Foghat

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1998

First Recording: 1972

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Foghat
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Slow Ride (1975)

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Will Foghat be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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Great loud band. Besides the three radio hits they are mostly known for, they also had some great albums. Stone Blue, Energizer, night shift and Rock n Roll outlaws. Wild Cherry is a wonderful upbeat song that should be played loud while getting it on with a girlfriend. But that is just my opinion. Boogie Motel was another great album because of the different types of music the ban displayed on that record. A great boogie rock, jam band. Listen to their later live albums in the nineties, and they just jam even better. At the end of the really long songs such as Drivin' wheel, Stone Blue, Sweet Home Chicago, Honey Hush and Slow Ride they knew how to end those eight minutes or more musical workout numbers. I know this because each song ended different from the other if you listen to the ending licks and riffs. I think that is pretty impressive. I wish i seen them live, but youtube is alright. I didnt start listening to classic rock until 1991 and then blues (besides SRV) until 1999. Glad i expanded my musical tastes, because Johnny Winter has been the guitarist i like the best since 99. Back to the main subject, there was a reason why i had a cheap five dollar headphones plugged in a cheap thirty dollar boombox. So i could jam to FOGHAT while walking to labor ready or to the bar. So HEll yes they belong in the hall of fame. I think they should have another hall of fame. Strictly for classic rock, heavy metal and blues members only. That would produce much better satisfying results as many legendary artists will be inducted in this new class in the first five years. Rock On!

Posted by Chad N on Thursday, 10/27/2016 @ 16:05pm


They're a great band, but not HOF-worthy, sorry.

Posted by Barry on Friday, 09/8/2017 @ 13:31pm


RIP Craig MacGregor

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 11:10am


They’re more likely to be on the Singles category rather than an actual induction.

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 10:31am


Foghat not on the radar for any chance of nomination.
Do not meet criteria.

Posted by Mark on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 22:42pm



to people who say no..............they have no clue what they are talking about.if slow ride was there only song they should be in.but they were so much more then that song. lo dave and rod price the most underated blues rockers ever along with kim simmonds.it is time to put them in although it is a loittle late!!!!!! assholes

Posted by ralph on Tuesday, 10/29/2019 @ 17:17pm


Another year, another snub. Of course they should be in. When you say, "Stairway to Heaven", and "Freebird", you have to say "Slowride". It is one of the anthems of rock. But that isn't the only justification. They were a tight, innovative group that stayed true to what they knew. And if you never saw them live, you missed it. Brother, you missed it.

Posted by Mark on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 11:18am


Musical excellence? Foghat surpasses Beastie Boys etc.

Posted by RC on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 20:45pm


The first two albums were great but I think everything after that was good not great. I agree that Foghat is much more worthy than many of the stupid bands in the RHOF, but the RHOF is just a joke itself.

Posted by Jeffro on Wednesday, 02/10/2021 @ 11:42am


Foghat 1977 live was one of the best live album I bought. That is good enough to catapult them to hall of fame. But as everyone agrees rock and roll hof has overlooked so many great bands like thin Lizzy, nugent, Motörhead, even Uriah heep. Time to wake up rnr hof!

Posted by Ac on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 21:28pm


Rrhof is screwed up no foghat, savoy brown, Grand funk railroad, Tina turner, humble pie wow amazing that they must be deaf

Posted by Tom lauber on Saturday, 04/24/2021 @ 18:28pm


The fact that Foghat is not in the "hall of fame" has always been a joke. As a teenager they were one of my favorites & except for the 1 or 2 songs that have received so much radio time, I still enjoy their music. It's timeless & that alone is a good reason why they should be there. To the few of you jack offs that commented that they don't deserve to be in, you are as big of a joke as the hall itself. I'm sure that your taste in music is as terrible as too many of the inductees.

Posted by Mark Borosky on Tuesday, 05/18/2021 @ 14:10pm


I saw Foghat in concert in 1975 and it was one of the best concerts I experienced. That was Rock & Roll!

Posted by Larry on Tuesday, 08/17/2021 @ 21:34pm


To not put Foghat in the hall of fame in just as criminal as commiting murder. I am 70 years old and Foghat has been the constant foot stompin, head bobbin. heart beating rock n roll since I first heard it in high school. Strong guitar music is what makes rock n roll just like the Rolling Stones, and Foghat had it all, vocals, strong lead guitar, inovative slide guitar, bass guitar drums, they had it it all. For all of you that dont think so,you dont know jack shit about rock n roll music. Stop putting in rap, soul, and other so called artist in and do what is right and put Foghat in the hall!

Posted by Robert Smith on Saturday, 09/25/2021 @ 17:10pm


One of my favorite band all time. Some other great songs. I Just Want To Make Love to You, Road Fever, Stone Blue. Slide guitar was the best I have heard from any band. I didn't see them live at an arena but it did see them live in a bar a couple of time later in their career. They have at least 5 solid albums. The Foghat live album is one of the best live albums ever made.

