Hall of Fame Reasons

They've had huge hits and health issues, breakups and hiccups, and seemingly countless comings and goings, then reunion and triumph.

Phil Lynott and his colleagues brought a new level of storytelling to heavy music, and deserve to be honored for it.

Each artist nominated for next year's class deserves induction.

Eligible for induction since 2004, they were a finalist once, in 2012.

German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk deserve to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The band's politically charged fusion of heavy rock and rap deserves a place in the Rock Hall.

Bryan Ferry and company arrived as the patchouli-oiled '60s faded, with a look and feel like no one else.

The singer-songwriter once said his career was marked by "consistency of inconsistency," and there's perhaps no more apt description.

The veteran rockers are nominated for the first time in 2018. Their enshrinement is long overdue.

Judas Priest has released a string of classics while becoming a sturdy influence on legions of acts.