Bad Co should be in. RRHO...shame !!!!!!!
Paul Rodgers...Free, Bad Co, Firm, Queen, Solo stuff. One of the best to ever do it. Great lead front man.

Posted by Jim on Monday, 04/22/2013 @ 22:06pm

I'm thinking its closer to pop hall of fame when a band like Bad Co is not in or more like hall of shame

Posted by Dave on Monday, 05/27/2013 @ 10:19am

Just saw Skynerd and Bad Co 7-17-13 in Camden Nj. Met Paul Rodgers and looked him in the eye and told him I've met rock stars before like Billy Idol and Eddie Money but now i could say i met a Rock Legend. The mans voice is beyond belief. Such feeling. Such a joke they arent in .

Posted by jersey steve on Thursday, 07/18/2013 @ 00:06am

Go to a Bad Co concert...watch every person there sing along with every song and be amazed at how good Rodgers still sounds...40 yrs later. Listen to the greatest vocalist ever in rock....see the 2 hrs go by and you're wanting more. Great musicians, some timeless anthems still played on the radio today, class act all the way. Only problem is a very short time frame, a la Free, where they were putting out the tunes. Still, high quality, timeless music on the first 3 albums should get them in. At least Paul if not the band

Posted by steve on Thursday, 11/14/2013 @ 17:15pm

I saw Bad Company this summer in NW Indiana. The crowd couldn't get enough (pun intended) of them. Sounded fantastic on every song. When acts like Madonna and Donna freakin' Summer, along with hip hop groups are voted in and bands lik Bar Company and Deep Purple are not, it makes th R and R hall of fake a complete joke. I won't waste a second of my life there until Bad Co is in.

Posted by Mark on Saturday, 12/21/2013 @ 09:43am

It's astonishing Paul Rodgers hasnt been inducted yet in any of his groups. I agree with the poster who stated Paul Rodgers was such a great vocalist. Just a wonderful voice rich in tone. Love when Rodgers sings any songs.

Bad Company showcased an impressive number of hits in the 70's & early 80's. Shooting Star,Feel Like Makin' Love,Bad Company,I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love,Rock & Roll Strategy to name a few.

I think Bad Company will be elected to RRHOF eventually. Paul.Rodgers commands great respect from his peers & influenced some of the younger RRHOF inductees.Including the vocalists.You might see a grassroots movement to get him in RRHOF soon. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01/29/2014 @ 02:00am

It's astonishing Paul Rodgers hasnt been inducted yet in any of his groups. I agree with the poster who stated Paul Rodgers was such a great vocalist. Just a wonderful voice rich in tone. Love when Rodgers sings any songs.

Bad Company showcased an impressive number of hits in the 70's & early 80's. Shooting Star,Feel Like Makin' Love,Bad Company,I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love,Rock & Roll Strategy to name a few.

I think Bad Company will be elected to RRHOF eventually. Paul.Rodgers commands great respect from his peers & influenced some of the younger RRHOF inductees.Including the vocalists.You might see a grassroots movement to get him in RRHOF soon. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01/29/2014 @ 02:04am

It's astonishing Paul Rodgers hasnt been inducted yet in any of his groups.

Bad Company showcased an impressive number of hits in the 70's & early 80's. Shooting Star,Feel Like Makin' Love,Bad Company,I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love,Rock & Roll Strategy to name a few.

I think Bad Company will be elected to RRHOF eventually.

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01.29.14 @ 02:04am
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I edited your post briefly, for length.

I agree w/you about Rodgers. I also agree w/you about Bad Co. Thing is, they didn't have that giant, 20+ yr. career that the Hall loves to see in major inductees. Unless you have a staggering effect over the course of two or three albums like some acts do, they want that lengthy career. Bad. Co. falls between too much & not enough.

