The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has revealed its nominees for induction in 2025 including Phish (!!!), OutKast, The Black Crowes, The White Stripes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Oasis, Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Maná, Oasis, and Soundgarden.
Per Billboard, “More than half of the nominees (eight, to be exact) are first timers on the ballot: Bad Company, the Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Maná, OutKast and Phish. This is not the first year of eligibility for any of those artists, however, as an artist becomes eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first commercial recording.”
From here, the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees will be voted on by an international panel of more than 1,200 artists, historians, and music industry players. Fans will also have a chance to vote on their choices, with the fan vote influencing the final tally. The final Class of 2025 will be revealed in April, while the induction ceremony is set to take place in Los Angeles in the fall.
Fans can cast a vote for their choices here. Note: You are allowed to vote for up to seven of the nominees once per day through April 21st, so if there’s one band on that list that you really want to come out on top—maybe a band featuring a drummer wearing a muumuu—set yourself a daily alarm and get those votes in. Speaking of Phish, while the foundational jam band comprised of Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, and Page McConnell has been eligible for more than a decade without a nomination, the flying hot dog prop the group rode across Boston Garden on New Year’s Eve 1994 has hung in the atrium of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH since the turn of the century. Anastasio also inducted Genesis into the Rock Hall at the institution’s 2010 ceremony.
[Photo: Phish’s hot dog prop hangs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]
The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction class included Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest.
Congratulations to all the 2025 Rock Hall nominees! Find a full list below.
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