Rock Hall 2025 Inductees: Big Names and Big Snubs

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was announced last night on “American Idol”.  There are 13 inductees.

In the Performers category we have:  Bad Company . . . Chubby Checker . . . Joe Cocker . . . Cyndi Lauper . . . Outkast . . . Soundgarden . . . and The White Stripes.

Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be inducted in the “Musical Influence” category.

Three more are being recognized in the “Musical Excellence” category:  R&B songwriter and producer Thom Bell . . . pianist and organist Nicky Hopkins . . . and bassist Carol Kaye.

And the Ahmet Ertegun award will go to Lenny Waronker.  He was once the president of Warner Bros. Records, before co-founding DreamWorks Records.

As for the snubs, Phish won the fan vote last week, with 330,000 votes.  Bad Company came in second, and Billy Idol followed in third.  Despite the love from fans, Phish and Billy Idol didn’t get in.  So for Billy, it was more of a RED WEDDING.  Sorry.

The fan vote doesn’t have a ton of influence on who makes the Hall.  It only counts for a SINGLE BALLOT, among roughly 1,200 that are cast.

This is just the second time that the winner of the fan vote didn’t make it in.  Previously, it was the Dave Matthews Band in 2020.  But they finally got in last year.

The Induction Ceremony will take place November 8th in L.A.  It will stream live on Disney+.  It’ll be available to stream on Hulu the next day, and will get a special broadcast on ABC at a later date.  (Rock Hall) 

Here’s Ryan Seacrest making the announcement.