I know I'd like to see them get in, & I'd like to believe they have a shot. However, it's a little dicey. We had a discussion a ways back on singers that were spread all over the place, career-wise. Rodgers name kept coming up, what with Bad Co., the Firm, etc. The Hall really needs to address those sorts of singers, at least if they're not going to deal w/any of their individual groups.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 01/29/2014 @ 15:47pm

For those who are interested, the "Behind The Music: Remastered" episode on Bad Company is scheduled to air on Thursday July 24, 2014 @ 11 a.m. E.D.T.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/13/2014 @ 17:52pm

For those who are interested, the "Behind The Music: Remastered" episode on Bad Company is scheduled to air on
VH1 Classic on Thursday July 24, 2014 @ 11 a.m.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/13/2014 @ 17:55pm

How in the hell is Bad Company NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame ????? I am from Cleveland and I'm embarrassed at some of the awful groups that have been inducted !!!!
Bad Company, Boston, Moody Blues, Journey ????
Who is voting ?? They should all have been included, long ago.
I went to the"Hall of Shame" and watched a video on all of the people inducted. I am a huge music fan...I didn't know half of them.
What a load of crap !!!!!
Shame on the voters...These groups have stood the test of time.
I just saw Bad Co. perform last week. They were amazing !!!!!
Time to set things right for 2015!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by donna on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 00:30am

Donna: If you only knew half of the inducted artists, then you are not a huge music fan!!!!!
Listening to only classic rock radio does not qualify someone as a huge music fan!!!!!!
Many of these groups have only stood the test of time because they have been shoved down our throats by Clear Channel!!!!!!
While other very important acts are not!!!!!!!

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 09:28am

The Rock Hall merits a certain degree of criticism at times, but whenever I see someone using the phrase "Rock and Roll Hall of Shame", I see it as evidence of a surly and uncreative mind at work, and take it as my cue to not that them very seriously.

Posted by PopeCharming on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 09:46am

Gassman and PopeCharming - Co-signed.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 10:09am

oops- ""Take it as my cue to not take them very seriously."

Posted by PopeCharming on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 10:39am

Cheesecrop stated that he doesnt see Bad Companys influence in other bands. Two words-Paul Rodgers. What band is going to be able to adopt Bad Co's blues rock sound when theres only ONE Paul Rodgers? Where are you gonna get a vocalist who not only has a great voice but sings with the necessary feel needed for the bluesy sound? Would you start a band knowingyou could never find a singer to fit that style? Think people. Bad Co should have already been in and Rodgers, based on body of work and talent, should be inducted twice.

Posted by rock authority on Sunday, 08/17/2014 @ 03:15am

Bad Company is and always will be one of the best band around. Paul Rodgers has the greatest voice. This group needs to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I can check them off my music bucket list. It was the best concert ever!!!

Posted by Diane on Wednesday, 08/27/2014 @ 19:25pm

I mean what comes to mind when you think of Hall of Fame. I think talent, success, longevity, is your music relevant 35yrs after being recorded. A big YES on all counts. I hadn't been to a concert since the 80's and last summer i went to Bad Co./Skynerd. Skynerd opened and were great, but i was there to see what i consider to be one of the Top 5 rock vocalists of all time. They opened with Rock and Roll Fantasy and theres Rodgers twirling the mic stand over his head and hitting those notes with all the feel he did 35 yrs ago. I mean the band was really good, but your there to see a one of a kind Rock Legend sing. It's truly astonishing that they arent in. Paul Rodgers could have gotten in twice already and noone would complain.

Posted by Rock Authority on Saturday, 08/30/2014 @ 17:54pm

I saw Bad Company with Skynyrd this summer and Paul Rodgers was amazing. After the concert I went on YouTube and saw an unbelievable body of work by this rock superstar. No doubt Free should be in as well as Bad Company. Just great bands. PAUL Rodgers gets in by himself as well.

Posted by TJ on Thursday, 11/27/2014 @ 02:19am

Huge music fan. I came to this site to see when, not if Bad Company made it in, and was surprised to find they're not yet in. I can't fathom what could be keeping them out. To me this band meets every possible criteria to get in. Talent? They had it in spades. Success? Of course! Longevity? 30+ years and going strong. Influence? There are tons of bands who try, but fail to emulate what Bad Company has done. Their songs still resonate. I know people who weren't alive when their music was out and love the music. They remain relevant, and even though most of their success came in the 70s, the songs still sound fresh and amazing. It's a travesty these guys aren't in, along with a few other groups. I can't wait for the Hall to fix this. Hopefully sooner than later.

Posted by Roger on Thursday, 12/18/2014 @ 12:06pm

Cheesecrop stated that he doesn't see Bad Company's influence in other bands.

