Rock Hall Class of 2018


Cleveland | Public Hall | April 14, 2018 | Public Event | HBO

These artists were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, but the induction ceremony took place in 2018. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 2017 and haven't gotten in yet.

ArtistInducted ByCategory
Bon JoviHoward SternPerformer
The CarsBrandon FlowersPerformer
Dire Straits(self-inducted)Performer
The Moody BluesAnn WilsonPerformer
Nina SimoneMary J. BligePerformer
Sister Rosetta TharpeBrittany HowardEarly Influence
⇦ 20172019 ⇨

Singles (?)
Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats - "Rocket 88" (1951)
Link Wray & His Ray Men - "Rumble" (1958)
Chubby Checker - "The Twist" (1960)
The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie" (1963)
Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967)
Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild" (1968)

Nominees who didn't make the cut in 2018

These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 2018, but didn't receive enough votes from the "international voting body of rock experts" to get in that year. Roughly 72% of nominated artists who don't get in eventually get inducted in a later year.

NomineeEventually Inducted
Depeche Mode2020
Eurythmics2022
The J. Geils BandNot yet
Judas Priest2022
Kate Bush2023
Link Wray2023
LL Cool J2021
MC5Not yet
The MetersNot yet
Radiohead2019
Rage Against the Machine2023
Rufus with Chaka KhanNot yet
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2018
The Zombies2019

Nominating Committee who determined the 2018 performer ballot

Jon Landau, chairmanSandy AloueteJames Bernard
Nathan BrackettCliff BurnsteinAnthony DeCurtis
Reginald C. DennisDavid DornBill Flanagan
David FrickeElysa GardnerHolly George-Warren
Meg GriffinDave GrohlGreg Harris
Mike KaufmanLenny KayeRick Krim
Alan LightRob LightAmy Linden
Tom MorelloAmanda PetrusichRobbie Robertson
Paul ShafferSeymour SteinJohn Sykes
Ahmir "?uestlove" ThompsonSteven Van Zandt

⇦ 20172019 ⇨


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