz The Cult Dinosaur Jr. King Diamond Minor Threat Minutemen Misfits The Monkees Motörhead

Mountain Mudhoney Nick Cave Nina Simone (inducted in 2018) Nine Inch Nails PJ Harvey Richard Hell T. Rex Roxy Music (inducted in 2019) Judas Priest (nominated in 2018) The Sonics Soundgarden Steppenwolf The Damned Hipgnosis Thin Lizzy Waterboys Bad Brains Dead Kennedys Bauhaus The Replacements Pixies The Black Crowes Black Flag Big Star Billy Idol Björk Bon Jovi (inducted in 2018) Smashing Pumpkins Blue Öyster Cult Pil Melvins Fugazi

Dio Elliott Smith Psychedelic Furs X Free New Order Tom Waits (previously inducted in 2011) Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Jam The Smiths Descendents Kraftwerk Sonic Youth Todd Rundgren (nominated in 2019) Ted Nugent The Cure (inducted in 2019) MC5 (nominated in 2018 & 2019) Captain Beefheart Warren Zevon Link Wray Weather Report Devo (nominated in 2019) Flaming Lips Nick Drake Harry Nilsson Neu! Chad Channing Sweet Raymond Pettibon Oasis Bad Company

There have been a total of twelve artists inducted in the performer category in the last two years, five of whom appear on Ament’s list. Another five were nominated in 2018 or 2019 but didn’t make the cut. It’s worth keeping an eye on this list to see if it will be a road map for the Nominating Committee in the coming years.

[Props to Jeff Ament for shining a light on the Rock Hall’s huge backlog problem.]