Posted by rock authority on Sunday, 08.17.14 @ 03:15am
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You got me wrong here. Re-read what I wrote. Perhaps you confused me w/someone else.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 10:26am

I'd love to see Paul Rodgers and Natalie Merchant singing in a group together. Would be best of all time. Bad Company deserves the induction. Maybe, they sneak Paul Rodgers in under the Musical Excellence banner. These guys were rock and roll. The songs Bad Company, Feel Like Making Love, Rock and Roll Fantasy I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, are Classics and have stood test of time. Thought their music was excellent and 6 strong albums. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 05/23/2015 @ 02:18am

I'd love to see Paul Rodgers and Natalie Merchant singing in a group together. Would be best of all time. Bad Company deserves the induction. Maybe, they sneak Paul Rodgers in under the Musical Excellence banner. These guys were rock and roll. The songs Bad Company, Feel Like Making Love, Rock and Roll Fantasy I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, are Classics and have stood test of time. Thought their music was excellent and 6 strong albums. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 05/23/2015 @ 02:26am

I think Bad Company will be nominated in 2016. 4 Classic Rock inductions clears a space for Bad Company. Paul Rodgers is one of the most glaring admissions now with Chicago and Deep Purple inducted. I think the Bad Company songs still wonderful to listen to and sound fresh not dated. There will be tons of support to get Paul Rodgers inducted the next 5 years. A singer of the highest order. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/27/2015 @ 22:34pm

Saw them the other night in concert. Very great show, and they sounded like they did on the 8-tracks!

Reason #128 Why The Rock Hall is not taken seriously: Paul Rodgers is not in. In fact, I don't even think he has been nominated. I don't care if he gets in with Free, Bad Co or if he even gets that Musical Excellence or any other 'special side award'....he so needs to get in. Critics, fans and even RRHOFers praise him, from the late Freddie Mercury to John Cougar Mellencamp. He's worked with several RRHOFers, most notably Jimmy Page. Rodgers is even on Rolling Stone's list of Top 100 vocalists. Sometime within the next few years I hope he gets in. If not, the HOF should just not even call itself the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 06/20/2016 @ 19:21pm

I think Bad Company should have been inducted long ago. They had a huge impact on classic rock and with ushering in the era of big venues. They sold millions of records,

and still placed a top five album in the disco saturated market in 1979. You look at what bands they originally played in, and you add Paul Rodgers, who is in my opinion the greatest rock/blues ever. Lastly, there are a number of solo performers and bands that I seriously question having already been inducted.

Posted by Jack on Saturday, 08/27/2016 @ 12:13pm

Bad Company

01. Paul Rodgers (1973-Present)
02. Mick Ralphs (1973-Present)
03. Simon Kirke (1973-Present)
04. Boz Burrell (1973-Present)

Posted by Roy on Friday, 11/25/2016 @ 07:04am

First - I am shocked.... how is Bad Company not in???
But best Rock vocalist??? - that's Greg Lake - I am pretty sure he is already in - but if Bad Co is not - I have to look

Posted by elgee on Thursday, 12/22/2016 @ 17:08pm

Bad company not in lmao live in Ohio never been to the hall of fame as a teen in the 70s these guys rocked compared to some of the band's that are in its music critic's making the selections they should let the fan of these bands make the choices hall of fame is a joke

Posted by Lawrence Wallace on Wednesday, 12/13/2017 @ 09:45am

I may not be a fan of BC. But here’s one good reason why I think they should get an induction in the next few years: Increase more possibilities for King Crimson to get in. The late Boz Burrel was a member of those two bands I’ve mentioned. We need more than just a few prog bands to make it happen.

Posted by The Dude on Friday, 07/27/2018 @ 14:57pm

Gary Loizzo of the American work on the production end of some of Bad Companies' albums.

People have brought up that Paul Rodgers is very influential. I don't see it. All I come up with are a handful of Brits that have anything to say about him.

Now when you go back to Free, the name that comes up over and over again is Andy Fraser. I have come up with a lot of comments about his bass playing.

Maybe they could get in on a garbage dump ballot but I do not see them getting enough votes if they have real competition.

If a ballot had 5 of the following I do not see them getting inducted

Chubby Checker
Peter Paul and Mary
Tommy James and the Shondels
Patsy Cline
Willie Nelson
5th Dimension
REO
Styx
The Guess Who
BTO
Kansas
Judy Collins
Gordon Lightfoot

Strong Probability of beating

Melanie
John Denver
Kris Kristofferson
The Big Bopper
Janis Ian
Waylon Jennings

Jimmy Buffet

Posted by Zuzu on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 17:06pm

should read Gary Loizzo of the American Breed

Posted by Zuzu on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 17:19pm

Wow, what a garbage ballot THAT would be!

