OutKick readers sound off on their biggest Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs

This week my friend, OutKick author Austin Perry, and I put together an article and video about ours top 10 biggest Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame snubs after the latest batch of inmates was announced.

The response was overwhelming, with many heralding it as an instant classic, even though we mistakenly said Jimmy Buffett wasn’t in it Rock Hall when he was inducted posthumously in 2024.

Which to us fair still is waaaaay too late.

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But we put the word out to readers and got a ton of emails with bands and artists that you think are largest snub.

So let’s take a look at some of them, shall we?

King Crimson

Todd hit us with a great suggestion that is a significant omission from the prog-rock realm:

Your lists are very good. I would add King Crimson because they are the godfathers of prog. They influenced Tool, Rush and Genesis. “In the Court of King Crimson” is a must–has album. Guided By Voices should also be included. They released three major indie albums in a row: “Bee Thousand”, “Alien Lanes” and “Under The Bushes, Under The Stars”. The mastermind behind the band, Robert Pollard, has written over 4,000 songs. He is the most underrated American artist of the last 50 years.

Styx is a rule, we all know it. (Photo by Gus Stewart/Getty Images)

Styx

A reader sent me a message that just said “Styz” in the subject and then “And it’s not close,” in the body.

I’m assuming he meant Styx, but for all I know there could be a band named Styz that kicks a ton of ass. It would be a good name for a Styx cover band though.

Anyway, if it was Styx he was talking about, I couldn’t agree more. Major omission.

“Mr. Roboto” is unironically one of my favorite songs of all time, and of course I also love all the “good” songs like “Renegade”, “Blue-Collar Man” and “Too Much Time On My Hands”.

Boston

Matt (what a name) wrote in a band that I’m actually disappointed with Austin and I didn’t think of:

I wouldn’t necessarily take away any of your top 5, but Boston should be in, heck, based on his music inventions/contributions as Rockman, Tom Scholz should make it on his own. Depends on whose stats you trust, but most say Boston sold over 50 million total albums, and their debut release set the record for highest sales until it was broken 15 years later. Sure, they might be overproduced musically, but More Than a Feeling – damn, that song alone should be in the hall of fame. Cranking up that song while driving is a feeling in itself.

Neil Sedaka was a songwriting machine on top of his performance. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

Neil Sedaka

Another reader sent in the late Neil Sedaka, and that’s a guy I just assumed was in, but he’s not.

And it’s criminal.

A long career, an incredible body of work and what is arguably one of the greatest achievements of all time:

Hair, moves, mom jeans. It’s magic.

Also, the song is amazing!

True story: the great Colin Quinn used to essentially Rickroll people with that video on Twitter, which I thought was the funniest thing ever.

I showed that “Bad Blood” performance to my wife and she loved it so much we put the song on the dinner playlist at our wedding.

Could Linkin Park one day lead a wave of nu metal bands making the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

Linkin Park

Something I noticed while putting my list together was that now metal bands are now eligible for the Hall of Fame and at some point they will, but who will be first?

My first thought was Slipknot or Korn, but I think a reader nailed it with Linkin Park:

My biggest snub is Linkin Park. How the hell are they not in?!? They check so many boxes. Sold tons of albums, tons of radio hits, critical success, and unfortunatelya personal tragedy with Chester’s passing. They were the voices of 2000s rock radio, and the ones who really put nu-metal into the mainstream.

I think they’ll make it eventually, but it’s hard to see other late 90s/2000s groups like The White Stripes and Foo Fighters making it (deservedly), but not Linkin Park.