The Top 100 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hopefuls

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Top 100 Snubs

Bashing the Rock Hall has become the quite vogue thing to do. Of course, they have inducted hundreds of deserving artists alongside those who raise many music fans eyebrows. However, fans get outraged this time every year when their favorites get snubbed…yet again. In the true spirit of Dave’s Music Database, the occasion for a list presented itself. Just who are the biggest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs, those acts which fans most think have been overlooked? More than 90 lists were consolidated to create this list of the top 100 overlooked acts which will hopefully someday be enshrined in the Hall. Here we go: See other Hall of Fames. 1. Iron Maiden 2. Motörhead 3. The Smiths 4. Jethro Tull 5. Pixies 6. Joy Division 7. Sonic Youth 8. Devo 9. King Crimson 10. Chic 11. Boston 12. The Monkees 13. Thin Lizzy 14. New York Dolls 15. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 16. The Replacements 17. Jane’s Addiction 18. Mötley Crüe 19. The Guess Who 20. Gram Parsons 21. Styx 22. The B-52’s 23. Dick Dale 24. John Coltrane 25. New Order 26. Slayer 27. Steppenwolf 28. Brian Eno 29. Alice in Chains 30. Björk 31. Three Dog Night 32. War 33. Big Star 34. Diana Ross 35. Weird Al Yankovic 36. Smashing Pumpkins 37. Chuck Willis 38. Nick Drake 39. Procol Harum 40. Pantera 41. Barry White 42. Harry Nilsson 43. Blue Öyster Cult 44. Wu-Tang Clan 45. The Scorpions 46. Captain Beefheart 47. Tommy James & the Shondells 48. Megadeth 49. Ben E. King 50. Mariah Carey 51. Billy Idol 52. INXS 53. The Dominoes 54. Eric B. & Rakim 55. The Marvelettes 56. Mary Wells 57. Television 58. Jim Croce 59. The Runaways 60. Connie Francis 61. J. Geils Band 62. Love 63. Bad Brains 64. The Meters 65. Black Flag 66. Carpenters 67. Oasis 68. Jan & Dean 69. Commodores 70. Joe Tex 71. X 72. Afrika Bambaataa 73. Steve Winwood 74. Mott the Hoople 75. Tool 76. Beck 77. Grand Funk Railroad 78. The Pointer Sisters 79. Ted Nugent 80. Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio 81. Phil Collins 82. Faith No More 83. Ronnie James Dio 84. Los Lobos 85. Daft Punk 86. Toots & the Maytals 87. The Shangri-La’s 88. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 89. De La Soul 90. Dead Kennedys 91. Supertramp 92. Patti LaBelle 93. Rick James 94. Merle Haggard 95. Stone Temple Pilots 96. Little Feat 97. Nas 98. The Sonics 99. Badfinger 100. The Buzzcocks Resources/Related Links: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website Dave’s Music Database: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees” Dave’s Music Database: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ranked” Dave’s Music Database: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame/NARM’s Definitive Albums” Dave’s Music Database: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll” Dave’s Music Database (9/2/1995). “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its doors” Dave’s Music Database (1/23/1986). “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class” FutureRockLegends.com First posted 10/11/2011; last updated 5/3/2025.