The newest Rock Hall inductees are:

[a kennedy]

Mary J. Blige.
Cher.
Dave Matthews Band.
Foreigner.
Peter Frampton.
Kool & The Gang.
Ozzy Osbourne.
A Tribe Called Quest.

In addition, the musical influence award will go to a trio of blues heroes – Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton.

Jimmy Buffett will be honored posthumously with the musical excellence award, along with MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield.

The annual Ahmet Ertegun award will go to screenwriter/TV producer Suzanne de Passe, who served as executive producer of “Showtime At the Apollo” from 2002-2008.

[underpants]

1. Dave Mathews played a club in Richmond every Wednesday night for a couple years

They tapes yes TAPES at/after the show. They got to where they are by putting in the time and world of mouth on college campuses. I never went to see one of their shows in The Bottom. I wish I had.

[Bayard]

3. Would have loved to see that

I can't believe they aren't already in the Hall, as well as, some of these others.

[Ponietz]

2. Pathetic and meaningless

Who’s left to choose for next year’s inductees? Iron Butterfly? 10cc? Pantera?
Rock is dead. Get over it Grandpa.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Actually, Streaming Data Show...

..a big uptick in rock & country. Rock is up nearly 100% in 2 years.
These 2 genres took their biggest bites out of Rap/Hip-Hop.
https://www.bennysutton.com/blog/1840-rick-beato-music-trends.
2 out of every 11 streams is rock.
So, your proclamation seems contradicted by the actual numbers.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. Rock's definitely not dead.

Rock stars still sell out arenas and are downloaded in high amounts on streaming platforms. And Pantera should definitely be in the Hall of Fame.

[Charlie Chapulin]

4. Yeah, whatevz...

Seems whether a band rocked, or didn’t, they will all end up in the Hall of Fame. Those that truly were influencers, and Foreigner, et al.

[quaint]

5. All good.

John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton particularly great choices.
Not familiar with Quest but they must be as goid as the other inductees.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. No Issues From Me

I get that it hasn't been about rock for quite a while.
A lot of it sales volume. Mary J sold nearly 40 million records just in the US.

[JoseBalow]

12. I couldn't name a single Mary J Whatever song

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Yet She's Sold...

...albums in 12 digits.
I'm not a fan, but she was huge at some point.

[Iggo]

8. Bad Company.

Should go in over at least five on that list.

B-52s, same.

[debm55]

9. Agree

[BOSSHOG]

17. Bad Company should have been in long ago

It sure ain’t their music keeping them out.

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. My husband will be happy that Ozzy made it in.

He's a huge fan.

As for me, I'm glad Cher made it in.

[rogerballard]

14. I saw Peter Frampton at the Flint IMA in the 70's...

That was when you could get fairly close to the stage, he was magical.

[ificandream]

15. Good for Frampton, the blues artists and Cher.

But the Rock Hall is really a joke in the way it plays favorites. The fact that the Monkees are not in the Hall -- not even Nesmith or Dolenz as solo artists -- is really really sad. But they're not the only examples. It needs to come down off its high horse and admit more great artists and not leave them on the side because Jann Wenner or the Hall committee is prejudiced against them.

I saw Frampton a few times -- once opening for John Mayall, once at Winterland (I believe that was the night a sign hung from the balcony saying, "We're here to see you, Peter!" and with Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band. Loved his first solo album.

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[Iggo]

16. They had to be forced to put in Rush.

RUSH !!!