2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

[Draconator]

No Billy Idol or New Order. Hmph. 

 

Performer Category:
Bad Company
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker
Cyndi Lauper
Outkast
Soundgarden
The White Stripes (?)

Musical Influence Award:
Salt-N-Pepa
Warren Zevon

Musical Excellence Award:
Thom Bell
Nicky Hopkins
Carol Kaye

Ahmet Ertegun Award:
Lenny Waronker

https://rockhall.com/2025-inductees/

[Mike in Horseheads]

Surprised Chubby Checker wasn't already in

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, Draconator said:

New Order

So I’m not their only fan in here? Saw them with Johnny Rottens band at Darien Lake. 

[Draconator]

14 minutes ago, US Egg said:

So I’m not their only fan in here? Saw them with Johnny Rottens band at Darien Lake. 

That had to be amazing!

[US Egg]

8 minutes ago, Draconator said:

That had to be amazing!

New Order was. Johnny Rottens band drew a lot of punkers, but didn’t do any Sex Pistols songs, which was disappointing. That was a fun phase of music, that techno stuff late ‘80’s. OMD, Erasure. As I’ve mentioned my crowning glory of that era was seeing Depeche Mode at the CNE. That was surreal.

 

 

Edited Monday at 05:00 AM by US Egg

[Gregg]

They should change the name to Music Hall of Fame. A lot of the inductees they have included over the years have nothing to do with Rock and Roll.

[Draconator]

8 hours ago, US Egg said:

my crowning glory of that era was seeing Depeche Mode at the CNE. That was surreal.

 

 

They're still amazing

 

 

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

They should change the name to Music Hall of Fame. A lot of the inductees they have included over the years have nothing to do with Rock and Roll.

I’d go with ‘The Decline of Western Civilization Exhibition’…..I’m proof.

[Doc]

9 hours ago, US Egg said:

So I’m not their only fan in here? Saw them with Johnny Rottens band at Darien Lake. 

Didn’t know about them until I started dating my wife. She was/is a huge fan.  Saw them in 2022 the night of the Monday night game against the Titans, where they blew them out. They were with the Pet Shop Boys. Awesome show.

[US Egg]

26 minutes ago, Doc said:

Didn’t know about them until I started dating my wife. She was/is a huge fan.  Saw them in 2022 the night of the Monday night game against the Titans, where they blew them out. They were with the Pet Shop Boys. Awesome show.

Buffalo area never got wise to that ‘80’s music style. My one wife introduced me to it, it was huge in Toronto then. We were there a lot for shows. I rented an apartment in the heart of the West end of London last summer. Everyday there had that Pet Shop Boys song in my head.

[The Poojer]

He lives a couple of miles from me in Paoli PA, I see him take his trash out every once in a while

 

On 4/27/2025 at 9:25 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

Surprised Chubby Checker wasn't already in

[ChevyVanMiller]

On 4/27/2025 at 10:25 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

Surprised Chubby Checker wasn't already in

Yes, him getting in after being eligible for so many years was quite a twist.

[Just Jack]

New Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ‘not invited back’ to NYS Fair

 

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Chubby Checker “was not invited back” to the NYS Fair, the singer’s manager Shelly Field told NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) and CNY Central on Monday. “While Chubby plays many fairs around the country, including a few in New York State, The Great New York State Fair was always special to him and he looked forward to returning,” Field told CNY Central. “Chubby loves New York State and loves performing at fairs.”