#nochanceinhell

Posted by KXB on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 20:58pm

Actually KXB

Mostly what I see put up are garbage ballots. Since around 2000 most of the ballots have been garbage ballots. A garbage ballot is one that has mostly artists that the nom com knows will get barely any votes in order to push through artist that would not get enough votes like the ones that you want in. You know the people barely anyone wants to listen to that only influence more people that barely anyone wants to listen to. Who is going to vote for who you want in.

I put up a list of highly respected artist that have actually had an impact. I would love to see a ballot with the artist I listed and your choices.

Reality check time - guess who would be inducted

Posted by Zuzu on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 21:28pm

PAUL RODGERS RECALLS SURPRISE SUCCESS OF ‘FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE’

“Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers recalled how 1975 hit single “Feel Like Makin’ Love” had been a relatively easy song to write, and that he hadn’t been prepared for the response it has received since its release.”

“He’d had part of the idea in his mind long before he and guitarist Mick Ralphs sat down to start work on what would be the band’s second album Straight Shooter, as he told Uncle Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show.”

“‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ actually was a song that I had had in my mind, uncompleted,” Rodgers said. “You have songs on the back burner; I’m sure we all do, ideas and things. And I remember sitting down with Mick when we came to the second album. ‘Okay, what have you got?’ I said, ‘Well, I got this – ‘Baby, when I think about you…’ And Mick came in and said, ‘You know what you need in there? You need this – [the riff]’ And I went, ‘I feel like makin’ love.’”

“He added: “We had no idea that that would become this song with so much attached to it – memories, so much atmosphere, and a lot of love, really.” The song reached No.10 when it was released as a single four months after Straight Shooter, which was certified gold after four weeks on sale.”

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-rodgers-bad-company-feel-like-makin-love/

Posted by The Dude on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 11:13am

On Bad Company: Definitely on my 2019 Nomination List. Rodgers is an exemplary vocalist, guitar player, and pianist. I wonder if Paul Rodgers and the late Prince ever did a show together. It would have been a lights out concert. Bad Company even hit songs with Howe as vocalist. Musically, Bad Company could do anything they wished and perfected their style like Tom Petty. KING 👑

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 00:17am

Bad Co belongs in the HOF as much as the Stones the Beatles Led Zeppelin and the rest. They belong more than the garbage they have been putting in like the Cure Janet Jackson and Madonna as a matter of fact FREE should be inducted also the only reason for not including them is longevity. They have all the qualifications to be inducted DO IT

Posted by Bill on Wednesday, 05/8/2019 @ 00:25am

This is the biggest oversight/joke in the History of the R&R HOF!!!! How can the Quintessential Rock & Roll Garage-Band NOT be in the HOF??? Paul Rodgers should be in 3 times. With Free, Bad Company, and as a Solo act. When you come out of the defining Eras of modern 4/4-beat Rock & Roll, known as 'The Voice', and not be in, there's clearly a Political or Personal Issue of which we aren't aware.

When I see some of the One Hit Wonders, Easy Listening, Rap acts, and other non-Rock & Roll Genre acts in the R&R HOF, it makes my blood boil! Either change the name to Music Hall of Fame, or put in TRUE Pioneers of ROCK & ROLL...BAD COMPANY, PAUL RODGERS, & maybe even FREE!

WAKE UP and stop dealing in political correctness, nepotism, & the buddy system! You have lost all credibility with Rock & Roll Fans the World over!

Posted by TheRoadDawg on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 15:24pm

Clam yourself down, Road Dawg; the Company will get inducted in 2023 after Motley Crue, Foreigner and Boston, so they could make sure the votes are there Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 15:40pm

*Calm

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 15:41pm

A lot of credit has to be given to Brian Howe as well as Paul Rodgers for Bad Company's success if they do get inducted he should be included

Posted by chad reiss on Saturday, 07/27/2019 @ 12:51pm

Are they possibly too good to be in what is now the marginally gifted Hall of Fame? Maybe that is the hold up.

Posted by Daniel Detrick on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 02:25am

Paul Rodgers is the best blues rock vocalist by a fricken mile! The fact that Bad Co is not just a slap in the face is a spit in the face outrage. Come on Rock HOF please pull your heads out your butt!

