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About Rock Hall Projected,  Casper wrote: | |
| Last year, I ended up voting for all 9 of the indie adjacent names (the above 7 I mentioned plus Lana Del Rey and Bikini Kill) alongside Amy Winehouse. The fact that we had 8 or 9 indie names (depending on where you fall on Lana Del Rey since she was arguably in that kind of tier/scene for a while until after the pandemic) demonstrates that there's a general belief among us when we make the ballot that it's the most snubbed category there is but perhaps too many names is leading to vote division. Last year's ballot: Indie-Adjacent (9): Bikini Kill*, Cocteau Twins, Elliott Smith, Gang of Four, Lana Del Rey, Portishead, The Strokes*, St. Vincent Solo Singer-Songwriter (8): Adele*, Alanis Morisette*, Lana Del Rey, Luther Vandross, Shakira, Sting, St. Vincent, Tracy Chapman* Pop (7): Adele*, Amy Winehouse, Chubby Checker, Lana Del Rey, Olivia Newton-John, Shakira, Sting Modern Rock/Alternative (non-indie) (5): Alanis Morrissette*, Blink-182, The Cranberries, Linkin Park*, My Chemical Romance Classic Rock (3): Joe Cocker, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream R'n'B (3): Chubby Checker, Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle* Punk (2): Bikini Kill*, Blink-182 Electronic (2): Portishead, Tangerine Dream Rap (2): Dr. Dre, The Roots World (2): Shakira, Tangerine Dream Classic Alternative (non-indie) (2): Gary Numan, Midnight Oil Solo Stars Inducted In Last Five Elections (sometimes with their band): 2021: 4 2022: 5 2023: 5 2024: 6 2025: 4 | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 12:55pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Last Year's Top Names That Failed To Get In: Amy Winehouse - 16 Cocteau Twins - 15 Luther Vandross - 15 The Cranberries - 15 Joe Cocker - 14 Supertramp - 14 Blink-182 - 12 Gang Of Four - 12 Lana Del Rey - 12 St. Vincent - 12 Tangerine Dream - 12 That's last year's Top 11 that failed to get in. I don't think Supertramp is gonna qualify for the ballot and I'm 50/50 on Tangerine Dream. Those other 9 will (Luther via the R'n'B vote, Blink-182 through the general vote). Amy Winehouse, Luther Vandross and Cocteau Twins probably get inducted this year and it seems like Lana Del Rey is rightfully having a surge and will be super competitive. Dr. Dre and The Roots will probably nab the Hip Hop entrance tickets again. Shakira through either world music or the general vote. I think all three will get more votes than the year prior (thus, showing momentum) but probably be more in-line to be inducted in our 2027 cycle (the 2043 class). Same for No Doubt. Personally, I'm kind of predisposed to maybe not add too many other indie names to this year's ballot? Like maybe chuck in St. Vincent or Modest Mouse via the general vote and keep it to 3 or maybe even just go with 2 via Gang of Four/Cocteau Twins. As far as Gang of Four/Cocteau Twins are concerned, last year included Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, St. Vincent and Portishead in addition to The Strokes being handily inducted. With less competition in their lane, both probably sail in as inductees this year. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 12:30pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Through current 2026 Balloting (post-Singer Songwriter Category), here is everybody who has ever made the ballot since 2018 when we first started having an annual ballot instead of a Free-for-All. 7 Times: No Doubt 5 Times: Gang Of Four Muse 4 Times: Blink-182 Sweet 3 Times: Amy Winehouse Chubby Checker Cliff Richard And The Shadows The Cranberries Janelle Monae Joe Cocker Ministry Moby Scorpions Selena The Human League 2 Times: Boogie Down Productions Cocteau Twins Gary Numan / Tubeway Army Lana Del Rey Liz Phair Lucinda Williams Luther Vandross Midnight Oil Modest Mouse Portishead The Roots Shakira Sting St. Vincent Supertramp Tangerine Dream The Weeknd 1 Time: 10,000 Maniacs Arctic Monkeys Bad Religion Ben E. King Billie Eilish Britney Spears Bruno Mars Dio Dr. Dre Elliott Smith Fugees Gordon Lightfoot Herman's Hermits Hole Jeff Buckley John Denver John Prine King Sunny Adé Living Colour Lorde My Chemical Romance Neil Sedaka Olivia Newton-John Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Squeeze Stevie Nicks | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 12:15pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Since we all know Wire is the all-time record holder for most votes received given the like 20-ish (or way more than that?) cycles that they competitively got votes year after year, I would certainly LOVE to see a list of how many cumulative votes artists have received in this project ever since we started creating annual ballots post-Free For All. Amy Winehouse earned 11 votes in 2024 and 16 votes in 2025 for a total of 27 votes in the last two cycles. Luther Vandross earned 9 votes in 2024 and 15 votes in 2025 for a total of 24 votes in the last two cycles. St. Vincent earned 8 votes in 2024 and 12 votes in 2025 for a total of 20 votes in the last two cycles. The Roots earned 6 votes in 2024 and 10 votes in 2025 for a total of 16 votes in the last two cycles. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:52am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| No Doubt is likely the only 2026 balloting selection we've made here thus far that could be on the Hall's radar soon though in my opinion. Kind of drawing a blank at the moment as to who we could induct here soon that also is starting to gain momentum and/or will gain momentum in the next few years with the real Hall. R'n'B category providing great opportunities though with Usher, D'angelo, Boyz II Men, Aaliyah, etc. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:41am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Darren, I have the same fear as well regarding people just backing choices from the categories so they can vote on them annually. Scrolling backwards through recent inductees, it seems pretty clear that Classic Rock may be dead. I think this year's choices actually are the best possible options remaining. Joe Cocker has real-life induction momentum, Scorpions have a lot of classic rock radio staples. I feel that Small Faces-Faces also could figure in well in the future for those who want something a little busier/sleazier/artsier and of course they have the bonus of having been voted in already by their peers. It's very interesting that Classic Rock seems to peter out both here and in the real world with Blue Oyster Cult, Foreigner and Boston. And Joe Cocker getting inducted and clearly being the biggest name left on the board for us as well. We don't really need to keep inducting from the most over-represented category there is nor specifically give it two names every year either in my opinion. But I'm certainly intrigued by what could happen this year. I also always love it when we have names we either induct or that get super close around the same time as the real Hall. The whole world just felt like it was ready to induct Bill Withers all at once even though there wasn't a specific surge for him at all in how his music was being received commercially or artistically in that particular year. We've definitely been on the nose with Luther Vandross and I expect him to sail in this year. We got to Lauryn Hill just before the Hall put her on the ballot and I expect we've done the same with Patti LaBelle, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, Roberta Flack, TLC, Diana Ross and Gloria Estefan - all of whom I expect to be on the ballot in the next ~5 years. No Doubt doing particularly well here in the voting and probably due for a ballot slot as well. Sinead O'Connor inducted here recently and I expect another ballot appearance and induction by the real Hall soon. Bikini Kill (see: the Rock Hall's podcast hosted by Kathleen Hanna herself), Boston and Snoop Dogg also feel right around the corner for the real Hall. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:36am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| 2025 Inductees: Adele - previous year tiebreaker loser, feeder in 2024 through Pop category (narrowly lost tiebreaker to become final general vote choice as the general votes happened BEFORE the category votes) Alanis, Linkin Park - Modern Rock/Alternative Bikini Kill - Classic Alternative/Punk Patti LaBelle - R'n'B The Strokes - previous year tiebreaker losers, feeder in 2024 through general vote Tracy Chapman - Singer/Songwriter 2024 Inductees: Alicia Keys, Dionne Warwick, Lauryn Hill, Phil Collins, Sinead O'Connor, Snoop Dogg - General voting (prior to genre voting which is no longer how we do it) Boston - Classic Rock 7 of the last 14 inductees came from the 2024 General Voting. All of the category voting ultimately led to just half the inductees. Of course, mathematically, the winners of the General Voting in the years where it happened before the category voting were often going to be stronger than the names that won the General Voting after the category voting had already happened. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:22am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Of course we will vote on these and other ideas (please bring them up during rules discussions so that they don't get forgotten), but one concern that I have is that putting an elimination deadline on genres is that it may cause voters to throw support behind nominees because they want to preserve the genre rather than because they were their preferred choice. With 30 nominees and 7 inductees per year, it's not possible for every genre to be represented in the inductees each year, especially with 10 nominees coming from general votes (or tiebreaker losers) and 2 coming from the "Not eligible for the rock hall category). Once artists are nominated, their merit should be the only consideration for final voting and genre shouldn't factor in at that point, in my opinion. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:09am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| I'm also not adverse to a potential B version of this vote where we would remove a category but automatically have a vote on a REPLACEMENT category. People could suggest their categories and then the top vote getter would become the new one (and then we enshrine that there's always 9 separate sub-categories). We don't go back to the ones we retired for good though. New category could be anything (like 21st century R&B, etc.) and would face the same "0-3 and you're out" dynamic. Personally, I think the fact that the vast majority of great music of the 21st century is Indie-adjacent would make for having a new sub-category related to that to be particularly helpful. Sufjan, Animal Collective, etc. would all be in that category and separate from Modest Mouse, Yo La Tengo and Elliott Smith. I would personally set these votes up as: 1) Should Non-Performers Be Down Sized From 3 A Year? - If yes, new vote is triggered: A) To 1 B) To 1 With The Caveat That Once It "Evens Out" With The Years That We Inducted 3, It Reverts Back To 2 C) To 2 And do the same for all three side categories. And then for this potential rule change If yes, new votes are triggered: Addendum 1: A) Category Elimination Is Backdated To 2024 B) Category Elimination Is Backdated To 2025 C) Category Elimination Is Backdated To 2026 D) Category Elimination Is Not-Backdated At All And The Process Starts With 2027 Voting Addendum 2: A) Category(s) Elimination Will Automatically Trigger Voting For New Category(s) To Keep The Number At A Steady 9 Genres B) Category Elimination Will Just Reduce The Category Numbers And Increase Two More Slots From The General Voting | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 11:01am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Electronica flat out failed the last two years as well and that helped lead to the ill-advised attempt to merge it with World Music which I found to be rather baffling. Two key reasons why I think automatic category elimination is a good thing: 1) Removes vote splitting. Let's say just one proper Electronica artist made the ballot (via the general vote). Now they don't have to potentially split votes with a similar genre competitor on the ballot. 2) We don't have to have the dragged out discussion every year on whether a category should be merged or retired. It would just automatically happen based on the vote totals. Failures In Last Two Cycles (Our 2024 + 2025 Votes): Electronic World Music Failure In Last Cycle (2025 Vote): Classic Rock Hip Hop Pop Personally, I think Electronica and Classic Rock really just are no longer "viable" feeders. They can still qualify if they demonstrate strong overall support via a general vote (so, say, Tame Impala or whatever), but we're actually WATERING DOWN our ballots if we're going to be reserving spaces for two names from a particular niche when they could have been replaced by general vote names that qualified via broader support as they had to effectively compete against ALL genres. Out of our 30 name ballots for our annual Performers vote (it is 30, right?), we had a whopping 10 names from five different sub-categories FAIL in 2025 to be inducted. In other words, five of the genre votes last year were completely pointless as neither of the winners ended up becoming inductees. Two of the five have a losing streak that extends back to 2024 as well. We effectively allocated one-third of the ballot last year to these categories (5 of our 9 categories, no less!) and it resulted in absolutely nothing happening from it. And given some of the low ceilings these categories can entail (sorry, but Joe Cocker and Supertramp aren't quite on the same level of our classic rock inductees of years past), there's no doubt in my mind that a lot of the general vote nominees would have performed better. Plus, by having more ongoing general votes, it allows artists to move on up via discussion/people doing more research on the artist. These genre votes are just single one-offs that sometimes elevate candidates that would have got virtually nowhere in a general vote. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 10:51am | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| For rock hall discussion: FRL > Reddit > Steve Hoffman Forum >> Facebook | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 10:29am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| I just thought of a new rule that could be very effective. Two different variants. 1) If a category fails to result in an inductee in the project for three consecutive years, the category is retired completely. All such artists who fall under such an umbrella could then qualify for the ballot through general category votes. General category names would then increase by 2 to make up for the lost category. 2) The same but it would be backdated. For example, neither of the Classic Rock nominees got in last year. If backdated after we have a vote on this new rule and Joe Cocker and Scorpions both fail to get in this year, that would be two strikes against the Classic Rock category. World Music has already failed in 2024 and 2025 but I'm confident that will absolutely change this year (my guess is we'll be inducting Selena). It would just save us a lot of time and the key artists from these groups could still qualify via the general voting (which there would now be more of). So, Darren, keep both of those rule ideas for the voting after the election. I also want two votes on a rule to limit the side categories back to 1 and 2 respectively. If neither gets a majority, side categories stay at 3. If they both get a majority, the one with more votes should pass (which would likely be limiting them to 2). I think a lot of us are now sharing the sentiment that the side categories have started to have mission creep into The Hall of Very Good rather than the Hall of Fame. Personally, I think electing just one candidate a year would be perfectly fine and keep the standards up, especially since we briefly expanded to three. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 10:29am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Jennifer wrote: | |
