Most Notable Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Snubs

Can you name the most notable rock bands not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that are eligible for induction by their number one and number two hits? Every band/ solo artist listed is snubbed from the PERFORMER category, and only the performer category. Some bands have received other awards from the hall and are considered to be inducted, but I only consider the performer category inductees to be actual inductees.
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Number of Years Eligible
Every Rose Has It's Thorn/ Nothin' But A Good Time
Poison
0
Since 2011 (24 Years)
Cum On Feel The Noize/ Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
Quiet Riot
0
Since 2003 (22 Years)
Home Sweet Home/ Kickstart My Heart
Motley Crue
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Ace of Spades/ Overkill
Motorhead
1
Since 2003 (22 Years)
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due/ Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth
0
Since 2005 (20 Years)
Dancing With Myself/ White Wedding
Billy Idol
1
Since 2006 (19 Years)
Walk Like an Egyptian/ Eternal Flame
The Bangles
0
Since 1989 (36 Years)
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)/ The Kids Aren't Alright
The Offspring
0
Since 2016 (9 Years)
Everything I Do (I Do It For You)/ Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
Straight Up/ Cold Hearted
Paula Abdul
0
Since 2023 (2 Years)
Here I Go Again/ Is This Love?
Whitesnake
0
Since 1987 (38 Years)
You're the One I Want/ Physical
Olivia Newton-John
0
Since 2001 (24 Years)
Diana/ Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Paul Anka
0
Since 1990 (35 Years)
All The Small Things/ Dammit
Blink-182
0
Since 2020 (5 Years)
Story Of My Life/ Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash Cover)
Social Distortion
0
Since 2013 (12 Years)
Rock This Town/ Stray Cat Strut
The Stray Cats
0
Since 1999 (26 Years)
Breaking the Law/ Living After Midnight
Judas Priest
3
Since 1999 (26 Years)
Run To The Hills/ The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden
2
Since 2005 (20 Years)
I Got You Babe/ The Beat Goes On
Sonny and Cher
0
Since 1990 (35 Years)
Los Angeles Is Burning/ Sorrow
Bad Religion
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
In The Mood/ Big Log
Robert Plant
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Addicted To Love/ Simply Irresistable
Robert Palmer
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
California Girls/Just Like Paradise
David Lee Roth
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
In The Air Tonight/ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
Phil Collins
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
More Than A Feeling/ Peace of Mind
Boston
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Carry on Wayward Son/ Dust in the Wind
Kansas
0
Since 2000 (25 Years)
Africa/ Hold the Line
Toto
0
Since 1998 (27 Years)
Babe/ Mr. Roboto
Styx
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
Total Eclipse of the Heart/ Holding Out For A Hero
Bonnie Tyler
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
The Sound of Silence/ Down With the Sickness
Disturbed
0
Since 2025 (1 Year)
Whatever/ Under Your Scars
Godsmack
0
Since 2025 (1 Year)
Dragula/ Living Dead Girl
Rob Zombie
0
Since 2023 (2 Years)
Thunder Kiss '65/ More Human Than Human
White Zombie
0
Since 2010 (15 Years)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy/ Rock Me
Great White
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Wait/ When the Children Cry
White Lion
0
Since 2009 (16 Years)
Jessie's Girl/ I've Done Everything For You
Rick Springfield
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
We're Not Gonna Take It/ I Wanna Rock
Twisted Sister
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Bad To The Bone/ I Drink Alone
George Thorogood
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Backing band for the last question
The Destroyers
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
The Beautiful People/ Tourniquette
Marilyn Manson
0
Since 2019 (6 Years)
Heaven/ Cherry Pie
Warrant
0
Since 2014 (11 Years)
18 and Life/ I Remember You
Skid Row
0
Since 2014 (11 Years)
Mother/ Cantspeak
Danzig
0
Since 2013 (12 Years)
The Heart of Rock and Roll/ The Power of Love
Huey Lewis
0
Since 2005 (20 Years)
Backing band for the last question
The News
0
Since 2005 (20 Years)
Keep On Lovin' You/ Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
REO Speedwagon
0
Since 1996 (29 Years)
All Summer Long/ Picture (ft. Sheryl Crow)
Kid Rock
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
To Be With You/ Just Take My Heart
Mr Big
0
Since 2014 (11 Years)
Love A Lifetime/ Don't Treat Me Bad
Firehouse
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
