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.

The Seattle grunge band helped define a sound in the '90s.

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

Trent Reznor pioneered industrial rock into the mainstream, but his accomplishments extend far beyond that.

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

Legendary soul/funk singer Chaka Khan, who got her start in Rufus, deserves to be honored with the greats.

He became an underground sensation, a hit-music maker and then a huge influence on successive generations of singer-songwriters.

They're influential, artsy and one of the most visual bands on the planet. Why aren't they in the Rock Hall yet?

She's already enshrined as a member of Fleetwood Mac - but Stevie Nicks deserves her own place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

They were foulmouthed, revolutionary proto-punks. And it's about time the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acknowledged them.