Posted by Crawford on Tuesday, 01/11/2022 @ 17:29pm


Foghat was a blast to listen to in the seventies and still are today! Sledgehammer pulsing crank up the volume shit kicking rock and roll! Induct now!

Posted by Thomas Pschierer on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 18:24pm


I worry about this generation and their definition of rock, to even know who should be in the Hall. So far these numb skulls have inducted Madonna, Tupac and the damn Go Gos. What the hell do they have to do with rock?!! of course Foghat and not to leave out FOREIGNER!!!! deserve to be in the Hall. Thank you for being able to voice my opinion.

Posted by Chris Scott on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 23:46pm


I'm Lonesome Dave's brother. I cry when Slow Ride comes on the radio. I played drums with David before Savoy Brown days and YES he love blues and rock and it beats me as to why Fight are not in the Hall.

Posted by John Peverett on Thursday, 07/7/2022 @ 12:23pm


Started listening to foghat at 13 in mid 70s...first album I heard was fights live..i couldn't stop listening to it and after that got all I could find and keep up with when the next 1 was coming out...been a favorite forever...they are way past due for the nomination to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame...thier songs play everyday on classic rock radio and probably will for years to come because the legends are a part off our life and should be recognized as the greats they were

Posted by Scott on Sunday, 10/2/2022 @ 18:53pm


To snub a great band like Foghat is pure sacrilege.I mean you have bullshit like Tupac, Flavor Flav,LL Cool J and of all the slaps in the face Madonna (what a joke). Let's not forget Dolly. The name of the place starts with Rock and Roll. Oh well Eddie Trunk says it best 'Rock and Roll Hall of Shame.

Posted by Bruce on Monday, 02/20/2023 @ 08:17am


Foghat is worthy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is equal to the injustices of the early Grammys when bands like the Beatles, Stones, ect, ect. We're snubbed.
Foghat had everything it takes to be a great band. Great songwriting, vocals, lead guitar. A super tight band.
All of their Albums on the bearsville label front and back are excellent.
The r&r hall of fame is a joke until they start inducting these great bands from the late sixties and seventies. Starting with Foghat.

Posted by Tom LaDuke on Sunday, 03/19/2023 @ 12:19pm


The RRHof is bullshit
Yoko Ono is in the RRHOF
ENOUGH SAID

Posted by Fischbonz on Tuesday, 07/11/2023 @ 23:59pm


fischbonz

What are you talking about??? Yoko is not in the rock hall, though I think she should be.

Posted by Elle Dee on Wednesday, 07/12/2023 @ 00:59am


Foghat is one of the British iconic bands. Slow Ride alone makes them worthy. They had 12 Platinum albums and one Double Platinum. Def Leopard is in. Then Foghat must be in. But we know the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is many times a second class organization.

Posted by Carl Hardy on Wednesday, 08/16/2023 @ 09:30am


After seeing this year's 2023 inductees into the R'rR Hall of Fame and to think Foghat is not makes the whole idea and history of what we though was the R'R Hall of Fame a joke. Foghat may not be your 'favorite' rock 'n roll band but all their music over the years have been the very essence of what is, and had been since 1955. So you people running 'the Hall' would select Missy Elliott over Foghat to be in the ROCK 'N ROLL Hall of Fame! What a sad joke!

Posted by Kenny barr on Sunday, 11/12/2023 @ 17:05pm


Foghat should be in the rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame, you people that do the actual inducting should take your collective heads out of your collective asses!

Posted by Don O on Tuesday, 11/21/2023 @ 11:10am


FOGHAT HAS MORE ROCK N ROLL IN THEIR MUSIC THAN MANY OF THE BANDS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME NOW. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BE IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME BUT I DO KNOW FOGHAT IS A GREAT ROCKING BAND. COME ON HALL OF FAME YOU LOOK BAD ON THIS ONE. NO FOGHAT IN THE HALL AND I WILL NOT VISIT THE HALL UNTIL FOGHAT IS IN. I DO SINCERELY WISH SOMEONE WOULD TELL ME WHAT FOGHAT DID OR DID NOT DO TO BE BLACK BALLED FROM THE HALL OF ROCK.

Posted by LARRY on Thursday, 11/30/2023 @ 12:48pm


Anyone who says Foghat doesn't qualify is nuts. Missy Elliot just got in for God's sake. It's not the rap/hiphop HOF. Willie Nelson just got in. It's not the country music HOF. Rock and roll! Selling millions of albums and selling out stadiums for decades evidently doesn't qualify.

Posted by Tom on Thursday, 01/18/2024 @ 17:47pm


The R&RHOF is a f'n joke! It has nothing to do with Rock & Roll. You have rappers (rap IS NOT music!) & other shit too numerous to mention in this thing. Growing up in the 60's & 70's, Foghat would have been one of the first inductees into a REAL R&RHOF. I will never visit this piece of shit place & anybody who has a real rock & roll heart should feel the same.

Posted by MARK on Monday, 02/12/2024 @ 10:21am


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