Walk/ Cowboys From Hell
Pantera
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
Angel of Death/ Raining Blood
Slayer
0
Since 2011 (14 Years)
No One Knows/ Go With the Flow
Queens of the Stone Age
0
Since 2023 (2 Years)
Telephone Song/ Tick Tock
The Vaughan Brothers
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
Rock You Like A Hurricane/ Still Loving You
Scorpions
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
Say It Ain't So/ Buddy Holly
Weezer
0
Since 2019 (6 Years)
Slow Ride/ Fool For the City
Foghat
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
All Star/ Walkin' on the Sun
Smash Mouth
0
Since 2022 (3 Years)
Nookie/ Break Stuff
Limp Bizkit
0
Since 2022 (3 Years)
Butterfly Kisses/ Father's Love
Bob Carlisle
0
Since 2018 (7 Years)
What I Got/ Wrong Way
Sublime
0
Since 2016 (9 Years)
Higher Love/ Roll With It
Steve Winwood
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Down On Me/ When Will It Rain
Jackyl
0
Since 2017 (8 Years)
Y.M.C.A./ In The Navy
The Village People
0
Since 2003 (22 Years)
The Look/ Listen To Your Heart
Roxette
0
Since 2011 (14 Years)
Don't Know What You've Got (Till It's Gone)/ Shake Me
Cinderella
0
Since 2011 (14 Years)
Wonderful/ Everything to Everyone
Everclear
0
Since 2020 (5 Years)
I Adore Mi Amore/ All 4 Love
Color Me Badd
0
Since 2016 (9 Years)
Big in Japan/ Forever Young
Alphaville
0
Since 2009 (16 Years)
Don't You (Forget About Me)/ Alive and Kicking
Simple Minds
0
Since 2004 (21 Years)
The Boys Are Back in Town/ Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy
0
Since 1996 (29 Years)
Lust For Life/ I Wanna Be Your Dog
Iggy Pop
0
Since 1996 (29 Years)
Since You've Been Gone/ I Surrender
Rainbow
0
Since 2000 (25 Years)
Down Down/ Caroline
Status Quo
0
SInce 1993 (32 Years)
Centerfold/ Freeze Frame
The J Geils Band
0
Since 1995 (30 Years)
Broken Wings/ Kyrie
Mr Mister
0
Since 2009 (26 Years)
Everything About You/ Cats in the Cradle
Ugly Kid Joe
0
Since 2017 (8 Years)
We're An American Band/ The Loco-Motion
Grand Funk Railroad
0
Since 1994 (31 Years)
Hey Man Nice Shot/ Take A Picture
Filter
0
Since 2020 (5 Years)
Modern Day Cowboy/ Love Song
Tesla
0
Since 2011 (14 Years)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going/ I Am Changing
Jennifer Holiday
0
Since 2008 (17 Years)
I Wanna Be Somebody/ Blind in Texas
Wasp
0
Since 2009 (16 Years)
It's Not Unusual/ Green, Green Grass of Home
Tom Jones
0
Since 1990 (35 Years)
Round and Round/ Lay It Down
Ratt
0
Since 2009 (16 Years)
Two Tickets To Paradise/ Baby Hold On
Eddie Money
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Name/ Iris
The Goo Goo Dolls
0
Since 2013 (12 Years)
Blister in the Sun/ American Music
Violent Femmes
0
Since 2008 (17 Years)
Zombie/ Linger
The Cranberries
0
Since 2018 (7 Years)
Electric Gypsy/ Ballad of Jayne
LA Guns
0
Since 2013 (12 Years)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough/ Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
Diana Ross
0
Since 1992 (33 Years)
I Will Survive/ Never Can Say Goodbye
Gloria Gaynor
0
Since 2000 (25 Years)
Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy/ I Can't Drive 55
Sammy Hagar
0
Since 2001 (24 Years)
Holy Diver/ Don't Talk to Strangers
Dio
0
Since 2008 (17 Years)
Strangers in the Night/ Somethin' Stupid
Frank Sinatra
0
Since 1973 [Opened in 1986], (52 Years)
The Devil Went Down To Georgia/ The South's Gonna Do it Again
The Charlie Daniels Band
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
I'll Make Love To You/ One Sweet Day (ft. Mariah Carey)
Boyz II Men
0
Since 2016 (9 Years)
I'm A Believer/ Daydream Believer
The Monkees
0
Since 1991 (34 Years)
The Final Countdown/ Carrie
Europe
0
Since 2004 (21 Years)
Short Skirt\Long Jacket/ The Distance
Cake
0
Since 2024 (1 Year)
Take My Breath Away/ No More Words
Berlin
0
Since 2003 (22 Years)
The One That You Love/ Making Love Out of Nothing At All
Air Supply
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
We Built This City/ Sara
Starship
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Eye of the Tiger/ Burning Heart
Survivor
0
Since 2005 (20 Years)
Who Can It Be Now?/ Down Under
Men At Work
0
Since 1994 (31 Years)
Mickey/ Over My Head
Toni Basil
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'/ (I've Had) the Time of My Life (ft. #104)
Bill Medley
0
Since 1993 (32 Years)
Up Where We Belong (ft. Joe Cocker)/ (I've Had) the Time of My Life (ft. #103)
Jennifer Warnes
0
Since 1993 (32 Years)
Need You Tonight/ Never Gonna Tear Us Apart
INXS
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
Never Gonna Give You Up/ Together Forever
Rick Astley
0
Since 2011 (14 Years)
Footloose/ Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me/ Karma Chameleon
Culture Club
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go/ Everything She Wants
Wham!