Posted by Dale on Saturday, 03/28/2020 @ 10:28am

I'm in the minority. Bad Company sounds the same to me as any other seventies rock band, probably because radio played them too much along with Boston, Foreigner, Journey, Heart, etc...
Bad Company were a super group. Paul Rogers came from Free and Mick Ralphs was from Mott the Hoople. Led Zeppelin signed them to their Swan Song label. The association with LZ is inescapable to me. I can't avoid comparisons between them. No band was as mighty as Zeppelin so BC suffers in my estimation as a result. They seemed little more than than a Led clone out of the gate. But they probably made better albums than their bosses from about 1976 onward. LZ' "Presence" from that year doesn't get much appreciation from the faithful, but I like it as an offbeat departure for that band. By 1979, Bad Company had certainly overtaken Zeppelin in album releases; "In Through Out Door" is mostly awful. But Bad Company was running out of gas too. "Rock and Roll Fantasy" in '79 was their last major hit that most casual fans can identify.
I would prefer Mick Ralphs inducted with Mott (Bowie produced them, that's enough recommendation to listen ) and Paul Rogers get in as a solo artist for his cumulative work between both bands.

Posted by Minority report on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 20:24pm

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-bad-company-singer-brian-howe-dead-at-66/

Former BAD COMPANY Singer BRIAN HOWE Dead At 66

RIP

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 08:41am

With all respects to Whitney Houston, she's NOT Rock & Roll....
Pop isn't Rock, Classical isn't pop &
country isn't Rock.
It's time The Rock & Roll Experts (as they call themselves) get together & Watch a Whitney Houston Concert. After That they should get together & Watch Bad Co @ Wembley Arena 4-11-2010
Whitney's Rock & Paul is Not.
Their taste is all in their mouth.

Posted by RocknRoll on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 18:28pm

No offense to Bad Company, but if you compare them as artist outside of genre Whitney blows Bad Company out of the water. Not just in terms of talent either! But her legacy alone is irreplaceable, unlike Bad Company where they could've been switched with any generic 70's rock band and it wouldn't alter the history of music.

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 18:54pm

BAD COMPANY! NOT IN THE HALL! You know how this makes me feel??? I AM 100% IN BELIEF! Like they're just a shitty version of Journey! Come on, they won't make the hall anytime soon! Maybe if we stopped making music for a few years, they could get in sooner!

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 20:10pm

@ FakePassport

You must be a hipster who is trying to be cool and edgy rather than making a more elaborate comment. Calling Bad Company a shitty version of Journey is like calling the Pixies a shitty version of Nirvana. Paul Rogers - who is well respected within the music industry - have been doing his career longer than ya think.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 22:22pm

@FakePassport
You just got burned, son!

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 08:27am

Hey, I just wanted to apologize :(
I was drunk surfing the internet when I found this site and said that (damn quarantine!)... I've been looking over the site the and it seems like you guys have an amazing community so for that I apologize for talking smack. Great site! Def gonna spend a bunch of time on it though and explore the rest!!

Also The Dude- Great comeback! I'm sorry for my ignorance, that's actually a great point, and I respect that comment so much! Def put me in my place!

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Sunday, 05/10/2020 @ 10:27am

I been listen' lately to Bad Company free, courtesy of Prime. Curiously, "Rock and Roll Fantasy" was unavailable to listen, but the rest of their greatest hits album "10 from 6" could be had. Two of the tracks were selections I'd never heard: 'Electricland' and 'Live For the Music.' Neither is very good. Greatest Hits Albums usually have ten tracks, and Bad Company barely made it over the finish line with this collection, which rates less than ten. I listened to their debut too to go beyond the obvious songs. Their debut may be their best and has a couple tracks I wish had been substituted on 10/6 for the two mentioned. The mellow "Ready for Love" (10/6) has a nice interlude/bridge in it. "Rock Steady" is not the Aretha hit, but it's as good as much of what this band made(and sounds like 'Back in Black'). "Don't Let Me Down" sounds like gospel (for this band, anyway), but heaven forbid they should sound "soulful" or their fans would revolt. The atmospheric title track (10/6) is the best off the debut, though it's not the only highlight. So the best from the band Bad Company is really the album "Bad Company" and single 'Bad Company'.

I also listened to "Straight Shooter". The opener 'Good Love Gone Bad' sounds like Free's 'Alright Now', a little derivative . "Feel Like Makin' Love" (10/6) is the epitome of a power ballad- and rocks. The tragic rocker tale "Shooting Star" may be the band's most ambitious song from a storytelling perspective, but the lyrics lack insight. The band is like Johnny in the song: they had unfulfilled potential. "Movin On" sounds like "Can't Get Enough" and "Run with the Pack" (all 10/6), but "Movin On" is repetitive on 10/6 and shows the band's limited range.