| I nominate The 5th Dimension. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 10:01am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Ozma wrote: | |
| Nominee: The Dells Lets get this Rock & Roll Hall of famer into this project please, its silly they're not in yet. Their first r&b hit was 1956, their last was 1991! | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 07:37am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, SotN wrote: | |
| I'll go with Janelle Monae for a nominee. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 07:30am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Tom H. wrote: | |
| Loving the R&B nominees so far. Nick is right that there is a gigantic list of worthy candidates for this genre spanning multiple decades. Really excited to see who else everyone comes up with for nominations | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 07:13am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, KING wrote: | |
| KING R&B Nomination KC And The Sunshine Band KING | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 07:05am | |
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| About Bonnie Tyler, Chris Wurdemann wrote: | |
| Check out 1976 Lost in France, her notable pre-surgery recording and video. And get her at least a nomination for Cleveland, put it to a vote. RIP pivotal dear lady. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 02:08am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| "Could Alexis Korner be changed to Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated?" Does anyone have a problem with that change? I don't recall any objections when it was previously brought up. We could also do "Alexis Korner / Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated" if it was preferred. | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/2026 @ 00:39am | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, omar wrote: | |
| Ok, I get it. Thank you | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 23:37pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, KING wrote: | |
| Excited to see my John Denver selection earn nomination. I also am also happy to see Gordon Lightfoot nominated. Probably would vote for both in the late September ballot. Lightfoot lived a long life into his 80's and a respected music career spanning over 6 plus decades. Some of his songs like If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald are just classics. I sing Sundown everytime it's on the radio or over my X timeline. Sundown is 1 of my FAV songs. Bob Dylan also had good words for Gordon Lightfoot's music and talent. That's very high praise! A KING salute to the FRL Regular voters and new voters. I believed they made the right decisions in a deep quality nomination field. John Denver died in his 50's from the tragic plane accident. He seemed to be a real Renaissance man. An early environmentalist before the many environmental organizations we see today. Also, a licensed pilot as well as his outstanding music and acting too. NO doubt in these highly charged political times, John Denver would have a way to communicate thoughtfully through his music and words. A voice of calm and reason in troubled times. I remember in the late 1970's as a young KING listening to John Denver's music on the radio and some records from people on the street. Annie's Song, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Rocky Mountain High, Thank God I'm A Country Boy etc really resonated with me. It was positive uplifting type music. Painting pictures of beautiful and majestic mountains and water streams. Sunshine splashed country roads, forests of trees, animals, wild flowers and golden fields. Some places I would love to visit. Reminding me of Peter, Paul & Mary. Amazing that much emotion and honesty could pour through with an acoustic guitar and singing. I believe John Denver is 1 of the most underrated 1970's Singer/Songwriters. He's definitely as good and talented as Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Paul Simon, etc who have been inducted into the RRHOF and here in the FRL Project. Denver was very popular and successful. Concerts, TV specials, movies, etc. Also, I respected John Denver standing up for fellow musicians during the PMRC hearings in the 1980's. It would have been easy to decline or find a reason to not say anything. His presence and thoughtful words were very important. Over the years, music has taken some interesting turns. Increasing Popularity of rap...Rappers talking about their friends, family, life, neighborhoods and the intense truths in the 1980's and 1990's. The incredible rise 80's heavy metal music and early 90's decline. The 90's Seattle grunge scene exploding on the scene, dancing pop stars of the late 90's and early 2000's etc. With all the different music fads and trends, John Denver and his music stands the test of time. He's definitely worth induction in the Fall. KING | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 23:30pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Nick B. wrote: | |
| Omar - Nominations to determine all categories outside Performers is now closed for the rest of the year as the ballots are officially set (sans the current tiebreaker for the last Non-Performers category). | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 23:09pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, omar wrote: | |
