"Last year, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chairman John Sykes cracked open the door to dispel a bit of mystique that surrounds his nominating committee. In addition to loosening what the organization considers "rock" in the strictest sense of the word, Sykes joked that the annual meeting often unravels into a "good old-fashioned shouting match" that can sometimes look like "a cross between an intellectual conversation and WWE." The goal, as always, is to gather the best possible inductees for any given year."
"And the class of 2025 sure delivered that promise: Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes represented the main slate of performers, while Warren Zevon, Salt-N-Pepa, Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins, and Carol Kaye were funneled in through special categories. The runtime, too, clocked in at just under four and a half hours, the semaglutided effect of the Rock Hall returning to Los Angeles."
"The November 8 ceremony is currently available to stream in full on Disney+, and, for those who can't handle another subscription in their lives, it will also be available to watch as a condensed broadcast on ABC on New Years Day. So, what rock and roll fantasy was dreamed into reality this time around? Vulture was reporting live from the Peacock Theater to keep track of all of the highs, lows, and whoas the induction had to offer."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadened nominating criteria and acknowledged that committee meetings can be chaotic and argumentative. The 2025 inductee class included Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes, with Warren Zevon, Salt-N-Pepa, Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins, and Carol Kaye added via special categories. The ceremony ran just under four and a half hours and returned to Los Angeles. The November 8 event is available to stream on Disney+ and will air in condensed form on ABC on New Year's Day. The class prompted attention about female representation among inductees.
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