Bad Company had some of the definitive anthems of "classic" or ""album" rock, a personal favorite is "Runnin' with the Pack". Paul Rogers had a distinctive voice. There's a strong case for their induction with those reasons. I think I already indicated my problem with the band. They didn't have a lousy minimum 10 excellent songs for a simple greatest hits album, which is standard in the business for all artists, including one hit wonders. Imagine how thin a Bad Company box set would be. The band's records were played endlessly on AOR radio, which led to my eventual fatigue with the band and those stations ( which still have the same format). The first million times were nice, but it got tired after that. Other bands got the same overexposure; some of them are in the Hall. An example is Rush, who were heavy, too, while having their own unique sound(though they were wankers). There was no mistaking them on the radio, at least. Rush was in the same category as Bad Company, but managed to be distinct. Bad Company was more like a lot of seventies 'AOR' bands who are in the Hall but sound undistinguished. They include Steve Miller, the Doobies, Heart and Journey. The greatest bands like Led Zeppelin were epic; the list mentioned weren't. None of them had anything that resembled 'Stairway to Heaven' or 'Kashmir'. The greatest bands also would have no problem finding a lousy 10 good songs for a Greatest Hits album. The Hall has lowered the bar for induction over the years; recent inductees are evidence. Eventually, the question goes from "why?" to "why not?" Bad Company can leap over that hurdle, but their induction isn't quite my 'rock n' roll fantasy'.

Posted by Sexxmachine on Thursday, 06/11/2020 @ 15:01pm

Some good points but you have not mentioned the Bad Company Act II with Howe as singer. They had some gold and platinum albums late 80's early 90's after Rodgers was gone. How just passed away this year. It showed Bad Company wasn't just a Rodgers creation. Holy Water was a strong hit. No Smoke Without A Fire Top 10. If You Needed Somebody Top 20 Single. How About That had some airplay. I think taking the Bad Company 6 Pack of albums plus the Howe years...You definitely have a Rock & Roll HOF band. Rodgers needs to be inducted. I think most would agree. His best opportunity his years with Bad Company. I think they have about 15-20 songs of consequence. It also helps Bad Company that they had a bluesy sound. The RRHOF has nominated many of those bands over the years with a good induction rate. I'd say Bad Company and Shooting Star are 2 of their best. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/11/2020 @ 15:26pm

I will never visit the RRHOF ever or watch the induction ceremony as long as they induct people like Janet Jackson and overlook some of the greatest bands like Bad Company

Posted by Rob turner on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 18:07pm

"people like Janet Jackson" hmmm, what could that possibly mean?

Posted by RG on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 18:48pm

Bad Company would be the replacement for T. Rex on the ballot. They will join Thin Lizzy.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 13:24pm

Don't get me wrong Bad Company is good if not great, but they probably won't be considered for nomination anytime soon. Well people wanted them inducted mainly because of Paul Rodgers but I can't put them on the same level of most impactful acts of the 70's: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Ramones, David Bowie, Elton John & more. Their music as a whole seems less remarkable & influenial. They're a 3/10 candidate at best, just my thoughts.

Posted by Navonte Robertson on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 00:13am

After going through this entire list... I had to double back and comment. Bad Company...cmon. Definitely deserve in

Posted by Paul F on Wednesday, 07/14/2021 @ 17:53pm

The fact that BAD COMPANY isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just another testament to how insignificant the Hall is. They induct Rappers and pop music stars as well as any other genre that kisses their collective butts. I just am shocked that Free and Bad Co. are not in. It's unimaginable and flat out slap in the face of all rock and roll fans let alone Free and Bad Co. fans

Posted by Patriot 55 on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 13:17pm

They're not now but they will be and when they are it's going to be a Rock and roll fantasy

Posted by Ritter on Saturday, 11/20/2021 @ 18:18pm

It is a travesty Bad Co hasn't been inducted years ago . It astounds me some of the lesser bands that have been inducted and Bad Co has been left out. Make it happen !! Saw them twice many years ago . Paul Rogers has one of the best voices in rock and would put 3/4 of the others already inducted to shame on his worst day.

