Rock Hall Snubs: 45 Artists Never Nominated with 5+ Years of Eligibility
The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations are out. With every nomination announcement, there are plenty of discussions. Those discussions are often about various artists that were or continue to be snubbed by the Rock Hall.
The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations are out. With every nomination announcement, there are plenty of discussions. Those discussions are often about various artists that were or continue to be snubbed by the Rock Hall.
Sure, there are plenty of artists that have been nominated multiple times but have yet to be inducted. But what about all of the eligible artists that have yet to receive even a nomination? [NOTE: Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record.]
With help from statistics compiled by Future Rock Legends, here are 45 artists who have never been nominated for the Rock Hall that have been eligible for induction for at least five years.
Alice In Chains
Mat Hayward/Getty ImagesEligible since 2015.
Tori Amos
Astrid Stawiarz/Getty ImagesEligible since 2017.
Anthrax
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesEligible since 2009.
The B-52's
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesEligible since 2003.
Barry White
Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty ImagesEligible since 1988.
Bjork
Paul Kane/Getty ImagesEligible since 2002.
The Carpenters
Roger Jackson/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesEligible since 1994.
Phil Collins
Elsa/Getty ImagesEligible since 2007.
De La Soul
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesEligible since 2013.
Diana Ross (Solo work)
ShowBizIreland/Getty ImagesEligible since 1996.
Dick Dale
David Livingston/Getty ImagesEligible since 1987.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Norman Quicke/Express/Getty ImagesEligible since 1995.
Faith No More
Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty ImagesEligible since 2011.
Gloria Estefan
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesEligible since 2012.
The Guess Who
Tom Sandler/Getty ImagesEligible since 1990.
Harry Nilsson
Stan Meagher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesEligible since 1992.
INXS
Patrick Riviere/Getty ImagesEligible since 2005.
Jethro Tull
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesEligible since 1993.
Jim Croce
BMGEligible since 1991.
King Crimson
SonyEligible since 1994.
Kool & the Gang
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesEligible since 1994.
Megadeth
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesEligible since 2010.
The Monkees
NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty ImagesEligible since 1991.
Motley Crue
Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesEligible since 2006.
Nas
Noel Vasquez/Getty ImagesEligible since 2017.
The Offspring
Evan Agostini/Getty ImagesEligible since 2013.
Pantera
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesEligible since 2008.
Pixies
Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesEligible since 2012.
PJ Harvey
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesEligible since 2017.
The Pointer Sisters
Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesEligible since 1998.
Queen Latifah
David Livingston/Getty ImagesEligible since 2015.
The Runaways
Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesEligible since 2001.
Salt-N-Pepa
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBAEligible since 2012.
The Shangri-Las
Ron Case/Getty ImagesEligible since 1991.
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesEligible since 2003.
Slayer
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesEligible since 2008.
Smashing Pumpkins
Evan Agostini/Getty ImagesEligible since 2015.
Sonic Youth
Karl Walter/Getty ImagesEligible since 2007.
Stone Temple Pilots
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesEligible since 2017.
Three Dog Night
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesEligible since 1994.
TLC
Scott Gries/ImageDirectEligible since 2018.
Tool
Steven Ferdman/Getty ImagesEligible since 2017.
Weezer
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesEligible since 2020.
Wilco
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesEligible since 2020.
Wu-Tang Clan
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesEligible since 2018.
