This linked list- it's criminal that Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige are nominated. Some on this list:
America, Bad Company, Badfinger, Asia, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Blind Faith, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, The Cult, Spencer Davis Group, Devo, Dio, ELP, John Fogerty, Foghat, Foreigner, Frampton, J Geils Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Humble Pie, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, James Gang, Jethro Tull, Kansas, King Crimson, Korn, Annie Lennox, Manfred Mann, Marshall Tucker Band, MC5, Meat Loaf, Megadeth, The Monkees, Montrose, Motorhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Nazareth, NY Dolls, Night Ranger, Ted Nugent (will never happen and we know why), The Outlaws, Pixies, Robert Freaking Plant, Iggy Pop, Procol Harum, Rainbow, The Rasberries, REO Speedwagon, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Slade, Slayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Billy Squier, Steppenwolf, Stone Temple Pilots, Stray Cats, Styx, Supertramp, Thin Lizzy, 38 Special, Three Dog Night, Tool, Toto, Uriah Heep, Joe Walsh, War, Steve Winwood, Warren Zevon.
And not on the list, but Living Colour. A definite bias against alternative and hard rock bands in favor of artists with very questionable "rock" credentials.
A list of artists who are eligible but have not been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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