Posted by Steve on Friday, 11/26/2021 @ 08:02am

It is a travesty Bad Co hasn't been inducted years ago . It astounds me some of the lesser bands that have been inducted and Bad Co has been left out. Make it happen !! Saw them twice many years ago . Paul Rogers has one of the best voices in rock and would put 3/4 of the others already inducted to shame on his worst day.

Posted by Steve on Friday, 11/26/2021 @ 08:13am

I know that it is called the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and I have also been there BUT really ..... How do we as a GENERATION for get Paul Rogers and FREE and BAD COMPANY?? This is why I feel that maybe just maybe There is a REASON it's called the Rock N Roll Hall of FAME?

Call me silly but I have watched and seen contributors that have made songs that are against women-children and harm to others......
I guess that's all this 57 year old Irish girl has to say about this band. I will be moving on to Peter Wolfe and J Geils next.

Peace Out
M

Posted by Marguerite M Allardice on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 07:29am

And yet another putrid list of nominees goes before the R&R HoF that doesn't include Bad Company (or Free and Rodgers). You could also include UFO, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Foreigner, BTO, Blue Oyster Cult and many others who have been forsaken.

But thank God, at least Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, A Tribe Called Quest - whoever the hell that is, Eminem, not to mention absolute rockers like Lionel Ritchie, Carly Simon, and some guy named Fela Kuti, who every rock fan in the US listens to daily, were nominated this year. The R&R HoF is an utter joke. If you want to call it a music HoF and induct these performers into it, then fine. But don't call it a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, because with inductees like Donna Summer, the freaking Queen of Disco, voted in, it doesn't deserve the title. Pathetic.

Posted by Mark on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 12:11pm

Another year and another Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snub for Bad Company. We can debate all day long what is truly Rock and Roll and what isn't and while this year's nominees (Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie and others) may belong in Country, Rap and Pop Hall of Fames they most certainly don't belong in the Rock and Roll Hall. This is especially true when groups like Bad Company, Styx and Foreigner are left out year after year. I have long ago lost respect for the so called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Maybe we need a "Classic Rock" only Hall.

Posted by Rockman on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 11:39am

its not a guitar based rock hall of fame solely and that ship obviously sailed a long time ago. Let it go. Also you just named three non innovative acts whereas the three you think don't rock actually innovated within there respective subgenres.

Posted by David W Richman on Sunday, 02/6/2022 @ 19:03pm

Bad Company should have been inducted 20 years ago.

Posted by James Robertson on Saturday, 03/5/2022 @ 17:05pm

Bad Company is a rock legend. Not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? This is a travesty of profound ignorance. A must ASAP. A great band. Pioneers!

Posted by Carl Hardy on Sunday, 03/20/2022 @ 15:53pm

I saw a comment if Bad Company s music sucks they don't shit about Rock and Roll . The heart and soul of Rock and Roll . Paul Rogers was good enough to front Queen and still could be and Simon Kirk is as good as any drummer period it's blasphemy redicoulis and stupid people running that so called Rock hall they have no business doing it I would say your"fired"

Posted by Scott Greer on Monday, 04/25/2022 @ 11:22am

I went to the Rock and Roll hall of Fame 21 yrs ago as a family trip with my then 15 yr old daughter. I'm so glad I went before they started snubbing so many more great artist that I grew up listening too. Bad Company and a lot others should have already been inducted! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be ashamed of theirselves. I hope the new inductee fans enjoy theirselves in visiting because I will never return! Later

Posted by Joe Martin on Friday, 04/29/2022 @ 18:55pm

Let's be honest, Bad Company doesn't even rate a blimp for consideration. You had to have albums that are legitimate art forms, inspiring everyone to start a band & also experimenting different sounds or completely change it for the better. They have their moments but they weren't influential like the Beatles & the Hall honors those who completely changed or made history & BC aren't among them. That's why they haven't been considered for the Rockhall.

Posted by Jordan Einstein on Friday, 04/29/2022 @ 19:44pm

It took years for the hall of fame to recognise Deep Purple so it will probably take another 20 years to
recognise Bad Company.
To Jordan, who in the hall of fame was influential like the Beatles. Nobody, Bad argument.
To me Paul Rodgers is in the top 3 Rock Singers of all time, the others being Plant and Gillan.
This is a complete joke.

Posted by Graham Forsyth on Saturday, 08/27/2022 @ 08:45am

I like Dolly Parton don't get me wrong, but she gets in Rock hall of fame and Bad Company DOESN'T??