| Could Alexis Korner be changed to Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated? Change influence pick to Bert Jansch. Major influence to the music of Donovan and Led Zeppelin. Change non-performer pick to The Dust Brothers, huge impact on career of Beastie Boys and Beck. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 22:58pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, omar wrote: | |
| I feel vip guys like Questlove and Tom Morello may be exempted from limit. There are also in side category committee. They are actually more positive side in committee, and for a long time, have been "cool" guys in the room... Still we need more fresh blood who understands current dynamic in music. Allison Hagendorf has already been good get, she knows 90s and 00s mainstream rock very well... | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 22:47pm | |
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| About R.E.M., Jim C. wrote: | |
| If R.E.M. had been snubbed initially, their fading cultural footprint would likely lock them out of the Rock Hall today (at very least -> require multiple ballots). On Spotify, "Losing My Religion" far outstrips any other song (can't truly say they are one hit wonders, but previously big hits have weak numbers). Their late career was terrible (started with Monster -> a yard sale staple). After New Adventures, highlights were very few (Reno, Great Beyond). Their critical acclaim has also been revised downward (Rolling Stone top 500 albums and more). I am waiting for Stipe's solo album, but really, it doesn't feel as big of a deal anymore. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 22:41pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Jim C. wrote: | |
| Iron Maiden sold their catalog. Eventually, everyone will sell -> you save big money on taxes (20% capital gains vs royality payments which are taxed as income). I do think this is also clearly shows that investors believe no music will created that is better than the past. Also, AI music is inevitable and we will see even more blatant interpolation of past hits for new songs (One Direction approach -> start with a past hit and mutate it until you satisfy copyright law -> not going to sue themselves if they buy up all the songs). All these older acts are everywhere -> there is a distinct lack of new stars that people actually know. Ella Langley has a 13 week Billboard #1 song with "Choosin Texas" and she is an unknown. Music discovery is a huge problem for new artists. Another reason why older MTV generation stars are still everywhere -> New Kids on the Block at the AMAs in 2026, Goo Goo Dolls at New Year's Eve, on and on... | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 22:08pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Casper wrote: | |
| Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver and Joe Cocker all feel like low-ceiling candidates. I sure won't be voting for any of those and I think many others just see them as kind of boring 70s names. Felt like the Singer Songwriter category had other names that maybe didn't benefit as much from soft support for the nominating round that would have had much stronger support in the general election. But we'll see! Pumped that Os Mutantes has qualified for the ballot. This is the kind of Latin rock heroes we should be inducting. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 21:47pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Nick B. wrote: | |
| Rick - Lenny Waronker was automatically nominated in the non-performers category as he lost the tiebreaker vote last year. There's only 10 spots in that category each year, and 9 are already on the ballot, and that's why there's a tiebreaker needed. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 21:21pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, Casper wrote: | |
| MLB All Star Game in Philadelphia featured musical performances from iconic acts from the city. National Anthem: Patti LaBelle Performance of "I'll Be There" During The Stand Up To Cancer Break: Boyz II Men Certainly doesn't hurt. And if Questlove isn't term limited yet, he might be bringing up these names at the nominating committee table. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 21:06pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Rick Vendl II wrote: | |
| Darren, I'm confused, why is there a tiebreaker needed on the top two vote getters with non-performers?! | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:53pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Note: This is the first ever appearance on the Performers ballot for both John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:40pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Please note that the deadline for the Non-Performers tiebreaker (which will determine the last spot on the ballot) will end at 8 PM Central on Thursday. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:31pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Voting is now closed. Here are the final results: Bruce Hornsby - 12 Michael Brecker - 12 ___________________________ Billy Sheehan - 11 Pino Palladino - 11 Rita Coolidge - 11 The Applejacks - 11 Ellie Greenwich - 10 Grady Martin - 9 Liberty DeVitto - 9 Neil Finn - 9 Biz Markie - 8 Chuck Rainey - 7 J.J. Cale - 7 James Ingram - 7 Nico - 7 Buckethead - 6 Joe Sample - 6 Rory Gallagher - 5 The Blackberries - 5 The Dreamlovers - 5 Paul Jackson Jr. - 4 John McGeogh - 3 This vote count includes the following votes: Ozma ntndeacon SotN Darren Andy Greg F 0pac big joker KING MichaelEU Johnny Jennifer Michael W. Tom H. Rhiannon JM Ian Nick B. Philip Antler Queen Carson Shaw Casper Lax43 Ray Rick Vendl II Dave Raichu As a result of this round of voting, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Brecker have been nominated to the 2026 FRL Side Performers ballot. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:30pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Voting is now closed. Here are the final results: Sons of the Pioneers - 15 Os Mutantes - 14 ___________________________ Kenny Rogers - 13 Marty Robbins - 13 Big Jay McNeely - 12 Antonio Carlos Jobim - 11 Ennio Morricone - 10 Jackie DeShannon - 10 Sammy Davis, Jr. - 9 Tampa Red - 9 Andy Williams - 8 Big Bill Broonzy - 8 John Williams - 8 Lonnie Johnson - 8 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - 7 Chick Corea - 7 Donny Hathaway - 7 Ryuchi Sakamoto - 6 Garth Brooks - 5 Julie London - 4 Liberace - 4 The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - 1 This vote count includes the following votes: Casper MichaelEU omar Chris Lyons 0pac big Jennifer Lax43 Greg F SotN Johnny KING Raichu Ray Andy Ian Darren Antler Queen Carson Shaw Tom H. Dave Ozma Michael W. Rick Vendl II joker ntndeacon Philip Nick B. Rhiannon JM As a result of this round of voting, Os Mutantes and Sons of the Pioneers have been nominated to the 2026 FRL Influences ballot. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:25pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Voting is now closed. Here are the final results: Jim Steinman - 17 T-Bone Burnett - 17 ________________ Jimmy Miller - 16 Van Dyke Parks - 15 Dianne Warren - 12 Allee Willis - 11 Don Was - 10 Hugh Padgham - 10 Raphael Saadiq - 10 Toni Basil - 10 David Foster - 9 Howard Greenfield - 8 P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri - 8 Godley and Creme - 7 Cousin Brucie - 6 Kool DJ Red Alert - 6 Michael Nesmith - 6 Stephen Street - 6 Lester Sill - 5 Madlib - 5 Mustard / DJ Mustard - 5 Rick Dees - 5 Mark "Flood" Ellis - 4 This vote count includes the following votes: ntndeacon Tom H. Johnny Rhiannon JM SotN Greg F Philip Michael W. Nick B. Ray Casper 0pac big Rick Vendl II joker KING Darren Dave Raichu Lax43 Andy Chris Lyons Ian Jennifer Ozma MichaelEU Antler Queen Carson Shaw The following non-performers will be involved in a tie-breaker vote: Jim Steinman T-Bone Burnett Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select exactly 1 non-performer on this Google Poll: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4k4FCG2xjc09RJl4_EyNNkGbkPqsHjGy80U9Y3kVLsrcuGw/viewform There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on Thursday. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:18pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Darren wrote: | |
| Voting is now closed. Here are the final results: Gordon Lightfoot - 20 John Denver - 19 _________________________________ John Prine - 18 Elliott Smith - 16 Jeff Buckley - 16 Jimmy Buffett - 16 Melissa Etheridge - 16 Kenny Loggins - 13 Indigo Girls - 12 Sufjan Stevens - 12 Shania Twain - 11 America - 10 Kenny Rogers - 10 Brandi Carlile - 9 Little Feat - 8 Marianne Faithfull - 7 The Flying Burrito Brothers - 7 Dan Fogelberg - 6 Sir Douglas Quintet - 6 Steve Earle - 6 Air Supply - 5 Bert Jansch - 4 Jason Isbell - 3 Roger Miller - 3 Tim Buckley - 3 This vote count includes the following votes: Tom H. joker Dave Chris Lyons Corey Finn skylanderlord3 Ray Antler Queen Carson Shaw The Towerman Michael W. SotN Philip KING Jennifer MichaelEU Andy Ozma Darren Raichu Nick B. Paul in KY Lax43 0pac big ntndeacon Rhiannon JM Johnny Ian Rick Vendl II Casper Greg F Mason omar As a result of this round of voting, John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot have been nominated to the 2026 FRL Performers ballot. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 20:11pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Lax43 wrote: | |
| I will be putting up for nomination in the R&B election cycle: Anita Baker Happy 40 years of being caught up in the rapture of love, Lax43 | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 19:38pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, jtrichey wrote: | |
| Nomination: R Kelly | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 18:02pm | |
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| About the 2026 Inductees, yukio wrote: | |
| Younger voters simply care far less about mainstream commercial popularity. The obsession with chart-topping household names only comes from the older gatekeepers, who just want the Hall to feel culturally relevant. Three outsiders to the US mainstream music industry, Oasis, Iron Maiden, and Joy Division/New Order secured induction, while household names Pink, Mariah Carey and Shakira all got snubbed. | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 16:27pm | |
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| About Rock Hall Projected, Tom H. wrote: | |
| oops- in that case I'll nominate The Stylistics | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/2026 @ 13:55pm | |
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