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
When the Going Get Tough, The Though Gets Going/ Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car
Billy Ocean
0
Since 2002 (23 Years)
Take On Me/ The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
A-Ha!
0
Since 2014 (11 Years)
Step by Step/ I'll Be Loving You (Forever)
New Kids On the Block
0
Since 2009 (16 Years)
Last Resort/ Between Angeles And Insects
Papa Roach
0
Since 2025 (1 Year)
In The End/ Numb
Linkin Park
0
Since 2025 (1 Year)
How Your Remind Me/ Photograph
Nickelback
0
Since 2020 (5 Years)
Same Old Story/ About Time
Pennywise
0
Since 2016 (9 Years)
Personality Crisis/ Trash
New York Dolls
3
Since 1999 (26 Years)
Mad House/ I Am The Law
Anthrax
0
Since 2012 (13 Years)
Pretend We're Dead/ Shove
L7
0
Since 2024 (2 Year)
Man In The Box/ Would?
Alice In Chains
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
Chop Suey/ Toxicity
System of a Down
0
Since 2024 (2 Years)
More Than Words/ Hole Hearted
Extreme
0
Since 2022 (3 Years)
Down With The Sickness/ The Sound of Silence
Disturbed
0
Since 2025 (1 Year)
Come And Get Your Love/ The Witch Queen of New Orleans
Redbone
0
Since 1994 (31 Years)
1985/ Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Bowling for Soup
0
Since 2019 (6 Years)
Cult of Personality/ Love Rears Its Ugly Head
Living Colour
0
Since 2014 (11 Years)
Duality/ Psychosocial
Slipknot
0
Since 2022 (3 Years)
1979/ Today
The Smashing Pumpkins
0
Since 2015 (10 Years)
Miss Murder/ Girl's Not Grey
AFI
0
Since 2017 (8 Years)
Cherry Bomb/ Queens of Noise
The Runaways
0
Since 1997 (28 Years)
I Touch Myself/ Pleasure and Pain
The Divinyls
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
Kiss Me Deadly/ Close My Eyes Forever (ft. Ozzy Osbourne)
Lita Ford
0
Since 2006 (19 Years)
Hang on Sloopy/ Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
Rick Derringer
0
Since 1995 (30 Years)
Rock and Roll (Part 2)/ I'm The Leader of the Gang (I Am!)
Gary Glitter
0
Since 2001 (14 Years)
Tragedy/ Up Around the Bend
Hanoi Rocks
0
Since 2007 (18 Years)
Alone Again/ In My Dreams
Dokken
0
Since 2008 (17 Years)
Margaritaville/ Come Monday
Jimmy Buffett
0
Since 1998 (27 Years)
Take Me Home, Country Roads/ Mountain High
John Denver
0
Since 1994 (31 Years)
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4 Comments
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Level 74
Mar 14, 2026
The Bangles probably haven't been eligible since 1989 because their first album was released in 1984
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Level 51
Apr 20, 2026
Thank you for letting me know! I must have switched them with somebody else. I’ll be updating the quiz soon and I’ll fix it. The class of 2026 was recently announced, and did fix a few on this list!
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Level 36
Apr 6, 2026
Judas Priest and Jimmy Buffett ARE "actual inductees" whether you "consider them to be inducted" or not. Please remove them from this quiz.
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Level 51
Apr 20, 2026
These are bands snubbed from the performer category, which they both are. I don’t see the other awards as anything other than consolation prizes, anyway.