Posted by William Stevenson on Monday, 11/7/2022 @ 19:37pm

Bad Company belongs in the Hall of Fame. Paul Rodgers is best with this group, and he belongs. Some of the most iconic songs came from this group, and in recent years you have lesser influential acts like the Doobies and Dire Straits getting in. I loathe the term "supergroup" in BC's case because they weren't a one-off, they've been consistent since 1974. To deny them is to continue to justify the rockists' otherwise paltry pleas of overlooking their favorite acts who have a couple hits as they misinterpret the term "rock and roll". Those that see them as "just another rock band" or a "supergroup" don't look hard enough. Put in Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and the rest of the highly influential and deserving group...

Posted by K-Dawg on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 22:41pm

Have to salute the K-Dawg here. Bad Company should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The first 6 albums sold millions of records with Paul Rodgers. Memorable Hits most groups would love to have created. Bad Company, Rock & Roll Fantasy, Moving On, Shooting Star, etc. People forget that Bad Company continued with Howe as lead singer in the mid to late 1980's and early 1990's. They scored gold and platinum albums. Some Classic Bad Company songs like Holy Water and If You Needed Somebody. I'm perplexed Bad Company has not been nominated. Paul Rodgers would be the kind of musician's musician the Hall respects. Rodgers is very gifted as a singer/songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. He's been in music easily 50+ years. Bad Company has many of the components of RRHOF artists. Hit Songs, Influence, Longevity, Millions Of Records Sold, Musical Excellence, etc. This should be Bad Company's cycle for nomination. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/2/2022 @ 00:20am

I sit back in listen to feel like making love in say to myself I wonder how many babies been born when the couple was listening to this amazing song in then straight shooter would come on in so on in so onin say to myself there not Iin the rock in roll hall off shame but Abba is come on in oh yeah rock in roll hall off shame you ever heard free alright now my God what a awsome song here all I got to say about the rock in roll hall off shame you suck

Posted by Brian on Wednesday, 12/21/2022 @ 15:27pm

That's not right!
How about ….
Peter Frampton?
3 Dog Night?
Emerson Lake & Palmer?
Foreigner??
Styx?
These guys have sold a lot of records and recorded some great music, we might want to take a hard look them?

Posted by Danny on Wednesday, 03/22/2023 @ 07:35am

Danny,

Your naming off names sounds a lot like one of the aforementioned rock fans throwing everyone out there wanting it to be a clown parade that just puts anyone in that has a rock album. Some definitely belong, but of your list, none of those acts is in the same pantheon of influence with the notable exception of Emerson Lake and Palmer with Bad Company. BC is by far the biggest 70s act not in, and as I said, their perception is skewered by being labeled a supergroup instead of the much more accurate "rock and roll band" period. Paul Rodgers wouldn't be near the name he is today without this band, as great as Free was.

The argument I hear about BC not deserving is simply run by people who want to close the door on the rich 70s, of which the surface has only been slightly scratched; this is not just rock, but R and B/funk/soul, AM rock, and singer/songwriters omittted as yet.

Posted by K-Dawg on Wednesday, 04/19/2023 @ 16:01pm

I have reason a lot of comments on the site.
I was locally involved with bands back in the 70s. A lot of bands did "cover" Bad Co.
They had a distinctive sound and one of the best lead singers in the business. Their music wasn't complicated. It's their sound that distinguished them as a premiere rock and roll band. Although not as technical as some other bands(Yes,Jethro Tull,etc.) The still qualify as a part of the mainstream rock scene at the time.
Hopefully someday they will be recognized for that alone. .

Posted by Frank Buongirno on Friday, 04/21/2023 @ 21:46pm

Bad Company is a must for the Hall. They are a great band who influenced many bands. So manyky great songs Sold millions of albums.

Posted by Carl Hardy on Friday, 03/22/2024 @ 11:04am

All I will say is that it is a crying shame when a crappy, derivative band like Beastie Boys gets in the Hall when they did, and Bands like Bad Company cannot even get a nom.

Sad World.

Posted by Don on Thursday, 04/18/2024 @ 10:51am

Another year. Still no BC on the ballot, and Foreigner DID get in...

I want to ask how FRL quantifies their "essential songs"? Those listed are indeed among their best, but where is the haunting "Burning Sky"?

Posted by K-Dawg on Tuesday, 04/23/2024 @ 02:49am