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 ImagesTori Amos
Astrid Stawiarz/Getty ImagesAnthrax
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe B-52's
Brad Barket/Getty ImagesNEW YORK - MAY 26: (L-R) Keith Strickland, Cynthia Leigh Wilson, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson of the music group The B-52's perform live on NBC's "Today" Show on May 26, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)
Barry White
Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty ImagesBjork
Paul Kane/Getty ImagesThe Carpenters
Roger Jackson/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPhil Collins
Elsa/Getty ImagesDe La Soul
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesDiana Ross (Solo work)
ShowBizIreland/Getty ImagesDick Dale
David Livingston/Getty ImagesEmerson, Lake & Palmer
Norman Quicke/Express/Getty ImagesFaith No More
Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty ImagesGloria Estefan
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe Guess Who
Tom Sandler/Getty ImagesHarry Nilsson
Stan Meagher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesINXS
Patrick Riviere/Getty ImagesJethro Tull
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesJim Croce
BMGKing Crimson
SonyKool & the Gang
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesMegadeth
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe Monkees
NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty ImagesMotley Crue
Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesNas
Noel Vasquez/Getty ImagesThe Offspring
Evan Agostini/Getty ImagesPantera
George De Sota/Liaison/Getty ImagesPixies
Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesPJ Harvey
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesThe Pointer Sisters
Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesQueen Latifah
David Livingston/Getty ImagesThe Runaways
Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesSalt-N-Pepa
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBAThe Shangri-Las
Ron Case/Getty ImagesSiouxsie & the Banshees
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesSlayer
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSmashing Pumpkins
Evan Agostini/Getty ImagesSonic Youth
Karl Walter/Getty ImagesStone Temple Pilots
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesThree Dog Night
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesTLC
Scott Gries/ImageDirectTool
Steven Ferdman/Getty ImagesWeezer
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesWilco
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesWu-Tang Clan
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images



